General Hospital
Bryce Durfee Cast on General Hospital: Will He Be the New Love Interest for Josslyn Jacks?
Coming up on the Friday March 7th, there will be a new recurring character on the canvas when Bryce Durfee joins the cast of General Hospital as Josslyn’s (Eden McCoy) WSB handler named Vaughn.
Now that Josslyn has joined the WSB looks like she will be crossing paths with Vaughn. However, could this mean that being her handler could ignite a love affair, or is too soon for Josslyn to move on from the death of her previous boyfriend Dex Heller played by Evan Hofer?
If Durfee looks familiar. he previously appeared on primetime series including: Yellowstone, Last Man Standing, Man with a Plan, 9-1-1, and Hacks. Bryce also appeared on the PassionFlix original series Driven. On daytime, he actually appeared as a male model on an episode of The Bold and the Beautiful back in 2012.
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Taking to his Instagram once his casting was revealed, Durfee expressed, “Not really sure how the cat got in the bag… either way, it’s out. #generalhospital #vaughn”
On his new role on General Hospital, Durfee told Soap Opera Digest, “I didn’t know what to expect because I knew the soap world moves fast. But as far as the performance, I had just finished another project and was feeling loose and ready to go, so I was really excited for that.” He added, “That first day was just a whirlwind! I kind of felt like I got thrown into a washing machine and I got spit out an hour later (laughs). That’s kind of how I remember that first day. I can’t wait to see how it turned out!”
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Bryce had previously auditioned for roles on GH, so casting director Mark Teschner obviously knew of his work and presence. In fact, back in 2018, Durfee auditioned for the part of Harrison Chase which ultimately went to Josh Swickard, with whom Durfee knew from their modeling days. “It was down to me, Josh and I think a third guy,” Durfee recalled. “And the best man got it! Josh is absolutely fantastic, and I was really excited to run into him on set (at GH) recently.”
In story, Josslyn has lost two great loves of her life: Oscar (Garren Stint) who died of cancer back on April 29th, 2019 episode (which was shown on May 1, 2019), and Dex who died back on the December 13, 2024 episode of GH. Will being partners at the WSB open up new beginnings for Joss with Vaughn? Stay tuned.
So, what are your thoughts on the casting of Bryce Durfee as Josslyn’s WSB handler, Vaughn? Comment below.
Just what she needs… another love internet that will last well beyond their expiration.
Did your cat die? Think you had nasty posts on all the recent stories Micheal posted
Huh?!
i’m still hoping Emma is already a spy and has had training, which would make more sense since both her granparents and her mothers godfathers were spy, and Emma wanted to follow in her grandparents footsteps not her parents. Joslyn already doing field work, i mean come on, i guess you either got it or y0u don’t i just don’t see joslyn as a spy.
In this photo he looks like he could be the son of the original “Aussie” Jack Brennan. Too bad the original actor left but I don’t blame him. This story is stupid.
I agree that he looks a bit like he could be Breenans long lost son, lol . I mean original who I dearly miss!
Joss already had a perfectly great love interest in Dex.
There was no need to invent a new one.
He’s to old for joss he 14 years older than joss
But Willow and Drew is ok ? Their age difference is great than 14 years.
I could stomach Joss and new guy way better than Drew and Willow any day..
I cant joss and dex were amazing to destroy them was terrible and horrible
First of all, it’d be “too.” Second of all, 14 years older is not too old, especially if both happen to be adults (and they are).
He’s in his 30 put him in the group with the 30s not 20s
Ease up! Huh? Two, to or too. Guess we all need a grammer refresh..
Two = 1 + 1
Too = also
To = go to the store
I’m not the one needing the grammar lesson.
I wonder if it was easier to kill of Dex than build his background story.
I will swear upon the fires of Hell that they originally hired “Dex” to be revealed later as a Morgan Corinthos recast, and it was going to be part of a bigger storyline involving the return of Lorenzo Alcazar. Then two things happened:
1) Ted King – for whatever reasons – couldn’t make the deal with Valentini, so they had to rewrite the whole “Pikeman” clusterphuck midstream, and some of the elements they took off the table entirely, until they rewrote them for the new character Sidwell over a year later.
