"General Hospital" (1963)TV series 1963-????

Creators:

Doris Hursley
Frank Hursley

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

1 April 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Events in this daytime drama are centred in Port Charles, a community on the coast in upper New York...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Shipper | Soap | MST3K | Doctor

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 179 wins & 330 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. July 28	3:00 PM	ABC
Tue. July 29	3:00 PM	ABC

Cast

Maurice Benard	...	Sonny Corinthos (466 episodes, 1993-2008)
Steve Burton	...	Jason Morgan (408 episodes, 1991-2008)
Rebecca Herbst	...	Elizabeth Spencer / ... (396 episodes, 1997-2008)
Laura Wright	...	Carly Corinthos / ... (364 episodes, 2005-2008)
Kelly Monaco	...	Samantha 'Sam' McCall / ... (359 episodes, 2003-2008)
Julie Berman	...	Lesley Lu 'Lulu' Spencer / ... (356 episodes, 2005-2008)
Ted King	...	Lorenzo Alcazar / ... (355 episodes, 2002-2007)
Ingo Rademacher	...	Jasper 'Jax' Jacks / ... (340 episodes, 1996-2008)
Nancy Grahn	...	Alexis Davis / ... (315 episodes, 1996-2008)
Alicia Leigh Willis	...	Courtney Matthews Quartermaine Morgan Jacks / ... (298 episodes, 2001-2006)
Greg Vaughan	...	Lucky Spencer / ... (296 episodes, 2003-2008)
Bradford Anderson	...	Damien Spinelli / ... (290 episodes, 2006-2008)
Tyler Christopher	...	Nikolas Cassadine / ... (272 episodes, 1996-2008)
Kimberly McCullough	...	Dr. Robin Scorpio / ... (270 episodes, 1985-2008)
Lindze Letherman	...	Georgianna "Georgie" Jones Quartermaine / ... (254 episodes, 2002-2007)
Jason Thompson	...	Dr. Patrick Drake / ... (244 episodes, 2005-2008)
Kirsten Storms	...	Maxie Jones / ... (233 episodes, 2005-2008)
Megan Ward	...	Kate Howard (225 episodes, 2007-2008)
Rick Hearst	...	Ric Lansing / ... (218 episodes, 2002-2008)
Anthony Geary	...	Luke Spencer / ... (217 episodes, 1978-2008)
Sebastian Roché	...	Jerry Jacks / ... (216 episodes, 2007-2008)
Natalia Livingston	...	Emily Bowen Quartermaine / ... (204 episodes, 2003-2008)
Robin Christopher	...	Skye Quartermaine / ... (197 episodes, 2002-2008)
Josh Duhon	...	Logan Hayes / ... (189 episodes, 2007-2008)

Runtime:

45 min (1976-1977) | 30 min (1963-1976) | 60 min (1978-) | USA:30 min (1963-1976) | USA:45 min (1976-1977) | USA:60 min (1978-)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

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

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Stereo

Certification:

USA:TV-PG

Filming Locations:

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

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Trivia:

Judy Lewis played Barbara Vining in the late-'70s, however, as a close friend of Gloria Monty, was asked to be her assistant, and stayed until 1980.

Quotes:

Carly Corinthos: How rude are you?
Lois Cerullo-Ashton: Come again?
Carly Corinthos: Well, Sonny's good enough for you to partner up with when you need his - oh, let me think about this, take a wild guess - capital, and now he just seems to be a little too much baggage to carry?
Lois Cerullo-Ashton: Pretty much.
Carly Corinthos: How you could call her a friend, I just don't understand.
Lois Cerullo-Ashton: Maybe because you haven't had enough experience in that area to understand.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "Lexx: Lafftrak (#2.5)" (1999)

An Escape From Reality

This is a long running American soap that has only recently been aired in the UK. I started watching it a few weeks ago at a point that is months behind the states- meaning that I had missed some important story lines- but I was still hooked from the start. With all the glamour, drama and money this gives English soaps a run for their money. In england their soaps try to approach real life problems and situations but come out with nothing. Whilst as this soap approaches the same situations, but comes out on top by going over the top- it doesn't even pretend that they're going over the top- unlike here in the UK. This show is a true escape from reality that is hard to ween off.