Aside from being the Diamond Star of Philippine Cinema, she was also named as the Drama Anthology Queen because of her Maricel Drama Special whose very successful and superb. Aside from successfully conquering the movie scene, Soriano duplicated her feat on television with a variety of shows. From the sitcom "John en Marsha", she also starred in "Kaluskos Musmos" and "Kuskos Balungos", youth oriented programs in the 1970s. She has appeared in musical variety shows ("Maria! Maria!", "I M Wat I M" "Maricel Live!"), a drama anthology ("Maricel Drama Special"), comedy shows ("2+2", "Kaya ni Mister, Kaya ni Misis", "Mary D' Potter", "Bida si Mister, Bida si Misis"), soap operas ("Vietnam Rose", "Florinda", "Ang Dalawang Mrs. Real" and "The General's Daughter") and "John en Shirley" (a spin-off of her original sitcom), where she is reunited with Dolphy and Susan Roces.