Soap operas and sitcoms(情景喜剧)are two different kinds of popular TV shows. What are the differences between them?
A soap opera is usually very long and has many episodes(集). All the episodes of soap opera are interconnected. The first soap opera was on the radio in the late 1930s. One of the most famous soap operas is Friends.
A sitcom, or a situation comedy, is a set of funny stories. These stories all happen(发生)in small place, like a house or a workplace. Sitcoms are different from soap operas. Each story in a sitcom can be different from others and sitcoms can make people feel happy. There is a very popular sitcom on TV in China. It is Home With Kids.