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General Hospital Extended Promo Reveals: Turf War, Cassadine Family Drama & Nelle’s Plan For Wiley Take Center Stage
ABC’s General Hospital, which has been firing on all cylinders of late, has released a super-sized promo, that was first shown live to fans over the weekend at the series 2nd annual event at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee.
Look for major stories to kick-off and some to tease what is to come. According to this week’s promo, a turf war is definitely upon us and the Corinthos family as someone is coming after the clan. But who?
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Meanwhile, just how will Nelle get away with insinuating herself in Wiley’s life by blackmailing Bead? How will she keep Willow away from the child she thinks is hers?
Then, it’s the return of Nicolas Bechtel as Spencer Cassadine as Nikolas with Ava in tow, finally tells his son that he is alive! Looks like Spencer will not be as forgiving as one thought. Will he seek revenge on his father?
And it looks like Jax and Nina may finally give int o temptation and their longstanding attraction to one another, as Valentin faces custody issues with Scarlett via Lulu.
The end of the teaser, reveals gun-fire and a shoot out that goes down on the pier that could change the course of lives forever, with it looking like Mayor Laura has bee shot. How will this all turn out?
Watch the extended promo below! Then, let us know what you think will happen in these storylines on General Hospital via the comment section.
“If there’s a turf war brewing in Port Charles, I need to know about it!” #GH pic.twitter.com/iMh0lZYuJZ
— General Hospital (@GeneralHospital) January 20, 2020
LOVING my GH…To me GH and BB are the only two shows that still feel like the good old days of soap writing…KEEP it COMING…Oh BTW, GH and BB has the best background music of the 4 left…Y&R always had that honor but it’s #3 now IMO when it comes to background music…Music staff at BB use to be with Y&R for years…I know it’s off the topic of the PROMO..Have a GREAT week everyone and let’s keep watching GH…
Yay! Looking forward to all these stories unfolding! (Now, if only the network wouldn’t interrupt their schedule for the impeachment hearings. That’s one soapy mess I’d rather get a summary of at night and watch on C-SPAN if I want to hear more.)
ABC made two huge errors a few years back…
The first one was cancelling the SoapNet channel. If that was still around, all 4 of the existing soaps could run in prime time and they wouldn’t have to worry about all the timelines getting shot to Hell (and not in a good way) like we saw with the failure of GH episodes airing in the proper order over the Helliday season.
The second was ABC caving into the greedy cable monopolies and locking down the access to streaming episodes from their website (and previously Hulu, when they still had a free option|). ABC is a free to air network, and the content on their website should be free as well. It’s not like most viewers aren’t paying one of the big oligopolies for their internet access anyway, and they embed ads in the stream, so it’s not like they aren’t making money from it.
You can watch a weekly show 8 days later and not miss much. But that doesn’t work with a show that airs Monday-Friday every week.
Time for ABC to bring back either Soap Net, same day free streams from their website, or both.
(for those of you who know how to use a VPN, there’s always the City TV website in Canada, of course. Though be advised, the ads they run up there are often 10 times louder than the actual TV program. You were warned!)
Hi Satan .. 🙂
thing is;
Daytime TV is struggling to stay alive
(unless useless talk shows/no cast/no scriptwriters/no sets
and huge casts/actors to pay. etc.)
Soaps are extremely expensive, considering they’re daytime..
We’re lucky to still have 4 soaps, actually.
All that is gone will stay gone.
And better all that gone than a soap being gone.
I’d luv to have soaps on cable or broadcast evenings
but–
that will never happen.
it all comes down to $$$ and soaps fall short.
Perhaps a monthly fee will eventually save them.
(if even enough fans to pay to sustain them.
Is it me, or is Gladys incredibly annoying? It’s just awkward, how she pops-in on random scenes. Insipid Lulu can go. Brook, she can definitely go! Jordan and Taggert, awkward and forced. & Ramsey, the child actors could give him acting lessons. He’s the worst. I like NuNina, and NuNik is growing on me.
I so agree, DMRR. Gladys is a good actress, but an annoying an unnecessary character. Lulu and her new, lifeless romance are boredom at the highest level. Jordan, Taggert….more “who cares” drivel, and Peter Peter Scene Eater is singlehandedly ruining this show for me. We can’t get the great Billy Miller or Rebecca Budig but we get double doses of that lying worm? No wonder I’m glued to the FF button.
YUP, I know, Soap Hound. AGREED!! The show is unwatchable.
Nell…biiiiiitch. LMAO The biggest shock of them all. Morgan or Jerry Jacks. Or Dr. Rolf crossed over from Days and gave his sister Liesel his life giving serum to revive Faison and Helena.
FINALLY !!
that’s all I got-
Finally ..
