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General Hospital Alum Matt Cohen Let Go by ‘Entertainment Tonight’
Entertainment Tonight has undergone staffing cuts and layoffs that are affecting 10% of its workforce. One of those laid off was former General Hospital favorite, Matt Cohen (ex-Dr. Griffin Munro).
Matt has been the weekend anchor of Entertainment Tonight along with Nischelle Turner and Kevin Frazier. Cohen has been with ET since 2019. In addition to his weekend ET gig, he also appeared as a correspondent on the weekday show.
According to The Wrap, ET decided not to renew Cohen’s contract, as well as Will Marfuggi’s, who had been an on-air correspondent, previously with E! News. Just when Cohen and Marfuggi’s final ET appearances will happen has not been revealed.
General Hospital fans are aware that Cohen played Griffin from 2016-2019. His other acting TV credits include roles on: Supernatural, Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders and How to Get Away With Murder.
Is that the GH seventh floor intercom we hear? “Calling Dr. Munro … Dr. Munro to the neurosurgery unit … STAT!”
Share your thoughts on ET’s decision to say goodbye to Matt, and if you would like to see him reprise his role on GH? Comment below.
Sure… bring Dr. Griffin back. Eventually Duke Lavery’s going to come back from the dead, and he should get to know his son.
And yes, Duke is down here. But he’ s got air conditioning, because he pretty much redeemed himself by the last time he got killed.
They had Anna sit with Duke’s corpse for hours until Liesl came in and told her it was time to move the body. In soap land, that’s dead-dead. It was also the third time the character was killed, another final nail.
And, despite his mob dalliances through the years, Duke was sure to take the UP elevator at the end. Even AJ and Connie went that way, too.
Griffin isn’t needed on the canvas. There’s a lot more legacy characters (pick any of Laura’s children) that need to come back before a tertiary character like Griffin.
Duke was really only killed once though. The warehouse explosion was obviously staged so he could go into “witness protection”. The Jonathan Paget thing was a real death, but when Duke came back a decade or so ago, he explained that Paget was an imposter.
So Duke’s only really died once. He’s practically a rookie in soap terms!
And yes, I’d take the Spencer kids over Griffin. But if they need some doctors on staff at GH, it’s better to bring back one you know than hire more newbies.
I wish he’d never left GH. ET has become a dreadful show, delivering images in one-second sound bytes; if you blink, you’re out of luck. They’re also devoted to chosen favorites like Rihanna, J-Lo, and those ubiquitous Kardashians. Meanwhile, legendary actresses like Olivia DeHavilland and Glenda Jackson, with 4 Oscars between them, pass away with very brief mentions. Matt always seemed forced, even phony (which seems to be a pre-requisite to those hosts), not comfortable. His Griffin character had become dull but I still hope he returns to daytime. Y&R sure needs some new man candy.
Bring him back for Maxie
Yes bring him back ,
PLEASE bring him back… he played a doctor and the show is called “General Hospital”
But we all know Sonny will get a new mob recruit before the hospital gets a new doctor or nurse..
Creative to make Finn co chef of staff and Elizabeth head nurse. A return to the days of “Steve and Audrey” almost.
I would LOVE to see him come back! We need a doctor of his caliber at GH. It would be interesting to see where he ends up and with whom. Ava and he have a ton of history, Maxie needs someone soon. What would it be like for Griffin and Spenelli to come face to face after Munro was with Ellie? Many, many possibilities. Make it happen TPTB at GH!
Here’s the obvious question… and it would apply to Lulu’s possible return as well as Griffin’s….
We know that the actors currently working on GH & other daytime shows are under a different contract through 2024, and therefore not directly impacted by the SAG-AFTRA strike. And we also know that some of these actors have supported the strike by joining the picket lines on their days off.
But is it considered “crossing the picket lines”, if an actor joined (or rejoined) a daytime show right now, since they were not previously under that contract?
Or is my undercaffeinated Devil brain giving too much thought to this question?
As the shows themselves are not being picketed and the current actors are either contractually bound or recur on a long term basis, someone (re)joining the show would not be considered a “scab”. Now, if I were an actor joining now, I wouldn’t flaunt that doing I’m doing daytime because I can’t currently do other work.
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‘General Hospital’ SORAS’s Scout Cain and Casts Kayden Brenna Tokarski in the Role of Drew and Sam’s Daughter
In General Hospital casting news, none other than Scout Cain just grew up right before our eyes! In a case of SORAS (Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome) the daughter of Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) and the late Sam McCall (formerly played by Kelly Monaco) has been recast.
According to Soap Opera Digest, Kayden Brenna Tokarski takes over the role from Cosette Abinante who has played Scout since 2022. If you caught yesterday’s GH 16,000 episode on set cast celebration video, you may have witnessed Kayden at the festivities. The young actress will make her debut in July since GH tapes about six weeks ahead of air.
Taking to her Instagram on Tuesday, June 2, Kayden confirmed her casting by posting: “A DREAM COME TRUE. So honored to be joining the General Hospital family!! Biggest thanks to Mark Teschner (casting director, GH) and Frank Valentini (EP, GH) for giving me the opportunity of a lifetime to work on this iconic show.”
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The decision to make a sharp turn with the age of the character was for upcoming story purposes, and to open up Scout for more teenaged and young adult storylines; especially since Drew Cain is eventually going to come out of his locked-in state and perhaps Scout can go at war with Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) for what she did to her father? Stay tuned.
