General Hospital
‘General Hospital’s’ Maurice Benard Talks: New ‘Sonny’ Storyline, His Contract, and Three Characters He Would Want to See Back in Port Charles
Three-time Daytime Emmy-winner Maurice Benard teased what’s on deck for General Hospital’s Sonny Corinthos, his future with the soap opera, and just who he would love to see make a return, during an in-depth conversation with ESPN Radio New York host, Ty Butler.
Benard appeared this week on Butler’s You Tube channel, and it’s clear that Butler and his real-life family are deep fans of General Hospital, so he had some pointed questions for Maurice from what’s happening currently in Port Charles to look backs at Sonny’s past.
Now that Sonny has decided to get out of the mob, Benard teased what’s coming up for the apparent “former” mobster, “When (the writers) told me I was out of the mob it didn’t throw me. I was like, ‘let’s see what I can do here.’ There were a lot of people during the hey day of the gangster period (on GH), who did not like it. (They would say) ‘It’s too much Sonny, it’s too much violence.'”
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WITH SONNY OUT OF THE MOB, WHAT’S NEXT?
However, the long-running GH mainstay added, “I don’t care what I’m doing as long as Sonny maintains power, and that power doesn’t mean killing people, or being a gangster. You can be powerful in business. You can be powerful over here, and I think they’re doing that. I do know the story (coming up) and I can’t say (much more), but it’s really amazing. When I heard about it, I said, “Oh, wow!”‘
This week, Maurice marks his 33rd anniversary in the role of Sonny. It’s a role he began back on-screen on August 13, 1993. But how many years might the popular star have left in the tank to remain in Port Charles? Maurice explained his position on that, “My contract is up February or March (2027). So up until then, I’ll just tell you guys that the upcoming story, I’m very happy with it.”
He added, “I’m not going to retire soon, but I’m at a certain point where I can retire if I wanted. But, I don’t want to as long as I’m happy at GH, and I’ve been happy at GH for a while now. So, they’re going have to kick me out. They’re going to have to say, “Nah, we’ve had enough. Get the hell out.”‘
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HOW WOULD THE END COME FOR SONNY CORINTHOS IF MAURICE BENARD EVER EXITED GENERAL HOSPITAL?
During their conversation, Butler asked, if the time would come that Maurice were to make an exit from General Hospital, how would he like it to go down. The longtime GH star had an answer that if he were to leave, he should go out on a big cliffhanger. “Something happens to one of his children and it’s his fault. Sonny can’t take it,” explains Maurice on his Port Charles alter-ego. “He goes home, he takes a shot of whiskey. (Then), Sonny goes upstairs and all you hear is BOOM. And it goes to black. Now, if it were a movie, it would work. But let me tell you something … it’s a soap opera. You don’t know if Sonny did it! You don’t know if somebody else did it, set it all up to make him look like he did. You don’t know. So there’s a big story there, right?”
BLASTS FROM THE PAST
When asked by the ESPN radio host, what cast member would he like to see return to the show? Benard named three characters, and they are: Brenda (Vanessa Marcil), Luke (the late Anthony Geary, obviously that was stated as Benard misses him dearly) and Morgan (last played by Bryan Craig).
You can check out the full conversation with Maurice below on the The Ty Butler Show.
Now, let us know, what do you think is the new storyline that is about to kick-off, other than we know Sonny is getting out of the mob, and wants to get Sidwell’s assets and keep them away from Drew? Glad to hear Maurice does not plan on leaving General Hospital anytime soon? And, do you agree with Maurice … would you like to see the characters of Brenda and Morgan come back to the Port Charles canvas? Let us know via the comment section.
I think when Maurice does retire it should be Sonny and Brenda going away to live happily ever after as Mr and Mrs Corinthos
Imo, they were the best! Agree w you so much!
GH should invest in bringing back a few characters instead of so many newbies at one time. I’m still getting confused by the new male actors because they all look the same. If the show wants to continue growing their audience, listen to what the viewers want. Less of ridiculous storylines like Jordan’s car crash and the same dialogue over and over about Isaiah being responsible. It was the biggest non-storyline of the decade.
