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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 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.cite-ref-1[1]cite-ref-2[2]

• Production

• Cast

• Episodes

• References

ABC announced that a web series would crossover their three soap operas in June 2010.cite-ref-3[3] The first episode was made available on ABC.com on July 12, 2010.cite-ref-4[4] One Life to Live executive producer Frank Valentini directed the ten-part series.cite-ref-5[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.cite-ref-6[6]

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.cite-ref-7[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

| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |

|---|---|---|---|---|

| 1 | "Sonny and Erica: Love in a Time of Claustrophobia" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | July 12, 2010 ( 2010-07-12 ) [ 8 ] |

| 2 | "Ryan and Carly: How to be Bad" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | July 12, 2010 ( 2010-07-12 ) [ 9 ] |

| 3 | "Todd and Spinelli:Fear of Flying" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | July 12, 2010 ( 2010-07-12 ) [ 10 ] |

| 4 | "Jason and Greenlee: Blame it on the Alcohol" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | July 19, 2010 ( 2010-07-19 ) [ 11 ] |

| 5 | "Angie & Jesse and Starr: Why Did I Get Married?" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | July 26, 2010 ( 2010-07-26 ) [ 12 ] |

| 6 | "Dante and Tess: I Might Like You Better If We Slept Together" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | August 2, 2010 ( 2010-08-02 ) [ 13 ] |

| 7 | "Luke and Viki: Pain in My Heart" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | August 9, 2010 ( 2010-08-09 ) [ 14 ] |

| 8 | "Rex and Maxie: Learning to Fly" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | August 16, 2010 ( 2010-08-16 ) [ 15 ] |

| 9 | "Tad and Blair: I Suck at Love" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | August 23, 2010 ( 2010-08-23 ) [ 16 ] |

| 10 | "John and Sam: Love in an Elevator" | Frank Valentini | Sara Saedi | August 30, 2010 ( 2010-08-30 ) [ 17 ] |

cite-note-11. ↑ "38th Daytime Emmy Award Winners" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. 2011-06-19. Retrieved 2011-06-21.

cite-note-22. ↑ "38th Daytime Emmy Award - Creative Arts Emmy Winners" (PDF). National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 2011-06-21.

cite-note-33. ↑ "VIDEO: ABC Daytime What If's web series character mash-up is almost here!". Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps.

cite-note-44. ↑ "We Love Soaps: ABC Daytime "What If" Episodes Launch July 12". We Love Soaps.

cite-note-55. ↑ "ABC Launching Soaps Mash-Up Web Series". Webseriesnetwork.com.

cite-note-66. ↑ "ABC Soaps Launch 'What If' Web Series". The Huffington Post.

cite-note-77. ↑ "'What If': ABC Takes a Crack at the Soap Opera Mashup". Tubefilter. 11 May 2010.

cite-note-81. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Erica Kane Meets Sonny Corinthos". We Love Soaps.

cite-note-92. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Carly Meets Ryan". We Love Soaps.

cite-note-103. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Todd Meets Spinelli". We Love Soaps.

cite-note-114. citerefkevin-mulcahy-jrKevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: 'What If' Web Series: Greenlee Meets Jason". We Love Soaps.

cite-note-125. citerefkevin-mulcahy-jrKevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Angie & Jesse Meet Starr". We Love Soaps.

cite-note-136. citerefkevin-mulcahy-jrKevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Dante Meets Tess". We Love Soaps.

cite-note-147. citerefkevin-mulcahy-jrKevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Viki Lord Meets Luke Spencer". We Love Soaps.

cite-note-158. citerefkevin-mulcahy-jrKevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Rex Balson Met Maxie Jones". We Love Soaps.

cite-note-169. citerefkevin-mulcahy-jrKevin Mulcahy Jr. "We Love Soaps: ABC.com WHAT IF Web Series: Blair Cramer Meets Tad Martin". We Love Soaps.

cite-note-1710. "We Love Soaps: What If". We Love Soaps.