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    (1977-April 20, 1981)
    Situated in Dunns River, Connecticut
    Cathryn Damon as Mary Campbell
    Katherine Helmond as Jessica Tate
    Richard Mulligan as Burt Campbell
    Robert Mandan as Chester Tate
    Diana Canova as Corrine Tate (1977-80)
    Jennifer Salt as Eunice Tate
    Jimmy Baio as Billy Tate
    Arthur Peterson as the Major
    Billy Crystal as Jodie Dallas
    Ted Wass as Danny Dallas
    Jay Johnson as Chuck/Bob Campbell
    Robert Urich as Peter Campbell (1977)
    Dinah Manoff as Elain Lefkowitz-Dallas (1978-9)
    Rebecca Balding as Carol David (1978-81)
    Lynne Moody as Polly Dawson (1979-81)
    Marla Pennigton as Leslie Walker (1979-81)
    Donnelly Rhodes as Dutch Leitner (1978-81)
    John Byner as Detective Donahue (1978-80)
    Eugene Roche as E. Ronald Mallou (1978-81)
    Sal Viscuso as Father Timothy Flotsky (1978-9)
    Robert Guillaume as Benson DuBois (1977-9)
    Roscoe Lee Browne as Saunders (1980-1)
    Rod Roddy as the Announcer
    Originally aired on ABC
    Premise: Story of two married sisters and the antics within their families
    Spoof of soap operas

Why Soap might be annoying:

    The series ended on a cliffhanger, where Jessica is about to be executed by a firing squad.
    It was shown late at night, because the material was deemed inappropriate.
    Three of the main characters committed murders, yet they are not considered antagonists.
    Those murdered were members of their own family.
    The dummy, Bob was treated like a living member of the family.
    The plots got sillier and more unrealistic as the series progressed.
    Burt got kidnapped by aliens.
    Corrine gave birth to a possessed baby.

Why Soap might not be annoying:

    It was the first show to have openly gay regular character.
    Richard Mulligan, Dinah Manoff, and Ted Wass went on to other sitcoms ('Empty Nest' and 'Blossom').
    Billy Crystal played a homosexual and was not typecast.
    It spun off the successful 'Benson.'
    In 'Benson' we find out that Jessica did die (her ghost visits Benson).
    It launched the careers of many great actors.

Credit: Corrupt200


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 111 Votes: 39.64% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 28 Votes: 3.57% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 150 Votes: 32.00% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 84 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 10 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 18 Votes: 38.89% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 15 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 15 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 47.62% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 36 Votes: 47.22% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 30 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 106 Votes: 44.34% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 165 Votes: 46.67% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 218 Votes: 54.59% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 83 Votes: 42.17% Annoying