List of soap opera media outlets

There are multiple media outlets which focus primarily on television soap operas and telenovelas. These publications and websites feature news, cast and crew interviews, plot summaries and previews, editorials and reviews, TV listings and video previews related to the genre.

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="width:100%;" \|+ List of soap opera media outlets
style="width:10%;"\| Name ! style="width:10%;"\| Years ! style="width:10%;"\| Country ! style="width:60%;"\| Notes
scope="row"\| Afternoon TV \| 1968-1985 \| United States \| Monthly print magazine covering daytime soap operas published by Roband Publications.
scope="row"\| All About Soap \| 1999–2016 \| United Kingdom \| Biweekly print magazine covering primetime soap operas
scope="row"\| Daily Drama \| 2023–present \| United States \| Website featuring soap opera news, spoilers, recaps, exclusive interviews, and more
scope="row"\| Daytime Confidential \| 2007–present \| United States \| Website founded in 2007, under the Zap2it network from January 2012 through March 2014
scope="row"\| Inside Soap \| 1992–present \| United Kingdom \| Weekly print magazine covering primetime and daytime soap operas
scope="row"\|Into Soap Magazine (IntoSoap) \| 2004 \| United Kingdom \| Short-lived print publication founded by actor Nicholas Cochrane of Coronation Street
scope="row"\| Michael Fairman TV \| 2008–present \| United States \| Established in 2008 as On-Air On-Soaps, the website was re-branded as Michael Fairman TV in May 2018. The site features news, interviews, reviews and previews by longtime soap opera journalist Michael Fairman, creator and executive producer of Sony's SoapCity.{{cite web \|url=http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/biography/ \|title=Biography: Michael Fairman \|website=Michael Fairman TV \|access-date=September 18, 2015}}
scope="row"\| Serial Scoop \| 2013–present \| United States \| Covers "daytime soap operas, primetime serials, novelas, TV movies, big screen features, web series, theater and every form of serialized entertainment"{{cite web \|url=http://www.serialscoop.com/p/about-serial-scoop.html \|title=About Serial Scoop \|work=Serial Scoop \|access-date=September 19, 2015}}
scope="row"\| Soap Opera Digest \| 1975–present \| United States \| Weekly print magazine covering daytime and prime time soap operas; it went to internet-only at the end of 2023.
scope="row"\| Soap Opera Magazine \| 1991–1999 \| United States \| Weekly print magazine covering daytime soap operas
scope="row"\| {{anchor\|Soap Opera Network}}Soap Opera Network \| 2001–present \| United States \| News and features website
scope="row"\| Soap Opera Update \| 1988–2002 \| United States \| Weekly print magazine covering daytime soap operas
scope="row"\| Soap Opera Weekly \| 1989–2012 \| United States \| Weekly print magazine covering daytime soap operas
scope="row"\|Soap Hub \|2014–present \|United States \|Website featuring soap opera news, spoilers, recaps, exclusive interviews, and more
scope="row"\| Soap Central \| 1995–present \| United States \| Soap opera news and feature hub, originally a fansite known as The AMC Pages and later Soap Opera Central. As of 2024, owned by Nazara Technologies{{cite web \|url=http://soapcentral.com/soapcentral/aboutus.php \|title=About Us \|work=Soap Central \|access-date=September 23, 2015}}
scope="row"\| SoapCities \| 2017–present \| United States \| Soap opera news blog founded by Shawn Brady and Akbi Khan in 2017. The site provides news and interviews.
scope="row"\| SoapCity \| 1999–? \| United States \| Sony Pictures' now-defunct official website for the American daytime soap operas Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless, created and executive produced by longtime soap opera journalist Michael Fairman
scope="row"\| Soaplife \| 1999–2018 \| United Kingdom \| Biweekly (weekly in 2018) print magazine covering primetime soap operas
scope="row"\| ABC Soaps In Depth \| 1997–2020 \| United States \| rowspan="3"\| Trio of print publications each focusing on the soaps of one of the three primary American networks. As of 2020, all print publications have ceased, although Soaps in Depth continues to operate as a digital-only publication.{{cite web \|last=Bowe \|first=Jillian \|title=Soaps In Depth Magazine to End Print Publication \|url=https://daytimeconfidential.com/2020/04/23/soaps-in-depth-magazine-to-end-print-publication \|website=Daytime Confidential \|publisher=Confidential Media, Inc. \|access-date=April 23, 2020 \|location=United States \|language=en-us \|date=April 23, 2020}}
scope="row"\| CBS Soaps In Depth \| 1997–2020 \| United States
scope="row"\| NBC Soaps In Depth \| 1997–1999 \| United States
scope="row"\| Soaps She Knows (Soaps.com) \| 2006–present \| United States \| Founded in June 2006 at Soaps.com,{{cite web \|url=http://soaps.com/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613071519/http://soaps.com/ \|title=Soaps.com interim web site: Coming Summer 2006 \|website=Soaps.com \|date=June 13, 2006 \|archive-date=June 13, 2006 \|access-date=September 19, 2015}} in January 2010 the site was mirrored at Soaps.SheKnows.com, and in April 2010 Soaps.com became a redirect to the new location.
scope="row"\| Thatsup \| 2015–present \| Canada \| Established in 2016, covers American soap operas.{{cite web \|url=http://www.thatsup.info/p/about.html \|title=About Thatsup \|work=Thatsup \|access-date=September 19, 2015}}
scope="row"\| TVMEG.COM \| 2000–present \| United States \| Established in 2000 as The TV MegaSite, Inc., the website was re-branded in 2018 as TVMEG.COM. The site, run by Suzanne Lanoue, focuses on television, especially daytime soaps. It's linked to the old site, The TV MegaSite, which has daily transcripts, recaps etc. going back to the 90's. They have many interview with TV actors and more. Hundreds of volunteers have written for the site over the years.
scope="row"\| TVSource Magazine \| 2008–present \| United States \| Established in 2008 as Soap Opera Source, the website was re-branded in 2012 as TVSource Magazine. The site focuses on the entertainment industry, television and pop culture.
scope="row"\| TVyNovelas \| 1982–present \| Mexico \| Print magazine and Televisa house publication covering telenovelas, with international editions in the US, Argentina, Chile and Colombia, and annual awards called the Premios TVyNovelas
scope="row"\| We Love Soaps \| 2007–present \| United States \| Originally a blog, founded by soap opera journalist Roger Newcomb{{cite web \|url=http://www.welovesoaps.net/p/about-we-love-soaps_4.html \|title=About We Love Soaps \|work=We Love Soaps \|access-date=September 19, 2015}}

