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Easton, Alderson & Howarth Make Their GH Return! Kiki And The Mystery Man Promo Unveiled!
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At the end of Monday’s episode of General Hospital, fans finally saw the first sightings of the new roles that will be inhabited by Michael Easton, Roger Howarth and Kristen Alderson!
Some things to take note of: all three characters were first seen in New York City not Port Charles!
SPOILER ALERT: If you do not want to know how they first showed up on screen, do not read any further!
Michael Easton’s character came face-to-face with Sam at the hospital she was searching for Morgan in. Michael Corinthos (Chad Duell) went to the penthouse apartment that Morgan was presumabably at, and this time found Kristen Alderson with darker hair, the one who answered the door to him! Finally, Roger Howarth’s character appeared backstage in the green room of The Chew, where it appears The Chew hosts and Elizabeth have been poisoned by the Quartermaine condiments! Is Roger Howarth’s (with blonde tinged hair) mystery man behind the poisoning?
In addition, SOAPnet/ABC has released this week’s promo heralding in the character of “Kiki” played by Alderson and that Howarth’s character “will blindside the entire town”. Watch the promo below! Then let us know, what you think is going on with the new characters? Who are they really? Is Alderson really “Kiki”? Are you intrigued? Are you “over it”? Share your thoughts!
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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Carly and Lulu Make Plans to Rescue Their Children; Anna Looks Determined to Secure Her Freedom
This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, the race is on! Can Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) get to Rocco (Finn Carr) and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) in time to ensure their safety from Cullum (Andrew Hawkes)? Can Carly (Laura Wright) with the help of her brother, Lucas (Van Hansis) rescue Josslyn (Eden McCoy) from captivity at Wyndemere? These questions may be answered, plus the return of the one and only Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) are on tap!
In the just released General Hospital spoilers video for the week of June 22-26, Lulu tells her mother, Laura (Genie Francis), “Dante and I have to get to Rocco before Cullum!” Meanwhile, Rocco (Finn Carr) looks angered and emotional as Britt walks through their cabin hideout. Does Rocco know his parents are on the way to find them, or has Cullum already tracked them down to the British Virgin Islands?
Back in Port Charles, Carly is informing Lucas that his niece, “is a WSB agent.” She knows Josslyn (Eden McCoy) is being held against her will at Wyndemere, and she has to find a way to get her out. Lucas agrees with Carly’s plan of, “We go in and we don’t leave without Josslyn!” Elsewhere, Josslyn is looking worried for her future as she is stuck in captivity thanks to Cassius, Cullum and Sidwell!
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FINOLA HUGHES RETURNS
The final moments of the teaser promo reveal Anna in a psychiatric clinic in France. We have not seen her for months after Cullum, Sidwell and Pascal fed her hallucinogenics to make her believe her arch nemesis, Cesar Faison was alive!
Now, the doctors walk towards her hospital bed, where we see the super spy calmly knitting. Is Anna back to normal and playing everyone to get out of her predicament, or does she still remain deeply traumatized … or both?
Take a look at the rest of the official GH spoilers for the week below.
MONDAY, JUNE 22
Willow gets an unwelcome surprise. Trina sticks to her guns. “Nathan” wants reassurance. Ethan advises Ava. Brook Lynn receives an update.
TUESDAY, JUNE 23
Dante cautions Liz. Laura learns a secret. Brook Lynn confides in Michael. Sonny challenges Ava. Chase makes a decision.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Anna meets with her doctor. Carly makes a stunning confession. Britt extracts a promise. Cullum pulls a fast one. Gio and Emma hit the pool.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Josslyn clashes with Cassius. Lulu and Dante make a discovery. Chase receives a warning. Jordan seeks help. Alexis is summoned to the PCPD.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Anna takes a huge risk. Britt is in grave danger. Willow is in disbelief. Danny must act fast. Curtis jumps to the wrong conclusion.
Check out the latest General Hospital promo entitled, “Rescue Mission” below.
