Historical clue formulations

• Daytime television drama — 2023-02-20
• Endless melodrama — 2017-03-08
• Drama that can go on for years — 2016-04-17
• Never-ending story? — 2012-11-23
• "Dallas," e.g. — 2011-06-21
• Afternooner — 2005-04-23
• "Days of Our Lives," for one — 2005-03-07
• Ongoing saga — 2002-06-26
• Never-ending story — 2001-05-13
• Never-ending story — 1999-11-20
• Saga of the heart — 1999-04-10