Soap opera

/sˈəʊp ˈɒpəɹə/

/sˈoʊp ˈɑːpɚɹə/

Soap opera

a TV or radio show, broadcast regularly, dealing with the routine life of a group of people and their problems

Examples

1. That reminds me to bring you up to speed on the soap opera.

2. In a soap opera, when a character's past is revealed and it changes the course of the story, the plot thickens.

3. - We had soap opera effect- - Okay. - Or interpolation.

4. We have Soap Opera.