![]() ![]() Propelled by an erroneous report about its content, talk of the new show bubbled up early and led to protests and boycott threats that made it front-page news from June to September, alongside Son of Sam, Reggie Jackson and Elvis.ĭescribed simply as "the story of two sisters, Jessica Tate and Mary Campbell" (Katherine Helmond and Cathryn Damon), the serialized Soap was what newly top-rated ABC hoped would take it from ratings champ, courtesy of cartoonish hits Happy Days and Welcome Back Kotter, to drawing-room comedy sophisticate. But what had TV in the biggest lather in 1977 was Soap, a new ABC comedy that cropped up in between.įorty years ago this summer, the adult parody of daytime dramas, set to debut in September, had TV watchdogs threatening to wash out the network's proverbial mouth. The shocking Roots miniseries opened the year, and an All in the Family Christmas episode questioning the existence of God ended it. ![]()
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