黃金時段
Soap operas have also become common in prime time, which differ from their daytime counterparts as they utilize the traditional weekly format and maintain a visual style traditional of other nighttime network series (particularly, nighttime soaps are recorded on film in a single-camera setup, whereas daytime soaps are shot on multiple cameras that record the program on videotape). Prime time soaps of note have included "Peyton Place", "Dallas", "Dynasty", "Knots Landing", "Falcon Crest", "Beverly Hills, 90210", "Melrose Place", "Revenge" and "Scandal".