The Soap Opera Genre Revisited
A Comparative Analysis of U.S., British and Australian Serials
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2025
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)
978-1-5013-2546-5 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic USA (Verlag)
978-1-5013-2546-5 (ISBN)
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This book examines the soap opera ratings in the U.S., UK, and Australia to identify the trends and analyze the discussions on soap opera blogs and interviews to gauge the audience reception of the soap opera storylines.
Over the years, the soap opera genre developed and became very successful - especially between the 1960s and 1990s - in the US, the UK, and Australia. In the early 2000s, due to the US soap operas’ declining ratings, those that were once successful, including Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and All My Children, were cancelled. For example, during the 1996–1997 season, there were 12 soap operas on air. During the 2008–2009 season, this number dropped to eight, and currently (2014–2015 season), only four soap operas remain on US television networks.
Nonetheless, the genre is still widely popular in Australia and the UK. Shows such as Neighbours and Coronation Street consistently draw high ratings, suggesting that different factors affect the soap operas’ success in different countries, such as production and budgetary issues, the nature of the stories, and changing viewership demographics. Understanding the reasons behind the genre’s popularity and decline through a comparative analysis is crucial to make sense of its current status.
Over the years, the soap opera genre developed and became very successful - especially between the 1960s and 1990s - in the US, the UK, and Australia. In the early 2000s, due to the US soap operas’ declining ratings, those that were once successful, including Guiding Light, As the World Turns, and All My Children, were cancelled. For example, during the 1996–1997 season, there were 12 soap operas on air. During the 2008–2009 season, this number dropped to eight, and currently (2014–2015 season), only four soap operas remain on US television networks.
Nonetheless, the genre is still widely popular in Australia and the UK. Shows such as Neighbours and Coronation Street consistently draw high ratings, suggesting that different factors affect the soap operas’ success in different countries, such as production and budgetary issues, the nature of the stories, and changing viewership demographics. Understanding the reasons behind the genre’s popularity and decline through a comparative analysis is crucial to make sense of its current status.
Ahmet Atay is an Assistant Professor at The College of Wooster, USA. His research focuses on Media studies, Popular Culture, and Intercultural and International Communication. He is the author of Globalization’s Impact on Cultural Identity Formation: Queer Diasporic Males in Cyberspace (2015).
Chapter 1. State of the Genre
Chapter 2. Trends in Soap Opera Storytelling
Chapter 3. Community, Place, and Space
Chapter 4. Race, Ethnicity, Diaspora, and Immigrants
Chapter 5. Queer Characters, Queer Lives
Chapter 6. Memory, Nostalgia, and Soap Opera Viewership
Chapter 7. Millennials: Stories for the Next Generation
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.5.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Kommunikation / Medien ► Medienwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-5013-2546-9 / 1501325469 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-5013-2546-5 / 9781501325465 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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