Editing Soap opera (section)

==Europe==
===Remakes of Australian serials===
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The Australian serial ''The Restless Years'' was remade in the [[Netherlands]] as {{lang|nl|[[Goede tijden, slechte tijden]]}} (which debuted in 1990) and in Germany as ''[[Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten]]'' (which has aired since 1992): both titles translate to "good times, bad times". These remakes are still airing, but have long since diverged from the original Australian [[Plot (narrative)|storylines]]. The two shows are the highest-rated soap operas in their respective countries.

A later Australian serial, ''Sons and Daughters'', has inspired five [[remake]]s produced under license from the original producers and based, initially, on original story and character outlines. These are ''[[Verbotene Liebe]]'' (Germany, 1995–2015); ''[[Skilda världar]]'' ([[Sweden]], 1996–2002); ''Apagorevmeni agapi'' ([[Greece]], 1998); ''Cuori Rubati'' ([[Italy]], 2002–2003) and ''[[Zabranjena ljubav]]'' ([[Croatia]], 2004–2008). Both ''The Restless Years'' and ''Sons and Daughters'' were created and produced in Australia by the Reg Grundy Organisation.

Another Australian soap opera reformatted for a European audience was ''[[E Street (TV series)|E Street]]'' which ran on [[Network 10]] in Australia from 1989 to 1993. Germany produced 37 episodes of ''[[Westerdeich]]'' ("Westside") in 1995 using scripts from 1989 episodes of ''E Street''. It was also remade in Belgium as ''Wittekerke'' ("Whitechurch") and ran from 1993 to 2008.

===Norway===
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The [[Norway|Norwegian]] soap opera ''[[Hotel Cæsar]]'' aired on [[TV 2 (Norway)|TV 2]] from 1998 to 2017, and is the longest-running television drama in [[Scandinavia]]. Popular foreign soaps in the country include ''Days of Our Lives'' (broadcast on TV6 (Norway), ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (TNT (Norway) and ''Home and Away'' ([[TV 2 Norway|TV 2]]), all of which are subtitled.

===Netherlands===
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Serials have included {{lang|nl|[[Goede tijden, slechte tijden]]}} (1990–present), ''Onderweg naar Morgen'' (1994–2010) and ''Goudkust'' (1996–2001). In 2016 ''Goede tijden, slechte tijden'' spin-off ''Nieuwe Tijden'' started airing, but was ultimately cancelled by broadcaster RTL in 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 September 2018 |title=Geen vervolg voor GTST-spinoff Nieuwe Tijden |url=https://www.televizier.nl/soap/geen-vervolg-voor-gtst-spinoff-nieuwe-tijden |website=Televizier}}</ref> Linear viewership for ''Goede tijden, slechte tijden'', the country's most prominent soap opera, has decreased in recent years. However, due to a rising viewership on streaming platforms, RTL has decided to continue producing the show throughout the 2022/2023 television season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=RTL 4 neemt nog geen afscheid van Goede Tijden Slechte Tijden |url=https://www.mediacourant.nl/2022/06/rtl-4-neemt-nog-geen-afscheid-van-goede-tijden-slechte-tijden/ |website=Mediacourant|date=27 June 2022 }}</ref> U.S. daytime serials ''As The World Turns'' and ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' have aired in the Netherlands; ''As the World Turns'' began airing in the country in 1990, with [[Dutch language|Dutch]] subtitles.

===Germany===
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In the 1980s, West German networks successfully added American daytime and primetime soap operas to their schedule before [[Das Erste]] introduced its first self-produced weekly soap with ''[[Lindenstraße]]'', which was seen as a German counterpart to ''Coronation Street''. Like in other countries, the soap opera met with negative reviews, but eventually proved critics wrong with nearly 13&nbsp;million viewers tuning in each week. Even though the format proved successful, it was not until 1992 before ''{{Lang|de|[[Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten]]}}'' became the first German daily soap opera. Early ratings were bad as were the reviews, but the [[RTL Television|RTL]] network was willing to give its first soap opera a chance; ratings would improve, climbing to 7&nbsp;million viewers by 2002. Not long after {{Lang|de|Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten}}, Das Erste introduced ''[[Marienhof (TV series)|Marienhof]]'', which aired twice a week.

