

19/05/2020
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.

Shelly Altman
as Self

John Aniston
as Self

Alec Baldwin
as Self

Maurice Benard
as Self

Lorraine Broderick
as Self

James H. Brown
as Self

Carol Burnett
as Self

Marc Cherry
as Self

Andy Cohen
as Self

Bryan Cranston
as Self

Mary Crosby
as Self

Eileen Davidson
as Self

Jill Farren Phelps
as Self

Vivica A. Fox
as Self

Genie Francis
as Self

Deidre Hall
as Self

Jon Hamm
as Self

Drake Hogestyn
as Self

Finola Hughes
as Self

David Jacobs
as Self

Erika Girardi
as Self

Susan Lucci
as Self

John McCook
as Self

Donna Mills
as Self

Eddie Mills
as Self

Agnes Nixon
as Self (archive footage)

Ken Olin
as Self

Denise Richards
as Self

Marc Anthony Samuel
as Self

Erika Slezak
as Self

John Stamos
as Self

Susan Sullivan
as Self

Mark Teschner
as Self

Melody Thomas Scott
as Self

Chris Van Etten
as Self

Greg Vaughan
as Self

Chandra Wilson
as Self

Laura Wright
as Self
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