Where Have All the Good Soaps Gone?

What happened to soap operas? Do they need to be cancelled, and are they still relevant? For some, the soaps or the “stories” are still fun and entertaining, but the vast majority of Americans consider soap operas as one of those things that should have been thrown out with the trash ages ago. To combat this belief, daytime soap operas are doing two things. For one thing, daytime dramas are ignoring naysayers by continuing to do the same programming that they always have. Secondly, soaps are working together with companies such as iTunes and DIRECTV to survive. But are daytime TV’s attempts to stay fresh and new while still retaining their old audiences a futile effort?