Supercouple Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
cover devoted to soap operas: Dated January 12, 1976, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth Hayes of Days of Our Lives are featured with the headline "Soap Operas: Sex and suffering in the afternoon".]]A supercouple, in soap opera terms, is a couple on a program that becomes popular beyond the network's expectations and, in effect, becomes a de facto symbol for the show.
While the term was not coined until the early 1980s, the first soap opera supercouple was Doug and Julie Williams on Days of Our Lives. From 1970 until 1976, the two characters wavered between love and animosity. The chemistry that the two actors exhibited became evident off-screen: the portrayers, Bill Hayes and Susan Seaforth were married in 1974. Fans became emotionally invested in the possible couple, and thousands of people called NBC as well as their local affiliates to petition for the right for Doug and Julie to marry, since the actors were married already. NBC bowed to the popular pressure and the characters were married in October 1976.
Shows such as Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, and Santa Barbara were known for their supercouples. While there are many popular couplings on soap operas today, very few earn the right to be called a supercouple by fans and the soap media alike. Usually, the term is reminiscient of the 1970s and 1980s (the so-called "golden age" of soap operas). As such, the few supercouples that are still on serials today were from the 1980s, or at the latest, the early 1990s.
With the advent of message boards, fans have used abbreviated names for their favorite couples, including supercouples from the past. So, for example, Bo and Hope becomes "Bope", Sam and Amanda becomes "Samanda", and so on. This was parodied on The O.C, when Seth Cohen talked about real couples' overexposure to one another; he wondered whether or not his pairing would be called "Summereth" or "Sethummer".
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