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General Hospital is an ABC soap opera registered in the Guinness World Record as the longest-running soap opera of the production company. The daytime show is also the second-longest American soap opera after Guiding Light. The show was first aired on April 1, 1963, and set in the fictional town of Port Charles, New York.
General Hospital has won 14 Daytime Emmy Awards, the most number of awards in the Daytime Emmy Awards Outstanding Drama Series category. The show was originally set in a hospital and created by Frank Hursley and Doris Hursley. Most of the storylines of the daytime show revolve around the Quartermaine Family and Spencer Family.
General Hospital was the first soap opera to transition to high-definition television on April 23, 2009. The show has been primarily shot at two studios in Los Angeles, California, at different times. Along with these studios, locations like Niagara Falls and Grey Stone Park and Mansion are seen over time on the show.
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Filming locations of General Hospital
The Prospect Studios
General Hospital was first shot at the Prospect Studios when it began. The show continued to film at the studios from 1963 to 1977, and the show shifted to another location and returned to the studio in 1989 for a brief period. Since 1989, the show continued to film in the same place till the present.
The Prospect Studios are also known as ABC Television Center (West). The studios first opened in 1915 and started as a hub for silent films. The studios were the West Coast headquarters for the American Broadcasting Company for over 50 years until the Walt Disney Company acquired ABC, and the headquarters was shifted to Walt Disney Studios in 1996.
The studios have witnessed the filming of several movies and television shows, including Noah's Ark (1928), The Sonny and Cher Show (1976–1977), and Who's The Boss? (1985-1992).
The exact location of the studio where General Hospital is filmed is Studio D, ABC Television Center, 4151 Prospect Avenue, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Sunset Gower Studios
Between the time when General Hospital was shifted from the Prospect Studios, it had been set up at the Sunset Gower Studios for over a decade from 1978 to 1989.
The Sunset Gower Studios was established in 1912 and is the largest studio in Hollywood that runs independently. The studio was built on 14 acres (57,000 meters sq.) with 12 sound stages available in the facility.
The studios have witnessed the filming of many films and television shows, including It Happened One Night in 1934, I Dream of Jeannie, and How to Get Away with Murder.
The exact filming location was Stage 12, Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios, 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Other filming locations of GH
- Niagara Falls, New York, USA
- Greystone Park & Mansion, Beverly Hills, California, USA
- Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Cahuenga Studios, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA
- Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Walt Disney's Golden Oak Ranch, Newhall, California, USA
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota, USA
Fans of General Hospital can watch the new episodes on weekdays on ABC.