Now weigh-in: Do you think Anna is still mentally off-balance, or OK, and just pretending to be troubled to get out of France and get back to Port Charles? Will Josslyn finally be rescued, or will Carly and Lucas find themselves locked up with her? And, who will get to Britt and Rocco first? Cullum, or Dante and Lulu? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.
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Maurice Benard Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’ Writers; Teases Upcoming Sonny Scenes with Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric
With the highly-anticipated returns of Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) on this week’s June 24 episode of General Hospital, Steve Burton’s (Jason Morgan) upcoming return on July 13, which also serves as the ABC daytime drama’s 16,000 episode, things are about to fire on all cylinders in the story, as noted today by series star, Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos).
On Father’s Day, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning actor and mental health activist took to his Instagram and expressed in a video that he has some unbelievable upcoming senes with the aforementioned Burton and Hughes. Add to that Nazneen Contractor (Justine Turner) and Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing), where Benard gave credit where credit is due to the GH writing team, which is led by co-head writers, Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten..
In this video, Benard said, “I just want to get on here and say that I did some work with Steve Burton, Finola Hughes, Rick Hearst, Nazneen Contractor, and they’re all just fantastic. Truly fantastic. But, I want to say the writing was just exceptional. It truly was. It was exceptional. So, thankful for that kind of writing. I know writers don’t get the credit a lot, but I just want to say to the General Hospital writing team, keep rolling!”
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So now the question becomes, with a major tease like that, what is about to go down between Sonny, Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric? Will we finally get to the end of the line for Sidwell (Carlo Rota), as previously teased by the GH co-head writers? Will we learn what happened to Jason and Anna, fully? Will Justine and Sonny becomes closer or stop their liaisons? And what of Ric? Will he be true blue to his brother or double-cross him? There is a lot at stake as we move further into the summer and one that looks like it could be one of the more exciting ones in years!
FINOLA HUGHES CONFIRMED AMAZING SCENES WITH MAURICE BENARD
As a punctuation point to his video, Benard also shared this written message in the post: “I just did some wonderful scenes with Steve Burton, Rick Hearst, Finola Hughes and Nazneen Contractor and and unbelievable writing, freaking amazing scenes that you will see in the near future on General Hospital.” In fact, Finola Hughes jumped in the post comment thread and responded, “I loved our scenes so much xxx”
Fans will most likely see all the scenes Benard referred to later in July, since GH tapes approximately six weeks ahead of air.
So, are you excited to see what Maurice is talking about? Are you hyped for what’s to come on GH? Any clue on what you think will go down between the main characters on the soap with the returns of Anna Devane and Jason Morgan to the mix? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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‘General Hospital’ Alum Chad Duell Announces Upcoming Release of His First Single, ‘If You Need Me’
In a surprise move, Daytime Emmy winner, Chad Duell (ex-Michael Corinthos, GH) is getting ready to unveil a new chapter of his career in music.
The former GH star, where he played the son of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) for 15 years, has announced his new single, “If You Need Me” will drop on Friday, June 26. The single is now available for pre-order on Spotify and major music streaming platforms and is distributed by DistroKid.
Taking to his Instagram story over the weekend, to announce the pre-save of his new single, Chad expressed, “I’ll make a full post about what I’ve been up to and my music once it goes live next week, but you can pre-save my first single so it goes straight to your Spotify once it drops next week.”
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SINCE LEAVING GENERAL HOSPITAL
Previously, since his departure from the ABC soap opera. Chad starred alongside Zach Mendez in the world premiere of of Yum Yum at Annapolis, a new play written by Bruce Reisman. Duell last appeared on General Hospital on the January 21, 2025 episode.
The part was recast with Rory Gibson who debuted as the new Michael in May of 2025 during the Nurses’ Ball episodes and who has remained in the role since that time.
In an interview earlier this year on The Able Show, Duell said on his decision to exit the soap opera, “I was blessed to be part of that (show) for as long as I have, but what happens sometimes is if you’re doing the same thing, especially in a creative field for such a long time, you can get a little burnt out in a way. It can make you a little depressed, so that’s kind of what happened. On top of that, I had other things going on in my life at the time. My father passed away recently and I just needed a reset. So, I stepped away. A lot of times you have to go through some stuff to really step into that next level. I needed to kind of feel uncomfortable.”
