| Nominated for 17 Emmys in its short four-year run, | | | | Campbell (Cathryn Damon), a housewife in a more |
| Soap premiered in the Fall of 1977 as one of the most | | | | traditional blue-collar atmosphere. But regardless of |
| controversial shows in American television history (and | | | | their social station in life, neither woman manages to |
| all before a single episode ever aired). The show was | | | | escape the scandal and intrigue surrounding a typical |
| opposed by many groups who thought its subject | | | | soap opera family. Jessica's daughter Corrine (Diana |
| matter would be too mature for a prime-time audience. | | | | Canova) is smitten with a priest, yet they are both |
| But Soap never overstepped its bounds, and the show | | | | having an affair with the same tennis pro. Meanwhile, |
| became an instant smash hit with its brilliant and | | | | Jessica and her husband Chester (Robert Mandan) |
| satirical spoofs of classic daytime programming. | | | | incessantly cheat on one another. As for the other |
| Sporting an all-star cast and talented producers, the | | | | side of the family, Mary's husband Burt (Richard |
| show spawned successful spin-off Benson in 1979, a | | | | Mulligan) is certifiably insane, her son Danny (Ted |
| series that launched Robert Guillaume's career to a | | | | Wass) is a mobster, stepson Jodie (Billy Crystal) is an |
| whole new level...Set in suburban Connecticut, Soap | | | | out-of-the-closet homosexual, and all of them are |
| follows the lives of two sisters - Jessica Tate | | | | caught up in a family filled with promiscuous infidelities |
| (Katherine Helmond), a wealthy yet dim elitist, and Mary | | | | and quite possibly murder! |