General Hospital: Night Shift#Episodes

Prior to its premiere, SOAPnet had announced that Night Shift would "delve deeper into the relationships, friendships and medical cases seen at the hospital." It was noted that unlike General Hospital itself, the stories on Night Shift would be "self-contained and wrap up during each weekly one-hour episode," as well as being "understandable to viewers who do not watch General Hospital." With the goal "to attract younger viewers to both SOAPnet and General Hospital," characters would be "plucked from General Hospital's history" and "be mostly {{sic|comprised |hide=y|of}} younger characters with ties to GH{{'s}} core families." Night Shift{{'s}} storylines, however, did not directly intersect with those on General Hospital.

• Kimberly McCullough as Dr. Robin Scorpio
• Jason Thompson as Dr. Patrick Drake
• Sonya Eddy as Epiphany Johnson
• Billy Dee Williams as Toussaint Dubois
• Dominic Rains (season 1) and Ethan Rains (season 2) as Dr. Leo Julian
• Bradford Anderson as Damien Spinelli (season 1)
• Amanda Baker as Jolene Crowell (season 1)
• Nazanin Boniadi as Leyla Mir (season 1)
• Steve Burton as Jason Morgan (season 1)
• Kent King as Dr. Lainey Winters (season 1)
• Ron Melendez as Dr. Andy Archer (season 1)
• Minae Noji as Dr. Kelly Lee (season 1)
• Angel Wainwright as Regina Thompson (season 1)
• Azita Ghanizada as Dr. Saira Batra (season 2){{cite web |url=http://soapoperadigest.com/news/breaking/ |title=Breaking News: Casting the Night Shift |website=Soap Opera Digest |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718101550/http://soapoperadigest.com/news/breaking |date=July 8, 2008 |access-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-date=July 18, 2008}}
• Adam Grimes as Dr. Kyle Julian (season 2)
• Tristan Rogers as Robert Scorpio (season 2){{cite web |url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Soaps-News/Tristan-Rogers-General/800041800 |title=Soaps News: Tristan Rogers Checks Back into GH |access-date=2008-10-08 |author=Logan, Michael |date=June 18, 2008 |work=TV Guide |publisher=TVGuide.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080904214205/http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Soaps-News/Tristan-Rogers-General/800041800 |archive-date=September 4, 2008 }}
• Antonio Sabàto, Jr. as Jagger Cates (season 2){{cite web |url=http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Soaps-News/Antonio-Sabato-Jr/800041781 |title=Soap News: Antonio Sabato, Jr. Working the GH Night Shift |access-date=2008-10-08 |author=Whalen, J.R. |date=June 17, 2008 |work=TV Guide |publisher=TVGuide.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081003141211/http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Soaps-News/Antonio-Sabato-Jr/800041781 |archive-date=2008-10-03 }}
• Carrie Southworth as Dr. Claire Simpson (season 2){{cite web |last=Coleridge |first=Daniel R. |url=http://soapnet.go.com/soapnet/article/path-articleNum_8389/category_shows |title=Night Shift{{'}}s Model MD |publisher=Soapnet |date=July 16, 2008 |access-date=June 30, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804202044/http://soapnet.go.com/soapnet/article/path-articleNum_8389/category_shows |archive-date=August 4, 2008 |url-status=dead}}

• John J. York as Mac Scorpio{{cite web |url=http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/news/2639/General_Hospital_Night_Shift_Spoilers_For_October_ |title=General Hospital: Night Shift Spoilers For October 14, 2008! |website=Soaps.com |date=October 9, 2008 |access-date=October 20, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703181516/http://www.soaps.com/generalhospital/news/2639/General_Hospital_Night_Shift_Spoilers_For_October_ |archive-date=July 3, 2009 |url-status=dead }}

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|EpisodeNumber=1

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Frayed Anatomies

|WrittenBy=Robert Guza, Jr. & Elizabeth Korte

|DirectedBy=Owen Renfroe

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|7|12}}

|ShortSummary=After treating an indigent patient against hospital policy, Robin and Patrick have been assigned the night shift at General Hospital. An accidental shooting sends Jason and Spinelli to the hospital. Patrick is injured in an explosion and admitted to General Hospital as a patient. Maxie and Coop are caught in a compromising position and Robin is inspired by a pregnant patient.