2) They noticed that Dex and Joss seemed to have some “chemistry”. Which obviously would not be appropriate for brother & sister. This is General Hospital, not the Duggars, for Hell’s sake.
Unfortunately that chemistry can only take you so far. And once Jason returned last year, Dex really didn’t have a place within the Corinthos Coffee, LLC organization. So they made him a uniformed cop in the PCPD. But that’s always the kiss of death. Just ask most of Maxie’s dead former boyfriends.
They could of made him Jasons son
And that would have been even dumber than making Sasha into Robert & Holly’s daughter, or making the fiddling poolboy into BrookLynn & Dante’s kid.
Jason Morgan has been in Port Charles every day since 1996, apart from his 5 year absence 2012-2017 and his 2 1/2 year absence November 2021 – March 2024. Obviously Dex would be too old to have been born during either of those times.
Who would have been his mother? Courtney died right after Spencer was born and she didn’t have any other kids. Dex would be too old to be the “missing twin” of Jake or Danny” so that leaves Liz & Sam out of the question.
And if Keesha Ward had been pregnant at the time of Jason’s brain scrambling.. well that kid would have looked a little different than Dex, obviously.
While I agree that Jason fathering an adult child is far fetched, he was off the canvas for most of 2000 and a large part of 2001.
You went back to dust that theory off again.
There’s no space on the canvas for Morgan. The character (right now) is worth more dead than alive.
I maintain that they’ll only bring Morgan back if/when the show gets a cancellation notice.
Eden McCoy is a special young lady. I do see her as a spy in training. You have to keep talent busy or they fizzle out. Look at the Q’s house, it wasnt even shown twice a week, a couple years ago. Now its Grand Central Station and Tracy is one hell of an engineer. She is having too much fun to leave. Eden is young and talented. I’m sure she wants to try other things but for now, use her talents. She has chemistry with any one she works with. Lets be honest, Dex was a wooden character who looked to be long gone long ago but by being paired with Eden he got better. It was ashamed that they killed him off. But they did and now comes a new guy, Vaughn. Handsome guy, if he can act, him and Joss with me magic and could lead a huge summer story together.
He is 14 years older then joss gross not happening
How is it gross? They’re both ADULTS! I swear, people got to stop with this kind of mess.
Vaughn is in williow Sasha Maxie she age mid 30s not 20s
So? I know plenty of couples with 13+ years age difference, including my own parents, so it’s not that unheard of.
Bravo—as one of my favorite singer/ songwriters— Brenda Russell wrote: “ageless minds attract each other/ learn from love / and not from numbers” — consensual adults — check.
So what. That difference means nothing
Great. Also get rid of that back ground music takes away from the acting
Bring Dec back as someone else and Lulu is the worst she is south a pest always trying to tell something on someone and please do not put Lulu with Danta again put Alexis with Martin Gray not with Tracy and why did you give Sonny heart problems that was a bad choice
Please put Jason and Sasha together and not with cry baby Anna all she does is tear up start to cry.next will you please put Sonny and Carly back together and why did you give Sonny a bad heart that was not good ok put Alexis with Martin Gray
Not sure why Joss wants to be a WSB agent when she is so anti crime because of Sonny and does she not realize that WSB agents kill people
If they are not bringing Dex back, i think Vaughn is a good choice for Joss. He is very handsome. He is mature. The age difference means nothing. There are many many relationships in which there is a large age difference. That means nothing. I would like to see Joss and Vaughn develop a relationship. I hope frank is smart enough to put Bryce on contract. He was stupid to.let Evan got
Give us more Joss and Vaughn.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Carly Fears Escalating Tensions Between Sonny and Josslyn: ‘I’ve Already Lost One Kid Because of That Man. I Won’t Lose Another’
On the Thursday, November 12 episode of General Hospital, as battles line are drawn by Carly’s (Laura Wright) ex-husband, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and her daughter, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy), she realizes things are about to get a whole lot worse, and she expressed her fears to Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart).
