a US televisionsoap opera, which began as a radio show in 1937 and moved on to television in 1952, and is now the longest running drama. It tells of the lives of people who live in the fictional town of Springfield.
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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