General Hospital

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General Hospital is a long-running American daytime television soap opera known for its dramatic storylines, complex characters, and numerous Daytime Emmy Awards.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf daytime drama
television soap opera
broadcastFormat daytime television
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Frank and Doris Hursley
distributionFormat broadcast television
executiveProducer Frank Valentini
fictionalSettingType hospital
filmingLocation Los Angeles, California
firstAired 1963-04-01
formatFeature ensemble cast
intersecting story arcs
genre medical drama
soap opera
hasSpinOff General Hospital: Night Shift
Port Charles
hasWonAward Daytime Emmy Award
Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series
laterDefinedSetting Port Charles, New York (fictional)
medium television
networkAffiliation American Broadcasting Company
notableCharacter Alan Quartermaine
Anna Devane
Bobbie Spencer
Carly Corinthos
Jason Morgan
Laura Webber
Luke Spencer
Monica Quartermaine
Sonny Corinthos
notableFamily Cassadine family
Quartermaine family
Spencer family
notableLocationInSeries General Hospital (fictional hospital)
notableRecognition one of the longest-running American soap operas
one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the United States
notableStoryline Ice Princess storyline
Luke and Laura wedding
Sonny Corinthos mob storylines
originalLanguage English
originallySetIn a general hospital in an unnamed city
originalNetwork ABC
producedFor ABC Daytime programming block
productionCompany ABC Daytime
releaseSchedule weekdays
setIn Port Charles
targetAudience daytime television viewers
typicalEpisodeRuntime 60 minutes with commercials


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