nighttime soap
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But the movie dilutes its impact with lackluster direction of samey scenes — people in hotel rooms speechifying — and a distracting nighttime soap subplot.
From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2021
Among the parents were C.E.O.s, a top lawyer, finance bigwigs, and even two Hollywood actors: Felicity Huffman, of the mid-two-thousands nighttime soap “Desperate Housewives”; and Lori Loughlin, of the popular nineties sitcom “Full House.”
From The New Yorker • Mar. 13, 2019
An actress who won hearts of 1960s television viewers as the long-suffering mother in the nighttime soap “Peyton Place.”
From Washington Times • Dec. 17, 2018
Scott shrugged because it was still the afternoon — way too early to script a nighttime soap.
From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2018
“Our family is a regular nighttime soap opera.”
From "Gone Crazy in Alabama" by Rita Williams-Garcia
