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‘General Hospital’ Drops ‘Remembering Luke Spencer’ Promo Ahead of Special Episode in Tribute to Anthony Geary
- General Hospital airs a special episode in tribute to the late Anthony Geary and the iconic character he played of Luke Spencer on Friday, February 20.
- In the just released promo, characters participating include: Sonny Corinthos, Carly Spencer, Tracy Quartermaine, Elizabeth Webber, and Lulu Spencer.
- Executive producer, Frank Valentini previously teased, “We wanted to revisit some of Luke’s most iconic adventures and unforgettable moments, along with a few rarely seen ones.”
This Friday, every memory leads back to Luke Spencer as General Hospital gets set to air a special episode in remembrance of the the late Anthony Geary and the iconic character he played. The eight-time Daytime Emmy-winning star passed away on December 14, 2025 at the age of 78.
In the just released ABC promo, gathered at the pier lighting candles in tribute to Luke are: Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard), Carly Spencer (Laura Wright), Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot), Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst), Laura Collins (Genie Francis) and Lulu Spencer (Alexa Havins Bruening).
As a preview of the episode, the video teaser shows Lulu looking at a picture of Luke as she says, “Hi, dad.” After Sonny has a reflection and memory of first meeting Luke, we see Laura in a puddle of tears remembering Luke and expressing, “Thank you for the love of a lifetime.” In the promo’s final moments, Tony Geary is seen in Luke’s farewell episode from 2015, with his voice heard over the clips saying, “It’s time to go.”
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General Hospital’s executive producer, Frank Valentini previously shared on the upcoming February 20 episode, “For decades, Tony Geary brought daytime television’s ultimate antihero, Luke Spencer, to life. We wanted to honor Tony and his extraordinary legacy in the most meaningful way possible, and this special episode of General Hospital gives viewers the opportunity to revisit some of Luke’s most iconic adventures and unforgettable moments, along with a few rarely seen ones. And who better to share those memories than the people of Port Charles who knew and loved him.”
Back on the January 23, 2026 episode of GH; a special “loving montage” was shown at the end of the episode as the first part of the soap honoring the contributions of Tony Geary. The montage included a few clips with the iconic star and cast reflections from: Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), Laura Wright (Carly) and Genie Francis (Laura).
HOW LUKE ORIGINALLY DIED
In story, it was back in 2022 that GH decided to kill-off the character of Luke off-screen when Tracy revealed on New Years Day, that he has been killed in a cable car accident in Austria which later was revealed to be at the hands of Victor Cassadine (Charles Shaughnessy). There was an on-screen memorial for Luke in late January of that year.
After Geary retired from General Hospital in 2015, and moved full-time to Amsterdam to be with his now husband Claudio Gama, he only made one other final appearance and that was in 2017 when Tracy was written-off the canvas and went to Europe, after Jane Elliot decided at the time to leave the series. To write-off Tracy, Luke appeared for a quick scene in a coffee shop illustrating that the duo were together.
You can check out the ABC promo for Friday’s General Hospital entitled, “Remembering Luke Spencer” below.
So, are you looking forward to the remembrances and the flashbacks and some never-shown-before footage, plus some touching moments from the characters who had a past with Luke Spencer? Let us know via the comment section below.
This is awesome, only complaint is that they didnt include lucy!! She was good freinds with luke for years and it wouldve been nice for her to be included .
And Scotty. There’s no deep connection or history with this Lulu, this Carly, and barely one with Sonny (which for some reason,they want to push). The only ones involved who had a strong bond with Luke are Laura and Tracy. I don’t recall Lucy being that strongly connected with Luke the way you do. And honestly, Lucy gets on my last nerve with all of her rapid and breathless speaking.
The Sonny & Luke friendship was a real thing. They had similar back stories… raised in abusive homes. Turned to the mob for lack of a better option. Both of them started out running money laundering operations for Frank Smith (Luke had the campus disco, and Sonny had the strip club) and they took Frank Smith down together.
I do agree with you that Lucy being involved is a bit much as I don’t remember her being all that close to Luke. Lulu, on the other horn, is Luke’s daughter, so of course she should be there, even though this version of Lulu never had any scenes with Luke. And of course it’s a crime that Lucky won’t be there. Or Ethan, for that matter. Even though his existence was one of the dumbest rewrites ever.
Alexis (or Natasha, as Luke called her) should be included more than Lucy, actually.
Like @Larry Stephens, I had the same thought and recollection regarding Lucy. As for Sonny, I’m entirely with you, but the show for many years has wanted “to push” Sonny down viewers’ throats, always trying to make the abusive, murderous thug/mob boss more palatable, even to the point of Sonny having a “friendship” with Laura.
And to me, it was a travesty for Geary’s final episode to include scenes with Sonny, so that Luke could somehow pass the oversight of Port Charles onto Sonny, in other words, passing the leading man torch. It was all so contrived.
Not interested in characters way back. So tired of Luke Luke Luke and the bunch of afro hair style then. Need men with regular hair like Dante’s
Go lay down.
If wasn’t for “Luke Luke Luke” GH probably wouldn’t have made it past 20 years, yet alone almost 63.
