Seven-year-old B. J. was left brain-dead after her school van was hit by a drunk driver. Her father, Tony, made the decision to donate B. J.'s organs, and her heart was transplanted into her ailing cousin. In a moving scene, Tony laid his head on his niece's chest and quietly listened to his daughter's heart, once again pulsing with life.

Bo Brady and Hope Williams changed the face of daytime when rebel Bo came riding into town on his motorcycle in 1983 and fell for the rich and feisty Hope Williams, whom he later nicknamed Fancy Face.

In 2001, The Bold and the Beautiful (which claims to be the most watched television series in the world) began to simulcast in a Spanish language track for Hispanic viewers in the United States under the title Belleza y poder.

The "Livin' la Vida Loca" singer was introduced to daytime audiences in 1994 as General Hospital's Miguel Morez, an aspiring singer who was almost silenced permanently for falling in love with the daughter of a Puerto Rican crime boss.

From 1993 to 1995, Sarah Michelle Gellar played Kendall Hart, "the scheming daughter of the biggest schemer of them all." The role was later taken over by Alicia Minshew.

In the final scene of the 1979-80 season of Dallas, J.R. hears a noise outside his office, walks out to the corridor to look, and is shot twice by an unseen assailant. The episode, titled "A House Divided", was broadcast on March 21, 1980, and viewers would have to wait until the November episode "Who Done It" to learn that the shooter was Kristin Shepard, J.R.'s mistress and his wife's sister.

Cast members from The Guiding Light reprised their roles from this soap opera in the TV-movie "The Cradle Will Fall" (1983).

During the 1970s, All My Children featured the Martins, the Tylers, the Brents, and, of course, the Kanes--the family which spawned the show's most popular character: Erica Kane.

The Young and the Restless takes place in Genoa City, Wisconsin. It first debuted on the CBS television network on March 26, 1973, replacing Where the Heart Is and Love is a Many Splendored Thing.

These Are My Children ran on NBC from January 31, 1949 to February 25, 1949. It was broadcast live from Chicago, Illinois, airing fifteen minutes a day, five days a week.