.Distributor(1982-1995)(1996-2002)(2002–present)ReleaseOriginal networkOriginal releaseSeptember 13, 1977 ( 1977-09-13) –April 20, 1981 ( 1981-04-20)ChronologyFollowed bySoap is an American television series that originally ran on from September 13, 1977, until April 20, 1981. The show was created as a night-time parody of daytime, presented as a weekly half-hour comedy. Similar to a soap opera, the show's story was presented in a format, and featured melodramatic plotlines including, demonic possession, extramarital affairs, murder, kidnapping, unknown diseases, cults, warfare, a and teacher-student relationships. In 2007 it was listed as one of magazine's '100 Best TV Shows of All- TIME', and in 2010, the Tates and the Campbells ranked at number 17 in 's list of 'TV's Top Families'.The show was created, written, and executive produced by, and also executive produced.

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Each returning season was preceded by a 90-minute retrospective of the previous season. Two of these retrospectives were made available on in 1994, but were not included on any collections.The show aired 85 episodes over the course of four seasons. Eight of these (including the final four) aired as one-hour episodes during the original run on. These hour-long episodes were later split in two, yielding 93 half-hour episodes for syndication. Like most sitcoms of the era, Soap was rather than, but this coincidentally helped further its emulation of the daytime soap opera format, as most such productions were also videotaped. All episodes are available on region 1 DVD in four.

There is a box set of season 1 on region 2 DVD. The series has rerun in syndication on local channels as well as on cable.The show starred and as sisters/matriarchs of their own families. The cast also included three former soap opera actors. (Chester Tate) had previously appeared on as a leading man for Mary Stuart, and (Dutch Leitner) had played the first husband of Katherine Chancellor on. ('The Major') played Rev. John Ruthledge in the radio version of. Cast of Soap (1977).

Back row, L-R:,. Seated:,.Soap is set in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.In the opening sequence of the first installment, the announcer says 'This is the story of two sisters—Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell'. The Tates live in a wealthy neighborhood (the announcer calls it the neighborhood known as 'Rich'). Jessica Tate and her husband, Chester , are hardly models of fidelity, as their various love affairs result in several family mishaps, including the murder of her sister Mary's stepson, Peter Campbell. Even though everyone tells Jessica about Chester's continual affairs, she does not believe them until she sees his philandering with her own eyes. While out to lunch with Mary, Jessica spots Chester with his secretary, Claire. Heartbroken, Jessica sobs in her sister's arms.

On later occasions, it becomes clear that Jess has always known on some level about Chester's affairs but never allowed herself to process the information.The wealthy Tate family employs a sarcastic butler/cook named Benson. Benson clearly despises Chester, but has a soft spot for their son, Billy. He also gets along with the Tates' daughter, Corinne as well as their mother, Jessica; but doesn't speak to the other daughter, Eunice , although that later changed. Benson became a popular character and in 1979 left the Tates' employ to work for Jessica's cousin, Governor Gene Gatling, on the spin-off series, wherein his last name, DuBois, was revealed.

The Tates had to hire a new butler/cook named Saunders , whose attitude is similar to that of Benson, but has a more formal personality.Mary's family, the Campbells, are working-class, and as the series begins, her son Danny Dallas , a product of her first marriage to Johnny Dallas, is a junior gangster-in-training. Danny is told to kill his stepfather, Burt Campbell , Mary's current husband, who, Danny is told, murdered his father Johnny, who was also a mobster. It is later revealed that Danny's father was killed by Burt in self-defense. Danny refuses to kill Burt and goes on the run from the Mob in a variety of disguises. This eventually ends when Elaine Lefkowitz (played by in one of her earliest roles), the spoiled daughter of the Mob Boss (played by ), falls in love with Danny and stops her father, who then tells Danny he will have to marry Elaine or he will kill him. In the fourth season, it is revealed that Chester is Danny's true father, the product of a secret affair between him and Mary before his marriage to Jessica. Mary's other son, Jodie (, in an early role), is gay, having a secret affair with a famous professional football, and contemplating a sex-change operation.The first season ends with Jessica convicted of the murder of Peter Campbell.

