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1	A serialized drama that's like a daytime SoapOpera but shown in the evening.
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3	In the US, prime time soaps tend to have a once-a-week format. Their glory days have passed since ''Series/{{Dallas}}'' was cancelled. Most prime time soaps since then have been short-lived (such as ''2000 Malibu Road'' and ''Pasadena'') or [[TeenDrama targeted at teenagers]]. Creator/MyNetworkTV, in its first year, attempted to give the genre a comeback by infusing it with a daytime soap-esque play schedule (a new ep every night of the week). It went over about as well as one would expect -- all of the shows were US remakes of Latin American telenovelas, which meant that their target audience was more inclined to watch new shows ''en español''.
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5	In the U.K. and Australia, the distinction between "prime time" and "daytime" soaps doesn't really exist, with standard soaps forming a major part of the prime time schedule (although in the UK, Australian soaps are generally relegated to daytime, while American ''daytime'' soaps have really caught on in the UK to the extent of ''Series/{{Dallas}}''), with the likes of ''Series/{{Eastenders}}'', ''Series/CoronationStreet'' and ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}'' being the most popular shows in the UK (until the likes of ''Series/BritainsGotTalent'' and ''Series/TheVoice'' came along, but that's another story).
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7	DramaticHalfHour is the format in which most of them initially aired. From The2000s onward, the DramaticHourLong has become commonplace.
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9	!!Examples:
10	[[index]]
11	* ''Series/AmericanGothic2016''
12	* ''Series/BeverlyHills90210''
13	* ''Series/CentralParkWest''
14	* ''Series/TheClinic''
15	* ''Series/TheColbys''
16	* ''Series/CoronationStreet''
17	* ''Series/{{Dallas}}''
18	* ''Series/DawsonsCreek''
19	* ''Series/DesperateHousewives''
20	* ''Series/DeviousMaids''
21	* ''Series/DirtySexyMoney''
22	* ''Series/DowntonAbbey''
23	* ''Series/DreamTeam''
24	* ''Series/Dynasty1981''
25	* ''Series/Dynasty2017''
26	* ''Series/EastEnders''
27	* ''Series/{{Emmerdale}}''
28	* ''Series/{{Empire}}''
29	* ''Falcon Crest''
30	* ''Flamingo Road''
31	* ''Series/{{Generations}}''
32	* ''Series/{{Girls}}''
33	* ''Series/GossipGirl2007''
34	* ''Series/GossipGirl2021''
35	* ''Series/GreysAnatomy''
36	* ''Series/TheHavesAndTheHaveNots''
37	* ''Series/HomeAndAway''
38	* ''Series/{{Hotel\|1983}}''
39	* ''Series/HowardsWay''
40	* ''Series/JaneTheVirgin''
41	* ''Series/KnotsLanding''
42	* ''Series/MelrosePlace''
43	* ''Series/{{Neighbours}}''
44	* ''Series/Number96'' (Australian soap that had a short-lived American adaptation)
45	* ''Series/TheOC''
46	* ''Series/OneTreeHill''
47	* ''Series/OneMansFamily'' (which spent [[LongRunner 27 years -- 1932 to 1959 -- on radio]] and was in Prime Time between 1949 and 1952 and in daytime in the 1954-1955 season)
48	* ''Series/PacificPalisades''
49	* ''Series/PeytonPlace''
50	* ''Series/PrivatePractice''
51	* ''Series/Revenge2011''
52	* ''Series/SexAndTheCity''
53	* ''Series/ShortlandStreet''
54	* ''Series/SinSenosNoHayParaiso''
55	* ''Series/{{Sisters}}''
56	* ''Series/{{Tinsel}}''
57	* ''Series/TwinPeaks''
58	[[/index]]

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