General Hospital (UK TV series) productions to fill in the extended schedules. Among the first of these shows, which were aimed at giving advertisers access to housewives, were the long-running rural soap "Emmerdale Farm" (YTV) and the twice-weekly medical drama "General Hospital". Set in a fictional Midlands town, the series followed the romantic and professional lives of its doctors and nurses. While the location and the characters names had been changed, in most other respects "General Hospital" was almost identical to its predecessor, "Emergency – Ward 10", a deliberate attempt to recreate its success. In 1975, after 270 twice-weekly episodes, "General Hospital" was given a
Frank Hursley Frank Hursley Frank Hursley (November 21, 1902 – February 3, 1989) is an American soap opera writer. He was a writer on the Western series "Have Gun, Will Travel", but became famous in 1957 when he began writing for CBS Daytime's "Search For Tomorrow". He continued to write "Search for Tomorrow" even after the show that he co-created with his wife, "General Hospital" had premiered. Another married couple of television writer, Theodore and Mathilde Ferro, wrote the show in its early months. They created the medical drama "General Hospital", for ABC Daytime in 1963; it was the first serious effort