Who is Bead pr do you mean Brad???
kinda looks good
I’am so sick of Neill why she just doesn’t tell everyone about Wiley begin Michael and her son and what makes Neill think Willow is scared of her you know quite people will hurt you Sasha is not the one I guess Neill is going to try her I hope Sasha kick her ass a shoot out on the water front Laura gets shot Jason and Sonny are trying to figure out who is coming after them after the shoot out mob war is on and popping now
Omg is Sacha the daughter of Faith Roscoe?? With Rick??? Is Faith back????
She better not be! I’m getting really tired of these escapes from Hell!
This show has done such a great turn around!! The promo is outstanding!! Getting back to its roots and core families. The production has been outstanding and love their use of veterans. That Nikolas recast is so good and you can’t go wrong with that stellar cast of veterans bringing it everyday!! Other shows (hint: Days of Our Lives) need to pay attention!
loving GH right now, but have since early 80s , well except about between 2011 – 2016, GH was a soap of a soap, if that makes sense, there was no dialoge, all fluff, and didnt enjoy ron c ‘s writing, probaly a better fit for days style, not GH. I do believe shelley Altman and Jean Pasenette had alot of work on there hands but did steer GH back in a good direction, yet with Chris van etten and dan o’connor at the helm GH is doing great, the heart is there and it’s got a spark back to it. keep it up GH,oh and abc would be smart to keep promoting and investing in its flagship soap especially whe its sailing so greatly.
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.
Photo: CBS
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.
Photo: ABC
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.
Antonio Sabáto Jr., the former Jagger Cates of General Hospital and GH: Night Shift, and the former Dante Damiano of The Bold and the Beautiful has issued his first public statement since the incident involving his son, Jack’s arrest in Alaska for a fatal hit-and-run.
Jack is the son of Sabáto Jr. and Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, and according to court documents obtained by KTUU Jack, was allegedly driving a white Chevy Tahoe when he hit and killed Carl Simmonds, 42, near an intersection in Anchorage around 5:35 a.m. on Monday, November 9.
The reports indicated that Jack fled the scene — but later decided to called the cops to say he hit “something” that “suddenly appeared in the road” while he was “doing late-night DoorDashing.”
Photo: NBC
Now, Antonio has taken to his Instagram breaking his silence on the situation, sharing, “At this time, my family and I are navigating an extremely sensitive and deeply personal matter.”
He added, “As a father, my love for my children remains unconditional, and my priority is the well-being of my family. We ask that the public and members of the media honor our privacy during this difficult time and keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.”
The soap alum concluded, “I also wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the gentleman who tragically lost his life. My thoughts and prayers are with them as well. We sincerely appreciate your compassion, understanding, and respect for the privacy of everyone affected.”
Jack Sabáto was arraigned in court on Tuesday, November 10 with bail set at $5,000, and a no-driving order and the potential of $5,000 penalty fees if he fails to attend future court appearances.
Antonio is the father to Jack, 34, daughter, Mina Sabato, 24 and son, Antonio Sabáto III, 15.
This is a developing story. You can check out Antonio’s official statement below.
So, let us know your thoughts on this tragic hit-and-run, which claimed the life of another man, and Antonio’s statement, via the comment section below.
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Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Ava’s (Maura West) daughter Avery looks quite different, starting on today’s November 9 episode of General Hospital. That’s because GH has made Avery into a full-blown teenager and the role is now being played by actress Alya Bullington.
In her debut, the Tennessee native was thrown into the deep soap waters with Daytime Emmy winners, Maurice Benard and Eden McCoy (Josslyn). Bullington weighed-in to TV Insider about her first scene which featured Avery overhearing a fight between Sonny and Josslyn.
She explained “It was something I have never done before, I did not have a lot of experience with the screaming and the crying stuff, but I got my first script, and I was like, ‘OK, this is a huge opportunity to learn so much about how that stuff works and to become this character that I have never even tried playing before.’”
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THE TEENAGED VERSION OF AVERY WILL HAVE A LOT TO CONTEND WITH
Speaking of working with McCoy, Bullington shared, “She’s incredible. I remember her just laughing and making jokes on set, and then the minute that they started taping, she just locked in and she cried immediately, and my first thought was, ‘I want to be able to do that.’
The soap opera newcomer added, “I think she just inspired me so much because she is so great and she can just lock into whatever character she wants to in the moment.”
The character of Avery was born back in 2014, but as recently as the October 8 episode of General Hospital, the character was suddenly referred to as a teenager. This is the second young female character in recent months to be aged up following the casting of Kayden Brenna Tokarski as Scout Cain.
As for her take on Avery and what’s ahead, Alya said,“She’s emotional, and she’s curious, and she’s a really fun person to play because so much stuff is happening in her life. I think she’s kind of confused about what’s happening and what to believe.”
So, what do you think about General Hospital making Avery a teenager? Are you excited to see the conflict between Sonny, Ava and Avery now that they have aged up the character? Share your thoughts and welcome Alya to GH via the comment section below.
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