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|+ List of soap opera media outlets

style="width:10%;"| Name

! style="width:10%;"| Years

! style="width:10%;"| Country

! style="width:60%;"| Notes

scope="row"| Afternoon TV

| 1968-1985

| United States

| Monthly print magazine covering daytime soap operas published by Roband Publications.

scope="row"| All About Soap

| 1999–2016

| United Kingdom

| Biweekly print magazine covering primetime soap operas

scope="row"| Daily Drama

| 2023–present

| United States

| Website featuring soap opera news, spoilers, recaps, exclusive interviews, and more

scope="row"| Daytime Confidential

| 2007–present

| United States

| Website founded in 2007, under the Zap2it network from January 2012 through March 2014

scope="row"| Inside Soap

| 1992–present

| United Kingdom

| Weekly print magazine covering primetime and daytime soap operas

scope="row"|Into Soap Magazine (IntoSoap)

| 2004

| United Kingdom

| Short-lived print publication founded by actor Nicholas Cochrane of Coronation Street

scope="row"| Michael Fairman TV

| 2008–present

| United States

| Established in 2008 as On-Air On-Soaps, the website was re-branded as Michael Fairman TV in May 2018. The site features news, interviews, reviews and previews by longtime soap opera journalist Michael Fairman, creator and executive producer of Sony's SoapCity.{{cite web |url=http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/biography/ |title=Biography: Michael Fairman |website=Michael Fairman TV |access-date=September 18, 2015}}

scope="row"| Serial Scoop

| 2013–present

| United States

| Covers "daytime soap operas, primetime serials, novelas, TV movies, big screen features, web series, theater and every form of serialized entertainment"{{cite web |url=http://www.serialscoop.com/p/about-serial-scoop.html |title=About Serial Scoop |work=Serial Scoop |access-date=September 19, 2015}}

scope="row"| Soap Opera Digest

| 1975–present

| United States

| Weekly print magazine covering daytime and prime time soap operas; it went to internet-only at the end of 2023.

