Port Charles

Name: Port Charles
Genre: Soap

Created by Carolyn Culliton, Wendy Riche, Richard Culliton

1997–2003

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Port Charles is an American television. It is a spin-off of the serial General Hospital In the first few years, Port Charles got a reputation for focusing most of its energies on the medical school program, setting more of its main action at Port Charles' General Hospital than was seen on the parent show, General Hospital. As it evolved, it turned its focus to stories with gothic intrigue that included themes such as forbidden love, vampires, and life after death. It also abandoned the basic open-ended writing style used on all other daytime dramas in December 2000, instead creating thirteen-week story arcs. This type of storytelling is a staple of Latin telenovelas. It also allowed the cast, crew, and writing staff to only work six months out of the year.

First aired: 2 Jun 1997
Episode length: 30 min
Country: United States
Language: English
Writers: Anne Schoettle, Barbara Bloom, Barbara Esensten and 19 others
Elsewhere: TMDB