What If... | |
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Genre | Web series Soap opera |
Directed by | Frank Valentini |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 10 |
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Running time | 5 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | ABC.com |
Release | July 12 – August 30, 2010 |
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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 series explores alternate realities in which a character from one series meets a character from another series. 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. [1] [2]
ABC announced that a web series would crossover their three soap operas in June 2010. [3] The first episode was made available on ABC.com on July 12, 2010. [4] One Life to Live executive producer Frank Valentini directed the ten-part series. [5] What If... revolved around characters from two of the three series meeting each other and interacting in a shared alternate reality, not in continuity with any of the series. [6]
Each episode features two cast members from either General Hospital, All My Children, or One Life to Live. The following is a list of featured cast members. [7]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
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1 | "Sonny and Erica: Love in a Time of Claustrophobia" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | July 12, 2010 [8] |
2 | "Ryan and Carly: How to be Bad" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | July 12, 2010 [9] |
3 | "Todd and Spinelli:Fear of Flying" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | July 12, 2010 [10] |
4 | "Jason and Greenlee: Blame it on the Alcohol" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | July 19, 2010 [11] |
5 | "Angie & Jesse and Starr: Why Did I Get Married?" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | July 26, 2010 [12] |
6 | "Dante and Tess: I Might Like You Better If We Slept Together" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | August 2, 2010 [13] |
7 | "Luke and Viki: Pain in My Heart" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | August 9, 2010 [14] |
8 | "Rex and Maxie: Learning to Fly" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | August 16, 2010 [15] |
9 | "Tad and Blair: I Suck at Love" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | August 23, 2010 [16] |
10 | "John and Sam: Love in an Elevator" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | August 30, 2010 [17] |
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