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Frank Valentini is the executive producer for the ABC soap opera General Hospital. He previously held the position of executive producer, director, and composer for the ABC soap opera One Life to Live. From 1986 to 1992 he worked as stage manager.
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During the 1976-77 season, GH ranked a lowly No. 10 out of 15 daytime dramas. (CBS’s As the World Turns dominated for nearly two decades.) That changed when exec producer Gloria Monty threw worldly Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary) and ingenue Laura Webber (Genie Francis) together. They fell hard for each other. Viewers went crazy, and the term supercou...
Nurse Jessie Brewer (Emily McLaughlin) and Dr. Steve Hardy (John Beradino) were a tight but platonic twosome in the 1960s and ’70s, but now the show churns out charismatic, randy couples. Dashing criminal Duke Lavery (Ian Buchanan) swept town police chief Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) off her feet (she’s now with Valentin Cassadine, played by James P...
Illicit affairs and other soap staples were General Hospitalnorms, but the show powerfully reflected real-life issues. We wept in 1995 as Robin Scorpio (Kimberly McCullough) watched boyfriend Stone Cates (Michael Sutton) die of an AIDS-related illness, then con-tracted HIV herself; breast cancer almost took out sturdy Dr. Monica Quarter-maine (Lesl...
This TV drama knows how to have fun too — so how will it celebrate 60 successful years? Valentini says nothing “encompasses the whole cast like the Nurses Ball.” The hospital’s annual HIV/AIDS fundraiser, created in the ’90s, never fails to gather the gang and punctuate song and dance with gasp-inducing moments. It’s been two and a half years since...
Feb 14, 2023 · General Hospital EP Frank Valentini Reflects on Show's Legacy Ahead of 60th Anniversary. Carly Silver. Feb 14, 2023. Comment. Ahead of General Hospital 's 60th anniversary (which takes...
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ABC Press. Frank Valentini. Executive Producer: General Hospital. Emmy® Award winner Frank Valentini became executive producer of ABC’s “General Hospital” in January 2012, following an award-winning run as EP of ABC’s “One Life to Live.”
Dec 17, 2023 · Video Interview: ‘General Hospital’ EP Frank Valentini talks Daytime Emmys 2023 Outstanding Drama Win. December 17, 2023 Phyllis Thomas Award Shows, General Hospital Comments Off. GENERAL HOSPITAL airs weekdays on ABC. “ General Hospital ” took home the top prize for Outstanding Drama Series at the Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday Night.
