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== [[Literature]] ==
* In [[Lamb: theThe Gospel According To Biff (Literature)|Lamb]], Biff is able to sneak away from the angel Raziel (yes, ''that'' angel Raziel) while Raziel is watching soaps in their hotel room.
* David Sedaris is, or at least used to be, a daytime drama queen, which is [[Self-Deprecation|frequently played for comedy]] in his essays.
* ''[[Matilda (Literaturenovel)|Matilda]]'': Matilda's parents are addicted to television, which is shown as one of their many character flaws. When Miss Honey goes to visit them at home, there's an American soap opera on, and Mrs. Wormwood in particular objects to being interrupted when "Willard is just about to propose to Roxanne."
* [[Animorphs (Literature)|Ax]] is quite a fan of these. Of course, he doesn't have much to do all day normally. (And he's also a fan of ''[[Alien Arts Are Appreciated|commercials]]''.)
 
== [[Live Action Television]] ==
* Averted with Spike on ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV)|Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' who was shown enjoying ''[[Passions]]'' on several episodes and it wasn't shown as something he genuinely enjoyed and appreciated, indicating he had liked it before becoming a pathetic, crypt-dweller. Since he's a vampire, daytime soaps may have been like late-night TV for him. Possibly.
** Giles, in his year off between being a librarian and running the Sunnydale magic store, watched with him.
* In an episode of ''[[That 70s Show|That '70s Show]]'', an out-of-work and depressed Red Foreman becomes obsessed with a soap opera as a symbol of how hard he's having it.
* In an episode of ''[[Becker]]'', the title character was called for jury duty, and over the course of a week or so became addicted to the soap opera that was playing in the waiting room.
* [[House (TV series)|House]] claims to be an ardent fan of the series' [[Show Within a Show]], ''Prescription: Passion''. Since the show is a [[Medical Drama]], he probably watches it for [[Cowboy Bebop Atat His Computer|the unintentional comedy]]. <ref>How very self-aware of them...</ref>
* House's [[Epileptic Trees|alternate universe twin]], [[Scrubs|Dr Cox]], has a similar habit of watching ''Days of our Lives'', along with Laverne - who, being a middle-aged black female, is rather more in the traditional demographic.
* Ignacio on ''[[Ugly Betty]]'' seems to have nothing else to do but hang around watching telenovelas.
** It's a [[Shout -Out]] to ''[[Yo Soy Betty, Lala Fea]]'', the Colombian telenovela which ''Ugly Betty'' is based off of.
* Julius on ''[[Everybody Hates Chris]]'' gets hooked on ''[[The Young and The Restless]]'' when he is at home from work with the gout. Once he returns to work, he tapes the episodes.
* In ''[[The West Wing]]'' the President was sick and ended up watching a soap, making remarks like "Don't any of these people have jobs?" and "That woman has changed her clothes a lot for one afternoon". When it switched to a Springer/Lake type show, he hopes none of the guests vote.
* In one episode of [[Psych]] "Lights, camera, homicidio" we found out that pretty much everyone is a fan of a daytime drama, a telly novella called 'Explosion Gigantesca de Romance'. Shawn's the only one not addicted, and he ends up starring in it as 'Chad'.
* On ''[[3rd Rock Fromfrom the Sun]]'', the Big Giant Head finds out about sex from watching a soap opera. ("I want to do that. I want to do what Drake is doing to Amanda's sister.")
* In a rare female example of this trope, Amy Matthews on ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' is shown to be one to highlight her boredom with being a housewife. This prompts Eric to convince her to get out and do something. Later in the episode, Cory becomes this after getting fired from the work-study program.
* On ''[[Modern Family]]'', Jay Prichett decides to watch a Colombian telenovela with his wife, Gloria, who was born and lived most of her life in that country, grudgingly as an attempt to acclimate to her cultural climate. Jay ends up getting interest in the program while Gloria deals with other matters.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In an episode of ''[[Outland (Filmfilm)|Outland]]'', the cast force Opus to get out and live his life after seeing him lounge about watching ''Days of our Lives''. Actually, they wanted to get him away from the TV only so they could watch the then-current O.J. Simpson trial.
* When a teacher's strike suspends school on ''[[The Simpsons]]'', lowlife bully Jimbo spends the extra time watching the soaps with his mom: "I just can't believe Starr would stoop to that...right in the middle of Montana and Dakota's wedding!"
* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Oil On Candace", [[Animal Superhero|Perry the Platypus]] is shown to sit on the couch, eat snacks, and weep over soaps when his family isn't home.
* In an episode of ''[[As Told Byby Ginger]],'' Carl and Hoodsie are cleaning a house to earn some extra money. Hoodsie is seen watching a Spanish soap, which Carl turns off.
{{quote| "Hey, I was watching that! Carla was just about to get the results of her pregnancy test back!"}}
* Really Really Big Man from ''[[Rocko's Modern Life (Animation)|Rocko's Modern Life]]'' is a fan of telenovelas.
 
== [[Real Life]] ==
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