All My Children is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from January 5, 1970, to September 23, 2011, and on The Online Network (TOLN) from April 29 to September 2, 2013, via Hulu, Hulu Plus, and iTunes.
Ruth Warrick as Phoebe Tyler
The new cast of Prospect Park's All My Children revival. (l-r) Heather Roop, Ray MacDonnell, Jordi Vilasuso, Francesca James, Darnell Williams, Eric Nelsen, Debbi Morgan, Lindsay Hartley, Cady McClain, Jill Larson, Julia Barr, Vincent Irizarry, Denyse Tontz, David Canary, Sal Stowers, Robert Scott Wilson, Thorsten Kaye, Eden Riegel, Jordan Lane Price, and Ryan Bittle.
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. The term was preceded by "horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns.
Publicity photo of Rosemary Prinz as Penny Hughes from As the World Turns
A scene from EastEnders on Christmas Day 1986, watched by 30.15 million viewers. The story, in which Den Watts (Leslie Grantham) served his wife Angie (Anita Dobson) with divorce papers, was the highest-rated soap episode in British history, and the highest-rated program in the UK during the 1980s. Only the 1966 World Cup Final and the funeral of Princess Diana rank higher in the all time ratings.
Leah Thys, actress in the Belgian soap Thuis. At the back Peter Rouffaer is visible.
