The 40 Best Soap Operas Ever – Ranked

Published on February 4, 2020 By Leah Goldberg

24. Sunset Beach

NBC’s Sunset Beach aired on January the 6th and finished filming on the 31st of December, 1999. The cast included Susan Ward, Eddie Cibrian, Clive Robertson, Lesley-Anne Down, Sarah G. Buxton, Jason Winston George, Adrienne Frantz, and more.

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This was a soap opera aimed at a younger audience and it worked! Teens and young adults loved the riveting story lines, yet so did the older audience. Everything happens on the coast of California, in an area called Sunset Beach. The story line was very romantically based where it featured cheating and jealousy and plots to win the hearts of taken men. There was even a supernatural story interwoven in the mix. The show won two Daytime Emmy Awards and has 22 nominations over a plethora of different award shows.