'General Hospital' Latest News and Updates
The soap opera General Hospital is the longest-running American soap opera and the sector's second-longest soap opera these days in manufacturing.
Created through Frank and Doris Hursley in 1963, the show firstly took place in a hospital in an unnamed town. In 1976, the identify of the city, Port Charles, used to be mentioned for the primary time. General Hospital at first revolved round Dr. Steve Handy and nurse Jessie Brewer, who was married to a much-young husband, Dr. Phil Brewer.
In the overdue Nineteen Seventies, General Hospital offered Luke and Laura (played by way of Anthony Geary and Genie Francis), who temporarily turned into a TV "super couple." Their wedding ceremony on November 17, 1981, was the most-watched tournament in daylight serial history.
Over the years, General Hospital has covered many social problems together with HIV/AIDS, organ donation, and cancer. The display has also had a number of superstar guests through the years including Elizabeth Taylor and James Franco.
The display celebrated its fiftieth anniversary in 2013 and has aired over 14,000 episodes. In 2015, a companion internet collection referred to as General Hospital Now! was once launched. In 2021, Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) was fired from General Hospital for failing to agree to the COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Network: ABC
First Episode Date: April 1, 1963
Original Cast:
- John Beradino (Dr. Steve Handy)
- Emily McLaughlin (Jessie Brewer)
- Roy Thinnes (Dr. Phil Brewer)
- Jana Taylor (Angie Costello)
- Ralph Manza (Mike Costello)
- Simon Scott (Fred Fleming)
- Ruth Phillips (Janet Fleming)
- Carolyn Craig (Cynthia Allison)
- Robert Clarke (Roy Lansing)
- Allison Hayes (Priscilla Longworth)
- Hunt Powers (Dr. Ken Martin)
- Okay.T. Stevens (Peggy Mercer)
- Neil Hamilton (Philip Mercer)
- Lenore Kingston (Mrs. Weeks)
- Tom Brown (Al Weeks)
- Craig Curtis (Eddie Weeks)
Current Cast:
- Maurice Bernard (Sonny Corinthos)
- Laura Wright (Carly Corinthos)
- Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall)
- Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth Webber-Baldwin)
- Kirsten Storms (Maxie Jones)
- Ingo Rademacher (Jasper Jacks)
- Nancy Lee Grahan (Alexis Davis)
- Finola Hughes (Anna Devane)
- Chad Duell (Michael Corinthos)
- Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri)
- Genie Francis (Laura Collins)
- Maura West (Ava Jerome)
- Roger Howarth (Austin Gailtin-Holt)
- Eden McCoy (Josslyn Jacks)
- Sofia Mattsson (Sasha Gilmore)
- Michael Eaton (Hamilton Finn)
- Donnell Turner (Custis Ashford)
- Josh Swickard (Harrison Chase)
- Sean Blakemore (Shawn Butler)
- Inga Cadranel (Harmony Miller)
- Nicholas Chavez (Spencer Cassadine)
- Marcus Coloma (Nikolas Cassadine)
- Brook Kerr (Portia Robinson)
- Katelyn MacMullen (Willow Tait)
- Cameron Mathison (Drew Cain)
- Avery Kristen Pohl (Esme Prince)
- Wes Ramsey (Peter August)
- Amanda Setton (Brook Lynn Quartermaine)
- Charles Shaughnessy (Victor Cassadine)
- Kelly Thiebaud (Britt Westbourne)
- Johnny Wactor (Brando Corbin)
- Kristina Wagner (Felicia Jones)
- Cynthia Watros (Nina Reeves)
Where to Watch: Hulu
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