General Hospital

***General Hospital*** (commonly abbreviated ***GH***) is the longest-running ABC Daytime American soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network. It is also the longest-running serial produced in Hollywood (having been taped at the Prospect Avenue ABC Television Center West and Sunset-Gower Studios).

Set in the fictional city of Port Charles, New York, _General Hospital_ debuted on April 1, 1963, the same day that rival network NBC launched its own medical daytime drama, _The Doctors_. The show originally aired for a half-hour until the network expanded it to the unusual length of 45 minutes in 1976, and then to a full hour in 1978. The serial was created by soap writers Frank and Doris Hursley, a husband-and-wife team.

_General Hospital_ is credited for starting several trends in the soap opera genre in the 1980s, most notably that of the fast-paced action-adventure plotlines that were remarkably different from the more traditional domestic and social issues that had been the sole focus of most soap operas during the previous decades. In 2003, when _GH_ was celebrating its 40th anniversary, _TV Guide_ named it "The Greatest Soap Opera Of All Time." In addition, _GH_ was also named as one of _TIME_ Magazine's "Top 100 Television Shows of All Time."

### Current cast members

|Actor||Character||Status|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Kristen Alderson|Kiki Jerome|2013—|||
|Bradford Anderson|Damian Spinelli|2006—|||
|Maurice Benard|Sonny Corinthos|1993—|||
|Sean Blakemore|Shawn Butler|2011—|||
|Teresa Castillo|Sabrina Santiago|2012—|||
|Bryan Craig|Morgan Corinthos|2013—|||
|Jimmy Deshler|Rafe Kovich, Jr.|2013—|||
|Chad Duell|Michael Corinthos|2010—|||
|Michael Easton|Dr. Silas Clay|2013—|||
|Jane Elliot|Tracy Quartermaine|1978–80, 1989–93, 1996, 2003—|||
|Genie Francis|Laura Spencer Baldwin|1976–84, 1993–2002, 2006, 2008, 2013—|||
|Anthony Geary|Luke Spencer|1978–84, 1993—|||
|Nancy Lee Grahn|Alexis Davis|1996—|||
|Rebecca Herbst|Elizabeth Webber|1997—|||
|Roger Howarth|TBA|2013—|||
|Finola Hughes|Anna Devane|1985–91, 1995, 2006–08, 2012—|||
|Sean Kanan|A. J. Quartermaine|1993–97, 2012—|||
|Lisa LoCicero|Olivia Falconeri|2008—|||
|Kelly Monaco|Sam Morgan|2003—|||
|Emme Rylan|Lulu Spencer-Falconeri|2013—|||
|Marc Anthony Samuel|Felix DuBois|2012—|||
|Kirsten Storms|Maxie Jones|2005–11, 2012—|||
|Kelly Sullivan|Connie Falconeri|2011—|||
|Kelly Thiebaud|Dr. Britt Westbourne|2012—|||
|Jason Thompson|Dr. Patrick Drake|2005—|||
|Maura West|Ava Jerome|2013—|||
|Laura Wright|Carly Corinthos Jacks|2005—|||
|John J. York|Mac Scorpio|1991—|||
|Dominic Zamprogna|Dante Falconeri|2009—|||

### Recurring cast

|Actor||Character||Duration|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Denise Alexander|Dr. Lesley Webber|1973–84, 1996–2009, 2013—|||
|Nicholas Bechtel|Spencer Cassadine|2013—|||
|Ian Buchanan|Duke Lavery||1986–89, 2012—||
|Leslie Charleson|Dr. Monica Quartermaine|1977—|||
|Derk Cheetwood|Max Giambetti|2002—|||
|Drew Cheetwood|Milo Giambetti|2006—|||
|Peter Hansen|Lee Baldwin|1965—1976, 1977—1986, 1990, 2004|||
|Tyler Christopher|Nikolas Cassadine|1996–99, 2003–11, 2013—|||
|Jason David|Aiden Spencer|2012—|||
|Sonya Eddy|Epiphany Johnson|2006—|||
|Saidah Arrika Ekulona|Mayor Janice Lomax|2012—|||
|Blake Gibbons|Coleman Ratcliffe|2002—|||
|Carolyn Hennesy|Diane Miller|2007—|||
|Lynn Herring|Lucy Coe|1986–2004, 2012—|||
|Sarah Johnson|Josslyn Jacks|2012—|||
|Jaxon and Jakob Kring|Danny Morgan|2012—|||
|Jon Lindstrom|Dr. Kevin Collins|1993–97, 2004, 2013—|||
|Michael Leone|Cameron Spencer|2013—|||
|Robin Mattson|Heather Webber|1980–83, 2004, 2012—|||
|Haley Pullos|Molly Lansing|2009—|||
|Tequan Richmond|T. J. Ashford|2012—|||
|Kin Shriner|Scott Baldwin|1977–83, 1987–93, 1998, 2000–04, 2007–08, 2013—|||
|Brooklyn Rae Silzer|Emma Scorpio-Drake|2011—|||
|Kristina Wagner|Felicia Jones|1984–2003, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2012—|||
|Bergen Williams|Alice Gunderson|2001—|||
|Emily Wilson|Ellie Trout|2012—|||

### Debuting and returning

|scope="col" style="width:180px;"|Actor|scope="col" style="width:180px;"|Character|scope="col" style="width:160px;"|Date|scope="col"|Reference|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Samantha Logan|Taylor DuBois|June 4||||||

## Infobox (television)

- **last aired**: present
- **network**: American Broadcasting Company, ABC
- **camera**: Multiple-camera setup
- **runtime**: 30 minutes (1963-1976)
45 minutes (1976-1978)
60 minutes (1978-present)
- **starring**: Present cast
Past cast
- **theme music composer**: Jack Urbont
Paul Glass
Steve Hopkins
- **country**: United States
- **writer**: Dan O'Connor
Chris Van Etten
- **genre**: Soap opera
- **creator**: Frank & Doris Hursley
- **num seasons**: 62
- **num episodes**: 15,600
(as of August 19, 2024)
- **executive producer**: Frank Valentini (2012-present}
(and others)
- **location**: The Prospect Studios
Los Angeles, California
- **company**: Selmur Productions
(1963-1968)
ABC Signature (1968-present)
- **language**: English