nighttime soap

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She threw punches for Linda Evans in one of her many ballyhooed cat fights with Joan Collins on the frothy long-running 1980s nighttime soap opera “Dynasty.”

From New York Times • May 11, 2024

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