What If... (web series)

What If...
GenreWeb series
Soap opera
Directed byFrank Valentini
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes10
Production
Running time5 minutes
Original release
NetworkABC.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]

Production

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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

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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

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No.TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
1"Sonny and Erica: Love in a Time of Claustrophobia"Frank ValentiniSara 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]

References

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  1. ^ "38th Daytime Emmy Award Winners" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 2011-06-19. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  2. ^ "38th Daytime Emmy Award - Creative Arts Emmy Winners" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2011-06-21.
  3. ^ "VIDEO: ABC Daytime What If's web series character mash-up is almost here!". Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps.
  4. ^ "We Love Soaps: ABC Daytime "What If" Episodes Launch July 12". We Love Soaps.
  5. ^ "ABC Launching Soaps Mash-Up Web Series". Webseriesnetwork.com.
  6. ^ "ABC Soaps Launch 'What If' Web Series". The Huffington Post.
  7. ^ "'What If': ABC Takes a Crack at the Soap Opera Mashup". Tubefilter. 11 May 2010.
  8. ^ "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Erica Kane Meets Sonny Corinthos". We Love Soaps.
  9. ^ "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Carly Meets Ryan". We Love Soaps.
  10. ^ "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Todd Meets Spinelli". We Love Soaps.
  11. ^ Kevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: 'What If' Web Series: Greenlee Meets Jason". We Love Soaps.
  12. ^ Kevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Angie & Jesse Meet Starr". We Love Soaps.
  13. ^ Kevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Dante Meets Tess". We Love Soaps.
  14. ^ Kevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Viki Lord Meets Luke Spencer". We Love Soaps.
  15. ^ Kevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Rex Balson Met Maxie Jones". We Love Soaps.
  16. ^ Kevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Blair Cramer Meets Tad Martin". We Love Soaps.
  17. ^ "We Love Soaps: What If". We Love Soaps.