Family and Friends (Australian TV series) Family and Friends (Australian TV series) Family and Friends is a short-lived Australian television soap opera debuted on 7 February 1990. The series was intended to be the Nine Network's response to the already successful soaps on the rival channels - "Neighbours" and "E Street" on the Network Ten and "Home and Away" on the Seven Network. Set in a suburban community the series focused on two families - the Chandler and the Italian-Australian Rossi families - who were linked by a long-standing vendetta stemming from an accidental death in the 1950s. Old enmities were renewed by the Romeo-and-Juliet style
Soaps In Depth published biweekly. The NBC edition was discontinued after only two years in 1999 after NBC cancelled "Another World" and "Sunset Beach", making it superfluous to cover only two programs, while the ABC and CBS editions continue to be sold. First published in early 1997, this magazine focuses only on the CBS soaps "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "The Young and the Restless". Previously, "Guiding Light" and "As The World Turns" were covered as well, before their cancellation. Each issue also includes brief news coverage, previews, and recaps for the ABC soaps, as well as "Days of our Lives". When