History Main / DaytimeDramaQueen

* Spike on ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' was once shown enjoying ''{{Passions}}'', though since he's a vampire, daytime soaps may have been like late-night TV for him. Possibly. He was still rather pathetic.

It's possible that this trope will [[DeadHorseGenre die]] out in America and become a ForgottenTrope in the next decade. Three of the nine American daytime serials airing have been canceled since 2007 (''{{Passions}}'', ''GuidingLight'', and ''AsTheWorldTurns''). Two more (''AllMyChildren'' and ''OneLifeToLive'') are due to be canceled in the next year.

* {{House}} claims to be an ardent fan of the series' ShowWithinAShow, ''Prescription: Passion''. Since the show is a MedicalDrama, he probably watches it for [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer the unintentional comedy]]. [[hottip:*:How very self-aware of them...]]

* [[{{Animorphs}} Ax]] is quite a fan of these. Of course, he doesn't have much to do all day normally. (And he's also a fan of ''[[AlienArtsAreAppreciated commercials]]''.)

* Spike on ''BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' was once shown enjoying ''{{Passions}}'', though since he's a vampire, daytime soaps may have been like late-night TV for him. Possibly. He was still rather pathetic.

->'''Giles:''' ''I watched ''{{Passions}}'' with Spike. Let us never speak of it again.''

* In an episode of ''{{Outland}}'', the cast force Opus to get out and live his life after seeing him lounge about watching ''Days of our Lives''. Actually, they wanted to get him away from the TV only so they could watch the then-current O.J. Simpson trial.

See also SoapOnATrope.

* ''{{Matilda}}'''s parents are addicted to television, which is shown as one of their many character flaws. When Miss Honey goes to visit them at home, there's an American soap opera on, and Mrs. Wormwood in particular objects to being interrupted when "Willard is just about to propose to Roxanne."

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* {{House}} claims to be an ardent fan of the series' ShowWithinAShow, ''Prescription: Passion'', but it's unclear whether he's serious about this or using it as a stock excuse to avoid people.
** He kidnapped the leading actor (because he was sick). He's serious.
*** He's (notionally) a Doctor watching a MedicalDrama: He probably finds it [[CowboyBebopAtHisComputer the greatest comedy show ever made]]. [[hottip:*:How very self-aware of them...]]

* Quite a few ''{{Spider-Man}}'' villains like soap operas, particularly Shocker and Rhino.

* House's [[EpilepticTrees alternate universe twin]], [[{{Scrubs}} Dr Cox]], has a similar habit of watching ''Days of our Lives'', along with Laverne - who, being a middle-aged black female secretary, is rather more in the traditional demographic.

* In [[LambTheGospelAccordingToBiff Lamb]], Biff is able to sneak away from the angel Raziel (yes, ''that'' angel Raziel) while Raziel is watching soaps in their hotel room.

In Britain, watching soaps is more acceptable, and since soaps tend to be broadcast during {{primetime}}, daytime drama queens just don't show up so often on this side of ThePond. In Australia, this type of character does appear occasionally, but tends to be shown as addicted to American rather than Australian soaps due to their more over-the-top nature. In Latin America this type of character is virtually absent since soaps are, in most countries, pretty much the only kind of dramatic production locally produced; and given that in Hispanic culture soap operas are so far on the [[SlidingScaleOfSillinessVersusSeriousness serious side of the scale]] that they are SeriousBusiness, such a character would be seen as too aware for his own good, or a shot in the network's foot.

The Daytime Drama Queen is a predominantly American trope. If you want to show a character as sad, pathetic and in dire need of a life, show him watching and caring about the events of a SoapOpera. The most popular soap to care about seems to be ''DaysOfOurLives'', though a [[AllMyCircuits fictional, parodic soap]] works just as well.

* ''{{Matilda}}'''s parents are addicted to television, which is shown as one of their many character flaws. When Miss Honey goes to visit them at home, there's an American soap opera on, and Mrs. Wormwood in particular objects to being interrupted when "Willard is just about to propose to Angelica."

* One episode of TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir has Vivian, Hilary, Ashley and Phil becoming addicted to soap opera containing plots similar to your typical LifetimeMovieOfTheWeek. Usually a character would become a fan shortly after critisizing it.