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‘General Hospital’s’ Laura Wright Talks on Her Daytime Emmy Lead Actress Nomination and Her Scenes with Steve Burton and Honoring Jackie Zeman
This week, the 52nd annual Daytime Emmys will be handed out on Friday, October 17 in ceremonies emanating from the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena California, and will be streamed live beginning at 7pm ET/4pm PT via watch.theemmys.tv and The Emmys app.
To get you ready for Daytime’s biggest night of the year, Michael Fairman TV will spotlight some of the nominees and our exclusive conversations with them, more can be found by watching the Michael Fairman Channel’s 11th annual Daytime Emmy nominations special which was a live celebration with this year’s nominees shortly after they found out they were going for gold in 2025.
Vying for the Lead Actress prize finds a crowded field of six actress including: Sharon Case (Sharon), Michelle Stafford (Phyllis), Melissa Claire Egan (Chelsea) and Eileen Davidson (Ashley) from The Young and the Restless, Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis) and Laura Wright (Carly) from General Hospital.

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Laura Wright told us about how she chose her nominated reel and the scenes in which she was most proud of that landed her in the top 6 as voted on by her peers. Wright is a previous Daytime Emmy Lead Actress winner having taken home the gold statuette back in 2011.
ON CHOOSING HER REEL
“It’s always so daunting and so nerve-wracking to create your reel,” explained Laura. “I didn’t want to come up with 15 minutes because the poor people that have to watch all the nominees. When I vote. I’m like, ‘That better be the best 15 minutes of my life!’ I ended up putting together a nine-minute reel and I remembered this show with Steve Burton (Jason). It was a show where Jason thought he was free of working for the FBI and Jagger Cates (Adam J. Harrington) comes and threatened him again and said he had to go back under cover and leave town. The scene was in Jason’s room. I remember I was in a white blouse, and it was Carly telling him he can’t go, and she is going to turn herself in for insider trading, because there was no way, Carly was going to let Jason leave again.”

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Laura added, “The scenes were back and forth between the two of us, emotionally. I was kind of blown away by it, because I remember shooting those scenes and we were so tired. It was around the Emmys last year, and we were just exhausted. We were just raw and available, and I fell in love with it. The episode had every single thing that I am proud of who I am as an actor.”
“I can be very critical on my work, but I could just submit this and be a hundred percent proud of whether I’m nominated or not,” said the soap veteran. “I just felt like that particular episode showed w what I do for a living and, and the best of what I can do.”
HONORING JACKIE ZEMAN
General Hospital fans will recall that 2024 kicked-off on a somber note when the show honored the late Jackie Zeman after killing-off the beloved character of Nurse Bobbie Spencer, Carly’s mom. GH delivered two emotionally-packed episodes as part of her memorial. Laura Wright explained that she wanted to pay homage to the iconic star and her on-screen mom in her Emmy reel.

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“There’s a little bit of Bobbie’s death at the beginning of the reel as I really want to honor Jackie. There was a flashback of me and Jackie, and that was really important to me to have her face seen in my reel. We lost her so suddenly. Losing anyone anyway isn’t easy, and I really wanted Jackie’s spirit with me. I knew I wanted to use the Bobbie material, but I didn’t want it to be all crying. Bobbie’s death was really amazing, and it was well written, and the cast that I worked were so great.” Wright also clarified, she had scenes with Cameron Mathison (Drew) in her reel, where Drew was listening and hugging Carly during the loss of her mom.
WHY IT’S ON-SCREEN MAGIC IN SCENES WITH STEVE BURTON
One of the all-time best ‘ride or die’ friendships in daytime television history has been that of Carly and Jason who for years, and through the different iterations of Carly, have remained each others closest ally, confidants, and at times, even more. Laura Wright revealed how in synch she and her co-star Steve Burton are off-screen, that make Carly and Jason so special on-screen.

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“It’s not work with Steve and it’s similar with Maurice Benard (Sonny, GH). We just kind of lean into each other. Steve and I rehearse and if there’s something we want to tweak or change, or if there’s something we want to bring even more to it, we discuss it. There’s a wisdom to Steve now (in this stage of his career) that is different. I hope that I carry that as well. Steve is so respected and he hands that right back to other people.”
Laura also shared, “Jason and Carly have an incredible friendship that is so steeped in love that allows us to have this unique connection in the story of, ‘I’ve got your back no matter what,’ and then also allows for great complications in any other relationships that they have.”
WHAT WILL CARLY DO TO BRENNAN WHEN SHE FINDS OUT ABOUT JOSSLYN?
Carly still has no idea that the current love of her life, WSB Port Charles bureau chief, Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna), secretly recruited her daughter, Josslyn Jacks (Eden McCoy) to be a WSB agent, nor does she know that Josslyn shot and killed Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober), and Jack helped her cover it up!

