Good to know… very happy about Genie staying around for awhile… wish she would stay for years!!! I like Kin… but not a fan of the Scotty character unless he would change and be a good guy! I still wish Jack/Frisco was staying around for more time with Maxie… their scenes were just so great and heart breaking and I love their chemistry! I still wish Ingo was coming back to get back with Carly!!! I like Vanessa but it just doesn’t seem to be Sonny and Brenda’s time. I am hoping maybe Oliva and Sonny get closer… but probably unlikely. Jackie is nice to have around… and maybe she could help Scotty be a better person. Love that Lucy is sticking around for awhile! The fact that Lucy and Kin are sticking around must mean they are resurrecting Serena Baldwin with KA.

I would like to see a strong domestic — not necessarily a globe-trotting adventure — for Luke, Laura, and Scotty, plots that have them interacting more with their children as family. Seems the seeds are being planted for that.

I wish Bobbie Spencer would be kept on the canvas. She has connections to Luke, Laura, Scotty, not to mention Carly and Michael. She has a son, Luke, who could be integrated into the fold. And Jackie Zeman is such a delight to watch. Please someone read this and heed this request!

I have loved the GH buildup in the last year. Thank goodness the attention to good storytelling in Port Charles looks to keep on keeping on!

Glad Lucy will be around longer…i like Brenda, yes i do, because i just love how she aggravates Carly…its pure soap fun. Would love to see Brenda and Connie get in a big mud fight over Sonny with maybe Carly joinng in… a threesome mud fightt would be hot,hot hot…did i say hot! I knew Blackie was still in prison…what happened to Diane?…she could use dna to finally exonerate him. Would like Blackie make a play for Sam with Micheal E. returning to the show as Jason who leaves the mob and becomes a cop! Hope Bobbi, Frisco and any vet, return for more guest appearances to prove you can always go back home again!

Awesome news! I had hoped Lucy would stick around – I love Lucy Coe and GH hasn’t been the same without her. As for the rest, I know that Ron has a vision and trust that he is going to take the audience on a wild, enjoyable ride. He has written the show so well and has honored its history beautifully. I really can’t nit-pick the characters staying or going. The way he has written everyone so far, it allows for the actors’ returns which is a major difference between him and past head writers. Love this show and love where it is going. Great job, Ron! Thanks for keeping us on the edge of our seats!

OK lets say what I am sure some GH fans are thinking. Why not keep all the vets and get rid of the ones from other soaps. Todd and Starr can stay on OL and we can keep our vets. Luke and Laura together or not who cares.Luke looks like he certainly doesn’t. He said he wants to be with Spanky pants fine .Laura can find a new man, she is certainly due. Luke gets plenty. I like Laura and want her to stay. They also need to keep Nick, and I am waiting for the new Lulu, E.Ryland is a terrific actress. She should give Lulu some life. The show right now is fine.

Love it! I think Ron and Frank deserve sooooo much more aclaim and appreciation for what they’ve done/are doing with this show. They’re successfully mixing the iconic veterans with new characters. Utilizing everyone on the canvas. True, EVERY character can’t be in a front burner storyline ALL the time, but look at how much they’ve done thus far.

I was NOT a huge GH fan beforehand. Thanks to outlets like YouTube, I’ve been able to catch up on storylines and characters I wasn’t familiar with. But I think the way they’re writing everyone, I almost don’t have to research. It all just makes sense.

My hat goes off to those two. As well as the veterans who have hopped back on board and are showing how valuable they truly were/are to the show. And the newbies for holding they’re own. I watch the CBS and NBC soaps, but personally GH is the only MUST SEE daytime soap on television. (of course, I might be a little byass having been, and still am, a diehard AMC and OLTL soapoholic fan.)

Loving Vanessa Marcil & Laura Wright’s fighting!! Once again, Laura has chemistry with everyone and I wouldn’t mind more Sonny & Brenda and give damn Kate/Connie a friggin’ rest..

Oh yes, keep Kin Shriner and definitely Genie!!! Lots to tell here … but L&L should reunite in the end 🙂

I would love them ALL to stay! with the exception of Kin/Scotty, him I can live without.

SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HAPPY about everyone who is staying! Ron ROCKS THE DAYTIME WORLD……….

I’m finally free of my GH habit! YAY!

I’m definitely happy that they are staying. I wasn’t quite old enough to remember Blackie Parrish, so that would be awesome if Johns Stamos could come back. I’ve been a fan for a long time and it just keeps getting better and better. Frank Valentini and Ron Carlivati have done an amazing job keeping GH on our screens:)

I’m glad Genie is staying I first watched her on Y&R and fell in love with her. I wish they would bring Tristan Rogers back. I Love him and Genie on Y&R together and they were so much fun to watch together. They had great chemistry, too.

