Soap

Soap was an American sitcom that ran on ABC from 1977 to 1981. The show was a weekly half-hour long primetime comedy and its format was similar to that of a daytime soap opera. It aired for four seasons and 85 episodes, some episodes of which were one hour long. (The hour-long episodes were later split in two, yielding 93 half-hour episodes for syndication.) The show was created, written, and produced by Susan Harris. The final four episodes of the series aired as one-hours during the original run on ABC. Each returning season was preceded by a 90-minute retrospectives of the previous season. Two of these retrospectives were made available on VHS in 1994. http://www.amazon.com/dp/630308219X All episodes are currently available on region 1 DVD in 4 separate box set. The series has rerun on Comedy Central and TV Land. The show was controversial for its time, dealing openly with the topics of homosexuality, marital infidelity, impotence, interracial marriage, and gay parenting. Soap... full article at wikipedia