All My Children

(ABC, 1970-2011) soap opera

Rhode Island Monthly dutifully reported in its June 1992 issue that "the characters [of] Dr. Chuck Tyler and his wife, Donna, are leaving the fictional town of Pine Valley for... Rhode Island, where Dr. Tyler is assuming the post of chief of medicine at none other than Rhode Island Hospital." When contacted by the magazine, the actual chief of medicine at the hospital, Dr. Albert Most, seemed to take the news of his replacement in stride. "It might be a job exchange," he mused. "I've always had my eyes on a career in the soaps. The trade might satisfy both of us."