Appear so excited about old TV show

• Content of book appears to be skewed in TV programme
• TV or radio serial

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"melodramatic radio serial" (later extended to television), 1939; so-called because sponsors often were soap manufacturers, from earlier horse opera "a Western" (1927). Shortened form soap for this first attested 1943.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Soap Opera is a 2014 Italian comedy film written and directed by Alessandro Genovesi . It opened the 2014 Rome Film Festival .

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a serialized program usually dealing with sentimentalized family matters that is broadcast on radio or television (frequently sponsored by a company advertising soap products)

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Career Girls never devolves into soap opera , but remains a focused, complex portrayal of a friendship. ▪ Glossy, high-powered soap opera about four black professional women helping one another through a bad year in Phoenix. ...