I just have to say for the 100th time. I love Frank. He is the best thing about GH.. Just reading this article gave me happy tears. Gone are the years where Gh equalled snooze fest..There used to be weeks that would do by with me simply deleting the show from my dvr..Now I watch it live almost everyday..Next month I start working days and will have to watch it after work..not live..rats…
Thank you for Laura Luke Scotty Anna Duke Felicia Mac and AJ Monica and Tracy…Wow..who would have believed a year and a half ago that all of these characters would be on the show…

Glad Scotty, Laura & Lucy are sticking around. But I have to say I hated the storyline given to JW as Frisco once again. If they knew that JW wasn’t going to be around more than a month, then they never should have written Frisco as trying to get back with Felicia IMO. They should have just given him a WSB storyline that brought him back to PC temporarily. Writing him as suddenly being committed to Maxie and wanting Felicia back only to have him split town when Felicia turned down his proposal (which was stupid) just re-enforced the Guza written deadbeat parent Frisco Jones and was a slap in the face to F&F fans. Don’t get me wrong, I love Mac BUT F&F had a huge following back in the day and fans have been longing for a reunion for years. This was one appearance that seemed forced and rushed while other storylines like Connie/Kate & Brit seem to drag on forever!

Also, why didn’t they include Audrey in the nurse’s ball? We got to see her 1 day and I just don’t see why they couldn’t have her attend the ball especially given she was head nurse at GH for years.

Finally, BRING BACK ROBERT SCORPIO! 🙂

What happpened Rick was just gone ,that was not fair,I wanted to say goodbye,????????

I love Kin Shriner’s character Scotty. He has a long, long history…and I don’t think he’s any worse then Sonny and Jason…hitmen, Luke, former rapist!, Johnny, mob boss, on and on and on. By the way, love them all! But the Scott character has a bad rap. He truly loves Laura, he’s a great friend to Lucy and Bobby…his character is funny, sneaky, manipulative, poignant in some way…sorta like Todd. So I for one and glad he’s staying, adds a touch of the ol’ days to GH.

Happy Genie/Laura is staying too.

Really hope they put Lynn/Lucy on contract. She’s somehow the heart of the show for me…there’s just something about her…and I really enjoy her interactions. She’s a chatterbox who on the one hand is zany yet is wise and compassionate. Would have liked her “Doc” to stay.

Too bad Rick Springfield coudn’t stay a bit longer. Did he just magically appear and disappear? (didn’t watch today’s episode yet so maybe that’s addressed…)

What about Duke? Was it mentioned anywhere whether he and Felicia (characters) are staying? Hope so!

The only vets I want to see remain in PC are Frisco, Nikolas and Helena. I didn’t care for any of the characters/actors from One Life to Live. I’m not happy they are returning. It was also an insult to longtime viewers of OLTL that they chose to return to GH rather than play out their OLTL roles, never watched the show so I’m not familiar how integral their characters/actors were to the show. They also take storyline time away from GH characters/actors. I would have loved to have seen Frisco and Felicia’s love story play out. Sad that Jack Wagner had to leave. Would be ecstatic to see John Stamos return. I love the younger characters in the show, I think Serena and Dr. Drake have great chemistry and both actors have great chemistry with Emma. I think the writing is not as good as I was hoping it would be, with the exception of the week of the Nurses’ Ball, it has not been good. And one the main characters/actors is missing from the show – Jason/Steve Burton! I wished TPTB would have worked a little harder to facilitate Steve Burton’s request to allow him more time off for his commuting. GH’s loss, Y&R’s gain. At least this viewer is tuning in to Y&R. I think they made a huge mistake when they failed to cast Sean Kanan as the new Jason.

i am so happy that lynn herring is staying for a while. i love lucy coe. jackie zeman needs to stay on general hospital. please sign her to a contract please.

I am happy that Genie will be around much longer, but I do not like that Scotty & she are together…I like the theory of Serena Baldwin coming into the picture. I also thought they might let Bobbie stay around & her son Lucas would come in as a possible romantic interest for Felix… I also very much enjoyed the Nurse’s Ball and hope this will be an anuual event…

Jackie Zeman needs to stay on a recurring basis. I have loved seeing Bobbie back on my TV screen! As for Vanessa Marcil, I’m up for her staying. So far, Brenda hasn’t been portrayed as weak yet like when Guza was in power, so hopefully her run is more juicy.

As for Ingo Rademacher, I hope he comes back for more once he’s done with DWTS. I know he lives in Hawaii, but a recurring role would be cool.

I’d like to say first that I’m sad about Julie Marie Berman’s departure. I guess as long as Dominic’s stays, we’ll have to accept the change, but PLEASE keep DOMINIC happy, WE LOVE HIM, He’s such a great actor! Luke & Laura’s storyline is ALWAYS great! But disappointed in Brenda, she loves Sonny but sleeps with his son? Regardless of the circumstances I believe Blackie Parraish should roll into town & go to Kelly’s where Brenda is lunching, have them fall in love with each other & have Blackie & Brenda go off into the Sunset, as for Scotty, always loved Kin Shriner, I think it would be funny for Laura & Scotty to get married & have the reverse (luke catches the bouquet) & we’re back to the Luke/Laura/Scotty story! Tony can Be so FUNNY! If anyone can make it work, Tony can! Thankx for listening

I would love to see Brenda stay! I would love to see them all stay! Have the on – off days like they used too… Makes it more interesting..Port Charles has alot of Folks living there 🙂

This has been such a wonderful trip down memory lane. Thank you FV!

