thanks for your response to my soap opera query, Jeremy Butler! You know, it's a small world! I happen to be one of the German colleagues Ellen Seiter has been working with on what you call a mammoth soap opera study. The book you are referring to is _Remote Control: Television, Audiences, and Cultural Power_, edited by Ellen, myself and two others colleagues and published by Routledge in 1989. The paperback edition will be out shortly. As you can guess from the title, the book is not only about U.S. soaps but about television in general. My query resulted from the fact that now, after having been involved in other projects, I would like to do some further work on soap operas, but that I've not been able to keep in touch with the most recent research. I certainly will spread the news about your list here in Europe. The problem is, however, that the medium of email etc. is not quite as well-known and available as it is in the US. Hans Hans Borchers University of Tuebingen American Studies Department Wilhelmstrasse 50 7400 Tuebingen Federal Republic of Germany <[log in to unmask]>