According toEncyclopedia.com, soap operas were originally created for radio.
“Painted Dreams,” produced by Irna Phillips, debuted in 1931.
“Guiding Light” played on both radio and TV for a while.
For many years, soap operas dominated the daytime airwaves.
But asSlatereported, both shows found new life as digital series.
With current high-speed technology,Forbeswrote that streaming is now more popular than broadcast television.
We were the first ones through the wall …we got pretty bloodied doing it."
