Of course,, being a young boomer boy, it was the only soap that captured my interest.

Good thing is that it's on TubiTV.

It used to come on in my neck of the woods every day right when I got home from school. You'd see all of these pre-teen boys running home as fast as they could to make sure and not miss a moment of it!

Later on, a bunch of us got hooked on the entire 'Luke and Laura' story on 'General Hospital'. That was a wild time.

but I loved the prime time ones: Dynasty, Dallas, Falcon Crest.

Ros na Rún. It is far too political for US airwaves though.

except that I watched for over 40 years when I could tape it on the VCR.

did the cue cards for "Days" and when I first moved to CA in 1979 I got to work on the show. I just printed cards and didn't hold them. We were in a storage room sized room with stacks of cardboard, ink markers and scripts. Never went on the set.

Falcon Crest and of course, the best one: Desperate Housewives!!!

And watched it with them.

That was when it first began, when I was in high school.

Delia, Mary, and Pat.

I also watched Dallas around that same time period. Who shot J.R.??

I was hooked right away by its opening theme. Another plus: Eric Braeden who plays Victor hates Trump.

But only because I was in love with Rick Springfield.

Mary Hartman Mary Hartman was the best.

I hated him at first and then realized the actor playing the snobby character made it a joke it was so campy.

Loved it

SOAPS!!

I scheduled my college classes around “Days of Our Lives”, “All my Children”, and “The Guiding Light”!

After becoming gainfully employed and unable to watch live, the technology Gods created the “VCR” just so I could record and watch later!

Thank you debm55 for the smile on my face right now

Fun times!

Along came All My Children and One Life to Live and I watched them too. As an adult, I worked nights so my days were free to watch TV. All my coworkers watched General Hospital too; it was during the Luke and Laura years, which was huge. I eventually decided three hours a day was too much so I cut it down to one - All My Children. I don’t remember why, maybe they had a more interesting story line at the time. I eventually went back to school; got a degree; and started working in the day and gave up all soaps. So, to answer the question, Dark Shadows.

occasionally - so very occasionally that I usually discovered at least one character new to me. And I watched YR only because I thought Eric Braeden was so beautiful - something I'd first noticed when he was on Rat Patrol and his name was still Hans Gudegast. Very good actor, too. But I don't like soap operas.

It was a nighttime, prime time parody of soap operas with over the top situations. Richard Mulligan was great as Bur.t

Obviously when I was sick or had school off, but it wasn’t hard to follow the story. I went through a lot with those folks. Finally gave it up after the early Luke and Laura years. Had a crush on the secret agent from Australia or New Zealand. Can’t remember which, but I understand he’s still around occasionally. I have a friend who still watches religiously. Thank heavens for all the new stuff over the years that let us keep up.

Light.

General hospital was the first, I believe and now the last. Dr. Steve Hardy would be proud.

Several actresses ended up on Star Trek. Michelle Forbes is a Sci Fi hero.

musical they would put on. Oh I forgot the characters name. She was married to Quint. Loved her. I lost interest when the Texas family came on and I lost interest. Thank you YorkRd

OMG! I have not thought about that soap opera in ages. It goes way back, possibly before Guiding Light, which I also loved.

Every afternoon after school!

Thank you for sharing your like with us.

about that show. Same here, watched it every afternoon after school!

I loved DS

Twin Peaks was a twisted horror soap opera, quite unlike anything else I've ever seen on television.

One day my log will have something to say about this.

but my mother's was "As the World Turns."

My Children. Watched it from the beginning, but took a long break from it the last several years it was on. I did watch the last two weeks it was on.

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so go the Days of Our Lives

I worked in the soap opera industry for over 40 years. Did a syndicated newspaper column on it and was the editor of a soap opera magazine. But these shows were my personal favorite because I played an extra on both shows. The actors on soaps were and are the hardest working and most underestimated performers in entertainment.

going to happen? If so, I remember you.

That was my colleague and fellow newspaper columnist Linda Hersch. I did similar appearances on a Philly TV station and a radio show over the phone for CHML Radio in Hamilton, Ontario.

Too bad that soaps were phased out by reality TV. At one point I was covering 13 soaps (daytime and primetime). Then came Courttv and OJ's trial and the World stopped Turning the sand ran out of hour glass for most of the industry. Sad

It was only 15 minutes or 30 minutes long when I was a little kid but ended up a 30 minute show when I was still young then, of course, an hour.

the Secret Storm.

I watched it from the first episode. I got caught up early on in the David/Julie romance and David's murder really sucked me in. But the show later went nuts with dead people reappearing and by the time I stopped watching, I didn't like it at all. (It was nice to have TV at work!)

and stopped watching.

I was drawn to the unexpected, surprising (to both of them) love story of bad girl/man eater Olivia and devout Catholic single mother Natalia.

The show’s writers and producers, to no one’s surprise, tiptoed around actual depictions of physical intimacy. But to their credit, they (and the characters) made clear that the women didn’t just feel deep friendship but were very much IN love with each other. When the show ended, they were sharing a home and parenting responsibilities.

I know All My Children had a young lesbian character, but GL’s characters were grown women having a mature relationship. I appreciated that.

dead. I stopped at that point.I wanted more storyline and character development. Which I wasn't getting.

I found the DVD set in a thrift store, it has all 1220 episodes and extras. The box is a coffin containing all the discs, which have Barnabas picture on them.

I watched AMC from the early 80's to about two years before it was cancelled. And I have an Erica Kane Barbie doll in its original box. Must be worth several tens of dollars by now . . . .