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Erica is considered to be the most popular character in American soap opera history.
While soap operas once filled the networks' daytime schedules, only three of them remain today — The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS), General Hospital (ABC), and The Young and the Restless (CBS).
A soap opera, daytime drama, or soap for short, is typically a long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term soap opera originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.
We corralled six of the hottest, hunkiest daytime stars of the Reagan era for TV Guide Magazine's '80s issue—Kin Shriner (Scotty Baldwin, General Hospital), Stephen Nichols (“Patch” Johnson, Days of Our Lives), A Martinez (Cruz Castillo, Santa Barbara), Doug Davidson (Paul Williams, The Young and the Restless), Don ...
What Is the Most Popular Daytime Soap Opera?
- The Bold and the Beautiful. ...
- All My Children. ...
- Days of Our Lives. ...
- One Life to Live. ...
- As the World Turns. ...
- Guiding Light. ...
- Santa Barbara. ...
- Passions.