1 sould love to see that. i remember when luke and laura firxt started and every thing.
I wish they would have gotten Lucky to come on. I love GH.
Lucky should of been included in this Tribute To Luke! It doesn’t seem complete to have Laura & Lulu but not Lucky given that when Luke & Laura returned to the story line after marrying it was with there children Lucky & Lulu as young kids! I remember this as a very important part.. not only the return of Tony Geary to the cast of General Hospital but as an intricate part of Luke’s life! But as they say..”And The Rest Is History!”
R.I.P. Luke Spencer (aka) Tony Geary
Lucky was the only non-current cast member shown in the episode.
I’m very put off by this. This character should not be celebrating; you want to celebrate Tony? I understand. But Luke? No, thank you.
Agree. We already saw a tribute to Luke, we needed a tribute to Tony and all his epic storylines; not to mention that Alexa Havins’ Lulu never knew Luke.
But what does the actress have to do with it. Whether you agree or not, this is a tribute to AG through the character of Luke. And Lulu is Luke’s daughter, so it’s obvious that she’d be included, whether it’s AH, ER, or JMB.
It’s their way of honoring both Tony and the character of Luke, who like it or not, was one of the most important characters in the history of the show. Yes, a character with a dark, complicated past punctuated by an ugly moment when Luke raped Laura. Something that has been acknowledged on the show in storyline form numerous times in the years since. But why wouldn’t they honor him, as they did Bobbie/Jackie, Monica/Leslie, and hopefully at some point soon Tristan/Robert? Tony and Luke deserve it. Sorry, I don’t get why anyone would complain about this.
In the cases of those other actors you mentioned, their roles hadn’t already been written off. Geary left the role of Luke in 2015, and the character was killed off in 2022, so it is not as if Luke is recently dead. Plus, continuing to try and glorify a rapist is off-putting to me.
Secondly, I’d have no issues with honouring Tony in the way that The Young and the Restless honoured both Jeanne Cooper and Kristoff St John. This is clearly filler content (as evident by its episodic number).
And they already confirmed they would be honouring Tristan Rogers at some point later this year in-story.
Cannot wait to watch the special episode hope it’s going to be really good hope they show good scenes with sunny and Luke Luke and Bobby and Luke and Carly and Luke and his children there will be no General Hospital if it wasn’t for Luke Spencer he made this soap opera what it was and what it is today his legacy will live on forever May Anthony Gary rest in peace ❤️
Punctuation is a wonderful thing.
Stop that.
Luke Luke LOL
Ha! Reminds me of a character from an old Cheers episode, Andy Andy.
I’m looking forward to this episode. I just wish GH would have included Lucky (Jonathan Jackson) in this tribute episode. I’m sure he’ll be included in some of the flashback scenes. Of course Laura and Lulu should be in this episode, but I’m happy to see they included Elizabeth. I remember some of the scenes Luke and Elizabeth shared after Lucky died and the scenes they shared after Jake died. But the storyline about Liz’s rape, which led to Lucky discovering his dad raped Laura, earned Daytime Emmy nominations for all three and Emmy wins for Tony and JJ. Sonny and Luke were business partners, co-owners of Luke’s club and close friends in the mid 90s. I don’t think Carly and Luke were ever close, but she is Bobbie’s daughter so it makes sense she’s there.
I love this! I remember skipping school to watch Luke and Laura’s wedding! He was an incredible actor and a true legend, may he rest in peace.
Where is Joshua Jackson as Lucky to say goodbye to his father Luke????
Maybe it to hard for lucky to say goodbye maybe that’s why he isn’t in it and plus Joshua Jackson is to busy plus he already greaving from his close friend from Dawson creek so mayb that’s why
You mean Jonathan Jackson.
I really wish they had done a story – some sort of mystery adventure that involved having to save Robert and Luke which could have brought in all the characters – Mac and Felicia, Anna and Robin, lucky, Elizabeth, Sonny,Lucy, Tracy. They could have built it up and had montages from the old days to lead to a celebration of both actors lives and contributions to the show.
Tristan deserves his own separate remembrance – which will likely come later this year as the show addresses Robert’s passing in a full story arc.
Luke has been considered dead in story for years now. Friday’s stand alone episode should be a nice way to acknowledge Tony’s legacy without impacting story.
The actual episode may have more character/actor participation than those shown in the promo, for all alleged “fans” already complaining about who’s in it/not in it before the episode even airs ffs…
My thing is yes Luke was a part of GH but what about Tristen aka Robert he has passed why not remember him?
Yes!! I cried for days after hearing and seeing he had passed. This will give him a proper send off and for fans/long time viewers of Luke and Laura a way to say a final good bye.
Also, I agree with other posts, you should’ve shown or gotten Lucky, Ethan, Nikolas and Scotty and any others that were on during Luke’s time- it would’ve made it so Luke’s “Family” all showed their respects for their father, friend, or what have you. I just hope it gives him a good send off. If not I’m gonna be expecting a stellar send off for Robert!!!!
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.
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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.
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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.”
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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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