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Soap (1977)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Soap is an American sitcom that originally ran on ABC from 1977 into 1981. The show was created as a night-time parody of daytime soap operas, presented as a weekly half-hour prime time comedy. Similar to a soap opera, the show's story was presented in a serial format and included melodramatic plot elements such as alien abduction, demonic possession, murder, and kidnapping.
In 2007 it was listed as one of Time magazine's "100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME," and in 2010, the Tates and the Campbells ranked at number 17 in TV Guide's list of "TV's Top Families".
The show was created, written, and executive produced by Susan Harris, and also executive produced by Paul Junger Witt and Tony Thomas. Each returning season was preceded by a 90-minute retrospective of the previous season. Two of these retrospectives were made available on VHS in 1994.
The show aired 85 episodes over the course of four seasons. The final four episodes of the series aired as one-hour episodes during the original run on ABC. These hour-long episodes were later split in two, yielding 93 half-hour episodes for syndication.
All episodes are currently available on region 1 DVD in four separate box sets. In the past, the series has rerun on local syndicated channels as well as on cable on Comedy Central and TV Land. It ran on over-the-air television on Antenna TV, until December 30th, 2012.
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parody, sitcom, humorous, clever, witty, not serious, realistic, offbeat, cult film, retro ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick
Plot:
family relations, love affair, couples, infidelity, family problems, siblings relations, butler, eccentric family, couple relations, brother sister relationship, husband wife relationship, adult humor, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, sex, satire, lgbt, parents, dysfunctional family, lgbtq, large family, sister, ufo sighting, suburbs, suburban life ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, contemporary
Place:
usa, connecticut
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, sitcom and not serious films and TV series with plots about family relations, couples, parents and children, family life, couple relations, father daughter relationship and husband wife relationship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Soap: Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman (1976), Empty Nest (1988), Step by Step (1991), That '70s Show (1998), Wings (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman is an American soap opera parody that aired in daily syndication from January 1976 to May 1977. The series was produced by Norman Lear, directed by Joan Darling and Jim Drake, and starred Louise Lasser. The series writers ...
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parody, sexy, controversial, biting, realistic ...
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Time:
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Place:
usa, ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Empty Nest is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from 1988 to 1995. The series was created as a spin-off of The Golden Girls by creator and producer Susan Harris. For its first three seasons, Empty Nest was one of the year's top 10 ...
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sitcom, realistic, sentimental, semi serious, humorous ...
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family outing
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Step by Step is an American television sitcom that starred Patrick Duffy and Suzanne Somers as two single parents, who spontaneously get married after meeting one another during a vacation, resulting in them becoming the heads of a large blended ...
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sitcom, realistic, humorous, not serious, witty ...
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family outing, kids, teens
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couples, family relations, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, couple relations, youth, parents and children, family life, siblings relations ...
Time:
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Place:
usa, wisconsin
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Crank up the 8-track and flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna and Fez, a group of high school teens who spend most of their time hanging out ...
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sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, teen drama, adult
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friendship, group of friends, teenage love, cannabis, small town, teenager, couples, couple relations, generation gap, parents and children, basement, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.
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sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, realistic ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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sitcom, humorous, mumblecore, captivating, sincere ...
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relationship vs career, couple relations, buddies, ambition, couples, friendship, hopes, follow your dream, love and romance, family relations, depression, young parents ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Audience:
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Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
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sitcom, humorous, funny, entertaining, realistic ...
Audience:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
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Married is a half hour comedy about being miserably in love. Russ and Lina Bowman can barely remember what life was like before kids, debt, and suburbia rained on their romance -- but every once in a while, in between the arguments about their ...
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Audience:
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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semi serious, humorous, sitcom, light, realistic ...
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Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, harvard university
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35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Horton and Brady broods endure the romantic trials of life in Salem, a Midwestern hamlet filled with evil geniuses, star-crossed lovers and a rich family history.
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, emotional, campy
Plot:
family relations, infidelity, family problems, loss of daughter, betrayal, love triangle, power relations, couple relations, intrigue, siblings relations, gay, couples ...
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90s, 20th century, 60s, 70s, 80s ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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sitcom, biting, talky, realistic, not serious ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 37 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Audience:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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34%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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