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I solved a childhood mystery of mine the other night thanks to one more internet search about what turned out to be an obscure soap opera.

If you're a fan of CBS soaps — 'The Young and the Restless' and 'The Bold and the Beautiful,' you better not miss this week's episodes.

There's troubling news from the NBC soap 'Days of our Lives,' which reportedly released the entire cast from their contracts this week.

A missing videotape forced a long-running soap opera to broadcast a live episode many years after live television was no longer part of the genre.

NBC's remaining soap opera, 'Days of Our Lives,' escaped the cancellation wrecking ball this week, securing a 54th season.

NBC announced it has renewed its last-surviving soap, 'Days of Our Lives,' for a 52nd season despite speculation it was headed for cancellation.

Could the new Megyn Kelly program on NBC bring the network's last serial, 'Days of Our Lives' to the end of its run after more than 51 years?

Actor Anthony Geary is leaving one of the most well-known roles in soap history when he exits 'General Hospital' late this month. Remember “Luke and Laura?” The wedding of Luke and Laura Spencer on General Hospital back in 1981 was viewed by an estimated 30 million people. (That still ranks...

Actress Jeanne Cooper, whose career spanned six decades, but who will likely be best-remembered for her 40-year portrayal of grande dame Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless died Wednesday. She was 84. Back in 1997, I worked for a CBS station and had pulled off the seemingly-impossible: I...

Weeks after NBC renewed its only soap, CBS has gone one step further, announcing that it’s renewing its entire daytime lineup for the 2013-2014 season. Sort of. One of its shows, The Young and the Restless, already received a multi-season renewal that spans into next season. ‘Y&R’ is currently daytime’s number...

Soap fans have been nervously awaiting word on whether ABC would cancel its only remaining soap, <i>General Hospital</i>. Today, there’s word that the network has decided on the soap’s fate.

Three years ago, CBS pulled the plug on the longest-running program in the history of broadcasting, Guiding Light. Soap fans who had watched the show (or even listened from its radio days) at any point during its 72 combined years on the air were outraged that their show was leaving...

Katie Couric, fresh off of her five-year stint at CBS, is joining the ABC family to produce and host a syndicated daytime talk show. But the real drama surrounds the fate of ABC’s General Hospital. The Couric news came from an email sent to the staff of ABC News by...

For months fans have been speculating as to which soap opera would be next to get the ax. Two of ABC’s sudsers, All My Children and One Life to Live have remained at the top of the rumor list. Today, ABC answered the big cancellation question with a surprise: both...