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<blockquote data-quote="Monzo" data-source="post: 390928" data-attributes="member: 19949">The idea of a black family at the center of a daily soap is actually pretty smart, because CBS certainly knows how high the viewership of people of color is for Y&amp;R and B&amp;B, and I suspect it&#039;s above average. In addition, cable television proves that programs with people of color as the focus do not lose viewers as quickly as many other programs. Sistas was always a successful soap for BET, but was not one of the most successful shows on cable TV. Things have changed and now Sistas is one of the most watched scripted shows on cable TV despite losing viewers. So there is a market for TV series with black main casts.Daytime soaps is the only genre from US TV that I find weaker compared to European TV. I don&#039;t understand why daily soaps from Europe, which probably have a smaller budget than American ones, still look better and offer plenty of outdoor scenes. In Central Europe, the daily soap genre is not over anyway. Three new daily soaps have launched in France in the last ten years, all of which are successful. On German TV, if you don&#039;t get anywhere with cheap productions in the daytime program, you try a new daily soap at some point, most of the time it doesn&#039;t work, but at least channels still try.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Monzo, post: 390928, member: 19949"] The idea of a black family at the center of a daily soap is actually pretty smart, because CBS certainly knows how high the viewership of people of color is for Y&R and B&B, and I suspect it's above average. In addition, cable television proves that programs with people of color as the focus do not lose viewers as quickly as many other programs. Sistas was always a successful soap for BET, but was not one of the most successful shows on cable TV. Things have changed and now Sistas is one of the most watched scripted shows on cable TV despite losing viewers. So there is a market for TV series with black main casts. Daytime soaps is the only genre from US TV that I find weaker compared to European TV. I don't understand why daily soaps from Europe, which probably have a smaller budget than American ones, still look better and offer plenty of outdoor scenes. In Central Europe, the daily soap genre is not over anyway. Three new daily soaps have launched in France in the last ten years, all of which are successful. On German TV, if you don't get anywhere with cheap productions in the daytime program, you try a new daily soap at some point, most of the time it doesn't work, but at least channels still try. [/QUOTE]

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