Weekly Written Analysis 3-1

As I read the passages from the daytime soap “Days of Our Lives” (Soap Opera Digest, 2003), I can’t help but to reminisce on when I was younger over my grandmothers house, my grandmother would let you do anything you wanted until 12:30 pm and then her soaps came on and you had two choices to sit down, be quiet and watch or go outside and play for the next three hours. With the change in economic growth and family needs very few grandmothers or mothers are sitting down to watch soaps, the old stereotype of having all day to sit in front of the TV and watch your soaps is a thing of the past, many of those women who used to be at home watching midday TV have now been become a part of working America outside the home. According to an article written by Rebecca Detken on Yahoo Blog, “daytime soaps are doomed,” soap operas have lost their appeal with weakening storylines and poor creativity. They are unable to draw in the younger viewers, when the younger generations have so many other options on how to spend their time. The culture and direction of TV has even changed, people are no longer watching basic television for their daily fix they now look to find excitement and escape on cable TV, with its reality shows, music stations and on demand channels. References Detken. R. (2008, November 20). Are daytime soaps doomed? Retrieved November 21, 2008. www.tv.yahoo.com/blog 2003. July 8. Days of our lives. Soap opera digest in R. Browne (2005) Profiles of popular culture. pp.112-114