Meaning of daytime drama | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A television or radio serial broadcast during the daytime, especially one featuring melodramatic stories or characters.
   countable, uncountable
2. The genre comprising such serials.
   uncountable

Examples

“Daytime dramas were as successful as their prime-time counterparts, despite concerns that an economically unattractive listening audience (housewives) would deter sponsors from purchasing advertising spot time in this scheduling block.”

“David Canary, Awards […] 87. Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama (1985) 88. Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama (1986)”

“In the anything but static popular culture of the 1970s, daytime drama found itself at odds with both the place of women in contemporary, real-world situations and the contextualized, melodramatic world of females in soap operas.”

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