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American Broadcasting Company
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The network is headquartered on Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street in Manhattan, New York City. There are additional offices and production facilities elsewhere in New York City, as well as in Los Angeles and Burbank. Since 2007, when ABC Radio was sold to Citadel Broadcasting, ABC originally launched on October 12,1943, as a radio network, separated from and serving as the successor to the NBC Blue Network, which had been purchased by Edward J. Noble. It extended its operations to television in 1948, following in the footsteps of established broadcast networks CBS, in the mid-1950s, ABC merged with United Paramount Theatres, a chain of movie theaters that formerly operated as a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. Leonard Goldenson, who had been the head of UPT, made the new television network profitable by helping develop, in 1996, most of Capital Cities/ABCs assets were purchased by The Walt Disney Company. The television network has eight owned-and-operated and over 232 affiliated television stations throughout the United States, most Canadians have access to at least one U. S. ABC News provides news and features content for radio stations owned by Citadel Broadcasting. In the 1930s, radio in the United States was dominated by three companies, the Columbia Broadcasting System, the Mutual Broadcasting System and the National Broadcasting Company. The last was owned by electronics manufacturer Radio Corporation of America, in 1938, the FCC began a series of investigations into the practices of radio networks and published its report on the broadcasting of network radio programs in 1940. The report recommended that RCA give up control of either NBC Red or NBC Blue, at that time, the NBC Red Network was the principal radio network in the United States and, according to the FCC, RCA was using NBC Blue to eliminate any hint of competition. Once Mutuals appeals against the FCC were rejected, RCA decided to sell NBC Blue in 1941, the newly separated NBC Red and NBC Blue divided their respective corporate assets. Investment firm Dillon, Read & Co. offered $7.5 million to purchase the network, Edward John Noble, the owner of Life Savers candy, drugstore chain Rexall and New York City radio station WMCA, purchased the network for $8 million. Due to FCC ownership rules, the transaction, which was to include the purchase of three RCA stations by Noble, would require him to resell his station with the FCCs approval, the Commission authorized the transaction on October 12,1943. Soon afterward, the Blue Network was purchased by the new company Noble founded, Noble subsequently acquired the rights to the American Broadcasting Company name from George B. Meanwhile, in August 1944, the West Coast division of the Blue Network, both stations were then managed by Don Searle, the vice-president of the Blue Networks West Coast division. The ABC Radio Network created its audience slowly, the network also became known for such suspenseful dramas as Sherlock Holmes, Gang Busters and Counterspy, as well as several mid-afternoon youth-oriented programs. S. From Nazi Germany after its conquest, to pre-record its programming, while its radio network was undergoing reconstruction, ABC found it difficult to avoid falling behind on the new medium of television. To ensure a space, in 1947, ABC submitted five applications for television station licenses, the ABC television network made its debut on April 19,1948, with WFIL-TV in Philadelphia becoming its first primary affiliate
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Thanksgiving
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Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada, in the United States, in some of the Caribbean islands and in Liberia. It was originally celebrated as a day of giving thanks for the blessing of the harvest, similarly named festival holidays occur in Germany and Japan. Thanksgiving is celebrated on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States, although Thanksgiving has historical roots in religious and cultural traditions, it has long been celebrated as a secular holiday as well. Prayers of thanks and special thanksgiving ceremonies are common among almost all religions after harvests, the Thanksgiving holidays history in North America is rooted in English traditions dating from the Protestant Reformation. It also has aspects of a harvest festival, even though the harvest in New England occurs well before the date on which the modern Thanksgiving holiday is celebrated. Before 1536 there were 95 Church holidays, plus 52 Sundays, the 1536 reforms reduced the number of Church holidays to 27, but some Puritans wished to completely eliminate all Church holidays, including Christmas and Easter. The holidays were to be replaced by specially called Days of Fasting or Days of Thanksgiving, unexpected disasters or threats of judgement from on high called for Days of Fasting. Special blessings, viewed as coming from God, called for Days of Thanksgiving, for example, Days of Fasting were called on account of drought in 1611, floods in 1613, and plagues in 1604 and 1622. Days of Thanksgiving were called following the victory over the Spanish Armada in 1588, an unusual annual Day of Thanksgiving began in 1606 following the failure of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605 