So, what type of musical genre will Chad’s new song be? Country? Pop? Rock? Dance/Club? Something else? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below, and if you are eager to hear the new single next week via the comment section below.
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I love it!!
ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT SO FAR. VERY EXCITED ABOUT THEM RETURNING AS DIFFERENT CHARACTERS, IT SHOWS WHAT GREAT ACTORS AND ACTRESS THAT THEY ARE. CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT’S IN STORE FOR THEM AND WHAT STORYLINES WILL BE THE BEST OF THE BEST. I JUST LOVE HAVING THEM BACK ON GH, BEEN WATCHING FOR 50YRS, ON MY SECOND HALF NOW AND KNOW WHEN THEIR GOOD PEOPLE OR NOT. LOVE THEM!!!!
So is the Todd lookalike really Franco back from the dead wit a new face job? I mean, I don’t get his interest in bringing down the Quartermaines… LOL Maybe he just DOESN’T like relish???
Ooops just noticed that Roger Howarth’s new face has NO scar. Gotta be Franco. Look out Quartermaines!!!!!!!
Well I think Kiki could be Franko’s daughter. Maybe Todd’s character is Franko too.
As for Michael Easton’s character, I have no idea! 😉
Mark, Calebs brother
Why do I not remember Mark? I was actually hoping Michael would come back as Caleb. He is, after all, alive.
Caleb doesn’t have a brother!
Caleb doesn’t have a brother, but Stephen Clay does & Michael Easton’s character is Stephen Clay’s brother.
The same here!
I thought Kristin would be Franco’s daughter, too. The question is, will she be like him?
This is going to be interesting indeed. can not wait! RH looks awesome with the highlights. KA is going to be a real ball twister and they didn’t show ME. But we all know who is.
they showed sam running in to him at the hospital that morgan was in
Yes, they showed Michael. Michael was the one Sam ran into. He had his hair pulled back and at first I didn’t even recognize him.
Ugh. I feel sorry for the actors, but this is a pretty crappy idea..
Totally agree. i saw a photo of Kristen with awesome makeup and interesting clothes and some kind of usual scarf. I thought it was for the character. She looked more different than Starr than she did on the show today. They should have made KA and ME look more diifferent.
I’m with you. Not impressed at all. Next…
I wouldn’t feel sorry for them. They’re actors! Roles change all the time…I’m sure it’s exciting, challenging and fun to take on a new role. Particularly for Kristen….she’s been Starr since she was a child.
Could you explain your reasoning?
agreed
RH and ME will rock GH, they are great no matter who they play..
I am sure FV and RC will give them both great characters that fit their acting talents, It will be a good 3 weeks, or more before they will fit in.
As for KA, she will be for the first time in her life out of her safety zone of OLTL character Starr..
So, I will give a lot of space to KA to develop and I hope she does well on her first outing as someone other than her life long Starr character, it must be frightening for her, in more than one way.. I will support her..
I am looking forward to the 3 to bring it to GH and ALL the characters together will knock it out of the park..
((the complainers and whiners will spewing their usual ”I hate this and that and everything” after the first 5 minutes, beware LOL
I agree! I am just so glad they are all three back. Just hope they stay, which means I hope they are not evil…
You must be psychic because right below this comment is one of those “i hate this” comments. LMAO!
The way this is playing out ABC may as well have cancelled GH and just moved OLTL into its time slot.
has to agree with you but its these same folks complaining about the online shows, they are not happy with anything ahhhhh such is life 😉
all the haters needs to sit just down somewhere & be glad gh is still on the air……………..
It’s awful.
I totally agree. Love having them back on GH. Exited to see what Cartini has in store for them.
Roger Howarth looks awful. Hate the blonde hair and miss Todd’s scar. I already know I’m not going to like this 🙁
Give it a chance! They had no choice in the matter.
Liked KA’s darker hair; hate RH’s lighter hair. Can’t they come up with something else? And the hair cut accentuates his ears sticking out. What a horrible thing to do to him.
