
Plot
This ABC/PEOPLE television special highlights the impact of the soap opera. In today's shifting television landscape, "The Story of Soaps" traces how female creators migrated from radio to television to become the dominant force in daytime for more than three decades. Today, the legacy of the soap opera continues all over prime time and reality t.v. An extensive look is taken at this iconic, impactful genre.
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Cast

Shelly Altman
Self

John Aniston
Self

Alec Baldwin
Self

Maurice Benard
Self

Lorraine Broderick
Self

James H. Brown
Self

Carol Burnett
Self

Marc Cherry
Self

Andy Cohen
Self

Bryan Cranston
Self

Mary Crosby
Self

Eileen Davidson
Self

Jill Farren Phelps
Self

Vivica A. Fox
Self

Genie Francis
Self

Deidre Hall
Self

Jon Hamm
Self

Drake Hogestyn
Self

Finola Hughes
Self

David Jacobs
Self

Erika Jayne
Self

Susan Lucci
Self

John McCook
Self

Donna Mills
Self

Eddie Mills
Self

Agnes Nixon
Self (archive footage)

Ken Olin
Self

Denise Richards
Self

Marc Anthony Samuel
Self

Erika Slezak
Self

John Stamos
Self

Susan Sullivan
Self

Mark Teschner
Self

Melody Thomas Scott
Self

Chris Van Etten
Self

Greg Vaughan
Self

Chandra Wilson
Self

Laura Wright
Self