General Hospital

Families, close friends, enemies and lovers go through drama and life changing events.

Creators:

Doris Hursley, Frank Hursley

Stars:

Maurice Benard, Steve Burton, Rebecca Herbst

Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 246 wins & 493 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Maurice Benard	...	Sonny Corinthos / ... (1,916 episodes, 1993-2015)
Steve Burton	...	Jason Morgan / ... (1,623 episodes, 1991-2015)
Rebecca Herbst	...	Elizabeth Webber / ... (1,424 episodes, 1997-2015)
Laura Wright	...	Carly Jacks / ... (1,397 episodes, 2005-2015)
Kelly Monaco	...	Sam McCall / ... (1,383 episodes, 2003-2015)
Nancy Lee Grahn	...	Alexis Davis / ... (1,170 episodes, 1996-2015)
Jason Thompson	...	Patrick Drake / ... (1,116 episodes, 2005-2015)
Julie Berman	...	Lulu Spencer / ... (1,070 episodes, 2005-2013)
Tyler Christopher	...	Nikolas Cassadine / ... (1,064 episodes, 1996-2015)
Ingo Rademacher	...	Jasper Jacks / ... (1,042 episodes, 1996-2015)
Bradford Anderson	...	Damien Spinelli / ... (961 episodes, 2006-2015)
Kirsten Storms	...	Maxie Jones / ... (902 episodes, 2005-2015)
Anthony Geary	...	Luke Spencer / ... (901 episodes, 1978-2015)
Kimberly McCullough	...	Robin Scorpio / ... (877 episodes, 1985-2015)
Dominic Zamprogna	...	Dante Falconeri / ... (831 episodes, 2009-2015)
Brandon Barash	...	Johnny Zacchara / ... (790 episodes, 2007-2015)

Storyline

During the original show up through the 1970s, the show primarily covered Dr. Steve Hardy (John Beradino) and his friend, Nurse Jessie Brewer (Emily McLaughlin). Late in the 1970s, the show was doing badly in the ratings, so a new executive producer, Gloria Monty, decided to move the show's focus away from the hospital and onto material more relevant to a younger audience than the stereotypical "bored housewife", thus bringing in Luke and Laura, (Anthony Geary and Genie Francis) and eventually having them marry in a stereotypical fantasy wedding that would not be matched until the real-life marriage of Prince Charles and Lady Diana.

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Plot Keywords:

new york | nun | actor shares full name with character | cult tv | shipper | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

abc [United States]

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 April 1963 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hospital general

Filming Locations:

ABC Television Center - 4151 Prospect Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC), Cinema Vehicle Services, Selmur Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min (1963-1976) 45 min (1976-1977) 60 min (1978-) 30 min (1963-1976) 45 min (1976-1977) 60 min (1978-)

Sound Mix:

Mono Stereo

Color:

Black and White (1963-1966) Color (1966-)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When ABC canceled All My Children and One Life to Live and replaced them with the lifestyle shows The Chew and The Revolution, General Hospital was left as the remaining daytime drama on the network. There was speculation that it would be canceled to make room for Katie Courics' new talk show. However The Revolution was a critical and ratings failure, while General Hospitals ratings improved noticeable, which has been credited to former One Life executive producer Frank Valentini and head writer Ron Carlivati who took on the respective duties at GH after One Lifes' cancellation. Th Revolution was canceled a few months after its' debut and replaced by an afternoon addition of Good Morning America for the remainder of summer 2012. In the fall GH took over its' time slot and Katie (2012) took over the time slot GH had previously had.

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Quotes

Samantha McCall: I'm Nervous.
Emily Quartermaine: All brides are, occupational hazard.

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Connections

Referenced in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Judi Dench/Ansel Elgort/GZA with Tom Morello (2015)

User Reviews

Great soap opera

General Hospital is a long running soap opera that had wonderful leadership with Gloria Monty and Wendy Riche and amazing writers like Claire Labine. Also great performances by John Beradino,Rachel Ames, Tony Geary,Genie Francis,Tristan Rogers,Finola Hughes,Kimberly Mccullough,Vanessa Marcil,Alicia Leigh Willis and Billy Warlock.

Tristan Rogers and Finola Hughes were incredible as Robert and Anna in the 80s and 90s where GH was filled with action,adventure and romance.

The highlight of the 1990s included storylines of the family. BJ Jones's death, Monica Quartermaine fighting breast cancer, Stone and Robin's love story and their AIDS storyline. Plus the amazing chemistry and connection that made Sonny&Brenda soulmates.

GH hit a rough patch in 2000-2001 with many backstage changes but it is improving in 2002. One of the most promising current storylines is the AJ Quartermaine and Courtney Matthews relationship. Billy Warlock and Alicia Leigh Willis have phenomenal chemistry that makes watching in 2002 a must.