List of the soaps

This is a list of soap operas currently airing and formerly aired five days a week.

ABC Daytime

Current soap opera

• General Hospital (April 1, 1963–present)

Former soap operas

• A Flame in the Wind (retitled A Time For Us) (December 28, 1964–December 16, 1966)
• A World Apart (March 10, 1970–June 25, 1971)
• All My Children (January 5, 1970–September 23, 2011)
• Dark Shadows (June 27, 1966–April 2, 1971)
• Loving (June 26, 1983–November 10, 1995)
• Never Too Young (September 27, 1965–June 24, 1966)
• One Life to Live (July 15, 1968–January 13, 2012)
• Port Charles (June 1, 1997–October 3, 2003)
• Ryan's Hope (July 7, 1975–January 13, 1989)
• The Best of Everything (March 30–September 25, 1970)
• The City (November 13, 1995–March 28, 1997)
• The Edge of Night (December 1, 1975–December 28, 1984; previously on CBS April 2, 1956–November 28, 1975)
• The Nurses (September 27, 1965–March 31, 1967)
• The Young Marrieds (October 5, 1964–March 25, 1966)

Peacock

Current soap opera

• Days of Our Lives (September 12, 2022–present)

NBC Daytime

Former soap operas

• Another World (May 5, 1964–June 25, 1999)
• Ben Jerrod (April 1–June 28, 1963)
• Bright Promise (September 29, 1969–March 31, 1972)
• Days of Our Lives (November 8, 1965–September 9, 2022)
• The Doctors (April 1, 1963–December 31, 1982)
• First Love (July 5, 1954–December 30, 1955)
• From These Roots (June 30, 1958–December 29, 1961)
• Generations (March 27, 1989–January 25, 1991)
• Golden Windows (July 5, 1954–April 1, 1955)
• Hawkins Falls, Population 6200 (April 2, 1951–July 1, 1955)
• Hidden Faces (December 30, 1968–June 27, 1969)
• How to Survive a Marriage (January 7, 1974–April 18, 1975)
• Lovers and Friends (January 3, 1977–September 29, 1978)
• Miss Susan (March 12–December 28, 1951)
• Moment of Truth (December 28, 1964–November 12, 1965)
• Morning Star (September 27, 1965–July 1, 1966)
• One Man's Family (March 1, 1954–April 1, 1955)
• Our Five Daughters (January 2–September 28, 1962)
• Paradise Bay (September 27, 1965–July 1, 1966)
• Passions (July 5, 1999–September 7, 2007)
• Return to Peyton Place (April 3, 1972–January 4, 1974)
• Santa Barbara (July 15, 1984–January 15, 1993)
• Search for Tomorrow (March 29, 1982–December 26, 1986; previously on CBS 1951–1982)
• Somerset (March 30, 1970–December 31, 1976)
• Sunset Beach (January 6, 1997–December 31, 1999)
• Texas (August 4, 1980–December 31, 1982)
• These Are My Children (January 31–February 25, 1949)
• Three Steps to Heaven (August 5, 1953–December 31, 1954)
• Young Doctor Malone (December 29, 1958–March 29, 1963)

CBS Daytime

Current soap operas

• Beyond the Gates (February 24, 2025–present)
• The Bold and the Beautiful (March 23, 1987–present)
• The Young and the Restless (March 26, 1973–present)

Former soap operas

• As the World Turns (April 2, 1956–September 17, 2010)
• The Brighter Day (January 4, 1954–September 28, 1962)
• Capitol (March 29, 1982–March 20, 1987)
• The Clear Horizon (July 11, 1960–June 15, 1962)
• The Edge of Night (April 2, 1956–November 28, 1975; later moved to ABC until December 28, 1984)
• The Egg and I (September 3, 1951–August 1, 1952)
• The First Hundred Years (December 4, 1950–June 27, 1952)
• Full Circle (June 27, 1960–March 10, 1961)
• Guiding Light (June 30, 1952–September 18, 2009)
• Love is a Many Splendored Thing (September 18, 1967–March 23, 1973)
• Love of Life (September 24, 1951–February 1, 1980)
• Portia Faces Life (1954–55)
• The Road of Life (1954–55)
• Search for Tomorrow (September 3, 1951–March 26, 1982; later moved to NBC until December 26, 1986)
• The Secret Storm (February 1, 1954–February 8, 1974)
• Valiant Lady (October 12, 1953–August 16, 1957)
• Where the Heart Is (September 8, 1969–March 23, 1973)
• Woman with a Past (February 1–July 2, 1954)

BGC

Current soap opera

• All My Secrets (April 1, 1963–present)

Former soap operas

• Angels and Devils (September 21, 1992–September 19, 2008)
• Artistic Voyage (March 26, 1956–December 28, 1962)
• Barbed Wire Love (June 30, 1952–March 23, 1956)
• Dream What You Girls Want (March 31, 1952–December 2, 1955)
• The Egg and Loves (September 3, 1951–June 27, 1952)
• Fraternity Row (January 6, 1969–January 20, 2012)
• Glided Valley (October 2, 1961–January 3, 1969)
• Hotel Rock Bottom (December 31, 1962–November 4, 1977)
• Lady in the Wind (March 22, 1976–June 27, 1986)
• The Moonlight Grove (September 26, 1966–March 19, 1976)
• One Line to Cross (June 17, 2013–September 22, 2023)
• Our Screams Can Last (March 25, 1963–September 7, 2012)
• Passionate Dreams (June 25, 1951–December 21, 2012)
• Rainbow Stories (March 16, 2015–September 22, 2023)
• Secret Stars (July 15, 1968–July 23, 1976)
• Storybrook Meadows (June 30, 1952–March 29, 1963)
• Supportive Women (June 30, 1986–September 18, 1992)
• Sweet Love Times (May 5, 1964–November 5, 1965)
• Turntables (December 5, 1955–March 22, 1963)
• Universal Lives (March 18, 2013–September 22, 2023)
• Vile Heaven Girls (June 25, 1951–September 23, 1966)
• Winded Woman (September 4, 1950–June 22, 1951)

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