Please bring back Brenda and a recast Jax and get rid of the so many underutilized actors. I’d love to see a different dynamic with Lulu besides being an overprotective mother. Almost two years of obsessing about Rocco and Charlotte is not entertainment. The fans want more Carly, Sonny, Jason, Ava, Michael, Tracy and the all the Qs. Speaking of, please bring back Dillon.
I am fine with Carly on a back burner (I do not mean off the show). The character has a tendency to monopolize the show.
Those new men do all look alike! And I agree about the car crash and Lulu stories. Complete bore fests and a waste of good talent.
They’re all carbon copies of Dex. All they have to do is bring back Dex instead of hiring all these copycats.
Dex is dead, my friend, and is not coming back, so it’s time to get over it.
All Lulu does is screech and whine.not entertaining at all.
The actress is capable of much, much more. It’s just all of the writing afforded to her is just her wringing her hands anout her ungrateful, bratty kids. Who is getting on my nerves is Joss. While her mother smirks, Joss sneers. And the way she constantly boasts about being a WSB agent is so uncool. Can you imagine Anna boasting about being a WSB agent when she was Joss’s age? She wouldn’t. Also as she struts around in a bikini, I can’t help but notice her midriff bears no scar from where the bullet hit her. Maybe her skin has the same magical healing power that Donald Trump has, whose ear was scar free mere days after being grazed by a bullet.
One of the great joys of soaps is that you can escape from reality, especially politics. It’s truly sad that some of us can’t quite make that jump.
Sonny makes the show ,to me, just saying …
I have wish for Dylan to come back per years. There are not enough quarter remains left and he is at good age to date anybody from 25 to 50 lol. He was an intricate part of the quarter domains back in the day with the abortion and whenever I see him on bold and the beautiful, I think oh come back. Please please please bring them back.
Brenda just sucks the energy out of the show whenever she returns. You know she’ll leave again, so what’s the point.
I’ll maintain my conviction that Morgan is worth more to story (and character development) if he remains dead.
Will be interesting to see how a mob-less Sonny fits in PC.
You know the saying you can’t go home again? That’s applicable to Brenda’s returns. She and Sonny were sizzling back in the 90s but trying to recapture that magical chemistry 30 plus years later is as unattainable as Gatsby’s green light. And the attempt to grasp that spark yields to depressing results. I also agree that the Morgan character is more valuable dead than alive.
The biggest problem with Brenda’s returns is that they never last long. The second biggest problem with Brenda’s returns is that they always use it as an excuse to introduce a new villain.
First time, it wasn’t so bad. Luis Alcazar came to town. Had his short run of evil deeds and then Alexis gutted him with a steak knife and tossed him off a hotel balcony. And a little while later his twin brother Lorenzo showed up. But that’s alright. The Alcazar brothers were decent villains.
But the last time Brenda showed up, she brought that idiotic cartoon villain Teddy Balkan with her. And even her parts of that storyline were as dumb as Teddy himself was. Like the months of speculation of whether she and Dante had a backstory and a secret child together (which thankfully turned out not to be true). Or the scene where she got Mikey drunk and tried to convince him (and Carly) that they had actually had sex. Fuzzy Devil Memory tells me that Brenda left town with Jax that time, but he came back without her, and nobody ever asked why.
When ever they finally decide to pull the plug on GH once and for all, I expect we will see Sonny reunited one last time with either Carly or Brenda. But I wouldn’t bet your soul that we ever see her again before that.
The one thing I do wish they would have addressed during one of her later returns – the whole scenario from the first season of Night Shift, where Brenda was obviously the patient who got BBQ’d in the exploding ambulance, and remained silent & mummy wrapped for the entire season, only to have her bandages removed in the last episode, and be told that “by some miracle” she wouldn’t need plastic surgery after all.. Her face wasn’t shown on camera. But Jason saw her as she left the hospital, and he clearly recognized her.
