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General Hospital

Network
ABC
Genre
Soap Opera
Premiered
1 April, 1963
General Hospital

General Hospital is an American daytime television soap opera. It is listed in Guinness World Records as the longest-running American soap opera in production, and the second in American history after Guiding Light. Concurrently, it is the world's third longest-running scripted drama series in production after British serials The Archers and Coronation Street, as well as the world's second-longest-running televised soap opera still in production. General Hospital premiered on the ABC television network on April 1, 1963. General Hospital is the longest-running serial produced in Hollywood, and the longest-running entertainment program in ABC television history. It holds the record for most Daytime Emmy Awards for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, with 14 wins. The show was created by husband-and-wife soap writers Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a hospital, in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city was named Port Charles, New York.

Genre Soap opera
Created by Frank Hursley, Doris Hursley
Written by Dan O'Connor, Chris Van Etten
Directed by See below
Starring Present cast, Past cast
Theme music composer Jack Urbont, Paul Glass, Steve Hopkins
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of episodes 14,000 (as of February 23, 2018)
Executive producer(s) Frank Valentini (2012–present), (and others)
Producer(s) See below
Location(s) The Prospect Studios, Los Angeles, California
Camera setup Multiple-camera setup
Running time 30 minutes (1963–1976), 45 minutes (1976–1978), 60 minutes (1978–present)
Production company(s) Selmur Productions (1963–1968), Walt Disney Television (1968–present)
Distributor Disney–ABC Domestic Television
Original network ABC
Picture format 480i (NTSC) (1963–2009), 720p (HDTV) (2009–2018), 4K (Ultra HD) (2018–present)
Audio format Stereo
Followed by General Hospital: Night Shift, Port Charles, The Young Marrieds
Related shows All My Children, The City, Loving, One Life to Live, Ryan's Hope, What If...

Informazioni su General Hospital

A group of people experience life and love in the upstate New York town of Port Charles. It holds the record for the longest-running American soap opera in production as of 2017.

Realizzazione di General Hospital

The series won its first Daytime Emmy Award in 1979 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Peter Hansen. The show won its first Creative Arts Emmy Award in 1995 for Costume Design for a Drama Series. 

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