What is Soap opera?
A '''soap opera''' is a [[television]] or [[radio]] program that [[broadcast|airs]] in [[episode|episodic]] series. This means that each episode continues telling a story, which, in turn, tells more of the last episode's story. A single story on a soap opera can be told for weeks, months, or sometimes even years. In [[United States|America]], each soap opera airs every day, Monday through Friday, in the afternoon. Because they air at this time, they are sometimes called '''daytime serials'''. In the [[United Kingdom|U.K.]] and other countries, the soap operas air in the evening, twice or three times a week. This is a list of soap operas that air in America, in their current order of popularity: #''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' #''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'' #''[[General Hospital]]'' #''[[Supernatural (TV series)|Supernatural]]'' #''[[Lost (TV series)|Lost]]'' #''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' #''[[All My Children]]'' #''[[As the World Turns]]'' #''[[One Life to Live]]'' #''[[Guiding Light]]'' #''[[Passions]]'' There are still two soap operas that air in [[Australia]], [[Network Ten]]'s ''[[Neighbours]]'' and the [[Seven Network]]'s ''[[Home and Away]]''. Strangely, ''Neighbours'' is more popular in England than it is in Australia. In the U.K., the most popular soap operas are ''[[Coronation Street]]'' and [[EastEnders]], which have been running since 1960 and 1985 respectively. ''Coronation Street'' is about people who live in [[Manchester]], in the northern part of England. ''EastEnders'' is about people who live in an imaginary place called Walford in [[East London]] with most of the action taking place in Albert Square. Another popular soap opera is ''[[Emmerdale]]'' which began in 1972, and it is about people who live in a small village in [[Yorkshire]], also in the northern part of England. In the 1970s, ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' became the most watched soap in England. It was shown from 1964 to 1988 and again from 2001 to 2003.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk