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Soap operas started from American radio serials in the 1930s. They
got their name from the sponsorship of some of the programs by
major soap powder companies. Soap opera is a genre taken from
radio rather than film.
Soap operas are long running serials, not a series. In a serial the
main characters remain the same from programme to programme,
at least one storyline is carried over from one episode to the next,
and serials are potentially endless.