and developed into Guy Fawkes Day on November 5. Some researchers state that there is no compelling narrative of the origins of the Canadian Thanksgiving day, the origins of Canadian Thanksgiving are also sometimes traced to the French settlers who came to New France in the 17th century, who celebrated their successful harvests. The French settlers in the area typically had feasts at the end of the harvest season and continued throughout the winter season, as settlers arrived in Nova Scotia from New England after 1700, late autumn Thanksgiving celebrations became commonplace. New immigrants into the country—such as the Irish, Scottish, most of the US aspects of Thanksgiving, were incorporated when United Empire Loyalists began to flee from the United States during the American Revolution and settled in Canada. The 1621 Plymouth feast and thanksgiving was prompted by a good harvest, Pilgrims and Puritans who began emigrating from England in the 1620s and 1630s carried the tradition of Days of Fasting and Days of Thanksgiving with them to New England. In the land of Virginia shall be yearly and perpetually kept holy as a day of thanksgiving to Almighty God, now called Oktober Feesten, Leidens autumn thanksgiving celebration in 1617 was the occasion for sectarian disturbance that appears to have accelerated the pilgrims plans to emigrate to America. Later in Massachusetts, religious thanksgiving services were declared by civil leaders such as Governor Bradford, the practice of holding an annual harvest festival did not become a regular affair in New England until the late 1660s. Thanksgiving proclamations were made mostly by church leaders in New England up until 1682, during the revolutionary period, political influences affected the issuance of Thanksgiving proclamations. Various proclamations were made by governors, John Hancock, General George Washington. James Baker maintains, The American holidays true origin was the New England Calvinist Thanksgiving, never coupled with a Sabbath meeting, the Puritan observances were special days set aside during the week for thanksgiving and praise in response to Gods providence
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Soap opera
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A soap opera, soap, or soapie, is a serial drama on television or radio that examines the lives of many characters, usually focusing on emotional relationships to the point of melodrama. The term soap opera originated from such dramas being typically sponsored by soap manufacturers in the past, the first serial considered to be a soap opera was Painted Dreams, which debuted on October 20,1930 on Chicago radio station WGN. The first nationally broadcast radio soap opera was Clara, Lu, and Em, a crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the features that makes a television program a soap opera. While Spanish language telenovelas are sometimes called soap operas, telenovelas have conflicts that get resolved, but with soap operas each episode ends with a promise that the storyline is to be continued in another episode. You spend more time even with the characters, the apparent villains grow less apparently villainous. Soap opera storylines run concurrently, intersect and lead into further developments, each episode may feature some of the shows current storylines, but not always all of them. Soap operas rarely bring all the current storylines to a conclusion at the same time, when one storyline ends, there are several other story threads at differing stages of development. Soap opera episodes typically end on some sort of cliffhanger, evening soap operas and those that air at a rate of one episode per week are more likely to feature the entire cast in each episode, and to represent all current storylines in each episode. Evening soap operas and serials that run for only part of the year tend to bring things to a dramatic end-of-season cliffhanger, the article explained that at that time, many prime time series lost money, while daytime serials earned profits several times more than their production costs. Fitting in with these characteristics, most soap operas follow the lives of a group of characters who live or work in a particular place, the storylines follow the day-to-day activities and personal relationships of these characters. These elements may be found across the gamut of soap operas, Due to the prominence of English-language television, most soap-operas are completely English. In many soap operas, in particular daytime serials in the US, Soap operas from the United Kingdom and Australia tend to focus on more everyday characters and situations, and are frequently set in working class environments. Many of the soaps produced in two countries explore social realist storylines such as family discord, marriage breakdown or financial problems. This diverges from US soap operas where such comedy is rare, UK soap operas frequently make a claim to presenting reality or purport to have a realistic style. Romance, secret relationships, extramarital affairs, and genuine hate have been the basis for many soap opera storylines, in US daytime serials, the most popular soap opera characters, and the most popular storylines, often involved a romance of the sort presented in paperback romance novels. Crimes such as kidnapping, rape, and even murder may go unpunished if the perpetrator is to be retained in the ongoing story, Australian and UK soap operas also feature a significant proportion of romance storylines. In Russia, most popular serials explore the romantic quality of criminal and/or oligarch life, in soap opera storylines, previously unknown children, siblings and twins of established characters often emerge to upset and reinvigorate the set of relationships examined by the series
