Gloria Monty

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Gloria Monty is an American TV producer working primarily in the field of daytime drama. After directing successful shows such as The Secret Storm, she is best known for taking over the ailing General Hospital in 1978, with 13 weeks to turn the show around, or it would be canceled. It subsequently became the top-rated US soap for a decade.

To accomplish this turnaround, she focused main storylines on younger characters to reach out to younger viewers, particularly the pairing of ingénue Laura Webber (Genie Francis) with troubled criminal Luke Spencer (Anthony Geary). She gave the sets a more contemporary look and feel, and employed production techniques once used only in primetime. One major result of the "Monty Revolution" was the increased pace of the show, effectively doubling the number of scenes in each installment.