What If... (web series)

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What If...
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Genre Web series
Soap opera
Directed by Frank Valentini
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Running time5 minutes
Original release
Network ABC.com
ReleaseJuly 12 (2010-07-12) 
August 30, 2010 (2010-08-30)
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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 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]

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Production

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]

Cast

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]

Episodes

No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Sonny and Erica: Love in a Time of Claustrophobia" Frank Valentini Sara SaediJuly 12, 2010 (2010-07-12) [8]
2"Ryan and Carly: How to be Bad"Frank ValentiniSara SaediJuly 12, 2010 (2010-07-12) [9]
3"Todd and Spinelli:Fear of Flying"Frank ValentiniSara SaediJuly 12, 2010 (2010-07-12) [10]
4"Jason and Greenlee: Blame it on the Alcohol"Frank ValentiniSara SaediJuly 19, 2010 (2010-07-19) [11]
5"Angie & Jesse and Starr: Why Did I Get Married?"Frank ValentiniSara SaediJuly 26, 2010 (2010-07-26) [12]
6"Dante and Tess: I Might Like You Better If We Slept Together"Frank ValentiniSara SaediAugust 2, 2010 (2010-08-02) [13]
7"Luke and Viki: Pain in My Heart"Frank ValentiniSara SaediAugust 9, 2010 (2010-08-09) [14]
8"Rex and Maxie: Learning to Fly"Frank ValentiniSara SaediAugust 16, 2010 (2010-08-16) [15]
9"Tad and Blair: I Suck at Love"Frank ValentiniSara SaediAugust 23, 2010 (2010-08-23) [16]
10"John and Sam: Love in an Elevator"Frank ValentiniSara SaediAugust 30, 2010 (2010-08-30) [17]

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