(also soap informal ) noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ radio , TV
▪ daytime , night-time ( esp. AmE ), prime-time ( esp. AmE )
▪ long-running ( esp. BrE )
▪
a long-running TV ~
▪ hit , popular , top
▪ teen
▪
He worked on the popular teen soap ‘Dawson's Creek’.
VERB + SOAP OPERA
▪ watch
▪
I don't watch many soaps.
SOAP + NOUN
▪ star
▪
an Aussie soap star