The 'Soap Opera Digest Awards are are award show held by the daytime television magazine Soap Opera Digest. The awards were founded in 1984 to replaced the less lavish Soapy Award which had run since 1977. These awards are ment to promote excellence in the soap opera genre and are decided by the fans who read the magazine. The statue itself is made of call and in the shape of a heart. The February 1977 issue of Soap Opera Digest. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ... The first TIME cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon. A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of fiction, usually broadcast on television...

The first award show in 1984 was featured on national syndicated television and hosted by then husband and wife Catherine Hickland and David Hassellhoff. One of the reasons for the move up was the new found audience of both Daytime and Primetime soap operas. This year for the first time an awards were given to Prime Time soap operas as well as daytime soaps. This practice has became extinct in the 1990's as primetime soap operas began loosing the large apeal they once had. Catherine Hickland, in a still from One Life to Live. ... Prime time is the block of programming on television during the middle of the evening. ... Events and trends Technology Explosive growth of the Internet; decrease in the cost of computers and other technology Reduction in size and cost of mobile phones leads to a massive surge in their popularity Year 2000 problem (commonly known as Y2K) Microsoft Windows operating system becomes virtually ubiquitous on IBM...

For the first two years fan themselves voted on the nominee's list as well as the winners. This had the side effect that in 1985 the soap opera Days of Our Lives swept every category. The third awards were changed so that the editors of the magazine chose the nominee's and every reader was allowed one ballot to vote for their favorites. This allowed other shows like Santa Barbara and Another World to take home tropies. Days of our Lives is a long-running American soap opera. ... Santa Barbara is the county seat and principal city of Santa Barbara County, on the Pacific coast of California. ... Another World is a book by Pat Barker. ...

A change in award season from the end of the year to the begining mean that there was no show in 1987.

In 1992 the awards were broadcast live for the first time. In addition to this the statue was redesigned to be taller.

2001 marked the first time that there was no awards ceremony and voting was done entirely online. 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 2003 the cable channel SOAPnet broadcast the awards which were hosted by Daytime Emmy nominated hosts Lisa Rinna and Ty Treadway. 2003 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An ident, usually shown at the top of the hour, or at the half-hour. ... Lisa Deanna Rinna (born July 11, 1963 in Medford, Oregon) is an Italian-American actress. ... The television talk show Soap Talk debuted on SOAPnet in 2002. ...

No awards were given out in 2002 or 2004. The 2005 awards were done entirely through the magazine. Fans could find a ballot in a November issue of Soap Opera Digest and mailed it to the editors. Only one ballot per person was counted. The awards were announced in the magazine in February 2005.

See Also

1st Soap Opera Digest Awards

External Links

official site (http://www.soapoperadigest.com/awards/) imdb awards page (http://imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Soap_Opera_Digest_Awards/)