OK with me that the scar is gone.
I thought the same thing about his ears :-/
his ears have always sticked out…that’s why I loved his look in the early days of OLTL…when he rocked that long hair. however, I actually think he looks great with his new blond locks…now if he could grow them long again…
I think Roger Howarth looks amazing with the blonde hair..I just wish I knew who the HELL he is!!! Lol. Today he says he wants to reintroduce himself to everyone..I am sitting on the edge of my seat. Thanks General Hospital!!!
Tonya, I TOTALLY agree with you!! I LOVE the blond hair and RH is an excellent actor anyway!! I am SO excited to see what the storyline is and how they work in as Port Charles members! RH is for SURE the “REAL Franco” and the “Psycho Franco” was a fake!!
haha…his ears have always “stuck” out…not sticked! LOL.
I think KiKi is Franco’s kid an Todd’s character is KiKi’s stepdaddy and Micheal Eastons character is Micheal Morley an hope he falls in love with sam
oh goody! I double feature featuring Roger Howarth today! on OLTL and GH! can’t wait to watch!
it’d be ironic if Roger’s new character is responsible for a poisoning because he’s been the victim of poisoning on OLTL! te he
I know how crazy on one life victor poised todd.
Hope they have a strong story line. Hope hair color is not the big deal.
I’m over it. Too much hoopla about 3 “stars” who we could have gotten along without. Now they’ve sora’d Morgan and lost the 7 year age gap between him and his brother and completely changed his personality so that they can work in Kiki. I’m not happy.
And it’s a little difficult to think of these 3 people as other characters when it’s been very little time since we last saw them and there’s been very little change of appearance.
Totally agree with everything you said. Do not like that Morgan looks almost as old or maybe even the same age as Michael. Agree with what you said about the “new” characters.
I think they should have moved on from the 3 one lifers as well. Its ridiculous to have all of them walking around as new characters at the same time and especially as you said bj, with such a short amount of time that has passed since their departures. It’s hard enough to accept one actor that returns even after a substantial amount of time in a different role than the one they originally portrayed so these three should have been cut loose no question. The money spent on these actors contacts could have served a much better purpose toward bringing back more GH favorites such as Sarah Brownand a long term Vanessa Marcil return. Bring back Stephen Nichols or Rena Sofer. These 3 transplants are a waste of resources especially under the circumstances!
These 3 people are ACTORS!!! I know that I will be able to see them as new characters. Because they all are AMAZING!!! Give them a chance for Pete’s sake!!! And Sam looked beautiful today. I want her beauty supplies, lol.
WOW &OMG !!!!!!!!!!!!! Great promo ! KIKI Or should we say Aka Lauren Frank!!!!!!!!!! And as for Roger And his new roll and Poisoning the Q”s He has to be the New Franko!!! Nobody else would do it… And as for Micheal I have a funny his new roll is Calbe ! remember Sam felt like someone was watching her at the church, and when the vampier story was on for a short time and when they thought it was Steven clay was dead?! And when Lucy saw what she thought was a dead Steven Clay and asked where the ring was and the dude say he didn’t have a ring on!!!!!!! But he put it back on him and he jumped right off the table and walked away!!! i feel like he is going to play Calbe But pose as someone else!!! IMO This is who I think they are playing !!!!!!!!
My thought? Hope the poisoning results in ending The Chew, and they bring back One Life to Live! LOL!
I thought it was Steven Clay that was dead. That was NOT Caleb on the table. He was in the room…and very much alive. Or as alive as the undead can be.
Good thinking Laurie! 😉
He didn’t jump off the table? The ME who said “there was no ring” turned into him as he walked away, right? Or did I not see that right? Anyways, I just don’t know yet what I think about this all. I will wait to make my decision. But I do miss Michael/Starr, I liked them then she *poof* disappeared with a mysterious phone call, *sigh* poor Michael, can’t keep a girl.
I can’t wait to see all three. I hope their writing gets better now. The writing since the nurses ball has been a 1 on a scale of 1 to 10. This show was really jumping for a while but it needs serious help at this point.