Ironically the timing of this scenario would have been compatible with the later backstory written into the Balkan clusterphuck, so they should have used it then.
As far as Morgan goes. he will be back eventually. Probably not in the immediate future though. Too many newbies running around right now as it is. Which he technically would be, if it was anybody other than Bryan Craig in the role.
I would very much like to see Morgan back.
I agree with steve
I agree Brenda n Morgan I hope will be back soon
He can just move to his Island… No death scenes, please
I like it, then his family can visit. I hope Morgan does return, maybe with Kiki, and others: Sam, Nicholas, and Spencer.
Happy to hear that Sonny will be legit but remain powerful. Please bring back Danny’s mom and Morgan.
I Agree
Would Would Love to see those 2 again
I would love to see Brenda back!
I would love for Morgan to come back .
Yes Morgan. It would heal the family and that crazy Jos. She can’t blame Sonny for everything. He has been good to her
Yes love morgan
Curious to see how this story will play out. I’m actually a fan of the mob violence on the show so we’ll see. I would like to see Vanessa Marcil back as Brenda but I would prefer they kept Morgan dead. It adds truer stakes to the overall story. I didn’t like the actor Bryan Craig anyways
I am a fan, too; it’s part of what sets GH apart from the rest of the soaps. Back in the heyday, there was almost a nighttime show quality to it with the writing, stories, characters. But I’m also ok with Sonny and Jason getting out, hopefully, not to boring pursuits. Frankly, Jason is already boring-living at the qs, at Tracy’s beck and call, running behind Danny doesn’t sound super interesting to me.
I already hate the fact that Jason and Sonny are getting out of the mob. I want Jason back killing people for Sonny. And on a side note….I really hate the crash storyline, count your blessings you guys are alive and didn’t kill anyone since it was your fault!
Agree! No more Morgan!!! RIP
I agree GH was different from the other soaps, because it didn’t get stupid and it was like an evening show. Action n good acting
I do agree with too many new people.
I want to see more of our favorites have airtime. They are being pushed off the set.
Too much LULU N ROCCO! Too much Willow n company. We need Sonny n Jason
Back in our screens.
I would love to see Sonny and Jason take over Bobbie Place or buy it out from Carly since she never there.
Bring Nell back
No! Please! We have weeping Willow
Her sister! So tired of Drew , Willow n Nina
I’m glad Jack is gone. These stories last too long n the same stuff over n over again.
Thats okbut Jason and sonny need a little more of a story line
How’s about if Jason took over elq and got sonny into it.it would shake up the quartermaines
If Jason was going to take over a business, it should be Aurora Media. The reason why is obvious. He already owns it! Remember that Billy Miller’s Drew purchased the company from Julian Jerome. But this is when he still thought he was Jason. So he bought the company in Jason’s name, using Jason’s money. Which means Jason has always been the legal owner of Aurora!
Now back in 2017, Jason let Drew keep the company, because he had no interest in running a media company at the time, and he didn’t blame Drew for the things Faison & Helena had done to both of them with the abductions and all that “brain mapping” dragonshit.
But that was then, and this is now. And now there’s a whole list of things Drew has done against his own family, especially against Michael & Danny. So Jason would be 666% justified in taking back Aurora. And the fact that Curtis is now going to prison means there’s going to be a change in leadership at that company one way or the other anyway. Drew probably thinks he’s going to walk back into that CEO office, now that he’s recovered from his “needle paralysis”, but obviously Michael wouldn’t like that idea at all. He would definitely side with Jason, if he decides to reclaim his company.
As for what Sonny is going to do next? Assuming he still retains ownership of all the “legitimate” businesses he has around Port Charles, he could actually cook in that Italian restaurant, and Charlie’s hasn’t had anybody running the place since Kristina suddenly decided to be a doctor. Though him running a bar would be a little too much of a Tricky Dick Nixon Falls flashback, so keep Nina away from him if that happens!
