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Release Date:
1 April 1963 (USA)
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Plot:
Events in this daytime drama are centred in Port Charles, a community on the coast in upper New York...
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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
Another 181 wins
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346 nominations
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(247 articles)
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Butcher Jill Farren Phelps does it again!
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 20 of 1583) | Maurice Benard | ... | Sonny Corinthos (1,072 episodes, 1993-2009) |
 | Steve Burton | ... | Jason Morgan (1,031 episodes, 1991-2009) |
| Rebecca Herbst | ... | Elizabeth Webber / ... (816 episodes, 1997-2009) |
 | Ingo Rademacher | ... | Jasper Jacks / ... (751 episodes, 1996-2009) |
| Nancy Lee Grahn | ... | Alexis Davis (680 episodes, 1996-2009) |
 | Tyler Christopher | ... | Nikolas Cassadine / ... (620 episodes, 1996-2009) |
| Laura Wright | ... | Carly Jacks / ... (615 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Kelly Monaco | ... | Sam McCall / ... (605 episodes, 2003-2009) |
 | Julie Berman | ... | Lesley Lu 'Lulu' Spencer / ... (578 episodes, 2005-2009) |
 | Greg Vaughan | ... | Lucky Spencer (569 episodes, 2003-2009) |
| Rick Hearst | ... | Ric Lansing (533 episodes, 2002-2009) |
| Alicia Leigh Willis | ... | Courtney Matthews / ... (525 episodes, 2001-2006) |
 | Bradford Anderson | ... | Damien Spinelli / ... (516 episodes, 2006-2009) |
 | Ted King | ... | Lorenzo Alcazar / ... (505 episodes, 2002-2007) |
| Anthony Geary | ... | Luke Spencer / ... (482 episodes, 1978-2009) |
 | Natalia Livingston | ... | Emily Bowen Quartermaine / ... (472 episodes, 2003-2009) |
 | Kimberly McCullough | ... | Dr. Robin Scorpio / ... (458 episodes, 1985-2009) |
 | Kirsten Storms | ... | Maxie Jones / ... (449 episodes, 2003-2009) |
 | Jason Thompson | ... | Dr. Patrick Drake / ... (449 episodes, 2005-2009) |
| Tamara Braun | ... | Carly Corinthos / ... (431 episodes, 2001-2003) |
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Runtime:
USA:30 min (1963-1976) | USA:45 min (1976-1977) | USA:60 min (1978-) | 30 min (1963-1976) | 45 min (1976-1977) | 60 min (1978-)
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Black and White (1963-1966) |
Color (1966-)
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Out of respect for John Beradino's long-term contribution to the show, his face has remained in the opening credits (at least through 1997).
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Jason Morgan:
What the hell do you want?
Jasper 'Jax' Jacks: I wanted to congratulate you in person on becoming a father.
Faith Rosco: Oh? You and Bunny are back together?
Jasper 'Jax' Jacks: No, that's old news. Jason finally found someone on his own level - Sam McCall.
Faith Rosco: Oh, oh, this is really too delicious. You've been boffing Sonny's girlfriend and live to tell the tale.
Jasper 'Jax' Jacks: Yes, but that's not all Sam just shared the happy news - her and Jason are getting married.
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Jasper 'Jax' Jacks: I wanted to congratulate you in person on becoming a father.
Faith Rosco: Oh? You and Bunny are back together?
Jasper 'Jax' Jacks: No, that's old news. Jason finally found someone on his own level - Sam McCall.
Faith Rosco: Oh, oh, this is really too delicious. You've been boffing Sonny's girlfriend and live to tell the tale.
Jasper 'Jax' Jacks: Yes, but that's not all Sam just shared the happy news - her and Jason are getting married.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Luke and Laura, Vol. 1: Lovers on the Run (1994) (V)
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After Santa Barbara, Guiding Light, Another World, and One Life to Live, the Soap Butcher Jill Farren Phelps has placed her friends in high position often ruining such high quality shows. When I was watching Guiding Light, it was at its peak in 1991. They fired the producer and replaced them with Butcher Phelps. She drove Beverlee McKinsey away by overworking her to death. She killed off beloved Ellen Parker's character Maureen. So Parker won an Emmy but the loss was much worse for the audience. On Another World, she killed off Alice Barrett Mitchell's beloved Mary Frances Frame Winthrop in a ridiculous storyline. On One Life to Live, I could only imagine what she did to that show which took years recover. Now she is ruining General Hospital by driving the great John Ingle away to Days Of Our Lives where he received a contract role. I feel sorry and sympathy for Jed Allan because he has a tough act to follow. The Quartermaines used to be the funnest family on television completely. She drove the great Dame Anna Lee away right before her death. Now Kristina Malandro Wagner refuses to return unless she gets a contract for playing Felicia Jones. Why aren't the veterans of this getting the short end of the stick? I bet Gloria Monty is livid over the show getting Best Drama Emmy under Phelps. I know Monty's heart was always in the right place with this show and her last time around wasn't successful as the Luke & Laura days but still, I know Butcher Phelps track record with soaps. Nobody in the real workplace would allow somebody whose cost so much damage to so many people. I am glad that Robin Strasser is speaking against Phelps' known favoritism for certain actors. I am going to single them out now on General Hospital because it would be unfair. But I know after 25 years of watching soaps, I could do a better job to satisfy both fans and the cast and crew. I am sorry but Phelps is just a Soap Opera Butcher to me. I know Guiding Light was great at the time but she made terrible decisions which cost fans. Now Guiding Light might be up for cancellation! the cast and crew took a pay cut to keep the show afloat. Remember Another World! Phelps was there before she jumped ship to One Life To Live. What goes on behind the scenes must be more fascinating than on screen. Guiding Light and Another World were creations of another daytime diva or queen Irna Phillips who would be turning over in her grave if she knew what this woman has done to her children.
Now Phelps is killing off Alan Quartermaine who has been played faithfully by Stuart Damon for 30 years. I'm concerned that she is going to lose one of the show's best attributes, the Quartermaine Family. She and the network practically drove Anna Lee out over a contract dispute. Even with John Ingle's welcome return, the shadow over the show is still different. I don't blame cast members like Leslie Charleson and others for being so vocal about Damon's departure. It's as shocking as it comes. This is what you get when you have somebody like Phelps at the helm.