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|EpisodeNumber=2

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Skin Deep

|WrittenBy= Robert Guza, Jr., Elizabeth Korte & Michele Val Jean

|DirectedBy= William Ludel

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|7|19}}

|ShortSummary= Jason learns valuable lessons from Toussaint; Epiphany is upset by the news that her son is a catalyst for a strike; Russell laments a recent streak of bad luck at the hospital; and Leo almost commits a career-threatening blunder.

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|EpisodeNumber=3

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Paternity Ward

|WrittenBy= Robert Guza, Jr., Elizabeth Korte & Karen Harris

|DirectedBy= William Ludel

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|7|26}}

|ShortSummary= Jason spends time with his son when Elizabeth is needed in surgery; Patrick confronts his past while treating a troubled teen; Stan changes his opinion of Toussaint; Cody goes to extremes to get his medication; Andy's methods produce dangerous results in the operating room.

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|EpisodeNumber=4

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=Keep the Change

|WrittenBy= Robert Guza, Jr., Elizabeth Korte & Garin Wolf

|DirectedBy= William Ludel

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|8|2}}

|ShortSummary=A patient's death attracts the unwanted attention of the police; Stan takes the lead in a strike by hospital workers; revelations about Toussaint's past prompt an outburst from Epiphany; Stacey's difficult pregnancy hits home for Robin and Patrick.

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|EpisodeNumber=5

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Bed, Bath and Be Gone

|WrittenBy=Robert Guza, Jr., Elizabeth Korte & Meg Bennett

|DirectedBy=Owen Renfroe

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|8|9}}

|ShortSummary=Kelly draws Pablo's ire; Patrick and Robin are surprised by the change in a patient's condition; Maxie's infection takes a turn for the worse; and Andy is dubious of a patient's illness.

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|EpisodeNumber=6

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Love's Labors

|WrittenBy=Robert Guza, Jr., Elizabeth Korte & Kate Hall

|DirectedBy=Scott McKinsey

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|8|16}}

|ShortSummary= Stacey gets trapped in an elevator on her way to an emergency C-section, and Stan and Toussaint scramble to repair it. Elsewhere, Leyla's decision has different consequences for two patients.

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|EpisodeNumber=7

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Mother's Day

|WrittenBy=Robert Guza, Jr. & Elizabeth Korte

|DirectedBy=Scott McKinsey

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|8|23}}

|ShortSummary=The staff reacts to the fate of Stacey and her baby; Toussaint makes a shocking discovery about the cause of the elevator jam; Patrick helps Leo with a trauma case.

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|EpisodeNumber=8

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Employee of the Month

|WrittenBy=Robert Guza, Jr., Elizabeth Korte & Michael Conforti

|DirectedBy=Owen Renfroe

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|8|30}}

|ShortSummary=The staff is preoccupied with the recent string of nefarious deeds; Patrick struggles to support Robin in her hour of need; Maxie's condition brings up bad memories for Leo; Russell tries to keep the hospital running amid rumors of a possible takeover; Epiphany holds on to a mysterious package.

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|EpisodeNumber=9

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=Gutter Ball

|WrittenBy=Robert Guza, Jr. & Elizabeth Korte

|DirectedBy=Owen Renfroe

|OriginalAirDate= {{Start date|2007|9|6}}

|ShortSummary=Insurance complications may prevent a necessary surgery for Lainey's father; Robin makes progress in her efforts to adopt Stacey's baby; Toussaint's mysterious past is disclosed by Epiphany; Jolene plots her next move.

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|EpisodeNumber=10

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title=Falling Star

|WrittenBy=Robert Guza, Jr. & Elizabeth Korte

|DirectedBy=Scott McKinsey

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|9|13}}

|ShortSummary=Robin faces a new obstacle in her plans to adopt Stacey's baby; Lovell suggests that Jolene's next victim be a doctor; Regina's low self-esteem begins to interfere with her work.

