The Story of Soaps

Name: The Story of Soaps
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2020-05-19
Duration: 2 h
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Shelly Altman, Shelly Altman, John Aniston, Alec Baldwin, Maurice Benard

The Story of Soaps (2020)

2:00 (120 min)

Documentary

United States

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Production

MaggieVision Productions, Four M Studios

Release date

19 May 2020

Director

Rebecca Gitlitz

All team (5)

Actors

Shelly Altman

herself

Shelly Altman

themself

John Aniston

himself

Alec Baldwin

himself

Maurice Benard

himself

Lorraine Broderick

herself

James H. Brown

himself

Carol Burnett

herself

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Short description

This ABC/PEOPLE television special highlights the impact of the soap opera. In today's shifting television landscape, "The Story of Soaps" traces how female creators migrated from radio to television to become the dominant force in daytime for more than three decades. Today, the legacy of the soap opera continues all over prime time and reality t.v. An extensive look is taken at this iconic, impactful genre.