Love GH been watching from the Beginning Love All the new Characters but SONNY JASON TRACY CARLY are GH & All the original characters are Sooo Amazing The new Kids are Sooo Great also
Agreed!
Bring Brenda back
Whynot
Bring back morgan
Sonny is my favorite character. I wanted to see him in Cleveland but didn’t get to. Maurice is an awesome actor and I hope he stays around for a long time to come. I also loved Vanessa Marcil as Brenda she is so beautiful and I loved the two of them together and to bring back Sonnys son would be great as well. Love General Hospital been watching faithfully since 1978.
Yes would love Brenda and Morgan to come back to GH!
Well since Sonny hasn’t done much “mobbing” since his return from Dixon Falls, I suppose I can get on board with his new found power. But I am a big fan of Sonny The Mobster. I would love to see Morgan return. Can do without Brenda. Why not bring back Finn, Hayden and an aged Violet? The hospital can use a doctor.
We love Sonny please stay
Mr Bernard, it would Kill ME! If Sonny went out with a bang! Then that would mean I’m sure, another mystery to solve. Nobody could replace You portraying Sonny
Corinthos. Maybe You could go off in the sunset with Justine on Your Arm, or whomever you’re with at that time.
SONNY NEEDS MORE AIRTIME, LIKE JASON. GH gets too many characters and our favorites get left behind and then it doesn’t seem like OUR GH. Thanks for the Memories Sonny Corinthos♥️. Can’t wait to see what’s next For my Favorite Gangster?
Yes, Sonny deserves some happiness. I like him with the DA, would like that explored more.
I am so over the car accident, recording contract, and baby with multiple fathers. I’m sure those actors are good but the characters just bog down everything. Willow, Drew, and their kids are going a bit long too.
And please Not Jason n Carly.. Everyone
We can do without Willow, Nina and Jos
I never thought the day would come where I would fast forward through Sonny scenes, But that day has come. It’s not just the writing, it’s HIM! He acts bored with the script writing he is given! As Neil Young once sang,” It’s better to burn out than to fade away.” I think Maurice should seriously consider retiring rather than attempting to recreate his glory years.
The script writing does suck so I can’t blame him there.
Many more action oriented storylines outside of the mob. That’s what a real entertainment is is the action oriented storylines
When Maurice retires..I miss him.. he should have whatever exit He would like.. to roll with to feel his last days on the soap.. yes I miss Anthony Geary soooo much as well an alot of others.. an morgan. .
I am totally with him on bringing back Brenda and Morgan! Brenda was my all time favorite character she had the best chemistry with him.
I would love to see Morgan,Sam,the Casindine son for Trina
Bring Brenda back.
Would like to see Morgan come back and the Laura son and grandson and Brenda been gone for along time I think that the Da and Sunny should have a public relationship
Bring back Nicholas, Spencer, Maxie or at least Spinelli. And Sidwell. Recast Kevin. Laura needs her husband .
The best. Recast I recast I have ever seen Michael Corinthos
“There were a lot of people during the hey day of the gangster period (on GH), who did not like it. (They would say) ‘It’s too much Sonny, it’s too much violence.'”:
This dissatisfaction with the mob-related storylines has been an issue long since the GH “heyday.” Many fans, myself included, stopped viewing the show for this particular reason. (I personally tune in only for special shows: Bobbie’s death, Luke’s recent tribute, Erika Slezak’s appearances.) GH was indeed dark for far too long, and a mobster was glorified as a hero, despite his rage, verbal abuse, and even the murders he committed, including that of A.J. Quartermaine.
Morgan would be good.
I love to see sunny he retired a from the mob that’s cool
Lest viol and more love but crazy kool to see And Morgan to come back love it he could come back as a gangster I bet his mom Carley would love that she loves violence gangsters, but not agents like her daughter she likes outlaws not not above the law she’s crazy, but I think her daughter’s doing right she should be proud of her they make it sound like if the laws real bad it’s just some crazy people, but not the law ain’t bad and she should support her daughter without the law what with this role be like?
