I am curious to know what some of the longest storylines on soaps are. I just read about a storyline on DOOL that ran from 1968 to 1975. I doubt that will ever see that happen again even if soaps where not in trouble!!

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Some people where wondering if this should be good or bad storylines. It can be either. I would like it if you indicated if it where good or not though. Also, things like love triangle don't count because when I mean a storyline I mean a storyline. I am talking about a Baby-Swap, Whose your daddy, Who-dun-it's or anything else that like that.

Edited October 5, 201213 yr by allmc2008

It seems as if the Brooke/Ridge/Taylor triangle on B&B went on forever. It had a brief break when she "died" in 2002 but it lasted the better part of a decade since its inception in the early 90s

EVERYTHING on Trassions!

Brooke/Ridge/Taylor overall lasted a great many year, but it wasn't the "same storyline" per se.

Is the original poster referring to DAYS' story of Mike Horton's true paternity? Or something else. It's pretty amazing that a paternity story where the viewers knew all along who the real father was lasted so long (I think it was 9 years, though Mike was an adult when the truth came out)

The story of Sami getting the goods on Kate/Lucas for framing her for Franco's murder took FOREVER to be resolved. A good 3 years.

Edited October 4, 201213 yr by Gray Bunny

I feel like this thread should only feature stories from Y&R, DAYS and Passions lol. The odd thing is, on all three soaps I never care how long certain stories went for. It's hard to explain, but the pacing and the writing worked. Bill Bell's Y&R felt like everything served a purpose. A weeks episodes blew by for me and it didn't seem boring, despite his stories running for years. Same with Passions. That show never bored me and it was as slow as it gets.

The first go around of the Sami/Austin/Carrie triangle and all the stories that sprouted from it.

Longest running soap storyline? Easy. Y&R: Kay vs Jill. 1973-2003 without interruption.

Rex's paternity on OL! How many different fathers did he think he had?

Jessica too for that matter going from Clint to Mitch and then finally back to Clint.

Do you mean stories that lasted too long or good story that carried on for years. I best one I can think of is Mike's Paternity on Days and Sydney's kidnapping on Days. In my opinion those two were pretty good.

if you mean one that went on far too long I would say the Rafe 2 story and The Salem Stalker/Melaswen/The Castle story.

Theresa/Ethan paternity secret storyline ran the entire show!

How long did the Sheila/Lauren babyswitch story last on Y&R?

I think Mike's paternity ran the longest. I don't think it is fair to compare it to a rivalry or love triangle because those can last forever on soaps, but a true secret or twist that the viewers knew about for NINE years is crazy, IMO. Couldn't possibly be done now.

Dorian getting away with Victor Lords murder, ALL the viewers KNEW that she DID it and she got away with it, that went on for nearly 20 years. Then TIIC decided to change it.

Dorian getting away with Victor Lords murder, ALL the viewers KNEW that she DID it and she got away with it, that went on for nearly 20 years. Then TIIC decided to change it.

That's a really good one. Forgot about that.

The Carolyn Crawford Murder Mystery on ATWT....it just seemed to go on forever.