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A soap opera, daytime drama, or soap for short, is typically a long-running radio or television serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio dramas originally being sponsored by soap manufacturers.
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A soap opera is a television or radio program that airs in episodic series. This means that each episode continues telling a story, which, in turn, tells more of the last episode's story. A single story on a soap opera can be told for weeks, months, or sometimes even years.
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Origins
General Hospital was created by Frank and Doris Hursley and premiered on April 1, 1963, replacing the canceled game show Yours for a Song. The first stories were mainly set on the seventh floor of General Hospital, in an unnamed midsize Eastern city (the name of the city, Port Charles, would not be mentioned until the late 1970s by headwriters Eileen and Robert Mason Pollock.). "They had this concept of the show that it was like a big wagon wheel – the spokes would be the characters and the h...
History
Launched in 1963, the first stories were mainly set at General Hospital in an unnamed midsized Eastern city. Storylines revolved around Steve Hardy (John Beradino) and his friend, Nurse Jessie Brewer (Emily McLaughlin). Jessie's turbulent marriage to the much-younger Phil Brewer (originally portrayed by Roy Thinnes; lastly by Martin West) was the center of many early storylines. In 1964 Audrey Hardy (Rachel Ames), a flight attendant and sister of Nurse Lucille (Lucille Wall), came to town, an...
Production
General Hospital has aired on the ABC television network and has been filmed in Hollywood since its inception. The show was filmed in the Sunset Gower Studios from 1963 to the mid-1980s. It relocated in the 1980s to The Prospect Studios. General Hospital has had a number of different distributors throughout the show's history. From its beginning until 1968, it was a co-production of Plitt Theatres and Selmur Productions. ABC bought the series outright in 1968 and its ownership passed from Sel...
Characters
Though the series originally focused on solely the medical staff at Port Charles' General Hospital, and starred John Beradino as Dr. Steve Hardy and Emily McLaughlin as Nurse Jessie Brewer, the series branched out and began to focus more on the people and families of the town of Port Charles rather than those solely in the hospital. Port Charles is full of "dysfunctional family dynamics ... and family drama remains the focal point of this town."The current families on the show include the qua...
Executive producer: Frank ValentiniProducers:Michelle Henry (senior producer), Mary-Kelly Weir (senior producer), Jennifer Whittaker-Brogdon (producer), Nneka Garland (coordinating producer), Jeffrey Sierks (associate producer)Directors: Larry Carpenter, Tina Keller, William Ludel, Gary Tomlin, Frank Valentini, Denise Van Cleave, Phideaux XavierHead writers: Dan O'Connor and Chris Van EttenSince the series began in 1963, Port Charles, New York, has been the setting for the show. The town exists in the same fictional universe as other soap opera settings such as Llanview (One Life to Live), Pine Valley (All My Children), New York City (Ryan's Hope), and Corinth (Loving). The same setting was also used for General Hospital's spinoff, P...
General Hospital's cast and crew have won many awards since 1974 when the Daytime Emmy Awards were created. In 2012, the Creative Arts Emmy Awards were created. General Hospital has won 16 Daytime Emmys for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series. In June 2009, TV Guide ranked "Luke and Laura's Wedding" at number forty-five on its list of t...
During the 1960s, General Hospital earned decent ratings against the likes of To Tell the Truth and The Secret Storm on CBS, but there was a decline as the 1970s came, especially when NBC's Another World became highly popular. For two years, it also faced CBS's The Price Is Right, already a major hit. After continued mediocrity in the Nielsen ratin...
The popularity of General Hospitalhas gained it many parodies and references in other mainstream programs. For example: 1. In the early 1990s, some episodes of General Hospital were featured as "shorts" during the fourth season of the parody show Mystery Science Theater 3000. 2. The series was also parodied/homaged in the song "General Hospi-Tale" ...
The success of the long-running soap opera has had one sister serial, one spinoff in the United States, and two primetime spinoffs in the United States and the United Kingdom. The Young Marrieds was ABC's first attempt at a sister serial for General Hospital. It ran for only two years, racking up a total of 380 episodes. Despite its moderate popula...
Gary Warner, General Hospital: The Complete Scrapbook, Stoddart (November 1995), ISBN 1-881649-40-7Gerard J. Waggett, The Official General Hospital Trivia Book, ABC (October 1997), ISBN 0-7868-8275-1General Hospital at IMDbGeneral Hospital at The Interviews: An Oral History of TelevisionFielden Farrington scripts, at the University of Maryland libraries. Contains scripts for General Hospitalfrom 1975 to 1976.- 15,000
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Oct 30, 2020 · A soap opera is a television or radio drama series dealing with daily events in the lives of the same group of characters. These serialized shows are known for their intricate plots, frequent cliffhangers, and a focus on emotional relationships and domestic situations.
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