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Best Soap Operas

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General Hospital

Rated 0 points - posted 13 years ago by GuateGringo in category Television.

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1.

General Hospital

66 points - added 13 years ago by GuateGringo -

2.

One LIfe to Live

50 points - added 13 years ago by GuateGringo -

3.

All My Children

Has had Susan Lucci, one of daytime television's most popular actresses, since its inception in 1970. At one time it was the most widely-recorded television show in the United States.

46 points - added 13 years ago by GuateGringo -

4.

Santa Barbara

41 points - added 13 years ago by GuateGringo -

5.

Days of Our Lives

Aired daily on weekends since November of 1965 and syndicated in countries world wide are enough reasons to rate this near the top of the heap.

9 points - added 13 years ago by GuateGringo -

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As the World Turns

Ran from 1956 to 2010. Shared the limelight with the Edge of Night as the first two soap operas to run for 30 minutes instead of the previous 15 minute daily episodes.

4 points - added 13 years ago by GuateGringo -

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The Edge of Night

3 points - added 13 years ago by GuateGringo -

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Young and the Restless

3 points - added 13 years ago by GuateGringo -

9.

Another World

2 points - added 13 years ago by GuateGringo -

10.

The Bold and the Beautiful

1 point - added 13 years ago by GuateGringo -

11.

Ryan's Hope

0 points - added 13 years ago by GuateGringo -

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Dallas

0 points - added 13 years ago by GuateGringo -

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Peyton Place

Widely heralded as the show that started prime time soaps. Ran for five years (1964-1969). This show helped pave the way for notables like Dallas and Dynasty.

0 points - added 13 years ago by GuateGringo -

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The Doctors

First aired in 1963 and ended in 1982. The setting was in Hope somewhere in New England.

0 points - added 13 years ago by GuateGringo -

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Beverly HIlls 90210

-1 point - added 13 years ago by GuateGringo -