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

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Creators:

Doris Hursley
Frank Hursley
Jim 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:

New York | Cult Favorite | Beautiful Woman | Doctor | Actor Shares Full Name With Character

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 181 wins & 346 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Mon. Nov. 9	3:00 PM	ABC
Tue. Nov. 10	3:00 PM	ABC

Cast

Maurice Benard	...	Sonny Corinthos (1,059 episodes, 1993-2009)
Steve Burton	...	Jason Morgan (1,017 episodes, 1991-2009)
Rebecca Herbst	...	Elizabeth Webber / ... (807 episodes, 1997-2009)
Ingo Rademacher	...	Jasper Jacks / ... (738 episodes, 1996-2009)
Nancy Lee Grahn	...	Alexis Davis (673 episodes, 1996-2009)
Tyler Christopher	...	Nikolas Cassadine / ... (611 episodes, 1996-2009)
Laura Wright	...	Carly Jacks / ... (602 episodes, 2005-2009)
Kelly Monaco	...	Sam McCall / ... (593 episodes, 2003-2009)
Greg Vaughan	...	Lucky Spencer (569 episodes, 2003-2009)
Julie Berman	...	Lesley Lu 'Lulu' Spencer / ... (566 episodes, 2005-2009)
Rick Hearst	...	Ric Lansing (533 episodes, 2002-2009)
Alicia Leigh Willis	...	Courtney Matthews / ... (525 episodes, 2001-2006)
Bradford Anderson	...	Damien Spinelli / ... (511 episodes, 2006-2009)
Ted King	...	Lorenzo Alcazar / ... (505 episodes, 2002-2007)
Anthony Geary	...	Luke Spencer / ... (474 episodes, 1978-2009)
Natalia Livingston	...	Emily Bowen Quartermaine / ... (466 episodes, 2003-2009)
Kimberly McCullough	...	Dr. Robin Scorpio / ... (454 episodes, 1985-2009)
Jason Thompson	...	Dr. Patrick Drake / ... (445 episodes, 2005-2009)
Kirsten Storms	...	Maxie Jones / ... (442 episodes, 2003-2009)
Tamara Braun	...	Carly Corinthos / ... (431 episodes, 2001-2003)
Robin Christopher	...	Skye Quartermaine / ... (426 episodes, 2001-2008)

Runtime:

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

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Black and White (1963-1966) | Colour (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:

A young Demi Moore got her start on General Hospital as Jackie Templeton in 1982.

Quotes:

Tracy Quartermaine: What ever do you want? Make it fast.
Skye Quartermaine Jacks: Why, Aunt Tracy, is that anyway to talk to family?
Tracy Quartermaine: You know, the rest of the Quartermaine's may tolerate your fraudulent use of the family name. I, however, will not.
Skye Quartermaine Jacks: Well, blood ties or not I do happen to care about the Quartermaine's, and that includes Edward.
Tracy Quartermaine: Poor Daddy, practically checked himself into Shadybrook when he married Heather Webber.
Skye Quartermaine Jacks: You helped Heather have him committed there. Something tells me you regret that.
Tracy Quartermaine: Something tells me you're drinking again.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Daytime's Greatest Weddings (2004) (V)

The best Soap in the History of Soaps

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!!!!