Soap

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satirical television series sitcom television series

Soap is a satirical American television sitcom that parodied daytime soap operas and became a cult classic for its controversial, boundary-pushing humor.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf satirical television series ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
television series ⓘ
airedInDecade 1970s ⓘ
1980s ⓘ
broadcastStandard NTSC color television standard ⓘ
surface form: NTSC
character Jodie Dallas ⓘ
composer George Aliceson Tipton ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
creator Susan Harris ⓘ
distribution syndication ⓘ
executiveProducer Paul Junger Witt ⓘ
Tony Thomas ⓘ
firstAired 1977-09-13 ⓘ
followedBy Benson ⓘ
follows Campbell family ⓘ
Tate family ⓘ
format multi-camera ⓘ
genre satire ⓘ
sitcom ⓘ
soap opera parody ⓘ
lastAired 1981-04-20 ⓘ
mainCharacter Burt Campbell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jessica Tate ⓘ
Jodie Dallas ⓘ
Mary Campbell ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
notableFor boundary-pushing humor ⓘ
controversial subject matter ⓘ
early depiction of a gay main character on American television ⓘ
parody of daytime soap operas ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 90 ⓘ
numberOfSeasons 4 ⓘ
openingTheme Theme from Soap ⓘ
originalChannel American Broadcasting Company ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originallyBroadcastIn prime time ⓘ
originalNetwork ABC ⓘ
portrayedBy Billy Crystal ⓘ
Cathryn Damon ⓘ
Katherine Helmond ⓘ
Richard Mulligan ⓘ
productionCompany Witt/Thomas/Harris Productions ⓘ
runtimePerEpisode approximately 24 minutes ⓘ
setting Connecticut ⓘ
spinOff Benson ⓘ
status cult classic ⓘ
subjectOf controversy from conservative and religious groups ⓘ

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Crystal → notableWork → Soap ⓘ
subject surface form: Billy Crystal