General Hospital
‘General Hospital’s’ Nancy Lee Grahn Marks 30-Year Milestone as Alexis Davis; Co-Stars Share Heartfelt Video Tributes
It was back on September 26, 1996, that Nancy Lee Grahn took General Hospital by storm as legal eagle, Alexis Davis (born Natasha Cassadine). It’s hard to believe its been three decades since Alexis came to Port Charles, and along the way, Nancy took home two of her three Daytime Emmys for her enduring run on the ABC soap opera.
As the layers were pulled back on the life and times of Alexis, viewers learned she was the illegitimate daughter of Mikkos Cassadine. Helena Cassadine, Mikkos’ jealous wife, had slit the throat of Alexis’ mother, Swedish opera singer, Kristin Bergman, which as a young girl Alexis saw happen which caused her years of suppressed trauma.
GH fans have seen Alexis be very unlucky in love during her three decades, with several of her former suitors ending up dead! While others, she has a complicated relationship and past with including half-brothers, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard), whom she shares a daughter, Kristina (last played by Kate Mansi), and Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst), with whom she shares another daughter with in Molly (Kristen Vaganos). Alexis lost her eldest daughter, Sam McCall (Kelly Monaco) when the character tragically died, and who was a result of a fling with Julian Jerome (William deVry).
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NANCY LEE GRAHN RECEIVEs HIGH PRAISE FROM GH COLLEAGUES
Over the weekend, many of Nancy’s longtime fans, and several of her General Hospital co-stars and friends, saluted her with touching and witty video messages that were included in a special video released by Nancy Lee Grahn Events team.The video also harkened back to Grahn’s first scene as Alexis and a montage of her performances through the years.
Now below, here is what her GH co-stars, then and now, had to say about Nancy:
Dominic Zamprogna (Dante): “Nancy, I can’t believe you’ve been doing this since you were like five years old because you’ve been on the show for 30 years, and you can’t be more than 36-years old. I love you. I think you’re amazing. Since day one, you’ve been one of the best actors on this show. I am honored to call you friend, and have me over for dinner again soon. Happy anniversary. Chow for now.”
Kate Mansi (ex-Kristina): “Hi, mom. Happy anniversary. I love you so much. You are an icon of icons. Look, I’m just your little student walking to rehearsal with my backpack and my lunchbox. But I miss you so much. No one’s like you. No one does it like you. No one acts like you. No one puts in new lines like you. No one. You’re just one of one, ma. I adore you. Congratulations on your anniversary. I wish I could be there to celebrate with you, but I’m sending you so, so much love.”
Kristen Vaganos (Molly): “Nancy! Mama, I could not have asked for a better TV family. I have said this a million times. I am so grateful to be born a Davis girl. I adore you. I think you are the most amazing, most hilarious diva that has ever lived. I am sending you a huge, huge congratulations. I love you. I promise to ridicule your shoe choices, remind you how hot you are, and remind you of you’re blocking for the rest of time. Love you.”
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THE MEN OF ALEXIS DAVIS
Wally Kurth (Ned): “Nancy, I am wishing you a happy 30-year anniversary on General Hospital. I can’t believe it’s been 30 years, but yet, I can. I have felt every year with you. I’m thrilled for you. In fact, I remember quite vividly when you came on the show. I think it was a Christmas episode and we were firing rubber bands at Christmas ornaments on a tree in some bar.”
He continued, “I just remember at the time, three of my favorite people and the creative force behind Ned had left the show. Claire Labine (former GH head writer) left. Francesca James (former director/producer), she had left, and Rena Sofer (ex-Lois) had left. I was really quite lost on the set. I didn’t know what I was doing there. And then you showed up, and you were fired up, and you wanted to make the best of this role. You wanted to make the best of your time, and honey, you did. You have made the best of it. You have made a mark and the audience I know adores you, and I adore you, and I’m thrilled for you. I wish you another 30 years. Actually, I don’t. We will be so old, no one will want to see us in another 30 years. (laughs). Anyway, Happy 30th anniversary.”
