What If... (web series)
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 series explores alternate realities in which a character from one series meets a character from another series. 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.
Production
ABC announced that a web series would crossover their three soap operas in June 2010. The first episode was made available on ABC.com on July 12, 2010. One Life to Live executive producer Frank Valentini directed the ten-part series. 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.
Cast
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.
- 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