The Story of Soaps

Name: The Story of Soaps
Director: Robin Pelleck
Genre: History, Documentary
Released: 2020-05-19
Duration: 7200000 s
Cast: Shelly Altman, John Aniston, Alec Baldwin

Directed by Robin Pelleck, Rebecca Gitlitz

2020 2h[History](/on-demand/category/history), [Documentary](/on-demand/category/documentary)

7.17.0

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.