After Sonny came to see Carly to get her daughter to back off of him; especially when Josslyn lit into him in front of nuAvery (Ayla Bullington), Carly is terrified that Sonny could retaliate against Josslyn. Realizing, Josslyn is in danger, Carly won’t sit by and let anything happen to her. She tells Valentin, “I’ve already lost one kid because of that man. I won’t lose another.”
Viewers won’t soon forget the devastation Carly felt when Morgan (Bryan Craig) died in a car bomb explosion back in 2016 because of Sonny’s dealings in the mob in a complex story involving Julian (William deVry) and Olivia Jerome (Tonja Walker).
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SONNY IS READY FOR WAR
Meanwhile in the aftermath of his visit with Carly, Sonny told his brother Ric what went down when Josslyn disrespected him in front of his own daughter and hurt Avery. Since Josslyn already make it known that she no longer considers herself part of Sonny’s family, he’s decided to treat her accordingly.
Sonnys first step in payback is to take away her support system at JJE by approaching Hudson Parker (Troy Lennon Appel) again, but this time in a much less-friendly way.
Ric points out that this would go against every move Sonny made as a legitimate businessman in Port Charles and would mean he’s back in the mob? Sonny doubles down, saying Josslyn changed the game when she involved Avery. While he showed concern of how bad Carly would feel over all this year, he said he is ready to finish what Josslyn started.
At the Metro Court, Ava (Maura West) is listening to Avery explain what happened between Sonny and Josslyn and how much she hates Josslyn right now, which Ava seems to be OK with.
WILL JOSSLYN’S WORLD BLOW UP ON HER?
Speaking of Josslyn, she is on the pier still after her talk with Hudson and still crying over her confrontation with Sonny and Avery overhearing it, and what she told her sister. Lucas comes across her at the pier while out for his run.
Explaining how badly she feels for what she said about Sonny to Avery, Lucas says that eventually Avery will discover the truth about Sonny. He explains to Josslyn that even though Avery hates her now, she will come to realize that what she said about her father was the truth, and that Josslyn was not lying to her at all.
So, what do you think about Sonny ready to play dirty to take down Josslyn? How will Carly ensure her daughter does not wind up dead? Who do you think is in the right here? Is Josslyn’s vendetta against Sonny justified, at the cost of the relationships with her family? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
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‘General Hospital’s’ Cynthia Watros Honors Former ‘Titus’ Co-Star Stacy Keach Following His Passing
General Hospital star Cynthia Watros, who can currently be seen in on the ABC soap opera in the role of Nina Reeves, has had a enduring career in television. That included her time on the 2000-2002 Fox sitcom, Titus.
In Titus, Watros starred along with Stacy Keach as Erin Fitzpatrick and Ken Titus, respectively. After the November 10th news that Keach had passed away at 85 while living in Poland, Cynthia took to her Instagram on Thursday, November 12 to pay tribute to the great actor.
Watros expressed, “My first prime time show was along side Stacy. I loved him instantly. What an amazing talent and man.❤️”
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In Titus, Stacy played stand up comedian Christopher Titus’ heavy-drinking, chain-smoking, five-times-divorced father who frequently pulled cruel pranks and tried to toughen his kids up. Cynthia played by Christopher’s level-headed, big-hearted girlfriend trying to build a normal life with him. In fact, Cynthia’s role on the sitcom was first series regular role after her Daytime Emmy run of Annie Dutton on Guiding Light which ran from 1994-1998.
STACY KEACH’S WIFE ON HIS PASSING
Keach’s wife, Malgosia shared the news of the actor’s death publicly in a statement with PEOPLE. Malgosia expressed, that Stacy had, “a long and difficult battle with a serious heart condition and heart failure.”
She added, “Stacy peacefully departed this world. He fought for so long, with extraordinary courage, determination and strength. He was a true warrior, facing his illness with the same remarkable spirit and resilience that defined his life.”
