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NEW YORK, April 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. daytime soap opera "General Hospital" is set to be broadcast in HDTV starting this month, ABC announced Monday.
The switch is to be made April 23, the network said.
The series' new nurses' hub set will debut a week earlier to coincide with the show's storyline, "as the newly refurbished hospital reopens following a massive explosion that rocked the medical facility," the network said in a news release.
The announcement was made Monday by Brian Frons, president of daytime at Disney-ABC Television Group.
"Our loyal viewers will be very pleased with the technology that provides top-notch video and audio quality, and shows our commitment to the production of this long-running series, as well as the daytime drama genre. The people and places in Port Charles will never look better," Frons said in a statement.
"General Hospital" will be the second show in the network's daytime lineup to be produced in high-definition, after the award-winning "The View" made the transition in 2006. ABC currently broadcasts the majority of its prime time schedule in HDTV, as well as the weekday and weekend editions of "Good Morning America" and late night's "Jimmy Kimmel Live."
"General Hospital" celebrated 46 years of broadcasting April 1. It is the longest-running dramatic serial on the ABC Television Network.
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