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Sally McDonald
Sally McDonald is an American television soap opera director. Beside working on daytime, McDonald was also a production supervisor for game shows ''The $10,000 Pyramid'', ''Card Sharks'' and ''Win, Lose or Draw''. Positions held ''The Young and the Restless'' * Production Supervisor (1990 - 1993) * Associate Director (1993 – 1997) * Director (1997– 2011) ( October 2012- present) * Producer (2008) * Supervising Producer (May 2011 – present) Awards and nominations Daytime Emmy Award *Nomination, 1994, 1995, 2000, 2004–2006, Directing Team, ''The Young and the Restless'' *Win, 1996–1999, 2001, 2002, Directing Team, ''The Young and the Restless'' Directors Guild of America Award The Directors Guild of America Awards are issued annually by the Directors Guild of America. The first DGA Award was an "Honorary Life Member" award issued in 1938 to D. W. Griffith. The statues are made by New York firm, Society Awards. Catego ... *Nomination, 2003, Directing Team, ''The Young ... [...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 Alber ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
