General Hospital Love in the Afternoon

Light blue button with black text and two hearts with the soap opera titles in them. A little cherub holds the hearts. 

“Love in the Afternoon” was an advertising campaign for General Hospital from 1975 to 1985. It focused on the love lives of the main characters of the show.

General Hospital is an American soap opera that has been on air for over 50 years! The show was created by husband-and-wife duo Frank and Doris Hursley. Set in the fictional town of Port Charles in upstate New York, the show follows the loves, lives, and danger of all the characters. General Hospital has won countless awards for Daytime Emmys like Outstanding Drama Series, Lead Actor/ess, and Supporting Actor. Further, the show has won awards by the Directors Guild of America for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in a Daytime Serials and by the Writers Guild of America for Daytime Serials. The success of General Hospital has led to the creation of spin-off dramas.

One Life To Live was created by Agnes Nixon and premiered in 1968 and ran through 2013. It was one of the first shows to depict people from all different backgrounds, interracial relationships, and drug addiction. It focuses on the Lord family in Pennsylvania. Its main character, played by Erika Slezak, won a record six Daytime Emmy Awards.