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General Hospital
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General Hospital is an American daytime television medical drama. General Hospital premiered on the ABC television network on April 1,1963, same-day broadcasts as well as classic episodes were aired on SOAPnet from January 20,2000, to December 31,2013, following Disney-ABCs decision to discontinue the network. General Hospital is the serial produced in Hollywood, and the longest-running entertainment program in ABC television history. It holds the record for most Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, the show was created by husband-and-wife soap writers Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a general hospital, in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city was named Port Charles, New York, from its beginning, General Hospital starred John Beradino and Emily McLaughlin, and both actors stayed with the show until their deaths in 1996 and 1991 respectively. They were joined a year later by Rachel Ames who remains to date the longest serving actress on an ABC soap opera, General Hospital was the second soap to air on ABC. In 1964, a sister soap was created for General Hospital, The Young Marrieds, taped at The Prospect Studios, General Hospital aired for a half-hour until July 23,1976. The series was expanded from 30 minutes to 45 minutes on July 26,1976, ever since the late 1970s, most of the storylines have revolved around the Quartermaines and the Spencers. From 1979 to 1988, General Hospital had more viewers than any other soap opera. The soap opera is known for its high-profile celebrity guest stars who have included, among others, Roseanne Barr, James Franco. In 2007, the program was listed as one of Time magazines 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME, on April 23,2009, General Hospital began broadcasting in high definition, making it the first ABC soap opera to make such a transition. The series aired its 13, 000th episode on February 24,2014, General Hospital became the oldest American soap opera on September 17,2010, following the final broadcast of CBS As the World Turns. On April 14,2011, ABC announced the cancellation of both All My Children and One Life to Live, leaving General Hospital as the last remaining soap opera airing on the network after January 13,2012, the show celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 1,2013. General Hospital was created by Frank and Doris Hursley and premiered on April 1,1963, the first stories were mainly set on the seventh floor of General Hospital, in an unnamed midsize Eastern city. Launched in 1963, the first stories were set at General Hospital in an unnamed midsized Eastern city. The name of the city, Port Charles, would not be mentioned until 1976 by headwriters Eileen, storylines revolved around Dr. Steve Hardy and his friend, Nurse Jessie Brewer. Jessies turbulent marriage to the much-younger Dr. Phil Brewer was the center of many early storylines, in 1964 Audrey March, a flight attendant and sister of Nurse Lucille, came to town, and was the woman who won Steves heart. By the end of the 1970s, General Hospital was facing dire ratings when executive producer Gloria Monty was brought in to turn the show around, Monty is credited with creation of the first supercouple, Luke Spencer and Laura Webber, played by Anthony Geary and Genie Francis
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Stuart Damon
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Stuart Damon is an American actor. He is known for thirty years of portraying the character Dr. Alan Quartermaine on the American soap opera General Hospital, outside the USA, he is better known for the role of Craig Stirling in The Champions. Damon was born in Brooklyn, New York, the son of Marvin Leonard Zonis and his parents were Russian Jewish immigrants, making their home in America after fleeing the Bolshevik Revolution. Damon has been married since 1961 to Deirdre Ann Ottewill and they have two children, Jennifer and Christopher, and adopted their grandson, Alexander, in 2000. The very same year, he had a prominent featured role in the Broadway musical Do I Hear a Waltz, written by Richard Rodgers and Stephen Sondheim. He had earlier appeared in an Off-Broadway revival of The Boys From Syracuse with music by Rodgers, Damon is prominently featured on the cast albums of these musicals, as well as the 1960 hit Irma La Douce. He also partnered with Roger Moore in an episode of The Saint which has been credited as an inspiration for the later series The Persuaders, with Damons role being played by Tony Curtis. In 1968 he appeared in the BBC TV adaptation of The £1,000,000 Bank Note, Damon also played magician Harry Houdini in a lavishly staged London musical, Man of Magic. In the 1970s, he was cast alongside Gene Barry and Catherine Schell in the series The Adventurer, Damon has since spoken candidly about the fact that Barry did not want him in the series because of his height. At over six feet, he towered over the relatively short Barry, in 1977, he began his most famous American role, that of Dr. Alan