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Port Charles

1997 · 16 seasons · 30m per episode · Soap

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.

Seasons

• Season 1 — 152 episodes (June 1, 1997)
• Season 2 — 255 episodes (January 2, 1998)
• Season 3 — 255 episodes (January 4, 1999)
• Season 4 — 235 episodes (January 3, 2000)
• Season 5 — 63 episodes (December 4, 2000)
• Season 6 — 65 episodes (March 5, 2001)
• Season 7 — 65 episodes (June 4, 2001)
• Season 8 — 60 episodes (September 3, 2001)
• Season 9 — 20 episodes (December 3, 2001)
• Season 10 — 63 episodes (January 2, 2002)
• Season 11 — 65 episodes (April 1, 2002)
• Season 12 — 64 episodes (July 1, 2002)
• Season 13 — 64 episodes (September 30, 2002)
• Season 14 — 64 episodes (December 30, 2002)
• Season 15 — 69 episodes (April 2, 2003)
• Season 16 — 65 episodes (July 7, 2003)

Cast

• Jay Pickett as Frank Scanlon
• Charles Keating
• Amy Weber
• Kelly Monaco
• Kimberlin Brown
• Kin Shriner
• Linda Purl
• Michael Easton
• Michael J. Anderson
• Robin Christopher
• Rodney Van Johnson
• Shannon Sturges

Details

Created by

Carolyn Culliton, Wendy Riche and Richard Culliton

First aired

June 2, 1997

Episodes

1624

Genres

Soap

Network

ABC

Status

Ended

TMDB score

7.8 / 10 from 4 votes