After successfully creating the first German daily soap, production company Grundy Ufa wanted to produce another soap for RTL. Like ''GZSZ'', the format was based on an Australian soap opera from [[Reg Watson]]. But RTL did not like the plot idea about separated twins who meet each other for the first time after 20 years and fall in love without knowing that they are related. The project was then taken to Das Erste, which commissioned the program, titled ''[[Verbotene Liebe]]'', which premiered on January 2, 1995. With the premiere of ''Verbotene Liebe'', the network turned ''Marienhof'' into a daily soap as well. In the meanwhile, RTL debuted the Grundy Ufa–produced ''[[Unter uns]]'' in late 1994.

[[ZDF]] started a business venture with [[Canada]] and co-produced the short-lived series ''[[Family Passions]]'', starring actors such as [[Gordon Thomson (actor)|Gordon Thomson]], [[Roscoe Born]], [[Dietmar Schönherr]] and a young [[Hayden Christensen]]. The daytime serial premiered on December 5, 1994, lasting 130 episodes. After its cancellation, the network debuted ''[[Jede Menge Leben]]''. Even after a crossover with three soaps, ''[[Freunde fürs Leben]]'', ''[[Forsthaus Falkenau]]'' and {{Lang|de|[[Unser Lehrer Doktor Specht]]}}, the soap was canceled after 313 episodes. [[Sat.1]] tried to get into the soap business as well, after successfully airing the Australian soap opera ''Neighbours'', which was dropped in 1995 due to the [[talk show]] phenomenon that took over most of the daytime schedules of German networks. The network first tried to tell a family saga with ''[[So ist das Leben! Die Wagenfelds]]'', before failing with ''[[Geliebte Schwestern]]''. [[RTL II]] made its own short-lived attempt with ''[[Alle zusammen – jeder für sich]]''.

The teen soap opera ''[[Schloss Einstein]]'' debuted on September 4, 1998, focusing on the life of a group of teenagers at the fictional titular boarding school near [[Berlin]]. As of July 2014, the series has produced over 815 episodes during the course of 17 seasons, a milestone in German television programming, and was renewed for an 18th season to debut in 2015.

In 1999, after the lasting success of {{Lang|de|Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten}}, ''Marienhof'', ''Unter uns'' and ''Verbotene Liebe'', [[ProSieben]] aired ''[[Mallorca – Suche nach dem Paradies]]'', set on [[Mallorca|the Spanish island with the same name]]. After nine months, the network canceled the program due to low viewership and high production costs. Even though ratings had improved, the show ended its run in a morning timeslot. The soap opera became something of a cult classic, as its 200-episode run was repeated several times on [[free-to-air]] and [[multichannel video programming distributor|pay television]].

In 2006, ''[[Alles was zählt]]'' became the last successful daily soap to make its debut, airing as a lead-in to {{Lang|de|Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten}} and also produced by Grundy Ufa. Since Germany started to produce its own [[telenovela]]s, all soap operas faced declines in ratings. ''Unter uns'' was in danger of cancellation in 2009, but escaped such a fate due to budget cuts imposed by the show's producers and the firing of original cast member Holger Franke, whose firing and the death of his character outraged fans, resulting in a ratings spike in early 2010. After ''Unter uns'' was saved, Das Erste planned to make changes to its soap lineup. ''Marienhof'' had to deal with multiple issues in its storytelling, as well as in producing a successful half-hour show. Several changes were made within months, however ''Marienhof'' was canceled in June 2011. ''Verbotene Liebe'' was in danger of being cancelled as well, but convinced the network to renew it with changes that it made in both 2010 and 2011; the soap was later expanded to 45 minutes after ''Marienhof'' was canceled, and the network tried to decide on whether to revamp its lineup.

While {{Lang|de|Gute Zeiten, schlechte Zeiten}}, ''Unter uns'' and ''Alles was zählt'' are currently the only daily soaps on the air after ''Verbotene Liebe'' has been cancelled and aired its last episode in June, 2015 due to low ratings, the telenovelas ''[[Sturm der Liebe]]'' and ''[[Rote Rosen]]'' are considered soaps by the press as well, thanks to the changing protagonists every season.

