All of Port Charles Openings (1997-2003)

[@keys1125]

brings me back! Port Charles, Night Shift and The City ... I loved the half hour abc shows back then

[@PhoenixFlamez07]

It was so awesome when they actually focused on the actual hospital more than the parent show before the supernatural storylines took effect

[@ColumbiaQT2001]

I didn’t realize it when they started doing 13 week Arcs that they were trying hard to save this show. I think the ratings were slipping. But this was 20 years ago. Things are completely different now especially with streaming.

[@HelloooThere]

That’s why it failed. I loved Port Charles but the title of the show didn’t fit the stories and characters being 75 percent in the hospital. Very interesting stuff but so much more than GH in the hospital. If they were going to focus on doctors and nurses then it should have been called GH North or something…similar to Nightshift

[@jeffreybokhari6772]

@@HelloooThereThis Show Needs To Get Revived It’s Reminds Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer TV Series And Dark Shadows TV Series And Angel TV Series This Show Was Great When It Was Supernatural I Hope It Returns To That And Continues Where They Left Off

[@samroberts82]

@@HelloooThere I know some folks jumped ship once they went the supernatural arcs, but those storylines made the show last a few more years. The show was on the verge of cancellation which is why they changed formula and direction.

[@justbekind85]

I liked the supernatural stuff the best

[@TreyJonesjr]

Soap Operas in the late '80s,90s, and Early 2k... were timeless.. It makes you miss your grandparents and other loved ones who died during that Era..R.I.P. to those who lost loved ones along the way

[@dorickopinto575]

I started. watching Port Charles with the "Tainted Love" storyline. I was a fan of Dark Shadows so I. was drawn to Port Charles becoming a supernatural soap opera. I really liked Port Charles ... the actors were great. I think it's time slot (12:30 PM. EST.) prevented it from catching on. Should have had a late afternoon timeslot like Dark Shadows to catch on. My favorite characters were Caleb & Livvie but the entire cast was very good with the spooky storylines .....I really miss Port Charles ... was ahead of its time ! ❤❤❤

[@derickennedy6278]

The best 30 minutes I ever spent was watching Port Charles (plus I like the third version of that intro)!

[@johnh.wintersjr.2092]

Loved the ER inspired opening theme and cast visuals to PC 👍👍👍!

[@TheNoybusiness]

Port Charles was my favorite soap opera because it reminded me of Dark Shadows. I also liked that the arcs had individual titles.

[@jeryface]

It’s always great to see the openings back to back and see who comes and goes. The only four to be in the openings from beginning to end were Frank, Chris, Lucy and Kevin.

[@nothingbutsoaps2674]

And the only ones that didn't bother to change their poses during Port Charles' original opening (1997-2002) was Frank, Eve and Kevin

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@nothingbutsoaps2674 Wait when Kevin cut his hair they did update his photo way later as I recall. 🤗💇‍♂📺👍

[@jamesd7469]

@@nothingbutsoaps2674They kept Eve the same because it was such a classic pose. Why change perfection.

[@DecorByHerron]

This brings back so many memories!😍one of the best theme songs!

[@bwcarter921]

I never watched PC but remember the intros fondly. I remember the big switch up to supernatural themes too... I think the popularity of shows like Buffy, Charmed and Angel lent their hand to it but I think Passions' success is what really did it...

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@bwcarter921 Yes the whole Supernational Tainted Love and other storyline archs were so popular that a soundtrack album was planned but sadly was cancelled and never reached fruition. 💽📺📼📻

[@rollercoasterheaven2170]

Never watched this but I did and still watch General Hospital with my mom

[@michaelbrantley.8628]

Port charles it's a spin-off from general hospital love that soap opera series six years in the making wonder memories of many yrs ago.