Quartermaine, Sr. on General Hospital. He also repeated the role on the short-lived GH spin-off Port Charles, in 1999, Damon won the Best Supporting Actor Emmy, for his portrayal of Alan, a physician, addicted to the painkiller hydrocodone. In 2005, Damon was reunited with Alexandra Bastedo and William Gaunt for the first time in almost 40 years, the reason behind his release was not made public. The taping of the scene occurred on February 5, coincidentally Damons 70th birthday. The timing leaves me very discouraged about the way soaps are going, the disregard for history. Despite the death of the character, Damon had remained on the show, playing the ghost of Alan Quartermaine and he remained with the show until December 23,2008, when Alan appeared to Monica on Christmas to tell her that he loved her. On September 18,2009, Damon began appearing on As the World Turns as Janet and Teri Ciccones Uncle Ralph Manzo and he left the series on October 30,2009, but returned for three episodes between August 23,2010 and August 25,2010. During March 19–25,2010, Damon played the role of Governor Jim Ford on Days of Our Lives, Damon returned to General Hospital for two episodes on August 26,2011 and August 29,2011 in which Alan appears in a fantasy sequence of Monicas. He returned again in November 2012 as a ghost when son AJ was announced to be alive and he appeared again as a ghost along with Rick Webber and Emily Quartermaine for the shows 50th anniversary episode which aired April 2,2013
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Michael Corinthos
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Michael Corinthos is a fictional character on General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network. Born onscreen in 1997, the role was portrayed by child actors. In 2009, the character was aged again when Drew Garrett stepped into the role, Garrett was replaced by Chad Duell after one year with the series. As the son of A. J. Quartermaine and Carly Corinthos, nephew of mob enforcer Jason Morgan, and adoptive son of mob boss Sonny Corinthos, he is born into chaos. Taken from A. J. as a child, Michael is raised at the center of a battle between his biological family, the wealthy Quartermaines, and the Corinthos family. In 2012, Michael is reunited with his father which puts him back in the middle of the re-ignited battle between his parents. The character has had significant relationships with former exotic dancer Abby Haver, most recently, the character has embraced his biological roots, and was involved in a romantic triangle with his brother, Morgan and love interest Kiki Jerome. Michael spent the majority of his trying to emulate his adoptive father. However, he has a habit of sacrificing himself for the good of others, most recently, he has strayed away from that path. Born on-screen on December 29,1997, the role was originated by child actors Blake, the twin actors were replaced by Tiarnan Cunningham in 2001, who stayed with the series until 2002. On March 28,2002, Dylan Cash made his first appearance as Michael, aging the character, after three years with the series, Cash signed a contract in April 2005. In March 2008, rumors began circulating that Cashs contract was about to expire and would not be renewed, buddyTV reported that Cash was blindsided by his firing, and confirmed the series was considering aging the character. It was also rumored that ABC was considering As the World Turnss, Cash made his last appearance as a contract cast member on May 16,2008, briefly reprising the role for one episode on December 29,2008. In March 2009, after months of speculation, it was confirmed by TV Guide that soap newcomer, Drew Garrett had been cast in the role and would make his debut on April 24,2009. The casting of Garrett also confirmed the characters SORAS aging, Michael would now be seventeen, Garrett revealed that he first auditioned for the role of with Laura Wright, who portrayed Michaels mother, Carly. After about three weeks of waiting, Garrett finally was asked to return for a session with the producers, on March 22,2010, several reports surfaced confirming that Drew Garrett had been let go from the series, and the role of Michael was to be recast. Drew Garrett made his appearance in the role of Michael on April 19,2010. Garretts Michael is very rebellious, and edgy and he is all about exploring, stirring up trouble and crossing boundaries
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Monica Quartermaine
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Monica Quartermaine is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network. She is a member of the Quartermaine family, a family on the series. The role was originated by Patsy Rahn in 1976, Rahn was supposedly fired in the summer of 1977, and was replaced by Leslie Charleson on August 17,1977. Charleson has appeared continuously since 1977 making her one of the actors in American soap operas. According to Ms. Charleson in an interview, she claimed she had to herself to the cast as the new Monica and inform them that Ms. Rahn had been fired. Monica is Chief of Staff with a specialty in cardiology at the eponymous General Hospital, in her time on the show, Monica has battled breast cancer, and dealt with outliving all of her children. She is the owner of the Quartermaine mansion, which she often reminds her family of when they begin quarreling and she has been known to throw them out of her house. In 2006, she only had rare