The Soap Opera Encyclopedia

by Gerard J. Waggett

A unique look at TV's most successful kind of show, this handy reference book is a must-have for any soap fan. Readers will find the history and stars of all the shows, including character breakdowns, storylines, and a who's who with cast lists of all the featured actors and behind-the-scenes personalities. This is the one and only reference to nearly 100 soaps from the first 50 years of TV.

• Format: Mass Market Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0061011576
• ISBN13: 9780061011573
• Release Date: October 1997
• Publisher: Avon Books
• Length: 644 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 4.2" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Great book for the soap opera fan

The Soap Opera Encyclopedia is an easily accessible overview of daytime soap operas. Major storylines are summarized for each soap as well as some backstage trivia. The book also includes profiles on important people in daytime, lists for the Daytime Emmy Awards and Soap Opera Digest Awards, and Nielsen ratings. Great if you want basic, quick info on the daytime soaps.

Superb!

All you ever wanted to know about soaps, past and present, can be found in this wonderful book. I have flipped through it for facts so many times that the book is beginning to fall apart. I can't wait til another info.-packed book by this author comes out!

The most comprehensive book about soap opera's history!

This book gives you a complete detailed history of such soaps on today such as All My Children, Another World, As The World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our lives, General Hospital, Guiding Light, One Life to Live, Port Charles, Sunset Beach, and The Young and the Restless. An extenshive history of off the air soaps like Capitol, Generations, Love of Life, Loving, Ryan's Hope, Santa Barbara, and Search for Tomorrow. It also includes previous award winners of the emmy's and the digest awards. With biograhies on certain soap opera legends and 46 years of Neilsen ratings of all the soaps. It is absolutely any soap opera fans dream.