SCOUT CAIN READY FOR TEENAGE ROMANCE?
As General Hospital viewers know, Scout was born in 2017, which makes her about 9 before the SORAS occurred. Some rumors are circulating that a more teenaged Scout could become a love interest fo Finn Carr’s Rocco Falonceri? Previously, the two characters bonded over Sam’s death, since at the time Rocco’s father, Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) was engaged to Sam, and the two, along with Danny Morgan (Asher Antonyzyn), tried to stick together as “brothers and sister,” after her mom passed. But will that relationship dynamic change?
Tokarski who is 16, has an impressive acting resume which includes: Gaslit on Starz. Lifetime’s My Professor’s Deadly Secret, where she played Lauren the on-screen daughter of Passions and Y&R alum James Hyde (ex-Sam and ex-Jeremy Stark, respectively) character of John, and another Lifetime thriller, Killer in the Woods.
More recently, Kayden completed production on the indie thriller Quads & the Kicker, and can be seen in the upcoming Curse of Vandor starring Dee Wallace (ex-Pat Spencer, GH). The actress has also appeared in numerous national ad and branding campaigns including being featured opposite Joey Fantone in a Red Lobster commercial and voicing the part of “Wednesday Addams” in a Wendy’s commercial as a tie-in to the Netflix series Wednesday.
So, what do you think of General Hospital casting Kayden Brenna Tokarski as the new Scout Cain? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below.
Monday, June 1, ABC’s General Hospital celebrated yet another milestone in their iconic history with the taping of their 16,000 which will air on July 13th. To mark the occasion the cast and crew took some time out to acknowledge the big day.
General Hospital’s Instagram and social accounts posted a video of the cast cavorting on the set where it was revealed that longtime favorites, Steve Burton and Finola Hughes are back in action and taping all-new episodes of the series in their signature roles of Jason Morgan and Anna Devane.
Today marked Steve Burton’s actual return date, while according to Soap Opera Digest, Finola Hughes has already been back for some time. As GH fans know, Steve went on an extended hiatus from the show in February, his last episode till now aired on March 25, but the two-time Daytime Emmy promised to be back in June and here he is.
THE WHEREABOUTS OF JASON AND ANNA
In story, Jason took the fall for Rocco Falconeri (Finn Carr) who shot WSB director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) who was attempting to kill Jason and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud). Now that Cullum has figured out Rocco is the one who shot him, Rocco fled Port Charles along with Britt and they remain MIA. Might they find Jason, while they are on the run?
As for Anna Devane, the character was last seen on-screen in February. Hughes was written out after Anna was kidnapped and given hallucinogens by Sidwell (Carlo Rota), Cullum and company believing that her nemesis Cesar Faison (Anders Hove) was alive. Eventually, a gaslighted Anna wound up at a mental health facility in France, tried to break free, and was captured again and put back in the facility.
Recently, Congresswoman Willow Cain (Katelyn MacMullen) helped ensure that the French authorities would drop any legal charges against Anna potentially paving the way for Anna’s return to Port Charles? We shall see!
Below you can check out the special video marking General Hospital’s 16,000 episode with the accompanying words, “There’s nothing like celebrating a milestone with family, friends, and cake to cure a case of the Mondays. 63 years and 16,000 episodes later, we’re still going strong thanks to all of you! Thank you so much for watching.”
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Today on June 1, General Hospital marked another milestone with the taping of their 16,000 episode. And along with that, came some very intriguing casting news when actor Dean Geyer was spotted in the social media video that made the rounds of the cast celebrating on set.
As it turns out, and according to TV Insider, Geyer has joined the cast of the ABC soap opera in the contract of role of … wait for it, Tristan Roberts. If you think it’s a nod to the late great Tristan Rogers who passed away on August 2025 and who played Robert Scorpio for decades you would be correct!
Tristan Rogers hailed from Australia, and Dean is also from Australia by way of South Africa. Geyer moved down under at 15. So, yes, “Tristan Roberts” will indeed have an authenticate Aussie accent.
GLEE AND NEIGHBOURS ALUM
GH isn’t the first soap Geyer has appeared on having played the role of struggling musician Ty Harper on the long-running Australian soap opera Neighbours from 2008-2029
Dean may look very familiar to primetime fans having appeared in some major television shows including: Terra Nova as Mark Reynolds, Glee as Brody Weston, Zoey 1o2 as Todd, plus 9-1-1 as Zane Williams.
The talented Geyer is also a singer/songwriter having appeared on season 4 of Australian Idol, where he came in third. In 2007, Dean released his album titled Rush.
Look for the 16,000 episode to air on July 13 since General Hospital tapes approximately six weeks ahead of air.
You can check out the music video for Geyer’s track, “If You Don’t Mean It” released in 2007 below.
As well, look below for the video that surfaced today where General Hospital shared on their latest milestone, “There’s nothing like celebrating a milestone with friends, family, and cake to cure a case of the Mondays. 63 years and 16,000 episodes later, we’re still going strong thanks to all of you! 🎂 Thank you so much for watching.”
So, what do you think about the casting of Dean Geyer in the role of Tristan Roberts and the nod to the beloved Tristan Rogers? Who could be Tristan’s love interest when he gets to Port Charles? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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