"Soap" was an American satirical sitcom that aired from 1977 to 1981, created by Susan Harris. The series parodied daytime soap operas by following the absurd and interconnected lives of two families, the wealthy Tates and the working-class Campbells, through outrageous storylines involving murder, adultery, alien abduction, and supernatural occurrences, all played for laughs. The show sparked one of the largest pre-broadcast controversies in television history, with religious groups and moral w