OMG YES!! After the nurses ball the writing went totally downhill!! It has been a snoozefest literally i have fallen asleep on it numerous times. I really hope these three give GH a much needed jolt but I dont know i really feel most viewers are sick of all the behind the scenes drama they hear about AND too put all your eggs in one basket like they are doing with these three actors may backfire.
I agree, what on earth has gone on with the writing since the 50th show? Once all my faves left like Jack Wagner, we’re stuck with Pickle Lila, crappy new LULU and this stupid Sabrina/Patrick/Britt mess. Praying for more RH & LW again!! They were awesome together. Hopefully the pickle story is done — btw, who puts relish on crackers?
HAHA “Who puts relish on crackers” is so true! I was watching Anna Devane do it last week at Kelly’s and was like “WTF-maybe it’s a British thing?” Relish in my mind goes on/in three things: hot dogs, hamburgers, and if you’re from the South, tuna fish.
And I agree, the writing and sense of excitement I got from the 50th Anniversary lead-up episodes and The Nurses’ Ball eps has disappeared. I don’t think anything will top Luke & Laura taking off to find Lulu in the helicopter and Anna running around with a walkie talkie!
Haha…. right? 🙂
What was Anna eating anyway? Lettuce & relish? Oh Yum!! I guess it’s true what they say about British food being bland.
Hopefully they start picking up the pace again here real soon!!
To answer your question, I am soooo over it. The whole thing is just plain silly, to be honest. I just wish that PP and ABC would learn to share their toys.
Very funny last part of your comment. Could this be a soap suicide?
Good posts Cheryl & Jan!
I think Roger is Franco…. Making him the father of KIKI…. and I think Michael Easton will be Stephen Clay
So maybe Franco never died in the fire. He had all this plastic surgery done…oh yeah! Of course, that story has been done over and over…
He will be Franco, but, he will play the “real Franco” the “Franco” James Franco played will turn out to have been an Imposter, Heather knwoing about it also, will paly into storyline, hence clearing RH return and explaining it somewhat palusibly and KiKi “Lauren” being his daughter also.
Sorry about the quick typo on knowing
Also, possible, they were switched at birth, Cause, Heather and Susan didn’t want the Quatermaine family to know he was out there.
Franco is dead, Jason shot him several times close up, even Jason could not miss at that close range, Kiki COULD be a nickname for Lauren Frank, although i always thought Kristen was coming back as an older Serena Baldwin.
I think Roger is Franco also. This is a soap you can be shot in the head at point blank range and one year later come back alive. If stavros cassadine can survive falling into a bottomless pit and live then Roger can be reincarnated into Franco no problem.
It is just a soap, which means Franco could very much be alive. No one ever really dies…
he’s the Real franco, so he’s really jasons twin, the other franco was an imposter. thats what i think, so he’s franco n therefore lauren franks real father and their both Quatermaines.
Completely, AGREE!!
ABC sucks. They should have never messed with our soap opera daytime line-up. I’m not supporting GH anymore either. I only started to watch because I wanted to get what ever I could from missing OLTL. Now that they changed the characters drew ABC.
Tamara;
What would you have ABC do, they wanted to please the fans and return the actors who alot of us really enjoy, but, legally, they could not. Just give it some time, everything else has been GREAT, I think, except for the Vampire storyline and the Pickle Lilia stuff.
It looks good…better than some thought…hope theres no letdown…the show felt a little draggy the last week but to me its picking up again! Best of all the serials!
jimh;
I totally agree it is the best and has been SO good lately, except the relish storyline.
The relish story was ok at first…but as it dragged on it got boring! But i do love it when Tracy and A.J. continue the tradition of the bickering Qaurtimaines. Now i want Leslie and Monica to go at it!
IMO, and we all know what they say about opinions, GH has way too many actors on their roster, and though they brag and get praise for their veterans being on, how often has Finola Hughes been featured recently? Like all soap writers and exec producers seem to do, Carlavatti and Valentini (spelled incorrectly, I’m sure) fill the screen with new creations they prefer to write for and throw certain characters the occasional bone by featuring them with a newbie. I have no doubt this pair cares for the soap they run, but we could do with a little less Sabrina, a little less relish, a little less former OLTL actors and a lot more Anna, (I NEVER thought I would be saying this) Sonny, and, though it’s too late and who can blame him for leaving, Johnny.
