Daytime television has a reputation for being heavy on soap operas.
But are soap operas reallythatdifferent from telenovelas?
Soap operas and telenovelas both started in the 1930s as short dramatized radio programs aimed at middle-class homemakers.
Procter & Gamble began to buy up advertising slots around the shows in hopes of boosting sales.
Daily programming not only continued but expanded.
Just like today, each show ran five days a week, every week of the year.
Somesoap operas, like “All My Children” still are on the air after decades.
There are no ideas too crazy for soap operas and telenovelas.
At their base level, telenovelas are actually a lot more like our primetime dramas.
According toVox Creative, over 5.9 million viewers tune into telenovelas.
Of those, 3.1 million are outside the “key demo” soap operas aim for.
One of the biggest differences between telenovelas and soap operas rests in how long each show runs.
Soap operas go on seemingly forever, and many of the most popular have been on for decades.
With telenovelas, though, there are seasons and series finales instead of one never-ending saga.
