Soap (1977)
Soap (1977)

Plot.
Where to Watch.

Currently Soap is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Tubi TV
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Cast & Crew.

Katherine Helmond
Jessica Tate

Cathryn Damon
Mary Campbell

Richard Mulligan
Burt Campbell

Robert Mandan
Chester Tate

Billy Crystal
Jodie Dallas

Ted Wass
Danny Dallas

Robert Guillaume
Benson

Diana Canova
Corinne Tate

Jennifer Salt
Eunice Tate

Jimmy Baio
Billy Tate

Arthur Peterson
Major

Jay Johnson
Chuck Campbell

Donnelly Rhodes
Dutch Leitner

Roscoe Lee Browne
Saunders

Jesse Welles
Gwen

Rod Roddy
Announcer

Stu Silver
Producer

Dick Clair
Producer / Writer

Marla Pennington
Leslie Walker

Paul Junger Witt
Executive Producer

Tony Thomas
Executive Producer

Jenna McMahon
Producer

Jay Sandrich
Director

Danny Jacobson
Writer

Colleen Riley
Gloria

Scott Mulhern
The Sunnie / Roger

Stephen Mendillo
Sheldon

Olivia Barash
Molly

Marianne Bunch
Pigeon

Alan Oppenheimer
Mr. Kirby

Ernesto Macias
Johnny Dallas (as Eric Mason)

Richard Libertini
The Godfather

Brandy Carson
Nurse

Michael W. Schwartz
Intern (as Michael Schwartz)

Jerry Houser
The Robber

Robert Urich
Peter 'The Tennis Player'

Udana Power
Nurse Nancy Darwin

Harold Gould
Barney Gerber

Shelley Morrison
The Maid

Inga Swenson
Ingrid Svenson

Bernard Fox
Randolph

William Daniels
Heinrich Himmel

Susan Harris
Creator / Producer / Babette / Director / Writer

Pierrino Mascarino
Henchman

Lee Weaver
Sergeant

Kathryn Reynolds
Claire

Byron Webster
Dr. Medlow

Lupe Ontiveros
Lady in Airport

Marvin Braverman
The Messenger

Milt Oberman
Man in Hotel / Harold Bronfman

Dick McGarvin
Doctor Resnick

Cooper Neal
Hello Man

Edward Winter
Congressman Walter McCallam

Ian Wolfe
Father Juniper / Monsignor

Nita Talbot
Mrs. Fine

Judith Marie-Bergan
Marilyn McCallam

Luis Ávalos
The Doctor

Jonathan Terry
Foreman (as Jon Terry)

Howard Hesseman
Mr. Franklin

Eugene Roche
E. Ronald Mallu

Charles Lane
Judge Petrillo

Gordon Jump
Chief of Police Tinkler

Sorrell Booke
Mr. Lefkowitz

Florence Halop
Aunt Esther

Tim Rossovich
Bodyguard (uncredited)

René Le Vant
Guard (as Rene Levant)

J. Pat O'Malley
Orville

Alan Dysert
Best Man at Tim's Wedding (uncredited)

Dinah Manoff
Elaine Lefkowitz Dallas / Elaine Lefkowitz

Fred Iwasaki
The Chef

Doris Roberts
Flo Flotsky

Sal Viscuso
Tim Flotsky / Father Tim

Jeffrey Kramer
Policeman #2

Edwin Owens
Policeman #1

Ron Rifkin
Dr. Kanter

Michael Conrad
'Boomer' David

Lee Bergere
Anatole Martins

Harrison Page
Deputy Gilmore

Bob Seagren
Dennis Phillips

Jo De Winter
The Doctor

Alex Henteloff
Mr. Peppy Flake

Greg Antonacci
Dave / Dave (uncredited)

Wendell Wright
Rodney Raisin

Ellen Blake
Lady on Phone

Frank Coppola
Mel

Richard Stahl
Officer Hickey

G.W. Bailey
The Hobo

John Byner
Detective Donohue / Detective Donahue
Media.









Details.
Release DateSeptember 13, 1977
StatusEnded
Seasons4
Episodes85
Running Time30m
Content RatingTV-PG
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
Soap is an American sitcom television series that originally ran on ABC from September 13, 1977, until April 20, 1981. The show was created as a nighttime parody of daytime soap operas, presented as a weekly half-hour prime time comedy. Similar to a soap opera, the show's story was presented in a serial format, and featured melodramatic plotlines including alien abduction, demonic possession, extramarital affairs, murder, kidnapping, unknown diseases, amnesia, cults, organized crime, a communist revolution, and teacher-student relationships. In 2007, it was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-Time", and in 2010, the Tates and the Campbells ranked at number 17 in TV Guide's list of "TV's Top Families".
The show was created, written, and produced by Susan Harris, and also executive produced by Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas. Each returning season was preceded by a 90-minute retrospective of the previous season. Two of these retrospectives were made available on VHS in 1994, but were not included on any DVD collections.
The show aired 85 episodes over the course of four seasons. Of these, eight episodes (including the final four) aired as one-hour episodes during the original run on ABC. These hour-long episodes were later split in two, yielding 93 half-hour episodes for syndication. Like most sitcoms of the era, Soap was videotaped rather than filmed, but this helped further its emulation of the daytime soap opera format, as most such productions were also videotaped. All episodes are available on Region 1 DVD in four box sets. There is a box set of Season 1 on Region 2 DVD. The series has rerun in syndication on local channels as well as on cable.
The show starred Katherine Helmond and Cathryn Damon as sisters and matriarchs of their own families. The cast also included several former soap opera actors. Robert Mandan (Chester Tate) had previously appeared on Search for Tomorrow as a leading man for Mary Stuart; Donnelly Rhodes (Dutch Leitner) had played the first husband of Katherine Chancellor on The Young and the Restless; Arthur Peterson Jr. ("The Major") played Rev. John Ruthledge in the radio version of Guiding Light, while Caroline McWilliams appeared on the television version as Janet Mason Norris; and Marla Pennington (Leslie Walker) appeared for three years as Samantha Livingston Chandler on General Hospital. Additionally, after the series ended, Lynne Moody (Polly Dawson) went in to appear in a recurring capacity on primetime soap opera Knots Landing (which also starred Ted Shackelford, who appeared on Soap in a guest appearance), and Roscoe Lee Browne appeared in a recurring guest role in the seventh season of Falcon Crest.
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