I agree with this. Duke & Anna haven’t even had time to develop at all because they’ve been tossed aside with a romantic moment here & there; not even enough to get into their storyline. I do like Nicholas/AJ/Elizabeth but not the pickle story at all . Any chemistry that Patrick & Sabrina had has suddenly vanished once they “got together” are they really technically together? Doesn’t even seem like it.. I actually miss Sonny too! 🙂
No offense to OLTL fans, but I would be perfectly happy if none of those characters came back, haven’t missed them at all. GH has plenty of characters, too many in fact, with tons of story lines going on. It’s one of the reasons Lulu (Julie Marie Berman) left! It’s going to be really hard to see them and to see them as entirely different people.
I wished they hadn’t gone back too – I’d much rather them be back on OLTL where they belong. Don’t watch GH anyhow – it’s boring and they destroyed the OLTL characters & their history!
Especially agree with they destroyed OLTL characters and stories!
I haven’t seen today’s epi yet… but had to read further and watch the clip! I am loving it!!!
I can’t wait to see who RH is!!! LOVE GH!!!
Love it as well. Can’t wait to see how these three new characters interact with the town of Port Charles
Beyond over it. Could care less anymore. Llanview and Pine Valley are back. GH is back to grocery line time waster in a rag mag for me. ABC used these three actors as bait to calm the angered masses and get them over to Port Chuck – I didn’t fall for it. I watched the 50th anniversary and that was all – Starr, Todd and John BELONG in Llanview, regardless of who is playing them. They had no business killing off Cole and Hope – ABC sucks as far as I am concerned.
Gotta agree but what can you do?
Do Not Watch OLTL if you don’t like what they did.
I don’t want to do anything but enjoy OLTL & AMC and not watch scummy ABC.
DITTO!!!!!!
Agreed Karen!
I’m over it.
I am so over it, at this point I don’t even care anymore
People trashing this when none of the characters have spoken a word is laughable. Unless you can’t stretch your imagination at all, in which case, how the heck are you a soap fan?
The show has probably had to make several last minute changes when the characters were yanked due to the legal issues, so we got 10x more relish and Britt BS then we probably would have. Now things are going to get back on track and I can’t wait! I’m excited to see how these talented actors will take on this challenge (change of character in a short period). I’m going along for the ride!
Sorry, but the actors who were got in the middle of the ridiculousness of PP and ABC power struggle are the losers here. ABC should give them a release from their contracts so they can go back to OLTL since they can not be the characters we loved on GH. ABC you are truly a crappy network who knows you screwed up by cancelling two great shows in the first !
co-signed
You decide to throw in the towel after about 30 seconds of airtime with the actors saying anything? Really?
I am sorry but i do not like them as new people. i have watched them for years and it is not the same.
Don’t care never cared for ME on any show and I am getting RH at the top of his game on OL why would I a subpar performance on GH.
Okay, this looks weird.
Love. love love it!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not a GH viewer, but at least Roger Howarth will no longer have to wear the face scar on GH. He can save it for his OLTL appearances!
Oh you mean the article from SON that could not be corroborated and that is why it was only on SON?? LAUGHABLE! He is not doing both shows!
Howarth is in the opening credits of OLTL.. he’s made some kind of commitment to OLTL past a few weeks. PP doesn’t exactly have the money to re-shoot the opening every few months to account for RH’s absence.
I am like in 7th Heaven!! These shows have me mesmerized and thirsting for more!!!
Pour it on us Frank and Ron. Thank you a million times we love you!!!!!!!
