Previously, the Soap City web site offered downloadable episodes of several daytime drama series. A spokesperson for the two shows said it is unclear at this time if video podcasts will be offered.ĪBC sends out weekly text messages to fans' cell phones offering them sneak peeks of upcoming episodes of All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital. The audio-only versions of the shows are available for free via iTunes. The Procter & Gamble-produced series As the World Turns and Guiding Light have been offering fans podcasts of each day's episodes since last year. Passions' push to the new digital media format is part of a growing trend by the networks to expand the boundary of daytime's television-only format. Episodes will be made available for download the day after each show airs on NBC. For $9.99 fans can have immediate access to 15 consecutive episodes as those episodes become available.
However, fans are able to purchase a "value pack" of Passions episodes.
Each episode of the series will cost $1.99. Only time will tell.Starting this week, NBC's Passions goes where no other daytime drama has gone before: it is the first soap to be available for viewing on iTunes.īeginning August 15th, episodes of Passions will be available for download via Apple's iTunes music and video store. Days of Our Lives actually created an Internet series on the official DOOL app, “Chad & Abby in Paris” that was based on a fan-favorite couple, “Chabby.” There are plans to create more of those “app-isodes” and viewers wonder if this might eventually happen with other soaps, too. To keep up with changing times, at least one soap opera has begun using “web-based” spin-offs. Now, fans watch by using their DVRs, watching online, and even using streaming services like Hulu Plus. You don’t have to struggle with the VCR not taping episodes. You no longer have to be at home by a certain time to catch the soap. Soap opera spoilers indicate that times are changing, technology is advancing, and so are the ways that fans watch. LOVE PUZZLES? SIGN UP FOR OUR PUZZLE NEWSLETTER, HERE! Evolution of How Fans Watch In fact, Passions was the most recent soap opera to debut, but it didn’t last more than a few years.Ĭlassic soaps from the 70s remain on the air though and still have die-hard loyal fans that can get pretty passionate! Interestingly enough, “newer” soaps that tried to match the success of Y&R, DOOL, GH, and B&B failed to keep up. Soap Spoilers: Classics Beat Out New Shows However, now there are only four: The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, and General Hospital. Many years ago, there were several soaps to watch. Fast forward to when TV started taking over the radio and those stories became part of our daily lives. The term soap opera was actually created in the 1930s and was used to describe a radio series that highlighted the drama and dilemma of the characters.
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