Daytime Soap Operas

Families, friends, enemies, and lovers experience life-changing events in the large upstate city of Port Charles, New York, which has a busy hospital, upscale hotel, cozy diner, and dangerous waterfront frequented by the criminal underworld.

A chronicle of the lives, loves, trials and tribulations of the citizens of the fictional city of Salem.

Set in Genoa City, this is the long-running soap that tells the story of the struggle behind the business, and sex-savvy Abbott and Newman clans.

The saga of high fashion glamour, honor, romance, passion, and most importantly, family.

Follows a wealthy Black family in a gated community.

The Barbour family, led by San Francisco banker Henry, consisted of eldest son Paul, daughters Hazel and twins Claudia and Cliff, and young son Jack. Originally a 1932 radio serial, this soap opera chronicled their lives.

Life in small-town America during the 1950s. Broadcast live, some episodes survive as kinescopes.

Attorney Chris and Connie Martin are newlyweds adjusting to married life in New York City. Both sets of parents live nearby to give sage advice and not interfere too much in their children's lives.

The plot of this 15-minute daytime drama centered around Susan Martin, a paralyzed lawyer, and her involvement in the lives of those around her, especially the man she loves, Bill Carter, and the beloved family housekeeper, Laura.

After his partner kills himself for losing $250,000, John Olcott and his family leave the big city and decide to start anew in the country town of Fairmeadows. However, they face hardships in the small town, especially when their eldest daughter becomes romantically involved with the local minister.

Jo Gardner lived in Henderson where she wed many times. She was a motel owner, librarian, then a B&B owner with best pal Stu Bergman. Jo's daughter Patti and Janet Bergman were good friends. Stu married first Marge, then Ellie.

Contrasting sisters Vanessa and Meg Dale's lives unfold in Barrowsville. After Meg departs, Vanessa settles with Bruce Sterling in Rosehill amid drama. In 1974, Meg's return reignites their tumultuous bond.

City bride Betty moves to a farm with husband Jim to raise chickens. They befriend the Kettles - practical Maw, lazy Paw, and their many children - who help guide them.

This show took place in the fictional Midwestern town of Springfield and centered on the middle class Bauer family.

Helen Emerson was daytime's "valiant lady", a fortyish matron who was widowed in the serial's first year. Helen valiantly endured sudden financial hardship while alternately fretting over her children's sordid love lives. Son Mickey fell for a divorcee, daughter Diane ran off with a married man, and bratty baby Kim constantly implored Helen to teach her the latest dance step. Helen finally found peace and happiness with Governor Lawrence Walker, whom she married in the show's final year.

The fifteen minute weekday soap opera focused on the lives of the Bennett's and their neighbors Blaney and Meg Cobb.

Mary Claire Thurmond, nicknamed Poco, arrives in NYC to become a model by following 3 steps. Poco quickly gains an admirer in Bill Morgan but also a rival in the neurotic Jennifer Alden from River Lake

In a Midwest town called New Hope, Rev. Richard Dennis leads his family through various dramas, including his daughter Althea's acting aspirations and son Grayling's struggles with alcoholism.

Tells the story of the long-suffering Ames family and their seemingly endless domestic tragedies.

This short-lived NBC soap opera centered around Juliet Goodwin, played by Lelia Martin, who leaves her home in Maine to pursue a singing career in New York City.

This short-lived NBC soap centered around Dr. Eve Allen, portrayed by Anne Burr. When her uncle died, she decides to move to Connecticut and take over his small town practice. The original storylines centered around her love arrair with fellow physician, Phil Stone, and her interactions in the lives of her patients and friends.

Dramatizations based on modern romance stories. Five chapters comprise each story; casts and authors change weekly.

Lynn Sherwood is a New York dress designer who has arrived in town with her daughter, Diane, and a terrible secret. This secret, that Diane was illegitimate, becomes her worst nightmare, as it is ruthlessly used by Sylvia Rockwell to keep Lynn from beginning a relationship with her husband, Steve.

This daytime serial ran for exactly one year (July, 1954 to July, 1955) and concentrated on the forgettable adventures of a forty-year-old New York actress. Its contribution to TV history was that it marked the first television roles for Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. and Jane Seymour. This Jane Seymour IS NOT the actress known for Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. The Jane Seymour actress in question passed away in the 1950s and was related to actresses Anne Seymour and Abby Lewis and actor John Seymour.