Soap-Opera Veteran Peter Bergman on the Future of Daytime Dramas

The Emmy-winning star on 'The Young and the Restless' talks about his former show 'All My Children'

Can the Internet Save Soap Operas?

As production begins for web versions of 'One Life to Live' and 'All My Children,' fans say the answer is "yes"

Iranian Exiles Flock East, to Multiethnic Malaysia

Above the outdoor cafÉs of this city's trendiest suburb, some 60 exiles are busily dubbing Brazilian soap operas, Japanese cartoons and American music videos...

The Drama Lives Online: 'All My Children' and 'One Life To Live' May Air on the Web

Soap operas All My Children and One Life To Live will end their network television runs in September.  But there's a twist! The New York Post reports that ABC is...

One More Life to Live: ABC Soaps to Survive on Internet

All My Children and One Life to Live are not going down the soap drain after all. In a surprising announcement—but I'll bet a pleasing one to fans who felt...

All My Children and One Life to Live

Soap operas are an all-or-nothing affair: if you don't watch them, they may as well not exist. But if you do, they're like no other commitment on television...

Thalia: Cinderella Story

Those in the U.S. who have heard of the Mexican singer and actress Thalia probably know her best as the third wife of Tommy Mottola, chairman of Sony Music...

Postcard: Oakdale.

The town of Oakdale has seen its share of drama. Kidnappings are common. So is infidelity. Try to find a person who hasn't fallen into a coma, drugged an...

Why Mexico's Drug War May Become Its Iraq

The no-nonsense government ads flash onto prime-time Mexican TV between soccer games and steamy soap operas. Bullet-filled corpses are shown sprawled on the...

Soap-Opera Diplomacy: North Koreans Crave Banned Videos

For Myung Chul Jin, 43, a recently defected North Korean living in Seoul, it hasn't been an easy year. The government executed his uncle last year for...