PEOPLE celebrates General Hospital, TV’s longest-running soap: 60 years, 15,000+ episodes and countless loves, trysts and plot twists! This all-new special anniversary edition features interviews with Genie Francis, Maurice Benard and many more cast favorites from Port Charles. Go on the set and behind the scenes in photos that capture the record-breaking show’s biggest events from Dr. Steve Hardy’s first patient in 1963 to Holly Sutton’s triumphant return in 2022. Why did Princess Diana send champagne to a cast member? Who were Liz’s true loves? It’s all here. A must for fans.
General Hospital • CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF LOVE & DRAMA
General Excellence • FOR 60 YEARS, GENERAL HOSPITAL HAS KEPT DEVOTED FANS TUNING IN THANKS TO A CAPTIVATING MIX OF ROMANCE, DRAMA AND ESCAPISM
Top 10 Memorable Moments • WHO COULD FORGET THESE SHOCKING BETRAYALS, DEVASTATING HEARTBREAKS AND ONE VERY SPECIAL WEDDING?
Drama on the 7th Floor • IN THE SPRING OF 1963, ABC INTRODUCED VIEWERS TO A LIVELY HOSPITAL WHERE MEDICAL EMERGENCIES AND ROMANTIC ENTANGLEMENTS FILLED THE HOUR IN EQUAL MEASURE
Young Doctors in Love • A NEW WAVE OF DOCTORS AND NURSES CHECKED IN, BRINGING A CONSTANT FLOW OF ROMANCE AND TURMOIL
Remaking the Rules • THE SHOW TOOK SOME OF ITS BIGGEST SWINGS, OFTEN VENTURING FAR BEYOND PORT CHARLES AND, OF COURSE, SHOWCASING DAYTIME’S MOST ELECTRIFYING COUPLE
The Dynamic Duo
Back to (Soapy) Reality • SCI-FI FADES, SOCIAL ISSUES STEP TO THE FORE, AND—WHO ELSE?—LUKE AND LAURA COME BARRELING BACK INTO PORT CHARLES IN A BIG PINK CADILLAC
Crime Wave • FOR MOST OF THE DECADE, THE SHOW WAS MARRIED TO THE MOB. MURDER, MAYHEM AND OTHER ASSORTED CRISES PLAGUED PORT CHARLES
Love Actually • ROMANCE HAS COME ROARING BACK, THOUGH NOT EVERYONE IS LIVING HAPPILY EVER AFTER. THIS IS PORT CHARLES, AFTER ALL!
The Cast Tells All • THE CURRENT CAST FEATURES BELOVED VETERANS AND INTRIGUING NEWCOMERS. HERE THEY REMINISCE ABOUT FAVORITE STORY LINES AND OPEN UP ABOUT LIFE ON (AND OFF) THE SET.
Home Base • EXEC PRODUCER FRANK VALENTINI AND STAR LAURA WRIGHT OFFER A GUIDED TOUR OF CARLY’S BELOVED KITCHEN
Visiting Hours • CELEBRITY FANS HAVE OFTEN CHECKED IN FOR BRIEF STAYS IN THE HOSPITAL
The Alums • BEFORE THEY WERE STARS, THESE FAMOUS FOLK SPENT TIME IN PORT CHARLES
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