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10 Most Divisive Daytime Soap Storylines in 2025
Sensational plot devices like AI schemes and unresolved murders sparked backlash, with viewers demanding answers to 10 controversial storylines across major daytime soaps.
- Last year, U.S. daytime soap operas ran divisive, frustrating storylines that left viewers with unanswered questions and prompted fans to scream at their screens over off-camera death handling.
- Showrunners leaned on retcons and crossovers, revising Gio Palmeri's origin in General Hospital and using shock devices like an AI takeover and Cane Ashley's villain reveal, while Beyond the Gates shared‑universe tie‑ins often fell flat.
- Specific beats highlighted by critics include off-camera send-offs for Cole, character and Chance, character, a laundry cart jail escape, and Luna Nozawa, character 's kidnapping and assault arc.
- Reception split between performances lauded and setups squandered as Giovanni Mazza drew acclaim and Lisa Yamada won a Daytime Emmy, while critics argued some risks delayed payoffs.
- With heavy episodic output, head writers face pressure producing approximately 250 episodes while managing continuity oddities and legacy characters to meet audience expectations.
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10 Most Divisive Daytime Soap Storylines in 2025
'Beyond the Gates,' 'The Bold and the Beautiful,' 'Days of our Lives,' 'General Hospital,' and 'The Young and the Restless' crafted some storylines this year that got viewers riled up for a variety of reasons.
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Total News Sources23
Leaning Left4Leaning Right5Center4Last UpdatedBias Distribution38% Right
Bias Distribution
- 38% of the sources lean Right
38% Right
L 31%
C 31%
R 38%
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