Soaps In Depth

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Soaps In Depth
Editor-in-ChiefDawn Owens
Staff writers
  • Chris Eades
  • Amy Helmes
  • Julie McElwain
  • Michelle Moro Parkerton
Categories Entertainment
FrequencyBiweekly (print; 1997–2020)
Format Digest (print; 1997–2020)
FounderRichard Simms
First issueJanuary 1997;24 years ago (1997-01)
Final issueDecember 1999 (1999-12) (NBC print edition)
May 2020 (2020-05) (ABC and CBS print editions)
Company Bauer Xcel Media
CountryUnited States
Based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
LanguageEnglish
Website SoapsInDepth.com
ISSN 1092-518X

Soaps In Depth is an American entertainment magazine, formerly published as a series of biweekly print publications and currently as an online-exclusive publication, that is dedicated to coverage of daytime soap operas. Founded in 1997 by Bauer Publications, it covers current and upcoming soap opera storylines, and features news and feature articles, interviews with performers and principal production staff, and, as a print publication, crossword puzzles.

Contents

Differentiating from other soap opera-focused magazines (like Soap Opera Digest ) that offered general coverage of all of the daytime serials, Soaps In Depth was initially structured as three standalone biweekly publications— ABC Soaps In Depth, CBS Soaps In Depth and NBC Soaps In Depth—that were devoted to only the soap operas on a particular "Big Three" network covered by the corresponding edition, allowing soap viewers to receive more coverage related to the soaps they followed. The NBC edition was discontinued in December 1999 after the network cancelled two of its three soap operas within months of each other, Another World and Sunset Beach , making it superfluous to cover only two programs ( Days of Our Lives and AW successor Passions respectively); the ABC and CBS editions continued to be sold for 21 years afterward, even after both networks pared down the number of soaps occupying their respective daytime schedules between 2009 and 2012, leaving ABC with only one serial ( General Hospital ) and CBS with two ( The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful ).

In April 2020, it was announced that Soaps in Depth would cease production of its print magazine but would continue to publish newer content as an online-only publication; the conversion left Soap Opera Digest as the only remaining American soap opera magazine to provide content through both print publication and online distribution. [1]

Editions

CBS Soaps In Depth

First published in early 1997, this magazine focuses only on the CBS soaps The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless . Previously, Guiding Light and As The World Turns were covered as well before their cancellation. Each issue also includes a special section for Days of Our Lives , brief news coverage, previews, and recaps for General Hospital and Days Of Our Lives. When the CBS edition debuted, each issue cost $2.99. Currently, the CBS edition costs $3.99 American and $4.50 Canadian.

ABC Soaps In Depth

First published in February 1997, this magazine focused on the ABC soaps at that time ( All My Children , The City , General Hospital , and One Life to Live ). A few months later, The City was cancelled, and coverage began on the new soap, Port Charles . PC was cancelled in 2003, and coverage continued on the other three soaps. The ABC edition also includes news coverage, previews, and recaps for the CBS soaps and Days of our Lives. Its initial start up cost was $2.99 an issue, with an occasional $1.00 issue. Beginning in 2003, each issue costs $3.99. After the cancellations of AMC and OLTL in 2011 and 2012, respectively, with GH being the only ABC daytime soap to still air to this day, the ABC edition now also includes brief sections for its NBC soap Days of Our Lives and the CBS soaps.

NBC Soaps In Depth

The NBC edition is now defunct. When it was first published, coverage focused on NBC Daytime's soap line-up, which was Another World , Days of Our Lives , and Sunset Beach . In 1999, NBC cancelled the long running AW, as well as Sunset Beach. Passions took over one time slot, but with this drastic move in NBC Daytime, the need for its own magazine was no longer there. NBC's last remaining serial, Days of our Lives, still holds brief news coverage, previews, and recaps in the ABC and CBS editions. It receives more coverage in the ABC edition, as ABC itself only has one soap opera remaining on the air (General Hospital).

Features

Recurring articles

Each issue consists of recurring columns which may touch on any of the respective network soaps:

Rotating articles

Each issue contains a number of alternating columns which may not appear every week:

Show sections

All three soaps in the CBS edition and ABC edition have their own special sections, mostly scoops from cast members, writers, or executive producers. These include:

There are also several special articles for each show. These include:

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References

  1. Bowe, Jillian (April 23, 2020). "Soaps In Depth Magazine to End Print Publication". Daytime Confidential. United States: Confidential Media, Inc. Retrieved April 23, 2020.

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