Lucy Coe is the David Vickers of Port Charles!

Why did they replace Lulu?

I understanding from an interview is that Geni would like to stay, and I’m pretty sure Jackie would like to stay (was let go before- unfair. Would love it if Lynn stayed, depending on how they make Lucy- some times she’s funny, sometimes too annoying. If they keep her doc to keep her sane- it could be great-. Brenda, the sooner gone the better. I think Ingo thinks he’s too good for gH but he is on DTWS now. Liked him much better blonder and with longer hair.I have no sympathy for Brenda. She’s gone too far. I would love to see Blackie, but not if he’s a hardened criminal who’s been in prison the whole time. Maybe he’s been out for a while and just now ready to go back to Port Charles.

I love all the discussion i’m glad Laura and Scotty are staying and Lucy too!! Let’s put them to good use with the characters that r already there. I’m not crazy about the oltl characters on GH but the actors are talented so hopefully that will work when they come back as other people. Let’s hope it brings more soaps in the future!!

I am so tired of the negative comments toward the OLTL people. It’s their choice if the want to be come so what? You don’t have to like it but can you at least respect it? Sheesh! i love Lucy and I’m thrilled they are coming back even if it’s not as the people they were before.

I would luv too see frisco back. Would luv for jax n brenda to reunite n stay on if only part time I would be happy. Luv for Nikolas to stay and recast jason

I wish he would get a clue that there are many who really don’t give a rip to see RH/ME especially KA stink up the GH screen. there is enough GH characters to rotate them without adding those characters back into the mix. And note to RC::: Drama with couples doesn’t always mean a triangle. Can we please have some creativity?!

Giving us more time w/ Luke, Laura and Lucy definitely makes me happy!

For the love of God, please keep Jackie Zeman on the canvas. It is so awesome to see her again- she has the absolute sexiest voice ever. Her scenes with Carly and Scotty are great- Keep this woman on the show, Please! And while I’m at it- how about Kristina Wagner?? I hope they keep her on for the long haul too!

Is it me or does Kirsten Storms look like she is really pregnant?

Why so much shade on the OTL 3?? They signed on to GH since at the time there was no OLTL….Every time three’s been a change in writers on soaps the new crew wants to put their stamp on everything..The difference this time is that Frank and Rom are actually using the rich history of GH for storyline material..

Here’s my take:

In the keep pile – Laura, Scotty, Lucy, Bobbie, Nikolas

In the dump pile – Brenda, Jax, Frisco

In the “Im so over them, so dump them” pile (relax, this is never gonna happen) Luke, Sonny, Britch and her mother

In the “get ’em back” pile (again, ever gonna happen) Lesley, Ned, Jimmy Lee Holt (hello? missing Q heir), Skye

As for Blackie – This character (and the discovery of John Stamos) is a fun snapshot for longtime viewers (like me), but we really don’t need the character.

As for the OLTL characters (Starr, McBain and Todd), yes, it will be awkward to have them back playing other roles, but these are phenominal actors and I can’t wait for their returns.

I am happy that the characters of Laura, Scott, and Lucy are staying. I’m not so thrilled about Brenda staying. I like the interplay between the characters of Brenda and Carly, but I am not particularly fond of the actress playing the part. I feel the same way, some times, about the actor playing Sonny. They both seem to pause A LOT and their eyes shift as if they can’t look at their scene partners or are looking for a cue card or can’t remember their lines. That’s very irritating to me and doesn’t help me invest in them. Maybe I’m missing something, because I know a lot of fans love these actors, but I just don’t get it and wish I did.

They need to fire laura wright as carly. bring back the first carly sarah brown. Way better actress than laura wright. tamara braun was a good carly as well

I Love Vanessa Marcil “Brenda”, but I Hate that they only bring her back for short periods of time and keep her character as a fragile little girl that’s going to break if the wind blows to hard, especially since some us viewers remember her from way back when she was such a Spitfire! She is an extremely gifted actress, who has far more depth than they are giving her credit for!

I’m Very Happy that Michael Easton “John/Caleb” (He is My Favorite Gorgeous Vampire!) is returning to GH, and I hope that they keep the “Port Charles” theme going ( I MISS that SOAP), Also I would LOVE for them to bring him and Kelly Monaco “Sam” together!

I’m also Happy to hear that Roger Howarth “Todd” and Kristin Alderson “Starr” are coming back! I wish they would remain the same characters, though!

Great to see all the “Vet’s” and excited about OLTL making a come back!!!!

Really sad about the lulu recast. The show hasn’t been the same since Steve Burton left-try to get him back! Would like to have Ingo continue and I like That Brenda is staying for a while. Like Luke Laura back together and Scotty should be out. When is robin coming back? Miss her!!