The Best and the Worst Soap Operas - 80s Style

The era of big hair and big drama

Big hair and big drama dominated the TV airwaves of the 80s

Nikki and Victor.

Luke and Laura.

Or maybe you were an evening soap kind of person. Why not both? Some of us were both.

Alexis and Dominique.

Gary and Val.

And by the way: who shot JR?

If you, like me, spent much of the 80s watching trashy soaps day and night (it spoke to our teenaged, drama-filled brains, right), you remember.

And you probably watched many, but favoured some more than others.

So today’s question is this:

Which soaps of the 80s were the best?

Which were the worst.

And why?