Editing Soap opera (section)

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! Soap
! Network
! Premiere 
! Finale
! Switched to color
! Expanded to hour
! First HDTV broadcast
|-
|''[[All My Children]]''
|ABC
|January 5, 1970
|September 23, 2011
|From the start
|April 25, 1977
|February 3, 2010
|-
|''[[Another World (TV series)|Another World]]''
|NBC
|May 4, 1964
|June 25, 1999
|June 1966
|January 6, 1975
|N/A
|-
|''[[As the World Turns]]''
|CBS
|April 2, 1956
|September 17, 2010
|August 21, 1967
|December 1, 1975
|N/A
|-
|''[[The Best of Everything (TV series)|The Best of Everything]]''
|ABC
|March 30, 1970
|September 25, 1970
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[The Brighter Day]]''
|CBS
|January 4, 1954
|September 28, 1962
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Capitol (TV series)|Capitol]]''
|CBS
|March 29, 1982
|March 20, 1987
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[The City (1995 TV series)|The City]]''
|ABC
|November 13, 1995
|March 28, 1997
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[The Clear Horizon]]''
|CBS
|July 11, 1960
|June 15, 1962
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Dark Shadows]]''
|ABC
|June 27, 1966
|April 2, 1971
|August 11, 1967
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[The Doctors (1963 TV series)|The Doctors]]''
|NBC
|April 1, 1963
|December 31, 1982
|October 17, 1966
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[The Edge of Night]]''
|CBS/ABC
|April 2, 1956
|December 28, 1984
|September 11, 1967
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[The First Hundred Years]]''
|CBS
|December 4, 1950
|June 27, 1952
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[First Love (1954 TV series)|First Love]]''
|NBC
|July 5, 1954
|December 30, 1955
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[From These Roots]]''
|NBC
|June 30, 1958
|December 29, 1961
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Full Circle (1960 TV series)|Full Circle]]''
|CBS
|June 27, 1960
|March 10, 1961
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Generations (American TV series)|Generations]]''
|NBC
|March 27, 1989
|January 25, 1991
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Golden Windows]]''
|NBC
|July 5, 1954
|April 1, 1955
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Guiding Light]]''
|CBS
|June 30, 1952
|September 18, 2009
|March 13, 1967
|November 7, 1977
|N/A
|-
|''[[Hawkins Falls, Population 6200|Hawkins Falls]]''
|NBC
|June 7, 1950
|July 1, 1955
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Hidden Faces (1968 TV series)|Hidden Faces]]''
|NBC
|December 30, 1968
|June 27, 1969
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[How to Survive a Marriage]]''
|NBC
|January 7, 1974
|April 17, 1975
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series)|Love Is a Many Splendored Thing]]''
|CBS
|September 18, 1967
|March 23, 1973
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Love of Life]]''
|CBS
|September 24, 1951
|February 1, 1980
|March 13, 1967
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Lovers and Friends|Lovers and Friends/For Richer, For Poorer]]''
|NBC
|January 3, 1977
|September 29, 1978
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Loving (TV series)|Loving]]''
|ABC
|June 26, 1983
|November 10, 1995
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Miss Susan]]''
|NBC
|March 12, 1951
|December 28, 1951
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Never Too Young]]''
|ABC
|September 27, 1965
|June 24, 1966
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[The Nurses (ABC TV series)|The Nurses]]''
|ABC
|September 27, 1965
|March 31, 1967
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[One Life to Live]]''
|ABC
|July 15, 1968
|January 13, 2012
|From the start
|January 16, 1978
|December 6, 2010 <small>([[enhanced definition television|EDTV]])</small>
|-
|''[[Our Five Daughters]]''
|NBC
|January 2, 1962
|September 28, 1962
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Passions]]''
|NBC
|July 5, 1999
|September 7, 2007
|From the start
|From the start
|N/A
|-
|''[[Port Charles]]''
|ABC
|June 1, 1997
|October 3, 2003
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Portia Faces Life]]''
|CBS
|July 5, 1954
|March 18, 1955
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Return to Peyton Place (TV series)|Return to Peyton Place]]''
|NBC
|April 3, 1972
|January 4, 1974
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Ryan's Hope]]''
|ABC
|July 7, 1975
|January 13, 1989
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Santa Barbara (TV series)|Santa Barbara]]''
|NBC
|July 30, 1984
|January 15, 1993
|From the start
|From the start
|N/A
|-
|''[[Search for Tomorrow]]''
|CBS/NBC
|September 3, 1951
|December 26, 1986
|September 11, 1967
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[The Secret Storm]]''
|CBS
|February 1, 1954
|February 8, 1974
|September 11, 1967
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Somerset (TV series)|Somerset]]''
|NBC
|March 30, 1970
|December 31, 1976
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Sunset Beach (TV series)|Sunset Beach]]''
|NBC
|January 5, 1997
|December 31, 1999
|From the start
|From the start
|N/A
|-
|''[[Texas (TV series)|Texas]]''
|NBC
|August 4, 1980
|December 31, 1982
|From the start
|From the start
|N/A
|-
|''[[These Are My Children]]''
|NBC
|January 31, 1949
|February 25, 1949
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Three Steps to Heaven (TV series)|Three Steps to Heaven]]''
|NBC
|June 27, 1960
|March 10, 1961
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Tribes (TV series)|Tribes]]''
|Fox
|March 5, 1990
|July 13, 1990
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[Where the Heart Is (US TV series)|Where the Heart Is]]''
|CBS
|September 8, 1969
|March 23, 1973
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[A World Apart (TV series)|A World Apart]]''
|ABC
|March 30, 1970
|June 25, 1971
|From the start
|N/A
|N/A
|-
|''[[The Young Marrieds]]''
|ABC
|October 5, 1964
|March 25, 1966
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|}