scope="row"| Soap Opera Magazine

| 1991–1999

| United States

| Weekly print magazine covering daytime soap operas

scope="row"| {{anchor|Soap Opera Network}}Soap Opera Network

| 2001–present

| United States

| News and features website

scope="row"| Soap Opera Update

| 1988–2002

| United States

| Weekly print magazine covering daytime soap operas

scope="row"| Soap Opera Weekly

| 1989–2012

| United States

| Weekly print magazine covering daytime soap operas

scope="row"|Soap Hub

|2014–present

|United States

|Website featuring soap opera news, spoilers, recaps, exclusive interviews, and more

scope="row"| Soap Central

| 1995–present

| United States

| Soap opera news and feature hub, originally a fansite known as The AMC Pages and later Soap Opera Central. As of 2024, owned by Nazara Technologies{{cite web |url=http://soapcentral.com/soapcentral/aboutus.php |title=About Us |work=Soap Central |access-date=September 23, 2015}}

scope="row"| SoapCities

| 2017–present

| United States

| Soap opera news blog founded by Shawn Brady and Akbi Khan in 2017. The site provides news and interviews.

scope="row"| SoapCity

| 1999–?

| United States

| Sony Pictures' now-defunct official website for the American daytime soap operas Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless, created and executive produced by longtime soap opera journalist Michael Fairman

scope="row"| Soaplife

| 1999–2018

| United Kingdom

| Biweekly (weekly in 2018) print magazine covering primetime soap operas

scope="row"| ABC Soaps In Depth

| 1997–2020

| United States

| rowspan="3"| Trio of print publications each focusing on the soaps of one of the three primary American networks. As of 2020, all print publications have ceased, although Soaps in Depth continues to operate as a digital-only publication.{{cite web |last=Bowe |first=Jillian |title=Soaps In Depth Magazine to End Print Publication |url=https://daytimeconfidential.com/2020/04/23/soaps-in-depth-magazine-to-end-print-publication |website=Daytime Confidential |publisher=Confidential Media, Inc. |access-date=April 23, 2020 |location=United States |language=en-us |date=April 23, 2020}}

scope="row"| CBS Soaps In Depth

| 1997–2020

| United States

scope="row"| NBC Soaps In Depth

| 1997–1999

| United States

scope="row"| Soaps She Knows (Soaps.com)

| 2006–present

| United States

| Founded in June 2006 at Soaps.com,{{cite web |url=http://soaps.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060613071519/http://soaps.com/ |title=Soaps.com interim web site: Coming Summer 2006 |website=Soaps.com |date=June 13, 2006 |archive-date=June 13, 2006 |access-date=September 19, 2015}} in January 2010 the site was mirrored at Soaps.SheKnows.com, and in April 2010 Soaps.com became a redirect to the new location.

scope="row"| Thatsup

| 2015–present

| Canada

| Established in 2016, covers American soap operas.{{cite web |url=http://www.thatsup.info/p/about.html |title=About Thatsup |work=Thatsup |access-date=September 19, 2015}}

scope="row"| TVMEG.COM

| 2000–present

| United States

| Established in 2000 as The TV MegaSite, Inc., the website was re-branded in 2018 as TVMEG.COM. The site, run by Suzanne Lanoue, focuses on television, especially daytime soaps. It's linked to the old site, The TV MegaSite, which has daily transcripts, recaps etc. going back to the 90's. They have many interview with TV actors and more. Hundreds of volunteers have written for the site over the years.

scope="row"| TVSource Magazine

| 2008–present

| United States

| Established in 2008 as Soap Opera Source, the website was re-branded in 2012 as TVSource Magazine. The site focuses on the entertainment industry, television and pop culture.

scope="row"| TVyNovelas

| 1982–present

| Mexico

| Print magazine and Televisa house publication covering telenovelas, with international editions in the US, Argentina, Chile and Colombia, and annual awards called the Premios TVyNovelas

scope="row"| We Love Soaps

| 2007–present

| United States

| Originally a blog, founded by soap opera journalist Roger Newcomb{{cite web |url=http://www.welovesoaps.net/p/about-we-love-soaps_4.html |title=About We Love Soaps |work=We Love Soaps |access-date=September 19, 2015}}

References

Category:English-language mass media

Category:Lists of websites

Category:Review websites

Category:Soap opera lists