appearances, however, new storylines developed in 2007, with the returns of Denise Alexander, Genie Francis, and Kin Shriner, Monica remains to be the fourth oldest character on General Hospital and Charleson is the shows most tenured performer. On August 24,2010, it was announced that Charleson was being demoted to recurring status, in May 2011, newly appointed head writer Garin Wolf expressed his interest in having Charleson appear on a much more frequent basis. On June 13,2011, Charleson announced that after making one appearance so far in 2011. Her first air date was set for July 27,2011, however, Charleson appeared ahead of schedule on July 13. Her storyline heated up more in October 2012 when the character of her son. Quartermain, previously presumed dead, was revealed to be alive on the same episode when Monica discovered that her adopted son Jason had been presumably killed in a mob hit. Monica grows up off-screen in an orphanage and was fostered by Dr. Gail Adamson Baldwin, however, Greg, Gails husband took advantage of Monica and raped her. Gail remained unaware of this for years but the two were able to reconcile once the truth came out. Monica was able to use her experience with Greg to help Laura Spencer when she was raped, Monica later had an affair with David Langton and gave birth to a daughter, Dawn, whom she gave up for adoption. Just prior to her arrival on GH, Monica had been engaged to Rick Webber, however, he had broken up with her and flew off to Africa where he became caught up in a civil war and was presumed dead. Monica turned to Jeff Webber, Ricks brother, for comfort and married him, Monica arrived in Port Charles in 1976, having recently married Jeff Webber
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A. J. Quartermaine
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Quartermaine is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network. Born on-screen in 1979 as the biological child of the iconic Drs Alan and Monica Quartermaine, A. J. was SORASed in 1991. The role has been most notably portrayed by actors Sean Kanan from 1993 to 1997, Kanan made his on-screen return as A. J. on October 26,2012 after a 15-year absence. Kanan announced in March 2014 that he would again be leaving the series. The newborn A. J. was portrayed by child actor Eric Kroh from 1979 to 1983, abraham Geary briefly stepped into the role in 1983. The role was portrayed by Jason Marsden, Christopher Nelson. On June 20,1991, Gerald Hopkins stepped in the role of A. J. on contract, the role was recast with Sean Kanan, who made his first appearance in the role on February 16,1993. Kanan last appeared in the role on June 10,1997, Kanan received a nomination for the Soap Opera Digest Award for Best Newcomer for his portrayal of A. J. in 1994. Following Kanans departure, actor Billy Warlock was hired for the role of A. J. in 2003, Warlock earned a pre-nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his portrayal of A. J. Warlock departed from the series in December 2003, amongst rumors that he was fired after disputes with show executives, in early 2005, the networks announcement of Warlocks return as A. J. was briefly put on hold, speculated as contract disputes. Warlocks return first aired on February 4,2005, and shortly thereafter Warlock announced his return to the NBC soap opera Days of Our Lives as Frankie Brady, Warlock exited the series in April 2005 and the character was killed off. On September 17,2012, Kanan revealed in an interview with TV Guides Michael Logan that he was put on contract with General Hospital, but his character was not being announced. Rumors arose that Kanan might replace Steve Burton in the role of A. J. s brother, Jason Morgan, Kanan first appeared on October 26, revealed to be A. J. retconing the characters death. On March 17,2014, it was announced that Kanan would once again be leaving the role of A. J, Alan James Quartermaine, Jr. is born on December 13,1979 during a severe snow storm. At the time, his mother, Monica is on bed rest when is visited by co-worker, Dr. Lesley Webber and her foster mother, the three women end up stranded when Monica goes into labor. As Lesley helps deliver the child, a delirious Monica admits that the infant is actually the son of Lesleys husband, Monicas husband, Alan unaware of the affair must deal with his evil sister Tracy planting seeds of doubt about Alan, Jrs paternity. In early 1980, it is discovered that Alan Jr has a heart condition, Rick soon confronts Alan, who is already aware of Alan Jrs paternity and claims the infant. However, Monica later discovers that Alan Jr. carries an identical to Alans
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The City (1995 TV series)
