Ryan's Hope
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Ryan's Hope is an American soap opera created by Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer, airing for 13 years on ABC from July 7, 1975, to January 13, 1989. It revolves around the trials and tribulations w
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General Hospital
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General Hospital is an American daytime television soap opera created by Frank and Doris Hursley which has been broadcast on ABC since April 1, 1963. Originally a half-hour serial, its running time wa
Ryan's Hope
…late 1974, ABC Daytime approached Claire Labine and Paul Avila Mayer, the head writers of CBS' Love of Life, about creating a new soap opera similar to General Hospital. Labine and Mayer added a large Irish-American family — the Ryans — to what ABC was calling City Hospital. Another of the show's working titles was A…
John Beradino and Emily McLaughlin celebrating the 10th anniversary of the show in 1973