American soap operas focus on glamour and escapism, featuring beautiful actors in melodramatic storylines and unrealistic settings, unlike British soaps which depict more realistic scripted realities meant for audiences to personally relate to through ongoing, grounded stories. While American soaps have seasonal runs, British soaps are continuously aired with less dramatic conventions but more relatable portrayals.

1. American & British Soap Opera’s
- American soap operas serve different purposes to British soap opera.
- British soap - Scripted reality, for example TOWIE.
- American Soaps are very glamorous, escapist, dream world which is the opposite the
British soaps which are made for the public to relate to.
- Melodramatic, emotional stories, feminine genre.
- Actors all very beautiful and have a “Perfect” appearance.
- Scheduling “Daytime drama”.
- Some American soap operas run in seasons unlike British ones that are ongoing and
continuous.
- Usually have outlandish storylines that don’t make sense.
- Contain non-diegetic sound which tells the viewer how to feel also making the
scenes seem dramatic and quite unrealistic.