PORT CHARLES: PILOT {SERIES PREMIERE} (TV)
Summary
The premiere of this daytime serial -- a spin-off of the long-running series "General Hospital" -- this drama focuses on a new generation of interns at Port Charles University's Medical School. As the program opens, Lucy learns she is pregnant and, on her way to tell Kevin the good news, she gets stuck in the elevator due to a power outage. Back in Canada, her ex-husband, Scott, discovers that their daughter, Serena, has been kidnapped from school. Suspecting Lucy is involved, he flies back to Port Charles to confront her. That same day, the hospital's new staff of interns -- Chris, Joe, Karen, Julie, Matt, Jake, and Eve -- prepare to attend a cocktail party in their honor. When they arrive at the festivities, they find only one person, Greg Cooper, who was discharged from the program a week earlier for hiding a long history of emotional instability. Angry and hurt over his fate, Cooper launches an ambush against his competition: he locks the door, holds them hostage with a semi-automatic weapon, and plans to torment them with secret information he has gleaned from files on each person. Heroically, Joe manages to secretly page his brother Frank, an emergency medical technician, who notifies chief resident Dr. Faulk and nurse Audrey Hardy. Faulk and Audrey break into the room, but Cooper shoots Faulk dead and knocks Audrey unconscious. The interns, led by Joe, are forced to perform a crude and dangerous cranial operation with a power drill to save Audrey's life. Karen also concocts an ingenious scheme to buy the captives some time. And Lucy is in danger since, whenever she makes a sound, Cooper gets spooked and shoots at the elevator. After she escapes through the roof hatch, the elevator falls and she clings to the beams in the shaft for support. Once Kevin learns of her whereabouts, he convinces Frank to help rescue her. Help arrives once electrical power is restored -- but Lucy is arrested for kidnapping her own daughter, and Joe faces an investigation by the medical review board for the surgery he performed on Audrey. Includes commercials, promos, and public service announcements. Public service announcements include Vikki Carr for NHLIC/National Cancer Institute.
(This premiere episode was telecast in prime time, and the show then appeared regularly as a daytime serial.)
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: June 1, 1997 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:54:34
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:48816
- GENRE: Drama, daytime serial
- SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, daytime serial
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1997-2003
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - "Con Air" (feature film)
- TV - Commercials - Acura automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Advil pain reliever
- TV - Commercials - Ball Park frankfurters
- TV - Commercials - Burger King fast food
- TV - Commercials - Canon cameras
- TV - Commercials - Colgate toothbrushes
- TV - Commercials - Cortizone 10 cream
- TV - Commercials - Davidoff aftershave lotion
- TV - Commercials - Diet Pepsi soft drinks
- TV - Commercials - Dimetapp allergy medication
- TV - Commercials - Duracell batteries
- TV - Commercials - Ford automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Frito-Lay snacks
- TV - Commercials - Fruitopia fruit drinks
- TV - Commercials - Glade deodorizers
- TV - Commercials - Huggies diapers
- TV - Commercials - Kodak film
- TV - Commercials - Lipton iced tea
- TV - Commercials - Maybelline makeup
- TV - Commercials - McDonald's fast food
- TV - Commercials - Mentadent tootbrushes
- TV - Commercials - Mentos mints
- TV - Commercials - NicoDerm nicotine transdermal system
- TV - Commercials - Pedigree dog food
- TV - Commercials - Pontiac automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Red Lobster restaurants
- TV - Commercials - Reynolds Wrap aluminum foil
- TV - Commercials - Saturn automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Schick razors
- TV - Commercials - Snickers candy bars
- TV - Commercials - Soft & Dri antipersperant
- TV - Commercials - Stetson cologne
- TV - Commercials - The Home Depot stores
- TV - Commercials - Triscuit crackers
- TV - Commercials - Walt Disney World
- TV - Commercials - Wish-Bone salad dressings
- TV - Commercials - Ziploc storage bags
- TV - PSA - NHLIC/The National Cancer Institute
- TV - PSA - Partnership for a drug free America
- TV - Promos - "All My Children"
- TV - Promos - "General Hospital"
- TV - Promos - "Good Morning America"
- TV - Promos - "NYPD Blue"
- TV - Promos - "One Life to Live"
- TV - Promos - "PrimeTime"
- TV - Promos - "Spin City"
- TV - Promos - "The 1997 World Music Awards"
- TV - Promos - "Without Consent"
- TV - Promos - "World News Tonight"
- TV - Promos - "You Gotta See This!"
CREDITS
- Wendy Riche … Executive Producer, Concept developed by
- Mercer B. Barrows, Jr. … Coordinating Producer
- Julie Hanan Carruthers … Supervising Producer
- Shelley Curtis … Production (Misc.), Consulting Producer
- Richard Culliton … Production (Misc.), Concept developed by, Writer
- Carolyn Culliton … Production (Misc.), Concept developed by, Writer
- Scott McKinsey … Director
- Marty Davich … Music by, Theme Music by
- R.C. Cates … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Director
- Rachel Ames … Cast, Audrey Hardy, R.N.
- Susan Brown … Cast, Dr. Gail Baldwin
- Leslie Charleson … Cast, Dr. Monica Quartermaine
- Stuart Damon … Cast, Dr. Alan Quartermaine
- Michael Dietz … Cast, Dr. Joe Scanlon
- Lee Grober … Cast, Dr. Faulk
- Lisa Ann Hadley … Cast, Dr. Julie Devlin
- Peter Hansen … Cast, Lee Baldwin
- Jennifer Hammon … Cast, Dr. Karen Wexler
- Lynn Herring … Cast, Lucy Coe
- Rib Hillis … Cast, Dr. Jake Marshak
- David Holcomb … Cast, Gregory Cooper
- Jon Lindstrom … Cast, Dr. Kevin Collins
- Mitch Longley … Cast, Dr. Matt Harmon
- Lawrence Mandley … Cast, the Guard #1
- Brad Maule … Cast, Dr. Anthony Jones
- Nolan North … Cast, Dr. Chris Ramsey
- Jay Pickett … Cast, Frank Scanlon
- Julie Pinson … Cast, Dr. Eve Lambet
- Kathy Schawver … Cast, Donna French
- Carly Schroeder … Cast, Serena Baldwin
- Kin Shriner … Cast, Scott Baldwin
- John J. York … Cast, Mac Scorpio
- Vikki Carr … Talent, NHLIC/National Cancer Institute PSA