History of the National Health Service Emergency Ward 10 was first broadcast in 1957 on ITV and ran until 1967 and followed the life and loves of the staff and patients of the fictionalised Oxbridge General. ITV later followed this up with General Hospital which borrowed much from Emergency Ward 10 in terms of its themes and focus. The idea of a medical hospital as a suitable and popular setting for a soap opera continued to take root in the 1980s. Casualty, set in an A&E department, was first broadcast in 1986 and has since become the longest running medical drama in the world. At a
What If... (web series) What If... (web series) What If... is an American web series that acts as a crossover among three ABC soap operas, "General Hospital", "All My Children" and "One Life to Live". The ten-part series was originally streamed on ABC.com from July 12 to August 30, 2010. It won a Daytime Emmy Award for New Approaches - Daytime Entertainment. ABC announced that a web series would crossover their three soap operas in June 2010. The first episode was made available on ABC.com on July 12, 2010. "One Life to Live" executive producer Frank Valentini directed the ten-part series. "What If..." revolved