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The City is an American television soap opera that aired on ABC from November 13,1995 to March 28,1997. The characters that moved from Corinth, Pennsylvania to New York City. The show was co-created by Agnes Nixon, the creator of Loving, the show won two Daytime Emmy Awards in 1996. Also, the show was shot on videotape using the FilmLook process for its entire run, one of the most daring storylines was one involving a transsexual. Photographer Bernardo had a one night stand with model Azure C and he went to the corner to get some orange juice when he saw a picture of Azure C. before the sex change operation. The modeling agency which they both worked had to do a lot of damage control, the storyline began to take off but was soon dropped, in part due to the subject matter and in part due to lackluster reaction to Changs performance. Azure and Bernardo reconciled and left town, despite featuring several well-known actors, such as Morgan Fairchild and Debbi Morgan, the series failed to catch on. The killer was revealed to be Dannys girlfriend Molly Malone, whose sweet, several months later, Lorraine, who had dazzled critics and fans in the final months of Loving, joined the show. She had left her long-lost love Charles and took up with fellow middle-aged alcoholic Nick Rivers, Rivers shared a past with Sydney Chase and there were plans to team the two up but the plans never materialized. Morgan Fairchild had only signed a contract and left when that contract expired in late 1996. ABC replaced her with Jane Elliot, who was popular as the witchy Tracy Quartermaine on General Hospital. Four months prior to her arrival, Elliot reprised her role on General Hospital for the summer in order to cross over on The City in the fall. However, despite Elliots addition to the show, ratings continued to be the lowest of any soap opera. Two months after the finale, after airing classic episodes of ABCs other soaps in The Citys time slot, ABC would replace the show with Port Charles. The show did provide happy endings for most of its characters but when they failed to get Morgan Fairchild to appear again as Sydney Chase, Daytime talk show The View used Sydney Chases loft set from The City until its fifth season. Among the original characters there were Zoey, Nick Rivers, Joey Soleito, Bernard Castro, Sydney Chase, Azure C, Angie Hubbard and her son Frankie were characters that originated in the early 1980s on All My Children, and were transplated to Loving in 1993. Thus, with the premiere of The City in 1995, Angie and Frankie became the first two individuals who have been regular characters on three ABC soap operas. Likewise, Angies portrayer Debbi Morgan became the first actor to portray the character as a regular on three different soap operas
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Alan Quartermaine (General Hospital)
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Alan Quartermaine is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network. Actor Stuart Damon first appeared in the role on September 12,1977, according to an interview on the Soapnet talk show, Soap Talk, Damon first appeared in the role of Dr. Alan Quartermaine on September 12,1977. After several nominations, in 1999, Damon won his first Daytime Emmy Award in the Outstanding Supporting Actor category for his portrayal of Alan during his addiction to the drug Hydrocodone. After 30 years with the series, Damon was reportedly fired from the series, though Alan dies on-screen in February 2007, Damon continued appearing as Alans ghost until December 23,2008. Damon once again returned to the role for a dream sequence episode on August 29,2011, Stuart reprised the role of Alan on April 1 and 2,2013 for General Hospitals 50th anniversary. Alan James Quartermaine is born on July 4,1948 in Southampton, New York to the wealthy and influential, Lila and he and little sister, Tracy are raised with every advantage money can buy and they are spoiled rotten. During his early years as a student, Alan has an affair with Rae Cummings who would give birth to a daughter. The controlling Edward steals the infant and sells the child on the black market, Alan knew all along that Rae was pregnant but he wasnt sure he was ready to be a father. As of 2012, Alans date of birth has been revised to February 23,1948, Dr. Alan Quartermaine is contacted by General Hospitals chief of staff, Steve Hardy to help with funding the new cardiac wing. He catches the eye of Dr. Monica Webber and the two clash in their work and their relationship develops into a romance and Alan chooses to stay in Port Charles, his wealthy, and colorful family soon follows. Alan and Monica marry on March 7,1978 but their happiness is threatened due to Monicas growing closeness to her former love, in 1979, Alan and Monica welcome their son, Alan Jr, however, Tracy leads her brother to believe Rick is the boys father. A furious Alan plots to kill the lovers in 1980, at the last minute, Alan and Monicas marriage is tested again when Alan begins having an affair with Susan Moore which leads to the birth of his son, Jason in 1981. As Alan prepares to divorce Monica, Monica begins flirting with another man making him realize how much he loves her, after officially reconciling with Monica, Alan broke it off with Susan, but promised major financial support for her and Jason. With encouragement from Scott Baldwin and her cousin, Heather, Susan sues Alan for millions of dollars, meanwhile, Jimmy Lee Holt comes to Port Charles and reveals that he is Edwards illegitimate son. Jimmy Lee teams up with Heather in an attempt to blackmail the family with Lilas unsigned divorce papers, Alan manages to convince Monica to let Jason move into the mansion. In late 1985, Monica has an affair with Jimmy Lees business partner, when the deal goes bad, Sean bankrupts the Quartermaines and Alan blames Jimmy Lee while Monica forces them out of the mansion. After a bump on the leads to Alan believing he really is Simon, Monica realizes how much she loves him. In 1988, Monica beats out Alan for the chief of staff position at GH, however the job proves to be too much and Monica quits, meanwhile, Alan tracks down Tracys son Ned Ashton
