Recently, I have spotted a number of characters on different shows that watch soaps. I like it, maybe because more often than not, they are smart, educated people, and not trailer trash. Can you name some? The ones I know of are:

Gregory House, from HOUSE (they even had a whole episode resolve around his fave soap, even though it pissed me off because the whole tone was kind of condescending)

Joan from MAD MEN (fan of AS THE WORLD TURNS)

Miranda Bailey from GREY'S ANATOMY (she's a fan of daytime television)

Who else is a daytimer and freely admits it? Are there any daytime soap characters that watch soaps?

Spike from Buffy loved Passions.

Piper from Charmed was watching an episode of Passions when she was pregnant. The episode featured Tabitha and her wickedness.

the teacher on Dawsons Creek watchs Days. Funny since it was shortly after Pacey and his teacher, played by DAYS' Leann H, had an affair.

Pacey watched soaps in an episode too, but he wasnt exactly smart.

Dr Cox on Srubs watch's Days. As does Fran on The Nanny.

There is a website somewhere with a list of soap opera scenes being showen on other shows/movies, but ive lost the link.

Edited March 20, 200916 yr by JackPeyton

Dr Cox on Srubs watch's Days. As does Fran on The Nanny.

Fran also watches Y&R, B&B, AMC and the fictitious 'One Day After Another'.

Frasier - Niles watches Y&R for a brief period while recovering from an operation.

Futurama - Some of the characters watch 'All My Circuits'.

American Dad! - Roger watches AMC.

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - Not exactly a smart character, but Jazz mentions at one point that he requires "complete silence during The Young and the Restless".

There was an episode of ER where Doug Ross and a few of the doctors/nurses were watching Days of our Lives in the staff room. lol.

I dunno if you'd call the character smart, per se.. but Rachel from Friends was always a big fan of soaps, I think. Days in particular.

the teacher on Dawsons Creek watchs Days. Funny since it was shortly after Pacey and his teacher, played by DAYS' Leann H, had an affair.

Pacey watched soaps in an episode too, but he wasnt exactly smart.

That's from the first season "Breakfast Club"-like episode, right? I remember the teacher was watching a scene with Sami and Kate and they actually showed it.

Jack, Janet, and Chrissy from "Three's Company" watched Y&R and GH. On "The Jeffersons," Florence and some of her friends watched AMC and RH, and on "Sanford and Son," Fred watched lots of soaps, especially DAYS (he even recapped one of Mickey's storylines once).

Sammy Winchester of The Supernatural watched AMC with his werewolf girlfriend. He called Kendall a bitch...lol The ep is titled Heart.

House watches GH. I saw an ep where he couldn't take his eyes off of Sonny and Jason.

Edited March 21, 200916 yr by reallyhateskateonlost

Not too smart...

Jack McFarland on "Will&Grace" made numerous B&B quips during the shows run.

As Y&R-fan stressed "The Nanny's" Fran Fine was a soap buff. She was extremely heavy on AMC ("I haven't seen in a month - I wonder if the party at Erica's is over by now?") and B&B/Y&R with remarks and even a crossover to CBS Television City.

I believe either Carrie or Samantha of Sex and the City mentioned Days of Our Lives once...

On American Dad, Roger is also a big fan of Dynasty and attended a retrospective at the Smithsonian iirc.

On Everybody Hates Chris, Chris's dad is a serious Y&R fan and he goes ballistic when someone screws with the vcr and it doesn't tape his story.

On Will & Grace, I think it was Jack and Grace bickering (? I don't remember), but Will referred to them as "Gabrielle and Tina". I thought that was a good one that only a select few of us would get.

On Six Feet Under, Ruth and Bettina used to watch B&B together.

Pearl Shay on 227 made reference to watching Y&R

Blanche Devereaux on Golden Girls talked about watching Another World (which is funny since I believe Blanche's portrayer Rue McClanahan was on Another World as one time)

On Everybody Hates Chris, Chris's dad is a serious Y&R fan and he goes ballistic when someone screws with the vcr and it doesn't tape his story.

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