The Story of Soaps (2020)
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.
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Shelly Altman
as Self
as Self
John Aniston
as Self
as Self
Alec Baldwin
as Self
as Self
Maurice Benard
as Self
as Self
Lorraine Broderick
as Self
as Self
James H. Brown
as Self
as Self
Carol Burnett
as Self
as Self
Marc Cherry
as Self
as Self
Andy Cohen
as Self
as Self
Bryan Cranston
as Self
as Self
Mary Crosby
as Self
as Self
Eileen Davidson
as Self
as Self
Jill Farren Phelps
as Self
as Self
Vivica A. Fox
as Self
as Self
Genie Francis
as Self
as Self
Deidre Hall
as Self
as Self
Jon Hamm
as Self
as Self
Drake Hogestyn
as Self
as Self
Finola Hughes
as Self
as Self
David Jacobs
as Self
as Self
Erika Jayne
as Self
as Self
Susan Lucci
as Self
as Self
John McCook
as Self
as Self
Donna Mills
as Self
as Self
Eddie Mills
as Self
as Self
Agnes Nixon
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
Ken Olin
as Self
as Self
Denise Richards
as Self
as Self
Marc Anthony Samuel
as Self
as Self
Erika Slezak
as Self
as Self
John Stamos
as Self
as Self
Susan Sullivan
as Self
as Self
Mark Teschner
as Self
as Self
Melody Thomas Scott
as Self
as Self
Chris Van Etten
as Self
as Self
Greg Vaughan
as Self
as Self
Chandra Wilson
as Self
as Self
Laura Wright
as Self
as Self
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Robin Pelleck
Director
Director
Robin Pelleck
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Bruce Gersh
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Rebecca Gitlitz
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Maura Mandt
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Bruce Robertson
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
Rebecca Gitlitz
Director
Director
Maura Mandt
In Memory Of
In Memory Of
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