Soap operas

genre of television/radio drama

right|250px|thumb|Vida Alves and Walter Forster on [[Sua Vida Me Pertence (Rede Tupi, Brazil, 1951), the first telenovela in television history]] A telenovela is a type of a television serial drama or soap opera produced primarily in Latin America. The word is a portmanteau of tele (for "television") and novela (meaning "novel"). Similar drama genres around the world include dizi (Turkey), serial (India), teleserye (Philippines), lakorn (Thailand), '' (Italy), téléroman (Canada, specifically Quebec), K-drama (South Korea), J-drama (Japan), C-drama (China) and '' (Indonesia).

television programs from South Korea

television drama program where events center around a medical environment

soap opera of German television

Duanju (), sometimes translated in English as microdrama, short drama, vertical drama, vertical minidrama, vertical series or mobile drama, is a type of short form web or television series that originated in China. It is also known as "microdrama" in English. These series typically feature 1–2 minute episodes, and a complete production may include 20 to 100 episodes, resulting in a total runtime similar to one or two movies. Produced specifically for smartphone viewing, many duanju are shot in vertical format and optimized for fragmented, bite-sized consumption on platforms such as Douyin (Tik

thumb|Sound effect of footsteps being recorded A radionovela (also known as serial radiofónico or simply serial) is a type of radio drama first broadcast in Latin America in the early 20th century. Radionovelas are typically melodramas or soap operas which are issued in chapters, in contrast to other radio dramas which may encompass different genres and are often broadcast as individual works, such as The War of the Worlds.

Châteauvallon is a soap opera consisting of 26 episodes, each lasting around 52 minutes, created by Georges Conchon and Jean-Pierre Petrolacci. It was broadcast in France between and on Antenne 2, and saw subsequent reruns on Antenne 2, TMC, RTL9 and NT1. It was a Franco-Swiss-British-Italian-Luxembourgish co-production.