[@JJ-um5ec]

Loved Port Charles when it premiered

[@CCM030889]

There was another Tainted Love opening 6/6/01 - 6/15/01 Jack was removed when he “died”

[@curtyeomans8446]

It’s so weird seeing the original group of doctors in the first and last shots of almost each opening until 2002 even though most of the actors in that shot were gone by the time the show reached the halfway point in its run

[@burgerslimswing]

Yeah, in fact, Mitch Longley, the actor who used the wheelchair, was on a prime time series in 2001 and 2002..on CBS, an opposing network. And he was still wheeling down the hall on the PC theme the entire time!

[@zjdarrah]

Sum of the video: watch it go from being about the hospital to vampires, years before True Blood or Twilight were even a thing

[@girlbrittneygirl]

Damn! Why does everyone look so amazing during the new versions!😂😂

[@franklyndarko9577]

One of the very best

[@Manofsteel21025]

All Port Charles intros 0:09-Original Intro 5:43-Fate 6:24-Time in a Bottle 7:05-Tainted Love 8:21-Tempted 8:59-Miracles Happen 9:40-Secrets 10:20-Superstition

[@wandajackson2900]

Can You Uploaded File: All Tour of Llanview II on One Life to Live Openings (November 20, 1995-June 11, 2004) Video Posted Here are Coming Soon Please!!!

[@kristenchesser5725]

I loved Caleb and livvie

[@aprentissdaye]

I remember only watching like 2 episodes of PC, and I wanted to watch more of it, but daytime school always got in the way. It's my fault for not at least recording it by when VCRs and blank tapes were still a thing.

[@Laura-i2r9r]

GH Classic fanatic !! Never was able to follow the GH spin-off Port Charles because my life was so busy at the time. Can see their were some real cute guys on OC mixed with Classic GH characters SCott, Lucy Coe and Kevin Collins amongst others . This was a 30 minute show during its 7 years. Sam McCll crossed over to become a prominent GH classic character in 2002 .

[@TheNoybusiness]

Kelly Monaco played Livvie Locke (and Tess Ramsey, the good half when Livvie was split into good and evil halves by vampire Caleb Morley for a while) on Port Charles. She was Kevin Collins's daughter. When Port Charles was cancelled and Kelly Monaco went onto General Hospital as Sam McCall, she was a new character. Caleb and Lucy initially mistook Sam for Livvie when they appeared on General Hospital, though.

[@kevinhannah1785]

Rip 🙏 David Gale

[@jeffreybokhari6772]

This Show Reminds Me Of Buffy The Vampire Slayer And Angel TV Series And Dark Shadows TV Series

[@TheNoybusiness]

Me too!

[@lol365]

Always loved Lucy & Kevin.

[@franklyndarko9577]

This opened the door for passions

[@Dr.Thirteen]

passions was before PC lol

[@MattJr4793]

​@@Dr.Thirteennot correct sorry Port Charles actually started in 1997 while Passions began in 1999 for the record

[@TheNoybusiness]

@@MattJr4793 But Passions was supernatural before Port Charles.

[@MattJr4793]

@@TheNoybusiness true that it was

[@thedivadanner]

And here we are in 2023, and Serena Baldwin is still nowhere to he found in the realm of Port Charles. A LEGACY character. Shameful.

[@BulkBeard]

She visited a few years ago in 2017 when Lee (her grandfather) passed away ...

[@bwcarter921]

😆😆😆

[@gabelogan5877]

You don’t want her to show up. GH would just kill her off like they do all Scott’s kids.

[@marcelparker6755]

​@@gabelogan5877 Thank you! As far as everything is concerned, let Serena be as far away from Port Charles as possible!

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@@marcelparker6755 Well the original actress actually trained and was in the military for many years after leaving Port Charles Her name is Carly Schroeder. She also had a recurring role on Lizzie McGuire. 🪖👱‍♀📺👍

[@feliciakenny5152]

I remember this show lucy was like buffy the vampire slayer 😮

[@jamesd7469]

Can someone tell me why they put Audrey Hardy from GH in the intro and kept her through several changes even though she rarely every appearded? There were characters who got much more screentime and weren't in the intor.

[@RobertRodriguez-mk5wm]

Port Charles untainted love

[@justbekind85]

Smh that they cancelled it right when it was getting good. The supernatural stuff carried that series.

