Editing Soap opera (section)

===Greece===
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In [[Greece]], there have been several soap operas.

====ANT1====
An early serial was ''Sti skia tou hrimatos'' ("Money Shadows"), which ran from 1990 to 1991. September 1991 saw the debut of ''Lampsi'' ("the Shining"), from creator Nicos Foskolos. The series would become Greece's longest-running soap opera. After the success of ''Lampsi'' came the short lived ''To galazio diamandi'' ("Blue Diamond") and ''Simphonia siopis'' ("Omertà"). ''Lampsi'' was canceled in June 2005 due to declining ratings. It was replaced by ''Erotas'' ("Love"), a soap that ran from 2005 to 2008. After that series ended, ANT1 abandoned the soap opera genre and focused on comedy series and weekly dramas.

Greece's second longest-running soap is ''Kalimera Zoi'' ("Goodmorning Life"), which ran from September 1993 until its cancellation in June 2006 due to low ratings.

====MEGA====
Mega Channel began producing soap operas in 1990 with the prime time serial ''I Dipsa'' ("The Thirst"), which ran for 102 episodes. Other daytime soaps have included ''Paralliloi dromoi'' (1992–1994) and its successor ''Haravgi'' ("Daylight", 1994–1995), both of which were cancelled due to low viewership; as well as the serials ''Apagorevmeni Agapi'' ("Forbidden Love"), which ran from 1998 to 2006; ''Gia mia thesi ston Ilio'' ("A Spot Under the Sun"), which ran from 1998 to 2002; ''Filodoxies'' ("Expectations"), which ran  from 2002 to 2006; and ''Vera Sto Deksi'' ("Ring on the Right Hand"), which ran from 2004 to 2006 and proved to be a successful competitor to ''Lampsi'', causing that show's ratings to decline.

''Ta Mistika Tis Edem'' ("Edem Secrets"), which was created by the producers of ''Vera Sto Deksi'', debuted in 2008 and has eclipsed that show's success. Its ratings place it consistently among the three highest-rated daytime programs.

====ERT====
YENED (which was renamed ERT2 in 1982) was responsible for the first Greek soap operas ''I Kravgi Ton Likon'' and ''Megistanes''. ERT also produced the long-running soap ''O Simvoleografos''. Since 2000 and with the introduction of private television, ERT produced additional daily soap operas, which included ''Pathos'' ("Passion"), ''Erotika tis Edem'' ("Loving in Eden") and ''Ta ftera tou erota'' ("The Wings of Love"). These failed to achieve high ratings and were canceled shortly after their premiere.

====ALPHA====
Alpha produced ''Kato apo tin Acropoli'' ("Under the Acropolis"), which ran for 2½ years.

In 2022, Alpha produce a new soap opera ''Paradeisos'' based on the Italian soap ''Il Paradiso Delle Signore''.