The Story of Soaps

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.

• Robin PelleckDirector
• Rebecca GitlitzDirector

• Shelly AltmanSelf
• John AnistonSelf
• Alec BaldwinSelf
• Maurice BenardSelf
• Lorraine BroderickSelf
• James H. BrownSelf
• Carol BurnettSelf
• Marc CherrySelf
• Andy CohenSelf
• Bryan CranstonSelf
• Mary CrosbySelf
• Eileen DavidsonSelf