| Afternoon diversion | 19 |
| Afternoon "opera" | 27 |
| ABC hit sitcom (1977-81) | 24 |
| 2006 Samuel L. Jackson movie, initials-wise | 43 |
| "The O.C.," essentially | 33 |
| "One Life to Live," e.g. | 34 |
| "Jo's Boys" novelist | 34 |
| "Guiding Light," e.g. (R.I.P.) | 40 |
| "As the World Turns," for one | 39 |
| "All My Children", for one | 36 |
| '70s Billy Crystal comedy series | 36 |
| ''All My Children,'' e.g. | 41 |
| Cleaning staples | 16 |
| Dramatic production about Ivory or Dial? | 40 |
| What a blog provides | 20 |
| Street performer's stand | 28 |
| Station for an oration | 22 |
| Speakers' Corner prop | 25 |
| Platform ... or something that appears four times in this puzzle? | 65 |
| Place to get up and speak your mind | 35 |
| Outlet for a rant | 17 |
| Orator's improvised platform | 32 |
| Haranguer's prop | 20 |
| Race for kids | 13 |
| Park podia | 10 |
| Tub floater | 11 |
| Suds element | 12 |
| Iridescent sphere | 17 |
| Bathtub popper | 14 |
| Bath floater | 12 |
| These are flaky | 15 |
| British boiler | 14 |
| Place for a bar | 15 |
| 1991 Sally Field film | 21 |
| 1991 comedy with a behind-the-scenes look at a daytime drama | 60 |
| Place for a Dove bar | 20 |
| Ivory platform? | 15 |
| Bar keeper? | 11 |
| 1991 comedy with Sally Field and Robert Downey, Jr. | 51 |
| They're often scummy | 24 |
| Restroom sight | 14 |
| Family line of bar makers? | 26 |
| Lathered (up) | 13 |
| Lathered | 8 |
| In a lather? | 12 |
| ___ up (got all sudsy) | 22 |
| Worked a bar | 12 |
| Coated for washing | 18 |
| ___ up (got sudsy) | 18 |
| Daytime drama, informally | 25 |
| TV daytime offering | 19 |
| Melodramatic series, in slang | 29 |
| Daytime serial | 14 |
| Daytime TV shows, in old slang | 30 |
| TV serials | 10 |
| Serial dramas | 13 |
| Needing a more thorough rinse | 29 |
| More sudsy | 10 |
| More lathered | 13 |
| More in need of rinsing | 23 |
| Not as well-rinsed, perhaps | 27 |
| More saponaceous | 16 |
| More melodramatic | 17 |
| More lathery | 12 |
| Having more lather | 18 |
| Filled with more melodrama | 26 |
| With the most lather | 20 |
| Most sudsy | 10 |
| Lathering | 9 |
| Washing is what ___ | 19 |
| Shower convenience | 18 |
| Present eagerly anticipated...NOT! | 34 |
| Gift for the shower | 19 |
| Daily trauma? | 13 |
| Never-ending story | 18 |
| Ongoing saga | 12 |
| Saga of the heart | 17 |
| Melodramatic fare | 17 |
| Matinee melodrama | 17 |
| Fifteen-minute show, originally | 31 |
| Afternooner | 11 |
| Afternoon TV entry | 18 |
| "The Secret Storm," e.g. | 34 |
| "Passions" is one | 27 |
| "General Hospital" is one | 35 |
| "Dynasty" or "Dallas" | 41 |
| "Dallas," e.g. | 24 |
| ''Telenovela'', north of the border | 51 |
| Daytime TV dramas | 17 |
| Daily productions | 17 |
| "Sex and Suffering in the Afternoon," as per a 1976 Time magazine cover | 81 |
| Daytime Emmy winners | 20 |
| Susan Lucci, e.g. | 17 |
| Susan Lucci and John Beradino, for two | 38 |
| Detergent factory, e.g.? | 24 |
| Scouring items | 14 |
| Amole, for one | 14 |
| Their bulbs produce lathers when crushed | 40 |
| Lather the garden? | 18 |
| Wet bars? | 9 |