Soap (TV series)
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Soap is a late-1970s American sitcom that parodies daytime soap operas through its serialized, absurd storylines and controversial, boundary-pushing humor.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Soap season 1 | 2 |
| Soap | 0 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | television series ⓘ |
| cameraSetup | multi-camera ⓘ |
| composer | George Aliceson Tipton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| creator | Susan Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Sony Pictures Television NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Benson DuBois
NERFINISHED
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Burt Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ Jessica Tate NERFINISHED ⓘ Jodie Dallas NERFINISHED ⓘ Mary Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAired | 1977-09-13 ⓘ |
| firstRunEndYear | 1981 ⓘ |
| firstRunStartYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| followsFamily |
Campbell family
NERFINISHED
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Tate family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| format | multi-camera ⓘ |
| genre |
parody
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sitcom ⓘ soap opera parody ⓘ |
| hasTheme | narrated episode recaps and previews ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1981-04-20 ⓘ |
| narratedBy | Rod Roddy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
controversial subject matter
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early depiction of a gay main character on American television ⓘ parody of daytime soap operas ⓘ serialized storytelling in a sitcom format ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 93 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 4 ⓘ |
| originalChannel | American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastIn | prime time ⓘ |
| originalNetwork | ABC ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Billy Crystal
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cathryn Damon NERFINISHED ⓘ Katherine Helmond NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Mulligan NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Guillaume NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany |
ABC
NERFINISHED
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Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runtimePerEpisode | 30 minutes ⓘ |
| setInPeriod |
early 1980s
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late 1970s ⓘ |
| setting | Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| spinOff | Benson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Susan Harris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Soap season 1
this entity surface form:
Soap season 1