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{{Short description|American soap opera magazine}}
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| title           = Soaps In Depth
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| editor          = Dawn Owens
| editor_title     = Editor-in-Chief
| staff_writer    = {{plainlist|
* Chris Eades
* Amy Helmes
* Julie McElwain
* Michelle Moro Parkerton
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| category        = [[Entertainment journalism|Entertainment]]
| frequency       = Biweekly (print; 1997–2020)
| format          = [[Digest size|Digest]] (print; 1997–2020)
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| founder         = Richard Simms
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| firstdate       = {{Start date and age|1997|01}}
| finaldate       = {{End date|1999|12}} (NBC print edition)<br>{{End date|2020|05}} (ABC and CBS print editions)
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| company         = [[A360media]]
| country         = United States
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| language        = English
| website         = {{URL|http://www.soapsindepth.com/|SoapsInDepth.com}}
| issn            = 1092-518X
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'''''Soaps In Depth''''' was an American entertainment [[magazine]], formerly published as a series of biweekly print publications and currently as an online-exclusive publication, that is dedicated to coverage of daytime [[soap opera]]s. Founded in 1997 by [[Bauer Media Group|Bauer Publications]], it covers current and upcoming soap opera storylines, and features news and feature articles, interviews with performers and principal production staff, and, as a print publication, [[crossword puzzle]]s.

Differentiating from other soap opera-focused magazines (like ''[[Soap Opera Digest]]'') that offered general coverage of all of the [[daytime television|daytime]] serials, ''Soaps In Depth'' was initially structured as three standalone biweekly publications—'''''[[ABC Daytime|ABC Soaps]] In Depth''''', '''''[[CBS Daytime|CBS Soaps]] In Depth''''' and '''''[[NBC Daytime|NBC Soaps]] In Depth'''''—that were devoted to only the soap operas on a particular [[Big Three television networks|"Big Three" network]] covered by the corresponding edition, allowing soap viewers to receive more coverage related to the soaps they followed.

The [[NBC]] edition was discontinued in December 1999 after the network cancelled two of its three soap operas within months of each other, ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' and ''[[Sunset Beach (TV series)|Sunset Beach]]'', making it superfluous to cover only two programs (''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' and ''AW'' successor ''[[Passions (TV series)|Passions]]'' respectively); coverage of NBC's serials was integrated into the other publications. The [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] and [[CBS]] editions continued to be sold for 21 years afterward, even after both networks pared down the number of soaps occupying their respective daytime schedules between 2009 and 2012, leaving ABC with only one serial (''[[General Hospital]]'') and CBS with two (''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' and ''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]'').

In April 2020, it was announced that ''Soaps in Depth'' would cease production of its print magazine but would continue to publish newer content as an online-only publication; the conversion left ''Soap Opera Digest'' as the only remaining American soap opera magazine to provide content through both print publication and online distribution.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bowe |first=Jillian |title=''Soaps In Depth'' Magazine to End Print Publication |url=https://daytimeconfidential.com/2020/04/23/soaps-in-depth-magazine-to-end-print-publication |website=Daytime Confidential |publisher=[[SAY Media|Confidential Media, Inc.]] |access-date=April 23, 2020 |location=United States |language=en-us |date=April 23, 2020}}</ref>