I am looking forward to seeing it all unfold. Kristen A. has been wonderful as Starr, and I miss that character a lot, but she will now get the chance to stretch her wings a bit, and play someone edgier. That’s a good thing for her. As for Roger H. well, he has always been great no matter what the role is. He acts every single second of his characters and I find that really impressive! I think Michael E. will continue an already rich storyline, and the chemistry between he and Kelly Monaco is so much fun! But I do agree with a previous commenter… I wish ABC and Prospect Park would play nice, and not put the fans in the middle. I watch General Hospital because I stand by the actors… all the actors… but ABC Daytime continues to let us down with the shenanigans. General Hospital is the only ABC daytime show I watch!
Didn’t watch GH today because of the Chew. I wish the actors the best but I’m over it. Frank and Ron should be ashamed of themselves promoting The Chew. That did it for me and GH. Thank God OLTL is back!
I don’t think Frank and Ron had a say in that.
Nancy, I thought it was a big slap in the face to OLTL & AMC fans to be on The Chew just another tasteless move on ABC/D ‘ s part!!
To say I couldn’t care less is an understatement of mammoth proportions. I am so over ABC, including GH….
I could not agree more. Evertything is a mess.
I totally agree CJ! I love the new OLTL tho!
I hate this. it makes no sence. its almost as bad as the vampire storie line. They could have just changed names, Rob Tanning, etc. Putting the actors in the mix after they were already characters is dumb. Just like the old carly, all of a sudden becoming a new character. and the new AJ who was once the old Jason. its confusing .
Actually they couldn’t just change their names. Legally, they cannot resemble their former characters in any way. And this AJ was not ever the old Jason – you are confused.
Sorry I missed it. I refuse to watch until the Chew segments are done.
Well they lied about Kirsten Alderson she is definitely Lauren and I love the new hair color. John has to fix his hair. I’ll have to get used to the new blonde hair on Todd.
So I guess KA as Lauren hooks up now with Morgan now cuz, Lauren and Michael are cousins right?
That’s what I am trying to figure out, how and if they are going to try and get her and Michael together, or just keep her with Morgan?
wow people say they are over it and in next breath say they will go back to watch OLTl, sorry but Prospect Park caused this problem with the “loaning” of the characters and without stipulating how they can used them caused the problem, people need to stop blaming ABC/Disney for everything, if you think they are the devil and PP is the saviour you are quite naive, ive seen the other online shows and they do NOT compare at all to a show on televison, im glad the three former OLTl crew is back cannot wait to see what happens next, as for all the negativity about GH people need to give it a chance, but it seems its those same folks who are still bitching about the 2 shows back online, seems you cannot please people at all!!!
Actually, PP DID stipulate they were to be consulted on story line and how the characters can be used….which abc/d ignored.
PP are not without flaws in this mess, correct; but I would trust them over abc/d at this point.
I don’t know your standards – but the reboots I have seen online ARE FANTASTIC and do look like some prime time shows.
I still love GH and will support it always. That support extends to OLTL and AMC and all the actors/crew involved. I will support PP because they actually listened to the fans and were able to do what abc/d said they could not. I will only watch GH on abc/d because they lied to and manipulated their own employees and tried to do the same to the fans.
Those 2 shows may be back on line but they are not the same 2 shows. I watched first week and will never watch again. Both AMC and OLTL have been runined and now same is happening on GH.
I LOVE the new OLTL! It’s just like the golden days with an edge!!!
I´m so excited about having them back. After the 50th anniversary the story telling got kind of lame .
Too much relish, too much Sabrina/Felix plotting, who both became the drama queens of the show.
I really look forward to the new story lines Ron has in store for us. I´m sure Ron will kick major ass and
we´re gonna be surprised over and over again.
I don’t like them in the characters they are coming out on they need to be back to star Todd and Michael McBain I do not like what gh is done to them it stinksjust one more reason for me to stop watching General Hospital
Tina I’ve already stopped. It’s a mess! I love the new OLTL tho!
Tina and JJ You two haven’t even given them a chance yet, what were you expecting? I think the show has been GREAT, but to each their own, I just think as a viewer, you have’nt even seen them perform or interact really, so you are prejudging what might be great storylines, give it time. I for one and quite a few people I know are EXCITED!
So does Roger not have the scar anymore?
It’s sad they had to change characters–the whole ABC/PP character debacle is a shame.
