3.9k views
5 votes
How did some television shows come to be nickednamed soap operas?

1 Answer

2 votes
Among the first major sponsors of these serials were soap manufacturers Procter & Gamble, Colgate-Palmolive, and Lever Brothers. Eventually, due to the fact that so many of the sponsors were soap manufacturers, the media started calling these shows “soap operas”.
User Koldar
by
8.2k points
Welcome to QAmmunity.org, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of our community.