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|EpisodeNumber=11

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title=Fools in Love

|WrittenBy=Robert Guza, Jr. & Elizabeth Korte

|DirectedBy=William Ludel

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|9|20}}

|ShortSummary=Andy and Kelly desperately try to counsel one another on their addictions; Lainey struggles to deal with her father's condition; Patrick comes clean about his fling with Leyla to Robin, who must face up to the fact that Stacey's daughter is going home with the baby's father; Toussaint learns the results of his latest test.

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|EpisodeNumber=12

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title=What Becomes of the Broken Hearted

|WrittenBy=Robert Guza, Jr. & Elizabeth Korte

|DirectedBy=Owen Renfroe

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|9|27}}

|ShortSummary=A police investigation into the death of Lainey's father yields an unlikely suspect; Epiphany surprises Toussaint with some unexpected visitors before his difficult surgery; Lovell urges Jolene to find another victim; the clandestine romance between Patrick and Leyla continues.

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|EpisodeNumber=13

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title=Time Served

|WrittenBy=Robert Guza, Jr. & Elizabeth Korte

|DirectedBy=Scott McKinsey

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2007|10|4}}

|ShortSummary=In the first-season finale, Spinelli's sleuthing abilities help Jason stop Jolene from completing her final assignment. Meanwhile, a gunfight erupts in the ER between rival gangs, putting the staff and patients in mortal danger.

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|EpisodeNumber=14

|EpisodeNumber2=1

|Title=Crash

|WrittenBy=Sri Rao & Yolonda Lawrence

|DirectedBy=Peter Brinckerhoff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|7|22}}

|ShortSummary=In the second season premiere, a car crashes into the ER with fatal results and expectant parents Dr. Patrick Drake and Dr. Robin Scorpio are at odds. New interns Claire and Kyle deal with the unpleasant Dr. Leo Julian, and Jagger Cates returns to Port Charles with his son Stone.
Guest starring Richard Gant as Dr. Russell Ford.

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|EpisodeNumber=15

|EpisodeNumber2=2

|Title=Other People's Children

|WrittenBy=Sri Rao & Tamar Laddy

|DirectedBy=Peter Brinckerhoff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|7|29}}

|ShortSummary=Robin uncovers more than she bargains for as she helps a sick child. She soon clashes with Jagger over Stone's unusual behavior as the source of Leo and Kyle's conflict is revealed.

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|EpisodeNumber=16

|EpisodeNumber2=3

|Title=Fallen from the Sky

|WrittenBy=Sri Rao & Tracey Thomson

|DirectedBy=Peter Brinckerhoff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|8|5}}

|ShortSummary=A new trauma patient turns out to be Robin's father Robert Scorpio. Claire and Kyle disagree about their living arrangements as Leo and Saira dance around their attraction, while Epiphany and Toussaint discuss their relationship.
This episode marks the first appearance in the series of Tristan Rogers as Robert Scorpio.

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|EpisodeNumber=17

|EpisodeNumber2=4

|Title=We'll Always Have Paris

|WrittenBy=Sri Rao & Michele Val Jean

|DirectedBy=Peter Brinckerhoff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|8|12}}

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|EpisodeNumber=18

|EpisodeNumber2=5

|Title=Family Values

|WrittenBy=Sri Rao, Alex Hinton & Andy Wombwell

|DirectedBy=Peter Brinckerhoff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|8|19}}

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|EpisodeNumber=19

|EpisodeNumber2=6

|Title=Playing With Fire

|WrittenBy=Sri Rao & Tamar Laddy

|DirectedBy=Peter Brinckerhoff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|8|26}}

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|EpisodeNumber=20

|EpisodeNumber2=7

|Title=Listen to My Heart

|WrittenBy=Sri Rao & Karen Harris

|DirectedBy=Peter Brinckerhoff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|9|2}}

|ShortSummary=Guest starring John J. York as Mac Scorpio. Billy Dee Williams does not appear in this episode.

