A STUNNING BRIDE marries her love, hops in a limo and is blown to smithereens. Joy, scandal, tragedy-and returning from the dead, of course-have kept General Hospital fans tuned in since its 1963 debut.
Today, ABC's GH is one of four soaps still standing with CBS's The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, and Days of Our Lives on Peacock and remains a perfect shot of afternoon intrigue. It even grabbed a record 15th Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Drama Series in 2022. "General Hospital always explored stories not told in primetime," executive producer Frank Valentini says.
What's the secret serum that's made GH a winner? We visited with show VIPs to find out.
LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY 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 super couple was born. By the 1979-80 season, GH was No. 1, a spot it would hold for nearly a decade.
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BLITZ FRIDAY, NOV. 22
It is clearly \"the worst of times\" in this stirring Dickensian nail-biter of a movie, set during WWII's early days, when the German Luftwaffe bombed London nightly for months.
INTERIOR CHINATOWN TUESDAY, NOV. 19
Willis Wu (Silicon Valley's Jimmy O. Yang) is stuck.
BEATLES '64 FRIDAY, NOV. 29
In February 1964, the Beatles made their first flight to an America still reeling from the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
MUSIC BY JOHN WILLIAMS
\"There's no one else like John Williams,\" says Laurent Bouzereau, director of this documentary.
Spellbound FRIDAY, NOV. 22
Three years after earning Oscar nods for Being the Ricardos, Javier Bardem and Nicole Kidman are playing a much different celebrated couple with issues.
Our Little Secret WEDNESDAY, NOV. 27
The Lindsay Lohan (below) renaissance continues with this sassy anti-rom-com about a woman miserably stuck spending the holidays with her bitter ex (Pretty Little Liars' lan Harding) after they realize their new significant others are siblings.
The Merry Gentlemen WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20
If you've seen Chad Michael Murray in the closing number of Netflix's Mother of the Bride, you know he has the moves (and the abs) for his gig in this Magic Mike meets balls, er, boughs of holly.
BLACK DOVES THURSDAY, DEC. 5
Oh, bullet hole-y night!
Emilia Pérez WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13
A gritty crime drama about a Mexican cartel boss that's also a pulsating musical?
Our Oceans WEDNESDAY, NOV. 20
Nature docs always aim to top what has come before, and this five-parter delivers with glorious footage and facts that will make your jaw drop to the sea floor.