===Belgium===
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[[File:Leah Thys thuisdag.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Leah Thys, actress in the Belgian soap ''[[Thuis]]''. At the back Peter Rouffaer is visible.]]
In [[Belgium]], the two major soap operas are ''[[Thuis]]'' ("Home") and ''[[Familie]]'' ("Family"), both prime time soap operas. Soap operas have been very popular in [[Flanders]], the Dutch-speaking part of Belgium. ''Familie'' debuted in late 1991, and with more han 6,700 half-hour episodes, it has the highest episode total of any soap in Europe outside of the United Kingdom. The highest-rated soap opera is ''Thuis'', which has aired on "[[één]]" since late 1995. ''Thuis'' is often one of the five most-watched Belgian shows and regularly garners over one million viewers (with 6.6&nbsp;million Flemings in total).

During the 1990s, foreign soap operas such as ''Neighbours'' and ''The Bold and the Beautiful'' were extremely popular, the latter having achieved a cult status in Belgium and airing in the middle of the decade during prime time. Both soaps still air today, along with other foreign soaps such as ''Days of Our Lives'', Australia's ''Home and Away'' and Germany's "Sturm der Liebe". [[Vitaya]] unsuccessful attempted to air the Dutch soap opera "[[Goede Tijden, Slechte Tijden]]" in 2010. Other foreign soaps that previously aired on Belgian television include ''The Young and the Restless'', ''EastEnders'' (both on VTM), "Port Charles" (at één, then known as TV1) and "Coronation Street" (on Vitaya). "[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]" aired during the 1990s on VTM for its entire run.

In the early 2000s, the only teen soap opera on Belgian television was ''[[Spring (television soap)|Spring]]'' ("Jump" in English), which aired on the youth-oriented [[Ketnet]] and produced over 600 15-minute episodes from late 2002 until 2009, when it was cancelled after a steady decline in ratings following the departures of many of its original characters.

===Italy===
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The most successful soap opera in Italy is the evening series ''Un posto al sole'' ("A Place Under the Sun"), which had aired on [[Rai 3]] since 1996 (whose format is based on the Australian soap opera ''[[Neighbours]]''). Several other Italian soaps have been produced such as ''Ricominciare'' ("Starting Over"), ''Cuori rubati'' ("Stolen Hearts"), ''Vivere'' ("Living"), ''Sottocasa'' ("Downstairs"), ''Agrodolce'' ("Bittersweet") and ''Centovetrine'' ("Hundred Shop Windows").

The most popular Italian prime-time soap opera, ''Incantesimo'' ("Enchantment"), which ran from 1998 to 2008, became a daytime soap opera for the final two years of its run, airing five days a week on [[Rai 1]]. The same happened with ''[[Il paradiso delle signore]]'' (''Woman's Paradise''), a [[period drama]], which ran from 2015 to 2017 in prime time, and became a daytime period soap opera from 2018.

===Ireland===
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====Television====
In the early years of [[RTÉ]], the network produced several dramas but had not come close to launching a long-running serial. RTÉ's first television soap was ''[[Tolka Row]]'', which was set in urban [[Dublin]]. For several years, both ''Tolka Row'' and ''[[The Riordans]]'' were produced by RTÉ; however, the urban soap was soon dropped in favor of the more popular rural soap opera ''[[The Riordans]]'', which premiered in 1965.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/laweb/brc/brc_1960s.html |title=rte.ie |publisher=rte.ie |access-date=2012-04-27}}</ref> Executives from [[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]] visited during on-location shoots for ''The Riordans'' in the early 1970s and in 1972, debuted ''Emmerdale Farm'' (now ''[[Emmerdale]]''), based on the successful format of the Irish soap opera. In the late 1970s, ''The Riordans'' was controversially dropped. The creator of that series would then go on to produce the second of his "Agri-soap" [[trilogy]] ''[[Bracken (TV series)|Bracken]]'', starring [[Gabriel Byrne]], whose character had appeared in the last few seasons of ''The Riordans''. Bracken was soon replaced by the third "Agri-soap" ''[[Glenroe]]'', which ran until 2001. 

