Why Did Soap Operas Look Different From Other TV Shows? | Mental Floss - 0 views
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Bill Genereux on 13 Jul 15Soap operas, "soaps" or "my stories," as many a grandmother has called them, are dramas presented in a serial format on daytime television or radio. Their name comes from a time when old serial dramas broadcast on radio had soap manufacturers (Procter & Gamble and Lever Brothers, to name a few) as sponsors and/or producers. They also, you might have noticed, look really really crappy.There are two main reasons for this lack of visual quality, both of which are rooted in the problem of soap operas'
