morning TV drama; morning soap opera
Common abbreviation for the NHK morning serial drama (連続テレビ小説) or any morning television drama series.
See also: ドラマ · 昼ドラ (ひるドラ)
I watch the morning drama every day before heading to work.
This season's morning drama is well received.
She was chosen as the heroine of the morning drama.
That actress became famous after appearing in a morning drama last year.
A new morning drama started this week.
She has been cast as the lead in the next morning drama.
朝ドラ airs in the morning and tends to be wholesome family fare, while 昼ドラ airs in the afternoon and is often more melodramatic or sensational.
Abbreviation of 朝のドラマ (morning drama).