Soap ( English Soap ) is an American comedy television series broadcast on ABC from September 13, 1977 to April 20, 1981.
| Soap | |
|---|---|
| Soap | |
 1977 Advertising Photo. | |
| Format | Sitcom |
| Creator | Susan Harris |
| Cast | Katherine Damon Katherine Helmond Billy Crystal |
| A country |  USA |
| Number of seasons | four |
| Number of episodes | 93 ( episode list ) |
| Production | |
| Producer | Susan Harris |
| Studio | |
| Broadcast | |
| Tv channel | Abc |
| On the screens | September 13, 1977 - April 20, 1981 |
| Video format | 480i |
| Sound format | Mono |
| References | |
| IMDb | ID 75584 |
The show, created by Susan Harris , was a parody of soap operas and included elements of melodrama, including the abduction of heroes by aliens, obsession with demons, murder and kidnapping. In 2007, Time magazine named the series "One of the One Hundred Best TV Shows of All Time" [1] .
Years after its completion, the series is often called one of the best shows in the history of television [2] [3] [4] . In total, the project was nominated seventeen times for the Emmy Award, winning four awards [5] . Katherine Helmond in 1981 won the Golden Globe Award for her work in the series, and the project itself was also nominated for an award [5] .
Even before its premiere, the series caused controversy from local partner stations ABC , who refused to broadcast shows about sex, infidelity and homosexuality [6] . Los Angeles Roman Catholic Church condemned the series and urged viewers to boycott it [7] , as well as a number of other religious fanatics who called the show obscene and undeserving of going on a block with two of the seventies' top-rated family shows, Happy Days and Laverna and Shirley [8] [9] . Ultimately, thirty-two thousand inhabitants of the country signed a petition for the premiere of the show, but the channel still showed it [10] . In addition to religious protests, the ABC faced criticism from the National Gay and Lesbian Working Group , who were unhappy with the image of a gay character in the show, one of the first LGBT heroes on television. [11] As a result, the ABC had to reduce the cost of thirty seconds of advertising time from 75 thousand to 40 [10] , and 18 of the 195 local partner stations did not show the premiere of the series on September 13, 1977 [6] .
Notes
- ↑ Poniewozik, James . The 100 Best TV Shows of All- TIME , Time , Time.com (September 6, 2007). Date of treatment March 4, 2010.
- ↑ James Poniewozik. Best TV Shows of All Time, (Eng.) // Time : magazine. - 2007 .-- 6 September. - P. 48 .
- ↑ Podrazik, Walter. Harry and Wally's Favorite TV Shows. - New York: Prentice Hall Trade, 1989 .-- P. 471–472. - ISBN 978-0139332500 .
- ↑ Marsh, Earle. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. - New York: Ballantine Books, 2007. - P. 1266–67. - ISBN 978-0345497734 .
- ↑ 1 2 Awards for "Soap" (1977) . Internet Movie Database . Date of treatment October 21, 2012. Archived December 18, 2012.
- ↑ 1 2 ABC Anxious As Affils Wary Of 'Soap' (Eng.) // Variety : magazine. - 1977 .-- March 13. - P. 72 .
- ↑ Church seeks boycott of 'Soap' product // The Hollywood Reporter : magazine. - 1977. - 2 June. - P. 5 .
- ↑ Mature Adult 'Soap' Rocks ABC's Boat (English) // Time : magazine. - 1977 .-- 18 September. - P. 13, 17 .
- ↑ Viewpoint: Soap, Betty & Rafferty (English) // Time : magazine. - 1977 .-- 12 September. - P. 72 .
- ↑ 1 2 Marsh, Earle. The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network and Cable TV Shows, 1946-Present. - New York: Ballantine Books, 2007 .-- P. 1266. - ISBN 978-0345497734 .
- ↑ 10 Sexual Controversies That Changed TV 4. SOAP (1977-1981) . Date of treatment October 11, 2012. Archived December 18, 2012.