http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2014/09/sitcomsonline-book-club-soap.html
From its tumultuous beginnings in 1977 to its end by firing squad - on screen and off - Soap was
as passionate and controversial as the times in which it was made.
During its four-year run, it tackled sex, death, depression and
infidelity, all with a wit and gentleness never before seen on American
television. Throughout that time, a vocal minority hounded the sitcom
and parent network ABC over its perceived irreverence toward the mores
of a declining generation, even as the real world was convulsed by
terrorism, energy crises, and fallout from the Vietnam conflict and
governmental malfeasance. For the first time ever, Soap: The Unauthorized Inside Story of the Sitcom That Broke All the Rules
takes you behind the scenes, from the producers' battles with network
censors over an earlier series, to the creation of enduring story lines
such as the death of Peter Campbell, and Burt's abduction by aliens.
Based on interviews with nearly 30 members of the cast and crew, this
book offers an extensive examination of each episode, and may finally
reveal the societal forces that really led to the series' premature
demise
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