for the show to shoot outdoor scenes in their own parking lot. On their spin-off, General Hospital: Night Shift, the upper floors were edited in digitally to fit on top of the show's studio, creating a CGI look, modeled after the real hospital's original exterior. An animated version of the exterior is used in the current opening. In E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, the doctors who try to save E.T. after government agents take over Elliott's home were recruited from the USC Medical Center. Spielberg felt that actual doctors could deliver the lines of medical dialogue more naturally than actors. A CBS medical drama titled Code Black ran from 2015 to 2018. While set at the fictitious "Angels Memorial Hospital", the exterior shots are of LAC-USC Medical Center and is loosely based on the 2014 documentary of the same name. In the English version of 2007 video game Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney, Phoenix Wright gets admitted here after becoming the victim of a hit-and-run. The suicide of famous magician Magnifi Gramarye, who was in hospital with liver cancer and diabetes, also took place here. Visiting... with Huell Howser Episode 1705 Deaths George de Rue Meiklejohn (1857–1929). Kiko Bejines (1962–1983) See also No más bebés Knocking, a documentary on Jehovah's Witnesses, featuring LAC+USC Medical Center References External links Official website This hospital in the CA Healthcare Atlas A project by OSHPD Hospitals in Los Angeles Hospitals in Los Angeles County, California County hospitals in California Teaching hospitals in California Keck School of Medicine of USC Skyscrapers in Los Angeles University of Southern California buildings and structures Hospitals established in 1878 1878 establishments in California Hospital buildings completed in 1933 Hospital buildings completed in 2010 Medical Healthcare in Los Angeles Boyle Heights, Los Angeles Art Deco architecture in California Trauma centers Allied Architects Association buildings Public hospitals in the United States