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Laura weighed-in on what will happen when the truth comes out: “I think her head pops off her body. She’s going to lose her s**t, and Jason’s going to be like ‘I told you so,’ and Lucas (Van Hansis) is going to be ‘I told you so!'”
So, what do you think about the selection of scenes on Laura’s Daytime Emmy Lead Actress reel? Do you enjoy the chemistry on-screen between Laura and Steve Burton? Ready for what might happen when Carly finds out about Josslyn and Cyrus and Brennan’s part in all of this? Share your thoughts via the comment section below. For more on this year’s Daytime Emmy nominations, check out the Michael Fairman Channel’s livestream with the nominees below.
Oh God. Carly again. Enough of the hard sale. I am not even sure why she was nominated.
LW got nominated solely for the Bobbie memorial scenes (way back in Jan 2024).
NLG should win this category for her outstanding work around Sam’s death.
I think Laura Wright is fabulous.
Why weren’t the far superior Cynthia Watros or Jane Elliot nominated? Laura Wright is just an okay soap actress who had just a meh year. And why must we be subjected yet again to her analyzing her character’s storylines? We had an entire week without Carly during Monica’s memorial and it was nice. I hope Nancy Grahn gets the Emmy her for her gut wrenching portrayal of a mother grieving the loss of her daughter. She deserves it.
Jane rarely ever submits for consideration. If she did, it would be in the supporting category.
As these awards are for calendar year 2024,
Watros’ Nina didn’t figure as prominently in story. She definitely deserves a 2025 nomination.
With all due respect, he was interviewing people nominated for Emmys. Maybe you would know that if you bothered reading the post.
Gird your loins, Jack Brennan. The wrath of Carly Spencer is God’s way of Cutting you down.
My only complaint about Carly is we don’t get enough of her! Thank God for Laura Wright giving us a thorough account of what is going on with her character. Carly is the sun and all of the other characters orbit around her. It’s Carly’s World, not General Hospital!
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Sonny Tells Dante, “I Don’t Want a Son Like You,” While Michael Tells Brook Lynn to Bide Her Time Till Chase and Willow Have an Affair

On the Thursday, October 1 episode of General Hospital, both Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson) had some things to say and what they had to say didn’t go over well with whom they were talking to!
Sonny had a confrontation with his son, Dante (Dominic Zamprogna), while Michael leveled with Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) over Chase (Josh Swickard).
GH is setting up a scenario where everyone is going to make it look like Sonny was responsible for having Sidwell (Carlo Rota) beat up in Pentonville; while viewers already know Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) were behind it.

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A VISIT WITH DAD
Now, Dante comes to Sonny’s house. He wants to know straight up from his dad if he ordered the attack at Pentonville. Sonny flatly denies any culpability or responsibility, but Dante refuses to believe him.
Dante informs Sonny he has video footage of Sully and Vito at the prison. Sonny explains to Dante he doesn’t know why Sully beat up both Curtis and Dante. Things escalated when Sonny was deeply hurt that Dante refused to believe him. Dante says he was disappointed that his father didn’t respect him enough to be truthful with him!
Sonny asks Dante to consider that he was being set up. He says all he did was to tell Vito to instruct Sully to keep a watchful eye on Sidwell, not to harm him. No matter what Sonny said, Dante continued hammering him with how he knew deep down, even though he said he left the mob, he had to finish off Sidwell for himself.
Next, Sonny explains everything he has ever done was to provide for and to protect his family. Dante fired back that he doesn’t want to deal anymore with Sonny’s half-baked truths. As the two men argue, Gio (Giovanni Mazza) shows up at Sonny’s front door and overhears Sonny losing his temper and shouting at Dante, “Get out of my house! I don’t want a son like you!” The scenes featured an excellent performance by Maurice Benard.

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MICHAEL THE MANIPULATOR
While this is going down, outside the Quartermaine boathouse, Brook Lynn opens up to Michael about living at the Q’s with Chase being there, since he only came back due to legal advice from his lawyer, Monet Mitchell (Blythe Howard).
Brook Lynn questioned whether they should get legally separate. Michael insisted that would be a big mistake. When she asks why, Michael tells Brook Lynn to bide her time until Chase and Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) have an affair; then she’d have full custody of Phoebe.
An angered Brook Lynn pushed Michael into the water and accuses him of moving Willow back into the gatehouse with intent on putting Chase and Willow in closer proximity and sacrificing Brook Lynn’s family in the process. As the two cousins bicker, Chase shows up asking Brook Lynn if she is OK. Michael punctuates their talk with “You know, I’m right.”
CURTIS FIGURES OUT A WAY TO GET OUT OF THE SLAMMER
At GH, Willow visits Curtis (Donnell Turner) in his hospital room. Curtis wants Willow to get him pardoned and keep him out of jail, and in return, he will help her nail Sonny.
Next, Willow tells Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) she wants Curtis held for observation for three more days. He agrees to do so under one condition, that she understands that he may need to call in a favor from a congresswoman.
So, what did you think of how Dante accused his father and refused to believe Sonny’s answers? Is this the end of their father and son relationship for good? Is Michael the most manipulative person of all, except for Willow? Do the two deserve each other? Do you want Chase and Willow to have an affair? And what of Curtis? Does he have many redeeming qualities left? Share your thoughts via the comment section, but first check out the talk Michael had with Brook Lynn.
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GH Alum Tajh Bellow and Y&R Alum Loren Lott Star in New Tiktok and Microdrama ‘Love Island’ Spoof

