General Hospital
GH Promo Teases: One Event Will Change A Town Forever
Wednesday’s episode of General Hospital brought with it the demise of Kiki Jerome (Hayley Erin), who was brutally killed by serial killer, Ryan Chamberlain (Jon Lindstrom). The thing of it is; Kiki’s body was found in Jordan (Briana Nicole Henry) and Curtis’ (Donnell Turner) honeymoon cabin on the Haunted Star.
Thus the ‘Star’ is now a crime scene, and the guilty party is looking to all to be Dr. Griffin Munro (Matt Cohen), Kiki’s boyfriend. Did Ryan set this all up so nicely so Griffin would look like the perfect murder suspect? Seems like it!
Meanwhile, Ava (Maura West) has succumbed to a night of passion with Ryan, who she thinks is Kevin, and who has been telling her to channel her inner desires.
Jordan has sent Chase (Josh Swickard) to check out both Griffin and Kiki’s places for any evidence, or clues to the murder.
What will happen next? Well, one thing is for sure; Griffin is banging down Ava’s door ready to blame her for murder, but she is actually sleeping with the real murderer… of her own daughter!
Check out this just released promo from ABC and General Hospital which kicks-off the next leg of this story.
Then, let us know. Do you think Griffin will end up being wrongly-accused for the murder of Kiki? Comment below.
The harrowing “No” from Maura West’s Ava is going to be an Emmy worthy scene. I see it happening. The performances about to come from this storyline, in the last of the November sweep period of episodes, are going to be fantastic to watch!
As much as I hate these mistaken arrests that the Port Charles PD is famous for, I agree the actors are going to have a field day. Maura West is a national treasure.
Maura West absolutely OWNED the final two episodes of the week, and I can guarantee that she will be doing it for the remainder of 2018!
YES! Love Maura! She is amazing!
She sure is, love Maura! PCPD is SO inept.
Boy, is Ava going to flip when she eventually finds out she bedded her daughter’s killer!!! I will be feeling sorry for Ava when Maura West has to play those scenes and we know she’ll chew scenery when she does get those scripts. I love it!!! (Maybe another Emmy nod for Maura when we get there?)
Hope Smarmy Peter is Ryan’s next victim. Really, there will be no need to investigate.
AVP, why the heck was that jerk at the wedding? Curtis doesn’t like him. Jordan doesn’t trust him. He just forces himself on people (just because you’re invited somewhere doesn’t mean you should go). And I can’t believe poor Kirstin Storms has to babysit Laura Wright’s boyfriend.
AGREED. She has to make the boyfriend look good and he needs to bring home a paycheck. She was married to an architect/entrepreneur, she’s downgraded. Now, the viewers are forced to suffer, along with the actors who prop him up.
I hate that they’ve killed off Kiki, with that said, that doesn’t mean it won’t be riveting to watch the story unfold but I’m ready for Ryan’s terror to end, I don’t think I can take this storyline for to long, poor Griffin, if he is set up for the murder, I know he’ll have Anna on his side. omg, this will be must watch tv this week and next as everyone learns of Kiki death, Ava is going to really pay at the end once it comes out that “Kevin” is not Kevin, and that Ryan killed her daughter because of what she set in motion, its going to be crazy, and the performances will be A+. no more killing though, I can’t take it.
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Ryan’s storyline is the best thing on General Hospital. Griffin wouldn’t be in jail for questioning if the police officers were smart; these Soaps have stupid police Commissioners and officers. The only Soap who appears to have a decent police officer is Bold and the Beautiful; Officer Sanchez. However, he can’t get anyone to cooperate with him.
Well, it’s just as I feared. Kiki dies and we will now be treated to weeks of Griffin with the exact expression from the above graphic: furrowed brow/worried and afraid. Enough already! It was a bad decision to kill her off and now the audience will endure ANOTHER idiotic performance from the Port Charles PD, blaming the hot doc for her demise. Tell me, will he be accused of Mary Pat’s death and beheading also? I can just hear the brilliant Jordan: “You’re a doctor on suspension, I can see why you’d resent a nurse”. Oy vey!
hahaha, NuJordan hasn’t grown on me. & “hot doc”-love it! They forgot about Mary Pat!
Ryan really works fast! How the Dickens did he find the time to rush over to Kiki’s place, chase her around and kill her, get her body onto the Haunted Star without being seen and get back to Ava’s in the span of one hour? Dear Heavens!
