![]() ![]() ![]() When it first premiered, it was criticized by many various groups, both secular and religious, (including two LGBT groups that were worried about the gay characters being played in stereotype) and some stations (mostly in the southern US) either played it late at night or refused to air it at all. ![]() The series was slated to take the previous attempt at sending up soap opera conventions, Norman Lear's Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, one step further. The series aired on the ABC Television Network from 1977-1981. The series was created by Susan Harris, who would later create the hit series, The Golden Girls Benson Empty Nest and Nurses, and was produced by Paul Junger Witt (whom Susan Harris would marry) and Tony Thomas through their production company, Witt-Thomas-Harris Productions. The show starred Katherine Helmond (later of Who's the Boss?) and Cathryn Damon (later of Webster) as two sisters who were the matriarchs of an extended family, who were considered to be completely and utterly crazy. It was a comedy that used a serial format. SOAP was a long-running situation comedy that was an unabashed send-up of daytime dramas and their numerous conventions. The picture soon devolves into a fight between Burt and Chester, who despise one another! Back Row: Corinne Tate Flotsky Danny Dallas Eunice Tate Burt Campbell Chester Tate and Jodie Dallas. Second title card of Soap, front row, Billy Tate Mary Campbell, the Major, Jessica Tate Chuck and Bob Campbell. ![]()
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