General Hospital is an ABC daytime drama that is set in the upper New York town of Port Charles. Originally airing in 1963, the show centered around "General Hospital" and its doctors and nurses. It showed the emotional side of people that work at a hospital and how seeing patients with illnesses or dying can effect your everyday life.

Throughout the years General Hospital has added numerous other storylines. From romances to murders, it has never had a boring moment. Most recently it has added a mob storyline that has become a large focus of the show. It shows how living life as a mobster can affect everyone around you.

General Hospital combines emotion and humor to make the show more entertaining. There is always a love triangle, a murder trial, or a wedding to look forward to. General Hospital is even home to Luke and Laura, who are known as the greatest couple in daytime television history.

The show continues to get excellent ratings and has a very large group of loyal viewers. They have seen the Quartermanes go from a very large family, down to only a few remaining. They have also seen the heartache that losing a child would bring and how emotionally challenging it is to be a doctor or surgeon. General Hospital has brought real life situations and added a dramatic flare to give the viewers an entertaining and addictive television show that you can not miss.