Laura Wright

This ABC/PEOPLE television special highlights the impact of the soap opera. In today's shifting television landscape, "The Story of Soaps" traces how female creators migrated from radio to television to become the dominant force in daytime for more than three decades. Today, the legacy of the soap opera continues all over prime time and reality t.v. An extensive look is taken at this iconic, impactful genre.

A troubled patient mistakes a doctor's compassion for adoration and becomes obsessed, willing to do whatever it takes to keep her in his life.

A story based on the life of a struggling Long Island single mom who became one of the country's most successful entrepreneurs.