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@justbekind85 I agree but I guess some people grew tired of the Caleb the vampire storyline but Caleb did take his bite on General Hospital more then a decade later but because it was part of an hour soap opera the scenes were badly edited with other storylines going back and fourth LOL! When Port Charles was it's own show the main focus was more on the Caleb storyline mostly which flowed better. 🦇🧛🧛‍♀🏥

[@staciereyes-kidd3010]

Was this when they had the vampire story lines?

[@MattJr4793]

not all of them

[@adityaerrasaditya249]

This is Singapore drama 🇸🇬🇸🇬

[@noabengal7071]

Livvie❤❤❤❤❤

[@nothingbutsoaps2674]

I'm confused though: If I'm remembering correctly: didn't the character of Casey debuted before Marissa??

[@samroberts82]

Yeah Casey debuted during the Secrets arc. Her twin Marissa came on during Torn. Casey officially came back sending Marissa away during Surrender.

[@nothingbutsoaps2674]

@samroberts82 huh I don't remember that. It's been so long though. Casey was the dead one/angel. The character of Marissa came on as a twin I guess cuz how popular the actress was. So refresh my memory: how did Casey come back and why/how did she send her twin away??

[@samroberts82]

@@nothingbutsoaps2674 yeah Casey was the dead one and Marissa came on during Torn. She was with Jamal. I can’t remember if Marissa knew she was a twin but I remember during Surrender Marissa’s life became in danger due to the vampires. Casey came down and I think had Marissa memory wiped and Marissa was sent to live a new life somewhere else lol. Then Casey came back full timeish. Full time in that she was added to the credits lmao it’s been so long

[@nothingbutsoaps2674]

@samroberts82 geez that part completely wiped out of my memory. Imma have to look those scenes up on KZbin

[@jeffreybokhari6772]

Why Isn’t Serena Baldwin Not Seen On GH Very Shameful She Is Scott And Lucy’s Daughter

[@SuperMarioBrosIII]

@jefferybokhari6772 Actually when Scott moved back to GH after PC was cancelled, Serena portrayed by Carley Schroeder all grown up did appear in a couple episodes but she would soon leave to join the army in real life and became a US Army Officer.🪖🤗🤔🙏

[@DeepScreenAnalysis]

Greys Anatomy stole the premise of Port Charles.

[@jhenley84]

The show was a lot better before the tele-nova arc storylines

[@thejoshpresle]

There goes my man Nathan Drake

[@CrystalRussell-tr4km]

Port Charles Beyond The Gates

[@karissad7382]

Thank you!!!!💜🎶🌟🎶💜~~~~~>💓°•○☆💕

[@zt1053]

This opening had ER wantabe all over it.

[@RandallRedman]

Elizabeth Taylor dead - how many times do I have to say they are just sleeping.

[@nothingbutsoaps2674]

It seemed like a decent spinoff until they got into that supernatural BS. That was crazy. And the wroters were actually proud of that switch up?? Then Ron C who was headwriter bout 10 years ago had the balls to bring that junk to GH?? SMH

[@justbekind85]

Honestly the best part of PC was the supernatural stuff

[@curtyeomans8446]

Yeah but when it showed up on GH, they reined in some of the supernatural aspects, like saying Caleb wasn’t really a vampire after all (he was just crazy and thought he was a vampire)

[@TheNoybusiness]

@@curtyeomans8446 Until he "died" and came back to life before leaving town, showing he was really a vampire. Which is much better than him being delusional. There was no way all the magical things happening right onscreen in Port Charles could be false.

[@TheNoybusiness]

@@justbekind85 Yes, that's what made it superior to other soap operas on ABC at the time. It reminded me of Dark Shadows.

[@curtyeomans8446]

@@TheNoybusiness I just assumed that was Silas that we saw. Wait, Silas was the third GH character that Michael Easton played, right? I lost track of which character was which

[@JohnPawloski-o5g]

What were they thinking with the stupid supernatural crap

[@MattJr4793]

they hoped it would bring the ratings up