The announcer concludes the season by announcing that Jessica is innocent, and that one of five characters—Burt, Chester, Jodie, Benson, or Corinne—killed Peter Campbell. Chester later confesses to Peter's murder and is sent to prison. This section does not any. Unsourced material may be challenged and.Find sources: – ( January 2016) SeasonNo. OfepisodesSeason premiereSeason finaleTime slotRankRatingHouseholds(in millions)1)25September 13, 1977March 28, 1978Tuesday at 9:30 p.m.#1322.016.02)23September 14, 1978March 15, 1979Thursday at 9:30 p.m.#1921.315.93)23September 13, 1979March 27, 1980#2520.515.64)22November 12, 1980April 20, 1981Wednesday at 9:30 p.m.Not in the Top 30Pre-broadcast protests and controversy In early March 1977, ABC screened the first two episodes of Soap for the executives of its 195 affiliate stations, many of whom were instantly appalled by the show's emphasis on sex and infidelity.

Two of the affiliates, neither in a major market, privately told ABC that the show was 'raunchy' and its subject matter not fit for television.In June 1977, a Newsweek preview of the fall season written by Harry F. Waters panned the show while mischaracterizing some of its basic plot elements and offering exaggerated reports of its sexual content. Despite having not seen the pilot, Waters called the show a 'sex farce' and claimed (erroneously) that the show included a scene of a Catholic priest being seduced in a confessional. Waters also stated:Soap promises to be the most controversial network series of the coming season, a show so saturated with sex that it could replace violence as the 's Video Enemy No. WatersWhether Waters' errors and misrepresentations were intentional or accidental is unknown.Within days of the Newsweek report, a number of local and national religious organizations began to quickly mobilize against Soap, despite the fact that they also had not seen the pilot.

Among these were the, the, the, the and the Christian Life Commission of the, the latter of which went so far as to divest itself of 2,500 shares of ABC stock 'because the board does not approve of programming related to the abuse of human sexuality, violence and perversion'.The, led by its Los Angeles Archdiocese, also condemned the show and asked all American families to boycott it saying 'ABC should be told that American Catholics and all Americans are not going to sit by and watch the networks have open season on Catholicism and morality. Soap is probably one of the most effective arguments for government censorship of TV that has yet come along.'

In August, the Board of Rabbis of Southern California representing three branches of Judaism, joined the Catholic protest saying that the as-yet unaired show 'reached a new low'.Dr. Everett Parker of the United Church of Christ called Soap 'a low-life, salacious program' and complained that the show would be airing when children would be able to watch it. (ABC had scheduled it on Tuesdays after and, two of the most popular family television shows being broadcast at the time.)These religious groups organized a letter-writing campaign designed to pressure the show's sponsors not to advertise on the network. Although some of the religious groups asked their members to watch the show first, and then inform ABC of their feelings about it, others began working hard to get ABC to cancel the show before it premiered. One ABC vice president was shocked to learn that his 11-year-old child was required by a parochial school teacher to write a letter of protest to ABC to take the show off the air.

In the end, 32,000 people wrote letters to ABC, all but nine of them against it.In addition to the religious protest, Soap also faced substantial pre-broadcast criticism from the International Union of Gay Athletes and the, both of which were concerned about the way the gay character Jodie Dallas and his professional football player lover would be portrayed.To allay the concern of advertisers, some of whom had begun to cancel sponsorship of the program, ABC reluctantly dropped the price for commercial time from $75,000 per spot to $40,000 per spot. When Soap premiered on September 13, 1977, 18 out of 195 ABC affiliates had refused to air the program with others choosing to broadcast it after 11pm.

By its second week on the air, two more affiliates dropped out, bringing the boycott to 20 stations. 'The Soap Memo' Aside from the external protests, Soap was also subject to heavy internal revisions from ABC's Broadcast Standards & Practices department, which monitors the content of programs. Writer/creator Susan Harris had developed a for Soap in the form of a 'show bible' which traced all the major characters, stories and events for five seasons. The Standards & Practices executives (commonly referred to as 'censors') reviewed this extensive bible as well as the script for the two-part pilot and issued a long memo to Harris voicing their concerns about various story lines and characters. In addition to the sexual material that was widely reported in the press, the censors also took issue with the show's religious, political, and ethnic content.' The Soap Memo' was leaked to the press before the show premiered and was printed in its entirety in the on June 27, 1977. Among their notes were:.

