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Janet Iacobuzio
Janet Iacobuzio (born January 2, 1962) is an American television soap opera writer. Life She was born in 1962. In 2020 she was one of the recruits for a fiction app named "Radish" which had $63m of funding and it was opening an office in LA. The experienced soap writers recruited included Iacobuzion, Addie Walsh, Lisa Connor, Leah Laiman, and Jean Passanante. Positions held ''All My Children'' * Associate head writer: 1993–1994 (hired by Megan McTavish), 2001–2003 * Script writer: 2000–2001 ''Another World (TV series), Another World'' * Associate head writer: 1994–1995 * Script writer: 1989–1992 (hired by Donna M. Swajeski) ''As the World Turns'' * Associate head writer: 1996; June 9, 2010 – September 17, 2010 * Script writer: October 5, 2009 – June 8, 2010 ''Days of Our Lives'' * Script writer: March 21, 2011 – February 15, 2012; August 17, 2012 – August 5, 2015 ''General Hospital'' * Breakdown writer: January 17, 2012 – February 21, 2012, December 4, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soap Opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.Bowles, p. 118. The term was preceded by " horse opera", a derogatory term for low-budget Westerns. BBC Radio's '' The Archers'', first broadcast in 1950, is the world's longest-running radio soap opera. The longest-running current television soap is ''Coronation Street'', which was first broadcast on ITV in 1960, with the record for the longest running soap opera in history being held by ''Guiding Light'', which began on radio in 1937, transitioned to television in 1952, and ended in 2009. A crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the defining features that makes a television program a soap opera, according to Albe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