In 1989, RTÉ decided to produce its first Dublin-based soap opera since the 1960s. ''[[Fair City]]'', which is set in the fictional city of Carrickstown, initially aired one night a week during the 1989–90 season, and similar to its rural soaps, much of the footage was filmed on location – in a suburb of Dublin City. In 1992, RTÉ made a major investment into the series by copying the houses used in the on-location shoots for an on-site set in RTÉ's Headquarters in Dublin 4. By the early 1990s, it was airing two nights a week for 35 weeks a year. With competition from the UK soap operas, RTÉ expanded ''Fair City'' to three nights a week for most of the year and one night a week during the summer in 1996, later expanding to four nights a week and two nights during the summer. From the early 2000s, the series went through periods of airing three or four episodes a week, airing all 52 weeks of the year. ''Fair City'' currently airs Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays on [[RTÉ One]].

[[TG4]] produce the Irish language soap ''[[Ros na Rún]]'' ("Headland of the Secrets" or "Headland of the Sweethearts"); set in the fictional village of ''Ros Na Rún'', located outside [[Galway]] and near [[Spiddal]], it centres on the domestic and professional lives of the town's residents. It is modeled on an average village in the West of Ireland, but with its own distinct personality – with a diverse population that share secrets, romances and friendships among other things. While the core community has remained the same, the look and feel of ''Ros Na Rún'' has changed and evolved over the years to incorporate the changing face of rural Ireland. It has an established a place not only in the hearts and minds of the Irish speaking public, but also the wider Irish audience. The program has dealt with many topics, including [[domestic violence]], [[infidelity]], [[theft]], [[arson]], [[abortion]], homosexuality, adoption, murder, rape, drugs, [[teen pregnancy]] and [[paedophilia]]. It runs twice a week for 35 weeks of the year, currently airing Tuesday and Thursday nights. ''Ros na Rún'' is the single largest independent production commissioned in the history of Irish broadcasting. Prior to TG4's launch, it originally aired on RTÉ One in the early 1990s.

The first Soap to air outside RTE/TG4 was  ''[[Red Rock (TV series)|Red Rock]] which was broadcast on [[Virgin Media Ireland]] from January 2015 to 2020 . Red Rock aired twice a week on Wednesday and Thursday nights. Focusing on the activities of the detectives of the local [[Garda Síochána]] station and townsfolk, three series of the programme were broadcast, concluding just over five years from the date of its debut.

====Radio====
[[RTÉ Radio]] produced its first radio soap, ''Kennedys of Castleross'', which ran from April 13, 1955, to 1975.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/laweb/brc/brc_1950s.html |title=rte.ie |publisher=rte.ie |access-date=2012-04-27}}</ref> In 1979 RTÉ long running TV soap The Riordans moved to Radio until December 24, 1985.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/laweb/brc/brc_1980s.html |title=rte.ie |publisher=rte.ie |access-date=2012-04-27}}</ref> In the mid-1980s, RTÉ debuted a new radio soap, ''Harbour Hotel'', which ran until the mid-1990s. The network later ran two short-lived radio soaps, ''Konvenience Korner'' and ''Riverrun'', which were followed in 2004 by ''Driftwood''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/radio1/driftwood/1016346.html |title=rte.ie |publisher=rte.ie |access-date=2012-04-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110921201707/http://www.rte.ie/radio1/driftwood/1016346.html |archive-date=September 21, 2011 }}</ref> RTÉ does not run any radio soaps, however [[RTÉ Radio 1]] continues to air radio dramas as part of its nighttime schedule.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.rte.ie/radio1/drama/ |title=rte.ie |publisher=rte.ie |date=2010-10-20 |access-date=2012-04-27}}</ref>