Two soap opera alums very familiar to fans of General Hospital and The Young and the Restless are paired together in a new short-form digital series from none other than Issa Rae’s production entity HOORAE Digital.
Look for Tajh Bellow (ex-TJ Ashford, GH)) and Loren Lott (ex-Ana Hamilton, Y&R) as part of the cast of The Compatibility Experiment, premiering on October 14, 2026, exclusively on TikTok and its companion microdrama platform, PineDrama.
In the video teaser, it appears that Bellow and Lott play a couple, Kelvin and Camila, set in a Love Island reality show-esque environment trying to win the one million dollar cash prize, only what could go wrong?

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The Compatibility Experiment loglines share that it brings a fast-paced, relationship-focused reality check—much like Love Island with a twist. The show takes a participant’s current relationship, introduces them to a potentially more compatible partner, and forces them to navigate the differences with life-changing money on the line.
The new series is part of a groundbreaking content deal between HOORAE Digital and TikTok to develop premium short-form storytelling. The ensemble cast also features; Ayona, Reggie Luck, JaNa Craig, Tosin Morohunfola, Jessica Jacoby, Georgia Warner, and Nick Cassidy.
General Hospital fans know Tajh Bellow for his performances as TJ Ashford, and who earned two Daytime Emmy nominations along the way during his run. Bellow took over the role in 2018 and last appeared on the ABC daytime drama series in December of 2024.
Loren Lott first appeared as Devon’s (Bryton James) sister Ana Hamilton on The Young and the Restless from 2018 to 2019; making a brief return in 2024. She has continued to perform on the stage and screen with recent credits including: Bel-Air, Cherish the Day, and All American: Homecoming.
Check out the trailer for The Compatibility Experiment below and let us know what you think of its concept and if you are glad to see Tajh and Loren again? Hoping they might return to daytime in their GH and Y&R roles at some point in the future? Weigh-in via the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Ava and Drew Revealed to be Behind Framing Sonny for Sidwell’s Prison Beatdown

If you thought that the person responsible for the Pentonville brawl that saw Sidwell (Carlo Rota) and Curtis (Donnell Turner) taken to General Hospital was Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) or even Sidwell himself, you were dead wrong! On the Wednesday, September 30 episode of GH, it turned out that the culprits were actually Ava (Maura West) and Drew (Cameron Mathison).
In story, Drew apparently bankrolled the attack on Sidwell and framing Sonny. He told Ava their planned worked (she came up with it!) but was horrified when Drew informed her that Curtis got caught in the crosshairs. Ava is visibly upset because of her longtime friendship with Curtis’ daughter, Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali). Drew tried to make Ava see the bright side. Curtis was witness to it and his presence will cast doubt on Sonny’s claims to that he had gotten out of the mob and gone legit.
Later, Vito shows up at Drew’s. They informed him that his guy on the inside of the slammer made a big mistake by hurting their friend and ordered him to leave town.

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BOATHOUSE BRAWL
In other major developments, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) and Rocco (Finn Carr) have a blow out fight as Danny blames his “brother” for the reason Charlotte was sent off to boarding school.
Rocco told off Danny for Charlotte’s (Bluesy Burke) reckless behavior and he explains he had to protect his sister. He went in on Danny saying that his mother Lulu (Alexa Havins) has been right to send Charlotte to boarding school and far away from Danny.
However, Rocco went a bit too far when he shouted, “And if your mom was alive, she would send you away too!” Next, Danny punched out Rocco, leading to a terrible brawl. An angered Danny yells at Rocco to, “Stay away from me and everyone in my family. And don’t you ever mention my mom again!” Danny storms off.

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Now alone outside the boathouse, Rocco flashes back to his first kiss with Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarksi), hoping that his fight with Danny will not escalate and ruin their budding romance. Meanwhile, a bloodied-mouth Danny heads over to Sonny’s and Jason (Steve Burton) is there at the same time. He then admits that he has a bad fight with Rocco and they are both beaten up.
WILL SCOUT WISE UP?
At the end of the episode, Scout, who had a fight with Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) over Drew, and who keeps telling everyone how good a man her dad truly is, comes upon a suspicious scene.
Scout hides behind the wall outside Drew’s. She sees her dad, Ava and Vito talking. Next, Scout seems to overhear Vito assuring Drew and Ava that their business dealings are done, and he’ll be leaving Port Charles for good.
So, what did you think of the reveal that Ava and Drew were behind framing Sonny for the prison beatdown of Sidwell (and Curtis)? Do you think Danny and Rocco’s relationship can be repaired, or do you think the teenagers will continue to be at each other’s throats? Finally, do you hope Scout gets a clue and stops thinking her dad walks on air? Weigh-in via the comment section, but first check out how Ava and Drew conspired below.
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