Editing List of soap operas (section)

=== Daytime television ===
* ''[[These Are My Children]]'' (1949)
* ''[[A Woman to Remember]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Hawkins Falls]]'' (1950–1955)
* ''[[The First Hundred Years]]'' (1950–1952)
* ''[[Miss Susan]]'' (1951)
* ''[[Love of Life]]'' (1951–1980)
* ''[[Search for Tomorrow]]'' (1951–1986)
* ''[[Guiding Light]]'' (1952–2009)
* ''[[Three Steps to Heaven (TV series)|Three Steps to Heaven]]'' (1953–1954)
* ''[[Valiant Lady]]'' (1953–1957)
* ''[[First Love (1954 TV series)|First Love]]'' (1954–1955)
* ''[[One Man's Family]]'' (1954–1955)
* ''[[Portia Faces Life]]'' (1954–1955)
* ''[[Golden Windows]]'' (1954–1955)
* ''[[The Brighter Day]]'' (1954–1962)
* ''[[The Secret Storm]]'' (1954–1974)
* ''[[As the World Turns]]'' (1956–2010)
* ''[[The Edge of Night]]'' (1956–1984)
* ''[[From These Roots]]'' (1958–1961)
* ''[[Young Doctor Malone]]'' (1958–1963)
* ''[[The Clear Horizon]]'' (1960–1962)
* ''[[Our Five Daughters]]'' (1962)
* ''[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|The Doctors]]'' (1963–1982)
* '''''[[General Hospital]]''''' (1963–present)
* ''[[A Flame in the Wind]]'' (1964–1965)
* ''[[The Young Marrieds]]'' (1964–1966)
* ''[[Peyton Place (TV series)|Peyton Place]]'' (1964–1969)
* ''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]'' (1964–1999)
* ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' (1965–2022)
* ''[[Morning Star (TV series)|Morning Star]]'' (1965–1966)
* ''[[Paradise Bay (TV series)|Paradise Bay]]'' (1965–1966)
* ''[[Never Too Young]]'' (1965–1966)
* ''[[The Nurses (TV series)#ABC TV series|The Nurses]]'' (1965–1967)
* ''[[Dark Shadows]]'' (1966–1971)
* ''[[Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series)|Love Is a Many Splendored Thing]]'' (1967–1973)
* ''[[Hidden Faces (American TV series)|Hidden Faces]]'' (1968–1969)
* ''[[One Life to Live]]'' (1968–2012)
* ''[[Bright Promise]]'' (1969–1972)
* ''[[Where the Heart Is (American TV series)|Where the Heart Is]]'' (1969–1973)
* ''[[The Best of Everything (TV series)|The Best of Everything]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Bird of the Iron Feather]]'' (1970)<ref>Was the first soap with an all Black cast. See: Sergio Mims, February 24, 2017, [https://shadowandact.com/amp/bird-of-an-iron-feather-televisions-first-black-soap-opera-that-was-too-hot-for-television "''Bird of an Iron Feather'' – Television's First Black Soap Opera That Was Too Hot for Television], ''Shadow & Act''. ''[[Bird of an Iron Feather]]'' had an all Black cast and ran for 21 episodes three times a week starting in January 1970. [[Newton Minow]] was the chairman of the Channel 11 [[WTTW]] TV station that put on the show via a grant from the [[Ford Foundation]]. [https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/bird-iron-feather Television Academy Foundation interview]. The show's title came from a speech by [[Frederick Douglass]] given in 1847. [https://www.imdb.com/news/ni46971103/ 'Bird Of The Iron Feather' – A TV Show Way Too Hot For Its Time], 13 February 2013, IMDb; [https://www.facebook.com/BirdOfTheIronFeather/videos/ Facebook]</ref><ref>[https://current.org/2016/06/remembering-a-public-tv-drama-that-delved-into-lives-of-black-chicagoans/ "Remembering a public TV drama that delved into lives of black Chicagoans"] Sonja D. Williams, June 14, 2016, Current.org</ref>
* ''[[A World Apart (TV series)|A World Apart]]'' (1970–1971)
* ''[[Somerset (TV series)|Somerset]]'' (1970–1976)
* ''[[All My Children]]'' (1970–2011)
* ''[[The Best of Everything (TV series)|The Best of Everything]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Return to Peyton Place (TV series)|Return to Peyton Place]]'' (1972–1974)
* ''Our Street'' (1972–1974)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12850290/ | title=Our Street (TV Series 1972–1974) - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12850290/fullcredits | title=Our Street (TV Series 1972–1974) - IMDb | website=[[IMDb]] }}</ref>
* '''''[[The Young and the Restless]]''''' (1973–present)
* ''[[How to Survive a Marriage]]'' (1974–1975)
* ''[[Ryan's Hope]]'' (1975–1989)
* ''[[Lovers and Friends|Lovers and Friends''/''For Richer, For Poorer]]'' (1977–1978)
* ''[[Texas (TV series)|Texas]]'' (1980–1982)
* ''[[Another Life (1981 TV series)|Another Life]]'' (1981–1984)
* ''[[Capitol (TV series)|Capitol]]'' (1982–1987)
* ''[[The Catlins (TV series)|The Catlins]]'' (1983–1985)
* ''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]'' (1983–1995)
* ''[[Rituals (TV series)|Rituals]]'' (1984–1985)
* ''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]'' (1984–1993)
* '''''[[The Bold and the Beautiful]]''''' (1987–present)
* ''[[Generations (U.S. TV series)|Generations]]'' (1989–1991)
* ''[[Tribes (TV series)|Tribes]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Swans Crossing]]'' (1992)
* ''[[The City (1995 TV series)|The City]]'' (1995–1997)
* ''[[Port Charles]]'' (1997–2003)
* ''[[Sunset Beach (TV series)|Sunset Beach]]'' (1997–1999)
* ''[[Passions]]'' (1999–2008)
* '''''[[Beyond the Gates (TV series)|Beyond the Gates]]''''' (2025–present)