Dr. Griffin Munro, the former priest, is departing General Hospital as actor Matt Cohen made the decision to wrap his run on the ABC daytime drama series.

Cohen told TV Insider on his decision, “I did three years at the show. It was a great time and I had great fun playing the character, but I’m a guy who gets uncomfortable when he gets comfortable. I need to give Griffin a little rest right now. I talked to Frank (Valentini, executive producer). We’re leaving it very open-ended.”

The actor is now also focusing on directing and his first short film Mama Bear has been getting a solid response at film festivals

As to if he would return to his role as Griffin ever again, Matt teased: “Maybe I’ll pop into GH every once in a while? That’ll be up to Frank and the writers as to what we do.”

Matt came on to General Hospital back in 2016 and viewers learned that he was the son of Duke Lavery (Ian Buchanan), and was put in the orbit and became dear friend of Anna Devane (Finola Hughes), Duke’s true love.  Later, Griffin became romantically involved with Ava Jerome (Maura West) and then her daughter, Kiki (Hayley Erin).

Look for Cohen to exit this Friday on the March 22nd episode of GH.

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As part of Melody Thomas Scott’s 40 year celebration as Nikki Newman on The Young and the Restless, CBS Watch! Magazine has Melody as the cover gal on their latest issues on sale now.

Thomas Scott is one of three actors appearing on individual covers of WATCH! The other covers feature Nina Dobrev, and the newest Spock, Ethan Peck from Star Trek: Discovery

According to CBS Watch!: ‘To toast and document the momentous occasion, Watch! teamed up with photographer Andrew Eccles and stylist Christina Pacelli for the ultimate cover photo shoot. The gorgeous results are fit for a queen.  Don’t miss our March-April 2019 issue featuring Melody Thomas Scott, on newsstands now!”

Thomas Scott is one of three actors appearing on individual covers of WATCH! The other covers feature Nina Dobrev, and the newest Spock, Ethan Peck from Star Trek: Discovery

Check out the photo gallery of the many looks of Melody here.

Within the article, Melody explains how Nikki informed her own life revealing:  ”She’s taught me humility.  Sometimes if I go out shopping and I see a woman behaving like Nikki, I will recognize that immediately and I think, ‘Thank God I’m not really like that.’”  She also added in a joking manner, that Nikki’s “not anybody I would want to be friends with. I wouldn’t trust her for anything.”

Which is your favorite look of Melody’s in her Watch! Photo Gallery? What do you think about the publication available digitally or in print putting this soap icon on one of their covers? Comment below.

Tonight on Soap Nation Live! with Michael Fairman,we celebrate the just announced 46th Annual Daytime Emmy Nominations with our sixth annual broadcast.

Join Michael and his in-studio co-host Days of our Lives‘ Arianne Zucker (Nicole) for our 90 minute plus Daytime Emmy Nominations spectacular as we chat it up with some of the actors who will be going for gold on Emmy night on Sunday, May 5th.

Arianne and Michael will be joined by NATAS Senior VP Daytime Emmy Awards, David Michaels who will be on hand to offer commentary on the Emmy voting and more.

Listen in as we welcome nominees: Tyler Christopher, Peter Bergman, Beth Maitland, Marci Miller, Maura West, Laura Wright, Chloe Lanier, Billy Flynn, Brytin James, Eric Martsolf, Martha Madison and many more!

Make sure to also listen for our Daytime Emmy trivia game show segment, when two callesr can win a pair of VIP tickets to the upcoming Coastal Entertainment,”Teals Got Talent”; the upcoming GH Fantasy Event, this time in Philadelphia on May 4th to benefit the Sandy Rollman Ovarian Cancer Foundation,

To call-in and share your thoughts on the nominations of who got in, and who was snubbed and more, or to pose a question or a comment to any of our guests, dial the exclusive listener-line at 818-295-2130

This special live-stream begins at 7PMPST/10PMEST.  You can also head on over to Soap Nation’s Live official show page at Spreaker.com  if you have any trouble listening to the show here.

If you are tuning in shortly before 7PMPST, you will hear some musical interludes before we go live for showtime.  We hope you enjoy the show.