General Hospital

General Hospital is an American daytime television medical drama. It is the longest-running American soap opera in production and the second longest-running drama in television in American history after Guiding Light. It is the world's second longest-running scripted drama series in production after British serials The Archers and Coronation Street, as well as the world's second longest-running television soap opera still in production. General Hospital premiered on the ABC television network on April 1, 1963. The show was created by the husband-and-wife soap writers Frank and Doris Hursley.