===France===
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* ''Rue Carnot'' (1984–1987) : Aired on [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]].
* ''[[Sous le soleil]]'' (1996–2008) : Aired on [[TF1]].
* ''[[Les vacances de l'amour]]'' (1996–2007) : Aired on [[TF1]]. Third series and first soap opera in the ''[[Hélène et les Garçons]]'' franchise.
* {{Lang|fr|[[Plus belle la vie]]}} (2004–2022) : Shown on [[France 3]] on Monday to Friday evenings.
* ''Cœur Océan'' (2006–2011) : Aired on [[France 2]].
* ''Baie des flamboyants'' (2007–2008) : Aired on [[France Ô]].
* ''Foudre'' (2007–2011) : Aired on [[France 2]].
* ''Seconde Chance'' (2008–2009) : Aired on [[TF1]].
* ''Cinq Sœurs'' (2008) : Aired on [[France 2]].
* ''Paris 16<sup>e</sup>'' (2009) : Aired on [[M6 (TV channel)|M6]].
* ''[[Les Mystères de l'amour]]'' (since 2011) : Broadcast by [[TMC (TV channel)|TMC]]. Fourth series and second soap opera in the ''Hélène et les Garçons'' franchise.
* ''Les Flamboyants'' : (2011–2012) : A spin-off of ''Baie des flamboyants'', aired on [[France Ô]].
* ''Sous le soleil de Saint-Tropez'' (2013–2014) : A spin-off of ''Sous le soleil'', aired on [[TMC (TV channel)|TMC]].
* ''Cut !'' (2013–2019) : Aired on [[France Ô]].
* ''[[Tomorrow Is Ours|Demain Nous Appartient]]'' (since 2017) : Shown on [[TF1]] on Monday to Friday evenings.
* ''{{ill|Un si grand soleil|fr}}'' (since 2018) : Broadcast by [[France 2]].
* ''OPJ, Pacifique Sud'' (since 2019) : Broadcast by [[France Ô]].
* ''Ici Tout Commence'' (since 2020) : Shown on [[TF1]] on Monday to Friday evenings.

===Greece===
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In [[Greece]], there have been several soap operas.

====ANT1====
An early serial was ''Sti skia tou hrimatos'' ("Money Shadows"), which ran from 1990 to 1991. September 1991 saw the debut of ''Lampsi'' ("the Shining"), from creator Nicos Foskolos. The series would become Greece's longest-running soap opera. After the success of ''Lampsi'' came the short lived ''To galazio diamandi'' ("Blue Diamond") and ''Simphonia siopis'' ("Omertà"). ''Lampsi'' was canceled in June 2005 due to declining ratings. It was replaced by ''Erotas'' ("Love"), a soap that ran from 2005 to 2008. After that series ended, ANT1 abandoned the soap opera genre and focused on comedy series and weekly dramas.

Greece's second longest-running soap is ''Kalimera Zoi'' ("Goodmorning Life"), which ran from September 1993 until its cancellation in June 2006 due to low ratings.

====MEGA====
Mega Channel began producing soap operas in 1990 with the prime time serial ''I Dipsa'' ("The Thirst"), which ran for 102 episodes. Other daytime soaps have included ''Paralliloi dromoi'' (1992–1994) and its successor ''Haravgi'' ("Daylight", 1994–1995), both of which were cancelled due to low viewership; as well as the serials ''Apagorevmeni Agapi'' ("Forbidden Love"), which ran from 1998 to 2006; ''Gia mia thesi ston Ilio'' ("A Spot Under the Sun"), which ran from 1998 to 2002; ''Filodoxies'' ("Expectations"), which ran  from 2002 to 2006; and ''Vera Sto Deksi'' ("Ring on the Right Hand"), which ran from 2004 to 2006 and proved to be a successful competitor to ''Lampsi'', causing that show's ratings to decline.

''Ta Mistika Tis Edem'' ("Edem Secrets"), which was created by the producers of ''Vera Sto Deksi'', debuted in 2008 and has eclipsed that show's success. Its ratings place it consistently among the three highest-rated daytime programs.

====ERT====
YENED (which was renamed ERT2 in 1982) was responsible for the first Greek soap operas ''I Kravgi Ton Likon'' and ''Megistanes''. ERT also produced the long-running soap ''O Simvoleografos''. Since 2000 and with the introduction of private television, ERT produced additional daily soap operas, which included ''Pathos'' ("Passion"), ''Erotika tis Edem'' ("Loving in Eden") and ''Ta ftera tou erota'' ("The Wings of Love"). These failed to achieve high ratings and were canceled shortly after their premiere.

====ALPHA====
Alpha produced ''Kato apo tin Acropoli'' ("Under the Acropolis"), which ran for 2½ years.

In 2022, Alpha produce a new soap opera ''Paradeisos'' based on the Italian soap ''Il Paradiso Delle Signore''.

===Cyprus===
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====Weekday shows====
The first daytime soap opera produced by a Cyprus channel was LOGOs TV's ''Odos Den Ksehno'' ("'Don't Forget' Street"), which ran from January to December 1996. It was followed by ''To Serial'', which also ran for one year from September 1997 to June 1998.

