noun
- 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.