Idiom of the day :- A soap opera

Idiom of the day :- A soap opera

Usage, examples and definition of the Idiom :-

Before television, daily radio serials were aimed at housewives and were sponsored primarily by manufacturers of soap products. That led to them being called soap operas. Today’s sentimental, sensational and melodramatic radio and television serial dramas are still called soap operas. ‘DYNASTY and DALLAS are my favorite television soap operas.’