"docusoap" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2010 October 21, Troy Patterson, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”, in Slate",
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          "ref": "2011, Tim Oglethorpe, “A slice of paradise: Hectic Christmas? Try a change of pace with the sixth series of gentle documentary An Island Parish,” The Daily Mail, 30 December, 2011,_(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2080168/An-Island-Parish-Hectic-Christmas-Try-change-pace-gentle-documentary.html)",
          "text": "Nigel [Farrell] and Paul Sommers created the docusoap genre of programmes almost 20 years ago, applying the cliffhanger endings and multi-character storylines of soap operas to series such as The Village and Country House."
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