Małgosia continued, “Stacy was not only a legendary actor, admired and loved by audiences the world over, but also my beloved husband, my companion and the heart of our family. His passing leaves an immeasurable emptiness in our lives. But his extraordinary spirit, his unforgettable voice and the love he gave so generously will remain with us forever.”
Now, let us know do you remember when Cynthia made her sitcom debut in Titus? Share your thoughts via the comment section on Cynthia’s many TV roles and the passing of Stacy Keach in the comment section. But first, check out the very first episode of Titus with Cynthia Watros below!
The latest ratings are out for the week of October 26-30, 2026 and the big takeaways include: that CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates was separated by only 23,000 viewers behind third place (of the soaps) General Hospital! For the last several weeks, Beyond the Gates has been closing the gap on this year’s winner for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, and continuing to best GH in the key demos.
According to the latest Nielsen ratings breakdown from Soap Opera Network, the final week of October brought Beyond the Gates 1.790 million on average tuning-in and the show set a season high in total viewers. Meanwhile, General Hospital hit a new season low! The long-running ABC soap had 1.813 million for the week, and once again the series did not go over the 2 million mark.
Meanwhile, in the key Women 18-49 demo, Beyond the Gates was firmly ahead of GH with a rating share of 0.21, while General Hospital had 0.17 rating share.Then, in the key Women 25-54 demo, Beyond the Gates was once again ahead of the ABC soap with a ratings share for that demo at 0.30 while GH came in with 0.26.
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MORE BY THE NUMBERS
In addition and comparatively, Beyond the Gates +22,000 viewers week-to-week, and had the largest gains in viewership year-to-year in daytime TV with +267,000 from this in 2025.. However, General Hospital seems to be going in reverse. The show was down -56,000 viewers week-over-week and down -22,000 year-over-year .
BEYOND THE GATES
Let’s take a look at some of the storylines that had people tuning-in to Beyond the Gates during the ratings week:
Hayley (Marquita Goings) attempted a massive shocker regarding her pregnancy and tried to use it to extract money from Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett). Although, Bill saw right through her game, he demanded a paternity test, and made it clear he has no intention of raising the child—planning instead to pay her off to take the baby and leave. Meanwhile, Hayley confided her plan to her cousin Randy (Maurice P. Kerry).
Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) and Naomi Hamilton (Arielle Prepetit) clashed over Jacob’s ongoing investigation into The Impaler, causing significant strain in their marriage. At the same time, Smitty (Mike Manning) considered taking matters into his own hands—including potentially heading to Mexico for evidence—while Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon) worried about what comes next.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL
Over at General Hospital for the ratings period, the story served up included:
Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) teamed up to investigate what really happened to Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna). Later, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) leads them to Jack’s dead body.
Jude (Wil Traval) dropped a bombshell claim to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn); that he is Phoebe’s father, while Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Chase (Josh Swickard) signed their divorce papers.
Then, Danny caught Rocco (Finn Carr) and Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) sharing a kiss, plus the shocking return of Heather Webber (Alley Mills) capped the week.
Now the questions become; without having much promotional synergy in the ABC day-part to draw more eyeballs it is not helping but hurting General Hospital. It seems Beyond the Gates is also a benefactor of a one-two-three punch of CBS soaps (Y&R, B&B and BTG) and promotion.
However, that still doesn’t take away the fact that Beyond the Gates is close to besting GH in all ratings category as they go head-to-head in some markets across the country.
So, are you excited to see Beyond the Gates climb in the ratings? Are you concerned for General Hospital? Do you think they can stave off Beyond the Gates in total viewers or will the upstart soap overtake them in the next ratings report? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
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‘General Hospital’s’ Cynthia Watros Honors Former ‘Titus’ Co-Star Stacy Keach Following His Passing
‘Beyond the Gates’ Emmy Winner Ambyr Michelle Wants to Compete on ‘Dancing with the Stars’: ‘Pick Me’ (Exclusive)
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RATINGS: ‘Beyond the Gates’ Inches Closer to ‘General Hospital’ in Total Viewers
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