And we’re to believe the police think Griffin killed Kiki over one argument? Oh golly, they are writing the PCPD as the dumbest officers on the planet. When they didn’t suspect Carly of Mary Pat’s murder for longer than a minute I thought they were finally giving the police their due. Hope Griffin as a suspect does’t last longer than a minute, if at all.
Of course they will blame Griffin when have they ever been right about a suspect please.
I believe that Soap Operas have very stupid police departments and bosses who make them more stupid ; plus, unfair. Why arrest Griffin? Why are the writers making everybody seem empty headed or air headed ? Also, I noticed that Anna took Julian down when he came into the department ranting and raving about getting Griffin. However, if Sonny had come into the dept. acting in the same manner , not one person would have laid a hand on him.. Chase the officer, came in tough with Sonny and everyone else, now he’s a toothless cat. The only police officer I see who shows any backbone or insight is Sanchez on Bold and Beautiful; however, that poor guy can’t get any cooperation. Someone should see that Kevin isn’t Kevin.
What if they switch the script and prosecute Ava instead. Poetic Justice, and just when she’s been convicted Ryan/Kevin tells her what he did and why, well I wouldn’t want to be in ear range.
Seems that the fans are divided – one thing is for sure, I’m glad I’m not able to watch it. I liked Kiki when she was played by the gal from OLTL but I eventually grew to like Erin’s work….. even still, I hate when serials kill characters who are supposed to be the future generation of the show. OLTL did this in the 90s and it was really frustrating… storyline after storyline was all about killing legacy characters’ kids. I get that Ava isn’t a legacy character or anything, but Kiki had real connections to the town and all of that just thrown away for a ratings bump.. long term investment is supposed to be the hallmark of serials (you stick around to see how it’s going to turn out) but seems there’s too much ‘let’s do this for ratings’ going on rather than planning for the long term. As for in-show, I hate that we’ll have to see more Distraught Ava as she careens from accusations to realizations and then we’ll get years of people telling her she killed her own daughter (like they do with Morgen which has gotten really old and it’s not even really true… and why aren’t characters saying that to Sonny about AJ? Sonny served for like a minute and a half for actually willfully killing him. )
Breaking News
Patrick Mulcahey OUT as General Hospital Co-Head Writer
After various reports surfaced, it has been confirmed that Patrick Mulcahey is out as the co-head writer of General Hospital. This is after a very short tenure of under five months.
Mulcahey was named to the position back in January of 2024 along with longtime GH writer Elizabeth Korte. They replaced the team of Chris Van Etten and Dan O’Connor, who had been the head scribes of the long-running ABC daytime drama since 2019.
A source informed Soap Opera Digest that stories created by the co-head writing team of Mulcahey/Korte team will air through mid-summer. However they added “There will be more news to share at a later date as to the composition of the new writing team.”
In addition, eagle-eyed soap fans have seen that in recent episodes former co-head writer, Chris Van Etten has been credited, as he is reportedly a breakdown writer with the show.
Soap Opera Network is reporting that Korte has assumed the head writing duties solely on her own at the moment, while Buzz blog initially reported Mulcahey’s exit.
We will have more on the GH writing team evolution in the days ahead.
What do you think about the writing team changes at GH thus far? Comment below.
Days Of Our Lives
TONIGHT: ‘Daytime Stands Up – A Benefit for Stand Up To Cancer’
On Thursday night May 16th, the daytime community comes together for Daytime Stands Up – A Benefit for Stand Up To Cancer, streaming live at 8 pm ET/5pm PT.
Stand Up To Cancer, in collaboration with leading daytime community voices Michael Fairman and Alan Locher, are coming together for a first-of-its-kind livestream event, Daytime Stands Up: A Benefit for Stand Up To Cancer … We All Have a Story.
The three-hour benefit will feature stars from the world of daytime drama television past and present, musical performances, and stories of emotional on- and off-screen experiences with cancer. Special celebrity guests will also join the effort to encourage viewers to support urgently needed research and new cancer treatments. You can watch live on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel, The Locher Room or the Stand Up To Cancer website.
In support of the event, SU2C will simultaneously launch a 10-day eBay silent auction, from May 16 through 26, for soap opera fans to bid on a wide range of items, including a meet-and-greet experience with the cast of NBC’s Days of Our Lives; an autographed script from the cast of CBS’s The Young and the Restless and signed merchandsise from CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful cast; a 1:1 video call with General Hospital’s Cynthia Watros, Maura West and Laura Wright, and with daytime legends Robert Newman, Vincent Irizarry, Colleen Zenk, and more. Full details will be shared the evening of May 16, at StandUpToCancer.org/DaytimeStandsUp.