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|EpisodeNumber=21

|EpisodeNumber2=8

|Title=Pay It Forward

|WrittenBy=Sri Rao & Emily Branden

|DirectedBy=Peter Brinckerhoff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|9|9}}

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|EpisodeNumber=22

|EpisodeNumber2=9

|Title=About a Dad

|WrittenBy=Sri Rao & Emily Branden

|DirectedBy=Phideaux Xavier[http://www.tv.com/general-hospital-night-shift/about-a-dad/episode/1228208/summary.html?tag=ep_guide;ep_title;8 GH: Night Shift #2.08, "About a Dad" - TV.com] Retrieved September 24, 2008.

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|9|16}}

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|EpisodeNumber=23

|EpisodeNumber2=10

|Title= Brothers & Sisters

|WrittenBy=Sri Rao & Michael J. Cinquemani

|DirectedBy=Peter Brinckerhoff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|9|23}}

|ShortSummary=Leo and Kyle's mother appears to visit her sons as Claire's secret eats at her.
Guest starring Kathleen Noone as Patricia Julian,[http://www.tv.com/general-hospital-night-shift/brothers-andamp-sisters/episode/1229723/summary.html?tag=ep_guide;ep_title;9 GH: Night Shift #2.10, "Brothers & Sisters" - TV.com] Retrieved September 24, 2008. Chad Allen as Eric Whitlow and Christine Elise McCarthy as Eric’s sister Sylvia.

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|EpisodeNumber=24

|EpisodeNumber2=11

|Title= Love/Hate

|WrittenBy=Sri Rao & Christiana Miller

|DirectedBy=Peter Brinckerhoff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|9|30}}

|ShortSummary=Guest starring Finola Hughes as Anna Devane and Chad Allen as Eric Whitlow.

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|EpisodeNumber=25

|EpisodeNumber2=12

|Title= Truth and Consequences

|WrittenBy= Sri Rao & Michael J. Cinquemani

|DirectedBy=Peter Brinckerhoff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|7}}

|ShortSummary=Guest starring Finola Hughes as Anna Devane, Chad Allen as Eric Whitlow and Leslie Charleson as Dr. Monica Quartermaine.

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|EpisodeNumber=26

|EpisodeNumber2=13

|Title= Past and Presence ~ Part 1

|WrittenBy=Sri Rao & Karen Harris

|DirectedBy=Peter Brinckerhoff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|14}}

|ShortSummary=A comatose and dying Robert envisions a visit by old friends and loved ones as he loses his will to live.
Guest starring Finola Hughes as Anna Devane, Anthony Geary as Luke Spencer, John Reilly as Sean Donely, Sharon Wyatt as Tiffany Hill, John J. York as Mac Scorpio and Chad Allen as Eric Whitlow.

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|EpisodeNumber=27

|EpisodeNumber2=14

|Title= Past and Presence ~ Part 2

|WrittenBy= Sri Rao

|DirectedBy=Peter Brinckerhoff

|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|2008|10|21}}

|ShortSummary=In an episode Michael Logan of TV Guide says "ends with some mature, uneasy twists,"{{cite journal|last=Logan |first=Michael |date=October 17, 2008 |title=Logan Rave: Sweet Sounds on the Night Shift |journal=TV Guide |volume=56 |issue=42 |pages=64 |publisher=TVGuide.com |url=http://www.tvguide.com/Soaps/GH-Night-Shift-26711.aspx |access-date=2008-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081021053632/http://www.tvguide.com/Soaps/GH-Night-Shift-26711.aspx |archive-date=October 21, 2008 }} the aftermath of the explosion outside the hospital plays out as Robert's fate is revealed.
Guest starring Finola Hughes as Anna Devane and Leslie Charleson as Dr. Monica Quartermaine.

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The premiere episode of Night Shift ranked as the SOAPnet's "most viewed telecast ever" with total viewers and in its target demographic, women age 18–49.Becker, Anne. [http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6460336.html "SOAPnet's Night Shift Premiere Breaks Ratings Records." Broadcasting & Cable.] July 13, 2007. The show was also SOAPnet's most watched premiere with those groups and with women 18–34. According to Nielsen Media Research, the series averaged 1 million total viewers, "posting 63% audience growth over its lead-in," and ranking as "the second most viewed cable program for the hour with women 18-49." Broadcasting & Cable notes the significance of this fact considering "only 64 million homes carry the network, compared to the 94 million that carry USA, the top network in the demo that night." Night Shift doubled SOAPnet's time-period viewership from 2006 in total viewers and the women 18-49 demographic. The series averaged 833,000 viewers (and 381,000 among women 18–49) during its first season.