'Please delete the lines '.the slut', 'that Polish slut,' 'get your clothes off,' 'it doesn't grow back,' 'transsexual,' 'Oh my God,' 'did it hurt?' '. 'Substitute the words 'fruit,' 'slut,' 'tinker bell.' '. 'The CIA or any other government organization is not to be involved in General Nu's smuggling operation.' (This character and storyline, which dealt with a Vietnamese opium smuggler who becomes involved in the Tate family through Jessica's long-lost son, was eventually removed from the show bible.). 'In order to treat Jodie as a gay character, his portrayal must at all times be handled without 'limp-wristed' actions'.

'The colloquy between Peter and Jessica.which relates to / is obviously unacceptable'. 'The relationship between Jodie and the football player should be handled in such a manner that explicit or intimate aspects of homosexuality are avoided entirely.' . 'Father Flotsky's stand on liberalizing the Mass will have to be treated in a balanced, inoffensive manner. By way of example, the substitution of for the traditional wafer is unacceptable.' 'The Soap Memo' also contained notes that were subsequently disregarded by the producers including:.

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'Please change Burt Campbell's last name to avoid association with the Campbell Soup Co.' . 'Corinne's affair with a Jesuit priest, her subsequent pregnancy as a result, and later exorcism, are all unacceptable.' . 'Please direct Claire to dump the hot coffee in some part of Chester's anatomy other than his crotch.'

(Susan Harris later responded to this note: 'so we didn't—we poured it in his lap.' )'The Soap Memo' was a rare public look into the behind-the-scenes process at a major network and copies of the document were often found posted on the bulletin boards of television production companies and on studio sets as a rallying point against censorship.

In addition, the specific details in the memo further fueled the growing debate regarding the controversial content of Soap. Premiere and critical reception Soap premiered on Tuesday, September 13, 1977, at 9:30pm. The show was preceded by a disclaimer that the show 'was part of a continuing character comedy' that included adult themes and that 'viewer discretion' was advised.

The disclaimer was both displayed on the screen and read by Soap announcer. It would remain throughout the first season before being dropped.Much of Soap's controversy, among liberals and conservatives alike, ironically actually helped to sell the series to the general public. Fueled by six months of pre-show protests (as well as a solid lead-in from the hit shows, and ), the first episode swept its time slot with a 25.6 rating and 39% share (39% of the national audience). Although ABC received hundreds of phone calls after the premiere, executives at the network described initial public reaction as 'mild' with more calls in favor of the show than in protest. A poll found that 74% of viewers found Soap inoffensive, 26% found it offensive, and half of those who were offended said they planned to watch it the next week.Initial reviews—somewhat clouded by the controversy—were mixed, with negative reviews predictably focusing on the show's racy content. The Los Angeles Times called the show 'a prolonged dirty joke' that 'is without cleverness or style or subtlety. Its sex jokes are delivered by the shovelful, like manure.'

Called the show 'forced and derivative', 'bland' and 'predictable and silly' while conceding that the sex is 'no more outrageous than daytime soapers, no more outspoken than Three's Company.' Magazine praised the 'talented cast' and singled out Jimmy Baio and Billy Crystal as 'sharp young comedians', but felt the show suffered from 'nastiness' and 'lacked compassion'.On the more positive side, gave the show a good review saying that there was 'a heap of talent' in the cast and asking 'It is funny? Yes it is.and I guess that constitutes redeeming social value'.Harry F. Waters' 1977 review proved prescient of conservative reaction when the following year, the National declared Soap one of 'ten worst' shows in television. In spite of this designation, Soap ranked #13 for the 1977–78 season and went on to gain positive critical reviews and high ratings over the rest of its four-year run.Later seasons and cancellation. September 10, 1991.

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