The 2008 presidential election as seen on daytime television
Strange as it may seem, daytime has historically provided some of the most progressive television in the nation. Long before prime-time TV made room for meaty female characters, soap operas were spinning out stories in which women were central characters. Soaps also provided many of television’s first groundbreaking story lines — Erica Kane’s 1971 abortion on “All My Children,” the introduction of a gay character, Hank Elliott, on “As the World ... Full Story »
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