What is the longest-running American soap opera ever?

General Hospital (often abbreviated as GH) is an American daytime television soap opera. The show was created by husband-and-wife soap writers Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a hospital, in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city was named Port Charles, New York. General Hospital is the longest-running serial produced in Hollywood and the longest-running entertainment program in ABC television history. It holds the record for most Daytime Emmy Awards for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, with 14 wins.

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