Five Things That Happened On August 2 In Soap History

In 1977, Kin Shriner debuted as Scotty Baldwin on General Hospital. He has played the role off and on ever since. The actor marveled to Soap Opera Digest on the occasion of his 45th anniversary with the show in 2022,  "It all happened so fast. I had these two great actors, Peter Hansen [ex-Lee, Scott’s adoptive father] and Susan Brown [ex-Gail, Scott’s stepmother] and then Genie [Francis, Laura]. And then they sent a hurricane through Port Charles and wiped out half the cast and then Gloria Monty took over [as EP] and all bets were off! She changed the whole face of daytime."