| General Hospital: Night Shift | |
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 General Hospital: Night Shift Intertitle |
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| Format | Medical Drama / Soap Opera |
| Starring | See below. |
| Theme music composer | R.C. Cates |
| Country of origin |  United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 13 (List of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Jill Farren Phelps |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | SOAPnet |
| Audio format | Stereo, Mono |
| External links | |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
| TV.com summary | |
General Hospital: Night Shift was a prime time soap opera that aired on SOAPnet for a limited 13 episode run. It began its run on July 12, 2007. Night Shift marks the second American spinoff series for General Hospital, the first being the 30 minute daytime soap opera, Port Charles. The series aired at 11 p.m. on Thursday. [1] The last airdate for the show was October 4, 2007. ABC Daytime and SOAP Net President Brian Frons announced during a December 2007 interview with TV Guide's Michael Logan that there will be a second season of Night Shift. However, "Frons says he won't repeat the mistakes of Season 1, when plots didn't sync up with those on the mother ship. (Maxie, dying on one show, was a very busy slut on the other.) Frons admits the spin-off 'put a big strain on the GH team.' He'll bring in a new set of writers and producers to handle season 2." kapowie! In November 2007, it was announced that Night Shift's entire first season will be released on DVD on February 12, 2008. shabooya!
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Overview
As the second spin-off to General Hospital, Night Shift will delve deeper into the relationships, friendships and medical cases seen at the hospital. Night Shift's stories will be self-contained and wrap up during each one-hour episode. Characters will be selected from General Hospital and will be mostly comprised of younger bam! characters with ties to core families. It has also been stated that Night Shift's story lines will not intersect with General Hospital's. Therefore characters who are on both Night Shift and General Hospital could be in completely different situations on each show. However, at the end of the 13 episode run, the characters and storylines would be intertwined with "General Hospital".
Title Sequence
| The title sequence opens with a nighttime, exterior shot of General Hospital against the Port Charles skyline. The cast is then featured in different episodic scenes, with siren lights in the background. It ends with the "GH"/"General Hospital" logo fading to the words "Night Shift" in white letters against the night skyline. The theme song was written by General Hospital music director, RC Cates. |
Cast
Contract cast members
Recurring Cast Members
Ratings history
The premiere episode of GH: Night Shift made it the highest-rated show in SOAPnet history, with 1,000,000 total viewers. The show placed #2 in the women 18-49 (500,000 viewers) & women 18-34 demographics.[1] The second airing garnered about 900,000 viewers. ABC Daytime's Brian Frons has yet to order more episodes of GH: NS. The finale received 700,000 viewers.
GH: NS Writers/Directors
Head Writers: Robert Guza Jr. & Elizabeth Korte; Consultant: Brian Frons Ep 1. "Frayed Anatomies"; Story/Script By: Robert Guza Jr. & Elizabeth Korte; Director: Owen Renfroe Ep 2. "Skin Deep"; Story By: Robert Guza Jr. & Elizabeth Korte; Script: Michele Val Jean; Director: William Ludel Ep 3. "Paternity Ward"; Story By: Robert Guza Jr. & Elizabeth Korte; Script: Karen Harris; Director: William Ludel Ep 4. "Keep the Change"; Story By: Robert Guza Jr. & Elizabeth Korte; Script: Garin Wolf; Director: W. Ludel Ep 5. "Bed, Bath and Be Gone"; Story By: Robert Guza Jr. & Elizabeth Korte; Script: Meg Bennett; Director: Owen Renfore Ep 6. "Love's Labors"; Story By: Robert Guza Jr. & Elizabeth Korte; Script: Kate Hall; Director: Scott McKinsey Ep 7. "Mother's Day"; Story By: Guza Jr.; Script: Korte; Director: Scott McKinsey Ep 8. "Employee of the Month"; Story By: Guza Jr. & Korte; Script: M. Conforti; Director: Steve Burton Ep 9. "Gutter Ball"; Story/Script By: Guza Jr. & Korte; Script: TBA; Director: Steve Burton Ep 10. "Falling Star"; Story By: Guza Jr. & Korte; Script: TBA; Director:Steve Burton Ep 11. "Fools in Love"; Story By: Guza Jr. & Korte; Script: TBA; Director:Steve Burton Ep 12. "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted"; Story By: Guza Jr. & Korte; Script: TBA; Director:Steve Burton Ep 13. "Time Served"; By:Steve Burton
Criticism
"NS's only redeeming aspect and its real legacy to daytime is its bravura casting. Casting directors Mark Teschner and Gwen Hillier introduced a group of new actors who are universally talented and interesting. No brainless hunk or hunkette models typically hired en masse on most soaps (Days of Our Lives!). For NS, Teschner and Hillier made very well thought-out choices: the politically chic, not to mention gorgeous Nanizin Boniadi; the unusual looking and very goofy Dominic Rains (Leo); Graham Shiels (sexy villain Cody), and an appealingly real Angel M. Wainwright (Regina), a real gem. As you know, NS cast member Amanda Baker (psycho Jolene) has already been franchised out to All My Children as the new Babe." (GH-NS: Good Night and Good Riddance)
References
External links
- SOAPnet: GH-Night Shift
- GH Spinoff Planned For SOAPnet
- GH: Night Shift at SoapCentral.com
- Daytime Soap Operas GH: Night Shift -news, rumors, cast updates, polls
- Full episodes of General Hospital: Night Shift
| General Hospital: Night Shift | ||
| (Current Contract Cast) | ||
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| Dr. Andy Archer | Jolene Crowell | Dr. Patrick Drake | Toussaint Dubois | R.N. Epiphany Johnson | Stan Johnson | Maxie Jones | Dr. Leo Julian | Kelly Lee | Leyla Mir | Jason Morgan | Dr. Robin Scorpio | Spinelli | Regina Thompson | Lainey Winters | ||
| Episodes | ||
| See General Hospital: Night Shift episode guide | ||
| Important crew | ||
| Executive Producer: Jill Farren Phelps Head Writer: Robert Guza Jr. & Elizabeth Korte |
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| Related topics | ||
| General Hospital | History of General Hospital | Port Charles (City) | Port Charles (series) | ||
