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TV wouldn’t be TV without soap operas
Without soaps, we wouldn’t have melodramas or reality shows. Without soaps, we wouldn’t have many of the TV tropes and shows we love to stream and binge-watch. Cliffhangers, serials, vixens — in television storytelling,...
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TV wouldn’t be TV without soap operas is an episode from Making by WBEZ Chicago. Without soaps, we wouldn’t have melodramas or reality shows. Without soaps, we wouldn’t have many of the TV tropes and shows we love to stream and binge-watch....
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Published May 6, 2025, 00:29:34 long, audio available.
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