1. soap operas or daytime television dramas
Usage: informal; television industry slang

Examples

• The network decided to cancel several sudsers due to declining ratings.
• She got her start writing for sudsers before moving to primetime television.
• Many actors began their careers on sudsers before transitioning to film.
• The golden age of sudsers was in the 1980s and 1990s.
• Advertisers often targeted housewives during the sudsers time slots.
• Critics dismissed sudsers as lowbrow entertainment, but they had devoted audiences.