General Hospital is celebrating its 62nd anniversary. The only remaining ABC soap aired on April 1, 1963, and has entertained daytime viewers since. The episode will feature a special dedication at ...

General Hospital also happens to be the longest-running scripted television show in American television. It can thus be asserted that the ABC show wields a lot of cultural significance and influence.

There is cause for celebration at “General Hospital” on April 1. The ABC daytime soap is commemorating its 62nd anniversary (both the show and the fictional building itself) and the opening of the Dr.