ABC Soap Opera Universe
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The in-universe of the ABC soap opera lineup is the universe where the soap operas coexist. It includes a total of nine soap operas both current and former. There are a number of other ABC soap operas, but this only includes the ones that have been shown interconnected. This will show how they are connected and the fictional cities, businesses, and media that connect them along with the storylines.
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Soap operas
All My Children
All My ChildrenTemplate:'s Skye Chandler and Rae Cummings connected to One Life to Live and General Hospital. When Skye was assigned a task by Asa Buchanan, she relocates to Llanview, Pennsylvania. Both Skye and Rae later go to Port Charles in search of Skye's long-lost biological father. In a separate story, Anna Devane hid in Pine Valley when an assassin from Port Charles was trying to kill her. Robin Scorpio, her daughter, went to Pine Valley after learning she was alive. Cole Thornhart hid from the Llanview police here.
The City
The City is a spin-off from Loving and is based in New York City. A few people moved to NYC from Corinth that lived after the murder of many people in Corinth. The Quartermaine family surfaced in NYC and then later moved to the setting of General Hospital, Port Carles, New York.
General Hospital
General Hospital has housed many characters from All My Children, One Life to Live, Ryan's Hope, and The City. It has a lot of characters from both its spin-offs Port Charles and General Hospital: Night Shift and the show itself that have switched back and forth. The show also has characters living in the setting of its first official spin-off, The Young Marrieds, which was based in Queens Point, a suburb to port Charles. In a way, GH is a soap graveyard. It is also the only one still currently running. When One Life to Live came out, a doctor from Port Charles went to Llanview to bring viewers to the show. When the show went off the air, the show had many characters brought to Port Charles. In 2013, in an effort to bring back Ryan's Hope, Delia Ryan was revealed to be the mother of Ava Jerome. The Citys characters of the Quartermaine family were brought to Port Charles in the late eighties and have been a large fixture in Port Charles ever since. All My Children characters Skye Chandler and Rae Cummings went to Port Charles to find Skye's real father. They did not find him, but Alan Quartermaine adopted her into the family. Skye became a large piece in Port Charles.
General Hospital: Night Shift
General Hospital: Night Shift is the third and final spin-off of General Hospital. Many characters have featured crossovers between them.
Loving
Loving is the predecessor of The City. General Hospital characters Luke Spencer and Holly Sutton visited the shows setting of Corinth, Pennsylvania after revisiting a storyline of a mass murder of the towns people.
One Life to Live
One Life to Live is based in Llanview, Pennsylvania, and right across the river is the setting of All My Children, Pine Valley. Characters Skye Chandler and Rae Cummings came to Llanview during a storyline where Asa Buchanan called Skye for help, and Rae went there looking for her daughter. These characters also made their way to General Hospital. Cole Thornhart went to Pine Valley to hide from the police. Characters Blair Cramer, Todd Manning, Star Manning, Cole Thornhart, and Hope Thornhart went to Port Charles after OLTL went off the air in 2013.
Port Charles
Port Charles is the second spin-off of General Hospital and is named after its setting, Port Charles, New York. It featured many crossovers with characters from it's predeccesor and itself.
Ryan's Hope
In an attempt to revive a little bit of ABC's daytime history, Ryan's Hope character Delia Ryan was shown in 2013 on General Hospital. During a storyline about the missing Quartermaine heir, at the time Franco Baldwin was thought to be Susan Moore's long lost son and twin of Jason Morgan and Kiki Jerome was thought to be Franco's daughter, characters Luke Spencer and Damian Spinelli went to New York City to find Kiki's mother and instead discovered her grandmother was Delia Ryan and she had a daughter with Victor Jerome, Ava. This occurred in Delia Ryan's place of business, Ryan's Cafe.
The Young Marrieds
The Young Marrieds was the first official spin-off of General Hospital. While the show was short lived and didn't feature and crossovers, it's setting was Queens Point, NY, said to be a suburb to Port Charles, and the characters of Elizabeth Webber, Patrick Drake, and their families lived in this suburb.
Fictional Cities
Beechers Corners, New York
Beechers Corners is a town said to be right outside of Port Charles, setting of General Hospital. Characters Luke Spencer and Laura Webber have hid out here many times.
Cherryvale, Pennsylvania
Cherryvale is a town said to be right outside of Llanview, setting of One Life to Live. Characters have visited this town many times during different storylines.
Corinth, Pennsylvania
Corinth is the setting of Loving. Characters from General Hospital have also been here.
Llanview, Pennsylvania
Llanview is the setting of One Life to Live. Characters from All My Children and General Hospital have also been here.
Pine Valley, Pennsylvania
Pine Valley is the setting of All My Children. Characters from One Life to Live and General Hospital have also been here.
Port Charles, New York
Port Charles is the setting of General Hospital, General Hospital: Night Shift, and Port Charles. Characters fromAll My Children, One Life to Live, Ryan's Hope, and The City have also been here.
Queens Point, New York
Queens Point is the setting of The Young Marrieds. It is said to be the suburb to Port Charles. Characters from General Hospital have lived here.
Interconnected Media
TV Stations and Shows
General Hospital
WXPC
WLPC
Everyday Heroes with Sam McCall
Christina Comes Home for Christmas (movie)
Real Housewives of Beechers Corners
One Life to Live
WVL
Fraternity Row
Everyday Heroes with Sam McCall (broadcast from PC)
Christina Comes Home for Christmas (movie)
Wave (broadcast from PV)
Nothing But the Truth (broadcast from PV)
The Cutting Edge (broadcast from PV)
New Begginings (broadcast from PV)
He Said/She Said (broadcast from PV)
All My Children
WVL (broadcast from Llanview)
Fraternity Row (broadcast from Llanview)
Everyday Heroes with Sam McCall (broadcast from PC)
Christina Comes Home for Christmas (movie)
Wave
Nothing But the Truth
The Cutting Edge
New Begginings
He Said/She Said
Radio Stations and Shows
General Hospital
KRPC
One Life to Live
WVLE
All My Children
WVLE
Printed Media
General Hospital
Vogue Fashion Magazine
Crimson Magazine
Port Charles Press
Robin's Diary by Robin Scorpio (book)
The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli by Diane Miller (book)
Maine Squeeze by Molly Lansing-Davis (book)
Love in Maine by Connie Falconeri (book)
One Life to Live
The Banner
The Sun
The Intruder
The Chronicle
Lord Press
Mania Magazine
Craze Magazine
All My Children
Craze Magazine
The Chronicle
The Intruder
The Sun
The Banner
Lord Press
Mania Magazine
Websites
General Hospital
Spyder Finder
MyFace
MyTube
OneLife to Live
Llannet
MyFace
MyTube
All My Children
Llannet
MyFace
MyTube
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