Dismissed as too old-fashioned to compete with streaming services, the melodramas have seen viewership surge from Mexicans seeking the familiar in a distressing time.
Tag: Soap Operas
‘Coronation Street,’ Long-Running British Soap, Introduces Its First Black Family
The show, which has chronicled working-class British life since 1960, will introduce the Bailey family in June.
Egypt’s Soap Opera Clampdown Extends el-Sisi’s Iron Grip to TV
The crackdown on soap operas is the latest extension of a far-reaching authoritarianism that is unusual even for a country long governed by strongmen.