the Best 90's Daytime Dramas!

For many soap opera fans, the 90s are considered the pinnacle of quality soaps. The top soap operas had some of their best seasons during the 90s, with weddings, deaths, and shocking twists that topped themselves year after year. During the 90s, The Young and the Restless, All My Children, and General Hospital reigned supreme as the highest rated soap operas of the decade. This list of the best daytime soap operas of the 1990s, has been voted on and ranked bythe community.

From 1990-1999, 16 different soap operas were on the air. Shows like Guiding Light had been on since the early 50s and still maintained great ratings. Many soap operas saw their last season in the 90s, including Another World, Generations, and Loving.

The City was a spin-off of Loving, but didn’t last long on the air, much like Passions, Port Charles, and Sunset Beach. These soaps all debuted during the 90s, although they didn’t gain high viewership or last long.

What were the best daytime soap operas that aired during the 90s? Vote up the best 1990s daytime soaps below and see how the soap operas you loved to watch during the 90s rank.

1. The Young and the Restless, CBS

2. The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS

3. One Life to Live, ABC

4. As The World Turns, CBS

5.Guiding Light, CBS

6. All My Children, ABC

7. Another World, NBC

8. Days Of Our Lives, NBC 

9. Capitol, CBS 

10. Dangerous Women, (syndicated) 

11. Sunset Beach, NBC

12. General Hospital, ABC

13. Santa Barbara, NBC

14. Passions, NBC 

15. Loving, ABC

16. Generations, NBC

17. Port Charles, ABC

18. Swan's Crossing (syndicated)

19. The City, ABC 

20. Family Affair (syndicated)