In 2007, soap opera critic Marlena De Lacroix noted the initially high ratings but called the series an "incoherently written and produced mess," going on to declare that "Night Shift{{'s}} only redeeming aspect and its real legacy to daytime is its bravura casting. Casting directors Mark Teschner and Gwen Hillier introduced a group of new actors who are universally talented and interesting. No brainless hunk or hunkette models typically hired en masse."{{cite web |last=De Lacroix |first=Marlena |author-link=Marlena De Lacroix |url=http://www.jackmyers.com/commentary/savoring-soaps/10576356.html |title=Savoring Soaps: General Hospital Night Shift: Good Night and Good Riddance |publisher=JackMyers.com |date=October 11, 2007 |access-date=2008-10-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080107183900/http://www.jackmyers.com/commentary/savoring-soaps/10576356.html |archive-date=2008-01-07 }} In 2008, Ed Martin called the first season "a perfectly putrid spin-off of a soap opera that is now a mere shadow of its fantastic former self."{{cite web |last=Martin |first=Ed |url=http://marlenadelacroix.com/?p=154#more-154 |title=Night Shift 2 Served Up that Old General Hospital Magic as its Sublime Second Season Came to an End |publisher=MarlenaDeLacroix.com |date=October 23, 2008 |access-date=2008-10-25}}

Martin called the second season "a sophomore series that embodied almost everything that was sublime about its mother-ship back in its heyday." Michael Logan of TV Guide wrote in October 2008 that although he did not enjoy the premiere episode of season two, "then the show got good. Really good." He ranked the spin-off above General Hospital itself, saying "it's indisputably superior to the mob-infested soap that spawned it." Logan added that "This late-night SOAPnet series is refreshingly retro, focusing as GH once did on the lives of doctors and their patients. (Imagine that!) The pleasures are many, from the frisky interplay of interns Claire and Kyle (she's straight, he's not) to the profoundly moving performances of Finola Hughes and Tristan Rogers as Anna and her cancer-stricken Robert." Michael Fairman called Rogers' performance "poignant" and noted that "if it could have been in Emmy contention this year, it would stand among the best."{{cite web |url=http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/article/articleItem.cfm?cms_article_id=110 |title=The Tristan Rogers Interview: General Hospital |last=Fairman |first=Michael |date=July 28, 2009 |work=Michael Fairman On-Air On-Soaps |access-date=July 28, 2009}} Rogers himself said of the season, "Night Shift was a wonderful glimpse of what was possible to do with a daytime format and a prime time format, shot in HD, edited like a movie, and essentially brought up to date, which was subtle. It was written by Sri Rao, who really understood the genre. He really got it ... I think this is an issue of what goes on with the daytime soaps. There are not too many people out there now who want to take what history there is, and take it and build on it. I can see why they don’t want to do that, but on the other hand, I don’t think there is much point in changing history for the sake of change. If you have a really good reason to change it then do it, otherwise use it!" De Lacroix wrote that season two "expertly delivered traditional soap opera in a modern form while reinforcing love as the center of the medium, instead of devaluing it as so many soaps do today," adding that "All the characters on NS2 were intelligent adults, the way they used to be on soap operas before about a decade ago when most characters were rendered brainless and stupid."{{cite web |last=De Lacroix |first=Marlena |url=http://marlenadelacroix.com/?p=152 |title=General Hospital Night Shift 2: If They Could Bottle This Show, They'd Save Soaps |publisher=MarlenaDeLacroix.com |date=October 22, 2008 |access-date=2008-10-25}}

The complete first season of Night Shift was released on DVD on February 12, 2008.[https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/B000YM6DNW/ General Hospital: Night Shift: The Complete First Season - Amazon.com] Retrieved on February 15, 2009.

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20080729221512/http://soapnet.go.com/soapnet/show/path-showname_generalhospitalnightshift Official site]
• [http://www.soapcentral.com/ns/ GH: Night Shift - SoapCentral.com]

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