[[CyBC]] created the third weekdaily soap, ''Anemi Tou Pathous'' ("Passion Winds"), running from January 2000 to June 2004, which was replaced by ''I Platia'' ("The Square") from September 2004 to July 2006. ''Epikindini Zoni'' ran from 2009 to 2010, and was cancelled after 120 episodes. ''Vimata Stin Ammo'' made its debut in September 2010 until 2014 and was followed by ''Halkina Hronia'' (2017-2022).

[[Sigma TV]] first commissioned the weekdaily comedic soap ''Sto Para Pente'', which aired from September 1998 to June 2004, and was the longest weekday show in Cyprus television history, before it was surpassed by ''[[Se Fonto Kokkino]]'', which ran from September 2008 to July 2012 and then by ''Galateia'' (2016-2020).
Other Sigma TV weekday shows include ''Akti Oniron'' (which ran from 1999 to 2001), ''Vourate Geitonoi'' (which ran from 2001 to 2005, and was the most successful weekday series, achieving ratings shares of up to 70% of all television households in the country), ''Oi Takkoi'' (which ran from 2002 to 2005), ''S' Agapo'' (which ran from 2001 to 2002), ''Vasiliki'' (which ran from 2005 to 2006), ''Vendetta'' (which ran from September 2005 to December 2006), ''30 kai Kati'' (which ran from 2006 to 2007), ''Mila Mou'' (which ran from September 2007 to January 2009), ''7 ouranoi ke dinnefa alites'' (2012-2015) and ''Galateia'' (2016-2020)

[[ANT1 Cyprus]] aired the soap ''I Goitia Tis Amartias'' in 2002, which was soon canceled. ''Dikse Mou To Filo Sou'' followed from 2006 to 2009, along with ''Gia Tin Agapi Sou'', which ran from 2008 to 2009 and itself was followed by ''Panselinos'', which has aired 2009 to 2011.

====Weekly shows====
The longest-running weekly show on Cyprus television is ''Istories Tou Horkou'' ("Villages Stories", which premiered on CyBC in March 1996 and ran until its cancellation in June 2006; it was revived in September 2010 but was cancelled again in March 2011 due to very low ratings), followed by ''Manolis Ke Katina'' ("Manolis and Katina", which ran from 1995 to 2004). The most controversial of these series was ''To Kafenio'' ("The Coffee Shop"), which premiered on CyBC in 1993 as a weekly series, before moving to MEGA Channel Cyprus six years later in 1999 as a weekday show and then moved to ANT1 Cyprus in 2000, which canceled the show one year later. There were plans to move the show back to CyBC as a weekly series in 2001, with the original cast, however, this plan was never realised. The most successful weekly shows in Cyprus currently are ANT1's ''Eleni I Porni'' ("Eleni, The Whore"), which premiered in October 2010 and CyBC's ''Stin Akri Tu Paradisou'' ("At The Heaven's Edge"), which premiered in 2007. The most successful weekdaily soap was ''Aigia Fuxia'', which aired on ANT1 Cyprus from 2008 to 2010.

===Finland===
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The Finnish soap opera, ''[[Salatut elämät]]'' (''Secret Lives''),  has achieved popularity in Finland since its 1999 debut on [[MTV3]]. It focuses on the lives of people along the imaginary Pihlajakatu street in [[Helsinki]]. The show has also spawned several Internet spin-off series and a film based on the show that was released in 2012 and the sequel film released in 2014.

Another Finnish soap opera, ''[[Rantabaari|''Rantabaari'']]'' (''The Beach bar''), started airing on [[MTV Sub]] in 2019. It focuses on the lives of the people working at the titular beach bar (later pizzeria) called Trissa, located in Taivallahti in [[Helsinki]], and their friends and family. Rantabaari is the sister series of Salatut elämät and features some characters who formerly appeared at Salatut elämät.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.fi/ohjelma/c8c7e020f6c6ed53e33a/rantabaari|title=Rantabaari|date=2024-07-19|language=fi}}</ref>

Other soap-like shows in Finland are YLE shows ''Uusi päivä'' (which has aired from 2010 to 2018) and ''Kotikatu'' (which ran from 1995 to 2012), however these programs did not adhere to a five-episode-a-week schedule.