Making: Stories Without End

A Chicago woman, Irna Phillips, birthed the daytime serial — and a Chicago woman, Michele ... more

Go behind the scenes at Days of Our Lives in Burbank, California. Hear from actors, set de... more

Without soaps, we wouldn’t have melodramas or reality shows. Without soaps, we wouldn’t ha... more

Before the mainstreaming of Ellen and the hit show Will and Grace, soaps did their best to... more

From Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee on The Guiding Light to the first Black super-couple, Jesse ... more

Irna Phillips created the cliff-hanger in broadcast storytelling and perfected the serial ... more

Soap operas have long been trivialized as low-brow women’s entertainment. Even the term “s... more

Soap operas are the foundation of American television storytelling.
 
 From early ... more

Toni Morrison is widely considered one of America’s greatest writers. She published 11 nov... more

“I don’t believe I’m going to die slipping on a piece of ice. I don’t believe I’m going to... more

In just 86 years Maya Angelou lived dozens of lives. 
 
 Perhaps best known for he... more

“Why can’t I be MVP of the league?” Derrick Rose said.
 
 With unimpressive statis... more

With 36 billion streams on Spotify, 14 No. 1 hits and 9 Grammys, Rihanna is regarded as on... more