Well, despite having a jaded name, space operas remained a guilty pleasure for readers. So, if space operas didn't start out so great. The term has stuck and later evolved to be one of the most popular areas of science fiction. A story that was little more science fiction than fantasy. This inspired Tucker to first use the phrase "space opera". That many of these "horse operas" were simply being moved to outer space- with the details changed to suit galactic conditions. SciFi fans of the time started to notice something funny. (Thus, soap operas.) The term had extended itself to some the Spaghetti Westerns being produced at the time as well under the term "horse opera". These radio dramas were often hokey dramas sponsored by soap companies. Remember this was the golden age of radio.
In the late 1930s and 1940s, there were several radio dramas that aired. Tucker used it as a derogatory term in Issue 36 of science fiction fanzine Le Zombie. And it wasn't very nice at the time either. The genre was first christened the "Space Opera" back in 1941 by fan fiction writer and independent author Wilson Tucker.
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