Just finished yesterday’s episode and loved the surprises!!! I am hoping that RH is not Robert Frank “Franco” and that he is a Q… but it is looking like he might be Franco. He is looking great!!! ME doesn’t look so great… but I like that he appears to be a doctor! KA looks better as a blonde but understand they had to do something with her hair to not have her look like Starr. The other big surprise was the gray haired goon going after Connie and Olivia… no spoliers there! Maurice must be happy that he is getting some mob action again. Of course… I would love Brit to live anywhere else but with Patrick. Sabrina should move in too!!!
I love it and hate it!! I love it because I just love GH no matter what! and I hate it because I want to know who they are now!! I’m impatient, lol I just really hope that Kristen is not Lauren Frank her & Chad are too cute together….. but I’m wondering if Rodger is a Jerome and maybe Kristen is his daughter, and Ava Jerome is her Aunt…. that would be interesting…
Theresa… that’s an interesting idea about RH being a Jerome! Not sure he would be at The Chew if he was? If he were a Jerome hew would be fascinating playing against Maurice/Sonny… and the relationship between RH and Laura (if she would be lucky to play with him) and Maurice would be stellar! I was hoping RH would be a Q and be just a bit bad like Q’s are but basically good and he would end up with Carly.
I thought about that too why would he be at the Chew but then I remembered that Tracy had ties to the mob, …. I did read one rumor that said he was going to be Alexander Quartermaine maybe that will end up being true, although, I don’t care who he plays as long as they pair him with Carly(Laura), love them together! 🙂
i heard that RH is the real Franco hence he is Jason’s twin and lauren franks father.. So we will get two new Quatermaine and RH and Ka will still be playing father and daughter.
I really hope that’s not true….I don’t want him to be Franco…. anyone but Franco…..
Frankly my dear I don’t give a d***m. Powers that be have ruined both OLTL and GH by reinventing characters. Have stopped watching OLTL on line and may soon give up on GH as well.
All your posts are complaints and whining and more complaints and still more complaints..
Do not watch .. tune out .. get a hobby.. do not watch, perhaps then you will find happiness .. why make yourself miserable watching something you hate and that upsets you..
Another poster said it first and most likely true…when the legal teams got involved and three characters were not allowed to be used on GH any longer – story lines most likely had to be rewritten and tweaked. I hadn’t thought about that, but that is probably why we have more of the relish, NuLulu and Patrina stories. I will give them the time they need to introduce these new characters and see what these actors can do with them. Happy for the actors. They got the shaft in this whole debacle just like us fans.
I’m very interested to see how the new characters play out. Roger Howarth, Michael Easton and Kristen Alderson are all talented actors, so they will make it work.
It’s not surprising to me that there are people complaining already. There are some people that are never happy, and just live to complain. How about actually giving the new characters a chance before you pass judgment? Just a thought.
Dan;
Thank You, so much for saying that, I whole heartedly agree with you.
I do not want Kristen to be Lauren Frank – for 2 reasons – I think Ellie should be Lauren – just adds more surprise. Second Michael would not be able to have a relationship with her becuase they would both be Quartermaines – no kissing cousins please.
I agree they can make her anybody but Lauren Frank!
I think she will be Lauren Frank, but, Michael will turn out to be really Sonny’s bio-son and that’s how they will get them together.
again trusting a company that is still new and does NOT have the money Disney does is foolish, PP will lose the court battle and the price will be the 2 shows budgets, I just find it ironic how most are so quick to jumping top the defence of PP and say Disney/ABC should not be trust nor should we watch any shows dusing the day except GH, I for one love The chew, sorry but AMC and OLTL are back the anger so many people still have is pathetic again get over it more then one show has been cancelled this weekend, its the way it is if they do not have an audience they will be cancelled its business!!
The point is that GH/ABC had no right to those characters. They would not have hired Kristen, Michael, or Roger to star on GH if PP wasn’t kind enough to let them “use” their characters. It’s just plain wrong and GH/ABC should give PP whatever they want. GH/ABC is in the wrong and I’m thrilled to have stopped watching the mess they’re making!