The era of the soap opera (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SoapOpera) is over. There's only 4 left on network TV. The Daytime Emmys aren't the big event they used to be. There was actually a time when there was like three soap awards on TV in the '90s. Soaps used to generate HUGE ratings in the late '70s and early '80s. The Golden Age of Soaps was probably from 1970-2000.