As part of the event, you will hear, cancer survivorship stories from General Hospital’s Cameron Mathison and The Young and the Restless’ Colleen Zenk, who will reflect on the impact of publicly sharing their diagnoses; and 2024 Daytime Emmy nominee Eric Braeden, who shares his battle with bladder cancer
Daytime icon Jackie Zeman, who played nurse Bobbie Spencer on General Hospital for 45 years, shared by daughters Cassidy MacLeod and Lacey Gorden.
Elizabeth Hubbard who played the iconic Lucinda Walsh on As the World Turns and Dr. Althea Davis on The Doctors, shared by her on-screen daughter Martha Byrne and real-life son Jeremy Bennett.
Two-time Emmy Award-winner Jerry verDorn (Guiding Light / One Life to Live), shared by widow Beth verDorn and his on-screen wife on Guiding Light, friend and co-star Liz Keifer.
Andrea Evans, who played Tina Lord Roberts on One Life to Live, shared by her husband Stephen G. Rodriguez and daughter Kylie Rodriguez.
Kamar de los Reyes shared by his One Life to Live co-stars Michael Easton (General Hospital) Trevor St. John (The Young and the Restless).
Poignant reflections from actors who have portrayed breast cancer survivors, including Sharon Case and Eileen Davidson from The Young and the Restless; Erika Slezak from One Life to Live; Tina Sloan and Kim Zimmer from Guiding Light and more.
Additional talent slated to participate in the virtual benefit include (subject to change): Eddie and Kristen Alderson (One Life to Live); Elia Cantu (Days of Our Lives); The Day Players, featuring Days of Our Lives castmates Carson Boatman, Brandon Barash, Wally Kurth (2024 Daytime Emmy nominee), Eric Martsolf (2024 Daytime Emmy nominee); Kassie DePaiva (One Life to Live); Don Diamont (The Bold and the Beautiful); Linsey Godfrey (2024 Daytime Emmy nominee, Days of Our Lives); Leo Howard (Days of Our Lives); Lesli Kay (The Bold and the Beautiful); Eden McCoy (General Hospital); Kin Shriner (General Hospital); and Michelle Stafford (2024 Daytime Emmy nominee, The Young and the Restless).
You can watch the Daytime Stands Up livestream below. Now let us know if you have a cancer story that has affected your life via the comment section below, or how a daytime TV character who went through a cancer battle, gave you strength and courage in your own journey.
General Hospital
General Hospital Receives Stage Dedication
General Hospital has yet another moment to cherish in their storied 61-year history. ABC Entertainment executives honored the daytime dramas cast and crew on May 10, 2024, by dedicating Stage 4, where the series is filmed as “The General Hospital Stage.”
ABC made the decision to acknowledge the show with the stage dedication last year, when it hit its 60th anniversary.
Network executive, Nathan Varni shared via Facebook, “This event was supposed to take place in April, 2023 but due to a multitude of reasons was postponed. Well, we finally celebrated the legacy and history of General Hospital with a stage dedication placard that will live on forever! Thanks to everyone involved with the show for all your hard work, dedication and passion for continuing to keep this show alive and running! Congrats to all involved! We deeply admire and appreciate everyone who works around the clock to bring this series to life 255 days a year!”
Photo: ABC
The stage dedication plaque reads: THE GENERAL HOSPITAL STAGE. IN HONOR OF THE ICONIC TELEVISION DRAMA’S 60TH ANNIVERSARY. SERIES DEBUT APRIL 1, 1963.
Cast members who were in attendance to be part of the dedication included: Jane Elliot (Tracy), Kelly Monaco (Sam), Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth), Donnell Turner (Curtis), Kristina Wagner (Felicia), Maura West (Ava), Brook Kerr (Portia), Kirsten Storms (Maxie), Bradford Anderson (Spinelli), Amanda Setton (Brook Lynn), Chad Duell (Michael), Robert Gossett (Marshall), Eden McCoy (Josslyn), Josh Swickard (Chase), Jeff Kober (Cyrus), Hudson West (Jake) and Vernee Watson (Stella).
Photo: ABC
GH is not only the longest-running daytime soap on the air, but it is now longest-running scripted drama in all of television. The series continues to hold the record for the most Outstanding Daytime Drama award wins, taking home the Daytime Emmy Award a record 16 times. To date, GH has filmed over 15,468 episodes.
Share your congrats to GH for their stage dedication which will continue to preserve their legacy for years to come.
Patrick Mulcahey OUT as General Hospital Co-Head Writer
TONIGHT: ‘Daytime Stands Up – A Benefit for Stand Up To Cancer’
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