General Hospital (1963– )

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Events in this daytime drama are centred in Port Charles, a community on the coast in upper New York. Ongoing plots are centred around the people who work in General Hospital, people who ... See full summary »

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Cast

Series cast summary:
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 Sonny Corinthos (1629 episodes, 1993-2013)
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 Jason Morgan (1597 episodes, 1991-2012)
Rebecca Herbst ...
 Elizabeth Webber (1196 episodes, 1997-2013)
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 Carly Jacks (1137 episodes, 2005-2013)
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 Sam McCall (1104 episodes, 2003-2013)
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 Lulu Spencer (1045 episodes, 2005-2013)
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 Jasper Jacks (1031 episodes, 1996-2012)
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 Alexis Davis (994 episodes, 1996-2013)
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 Patrick Drake (887 episodes, 2005-2013)
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 Nikolas Cassadine (875 episodes, 1996-2013)
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 Damien Spinelli (862 episodes, 2006-2013)
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 Robin Scorpio (826 episodes, 1985-2012)
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 Luke Spencer (782 episodes, 1978-2013)
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 Johnny Zacchara (754 episodes, 2007-2013)
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 Maxie Jones (745 episodes, 2005-2013)
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Storyline

Events in this daytime drama are centred in Port Charles, a community on the coast in upper New York. Ongoing plots are centred around the people who work in General Hospital, people who work in the business community (most notably for the Quartermaines' company ELQ), and some sort of international intrigue involving former agents of the WSB (World Security Bureau). Big plots of the past include Luke and Laura's wedding and Mikkos Cassadine's evil weather machine. Written by Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

| (1963-1976) | (1976-1977) | (1978-) | (1963-1976) | (1976-1977) | (1978-)

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(1963-1966)| (1966-)

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1.33 : 1
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Trivia

After running over Stuart Damon's feet with her motorized wheelchair during a scene, Anna Lee was jokingly given a crash helmet with the name "The British Bullet". See more »

Quotes

Nikolas Cassidine: You keep alluding to some - some mysterious danger, but you know, so far I haven't heard any facts.
Helena Cassadine: Oh, Nikolas, you've been at the mercy of a spoiled, manipulative, unstable woman for months.
Nikolas Cassidine: Oh, yeah? Which one?
Helena Cassadine: Mary Bishop - She's a poor, misguided creature. She's irrelevant. But Emily Quartermaine and her obsession with you - this is the real threat. Nikolas, the line between love and hate is thin one. Oh, Emily professes to have great love for you, but the minute she realizes that she's ...
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The best Soap in the History of Soaps
22 May 2002 | by (New York) – See all my reviews

I'm so tired of people saying that General Hospital is just a stale old soap opera. GH has been a staple of ABC's daytime lineup for 39 years. It's 3rd in the ratings and I think that ain't half bad considering it's age. The Alexis, Sonny, Carly triangle is a masterpiece destined to go down in GH's extremly long history. The actors and actresses who portray the characters on the show are fantastic and so are the writers. I get very upset when people say that it's a stale soap. So when GH tries to do something exciting and fun people say that it is not true soap storytelling. Just like the revival of the Cassidines (Helena, Stavros). I thought that that was a great storyline. In closing I would just like to say that General Hospital is on the track to taking back the ratings crown from The Young and the Restless. Your the greatest GH!!!!


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