Simpson, Erik and Lyle Menendez, and various defendants in preschool molestation cases have been lengthy, lawyer-dominated soap operas in which the search for truth has been subordinated to the manipulation of procedures.
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In a paper printed in the British Medical Journal, Tim Crayford, Richard Hooper and Sarah Evans reported that the mortality rate for characters in the television soap operas Coronation Street and EastEnders exceeded those of bomb disposal experts and racing drivers.
This rule holds true in other areas of broadcasting: consider the mundane domesticity of most British soap operas, in contrast to the aspirational, glitzy lifestyles portrayed by their American counterparts.
Recently, the network aired a kiss between a lesbian couple in one of its soap operas.
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In Manhattan, for example, cable TV viewers were able by mid-afternoon to tune back in to their favorite soap operas on WABC.
In terms of the soap operas that her appearance so evocatively recalls, she seems to be more the hapless Sue Ellen Ewing than the scheming Alexis Carrington.
Mr. Rao notes that Brazilians like to use social media while watching TV, in particular soccer matches and soap operas.
The cold turkey scene has cropped up in films like Trainspotting and soap operas like EastEnders, where a parent uses so-called "tough love".
Some of them actually believed us because their reference to America was movies and soap operas where everyone either lived in a 5, 000 square foot mansion or in a Malibu beach house.
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In the U.S. viewers with satellite television can watch its soap operas, game shows and reality programs like India's take on American Idol.
It meant many people had to turn off their TV during their beloved evening soap operas, street lights were dimmed and firms shortened shifts in order to save energy.
At first, she stayed put in remote Gaylord, observing her other widowed friends do little but watch soap operas on television, complain about aches and pains and seem to grow dottier with every passing day.
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Daytime TV, including live talk shows such as "The View" and soap operas, which typically tape about a week's worth of shows in advance, would be next to feel the impact.
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