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ELI5: Why Are Soap Operas Shot In Around 60 FPS?

Movies and tv seem to be usually shot in 24 FPS, but soap operas are obvious much higher, i'm not sure if its 60 or 48 but its much smoother than anything else on TV, why?
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It's because they're shot on video, as opposed to film. Film is traditionally projected at 24 frames per second but video doesn't have to be. In the case of soap operas, they are cheaply made so they just shoot them to regular video tape (or digital video these days) which looks smoother than something shot on filmstock (or something shot in such a way as to look like filmstock). Shooting on film is incredibly expensive and for something like a soap opera, which airs new episodes every day, using 24fps film just hasn't been financially viable.