What If... (web series)
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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 |
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| 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 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]
Production
[edit]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
[edit]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]
- Susan Lucci as Erica Kane
- Maurice Benard as Sonny Corinthos
- Laura Wright as Carly Corinthos
- Cameron Mathison as Ryan Lavery
- Steve Burton as Jason Morgan
- Rebecca Budig as Greenlee Smythe
- Kelly Monaco as Sam McCall
- Michael Easton as John McBain
- Trevor St. John as Todd Manning
- Bradford Anderson as Damian Spinelli
- Kassie DePaiva as Blair Cramer
- Michael E. Knight as Tad Martin
- Dominic Zamprogna as Dante Falconeri
- Bree Williamson as Tess Buchanan
- Debbi Morgan as Angie Hubbard
- Darnell Williams as Jesse Hubbard
- Kristen Alderson as Starr Manning
- Kirsten Storms as Maxie Jones
- John-Paul Lavoisier as Rex Balsom
- Erika Slezak as Viki Lord
- Anthony Geary as Luke Spencer
Episodes
[edit]| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
References
[edit]- ^ "38th Daytime Emmy Award Winners" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 2011-06-19. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ "38th Daytime Emmy Award - Creative Arts Emmy Winners" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
- ^ "VIDEO: ABC Daytime What If's web series character mash-up is almost here!". Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps.
- ^ "We Love Soaps: ABC Daytime "What If" Episodes Launch July 12". We Love Soaps.
- ^ "ABC Launching Soaps Mash-Up Web Series". Webseriesnetwork.com.
- ^ "ABC Soaps Launch 'What If' Web Series". The Huffington Post.
- ^ "'What If': ABC Takes a Crack at the Soap Opera Mashup". Tubefilter. 11 May 2010.
- ^ "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Erica Kane Meets Sonny Corinthos". We Love Soaps.
- ^ "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Carly Meets Ryan". We Love Soaps.
- ^ "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Todd Meets Spinelli". We Love Soaps.
- ^ Kevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: 'What If' Web Series: Greenlee Meets Jason". We Love Soaps.
- ^ Kevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Angie & Jesse Meet Starr". We Love Soaps.
- ^ Kevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Dante Meets Tess". We Love Soaps.
- ^ Kevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Viki Lord Meets Luke Spencer". We Love Soaps.
- ^ Kevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Rex Balson Met Maxie Jones". We Love Soaps.
- ^ Kevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Blair Cramer Meets Tad Martin". We Love Soaps.
- ^ "We Love Soaps: What If". We Love Soaps.