Rick Hearst (Ric): “I’m coming to you live from my hotel room where I stay when I come into town. Occasionally, but sometimes, I stay with you and we have dinner. So everybody thinks that we’re really married. God knows, we could be. The whole purpose for this, obviously, is to be one of the many, I’m sure, that’s celebrating your incredible 30 years on General Hospital alone, and you’ve also had such a long and illustrious career.”
He continued, “You are one of the most, and I say this with kindness, unique, loving, passionate, loyal, fierce people I know. I am so, so happy for you. You brought life to everything that you’ve done. Whether it be in your family, whether it be in your work, whether it’s in your writing, or whether it’s in your advocacy. You are so many things to so many people. But to me, you will always be my dear friend, my second wife, and one of the most cherished relationships that I have in my life. I thank God for you, and I salute you. See you on set. Bring your script! ”
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Maurice Benard (Sonny): “Hello Nancy. First, I wanna say I don’t know how you do it. I know you’re talented, you’re funny, you’re cool, all that kind of stuff, and we did have the best sex scene in the history of General Hospital. Nobody can dispute that, even if I did have a cane. 30 years, it’s a long time. You’re one of the best. I always tell you that!”
William deVry (ex-Julian) took to Instagram and shared: “Nancy, congratulations on 30 years. I know how difficult that is for multiple reasons. Starting with more than 12 head writers, multiple executive producers, many leading men, many husbands. My God. The juggling one must do. The politics. Congratulations to you. 30 years, what an amazing accomplishment, what a career you’ve had. I look forward to seeing you soon. Take care.”
Now below, watch the ‘Cheers to 30 Years’ video in honor of Nancy Lee Grahn’s latest milestone with General Hospital.
Then, share your congrats for Nancy via the comment section and let us know your favorite Alexis Davis moments through the years too!
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Beyond the Gates
RATINGS: ‘Beyond the Gates’ Inches Closer to ‘General Hospital’ for the #3 Spot in Total Viewers
The ratings are out for the week of September 7-11, 2026 and while all of the long-running daytime dramas were down in total viewers week-over-week, it was the newest soap opera on the block, Beyond the Gates, that showed gains and much promise. Let’s take a look.
According to Soap Opera Network, not only did Beyond the Gates add +12,000 tuning-in for the week, it is narrowing the gap between itself and current #3 soap, General Hospital in total viewers, and tied with the venerable ABC series for actual household ratings share.
Beyond the Gates averaged 1,689,000 for its audience for the week while General Hospital had 1,769,000, that’s just an 80,000 difference that separates the two shows. While Beyond the Gates had a year-over-year increase for the ratings week, GH showed the biggest loss of all the soaps year-over-year with -231,000 and the biggest loss in viewers week-over-week with -142,000.
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BEYOND THE GATES
In addition, Beyond the Gates once again bested GH in the key 18-49 women’s rating share and also for the week, the women’s 25-54 ratings share, now putting them firmly in the third place. It should be noted that both Beyond the Gates and General Hospital aired an encore presentation on Labor Day, September 7.
Here’s what had viewers tuning-in on Beyond the Gates: Hayley (Marquita Goings) faced mounting pressure as Bill (Timon Kyle Durrett) grew suspicious of her lies and a major secret came to light. Andre Richardson (Sean Freeman) went through a paranoid spiral noticed by Dani (Karla Mosley), while Heather Armstrong’s (Ashley Jones) behavior became increasingly unhinged, Deanna (Angela Fairley) reached a breaking point under mounting pressure and decided to return to school and Smitty (Mike Manning) was digging deeper into the death of Lia Whitmore.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL
On General Hospital, the week in story was highlighted by: Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) admitting she was the other driver in Jordan Ashford’s (Tanisha Harper) accident, leaving Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali) furious and demanding answers and ultimately Chase (Josh Swickard) walking out on Brook Lynn!
In addition, viewers witnessed, Anna (Finola Hughes) nearly killing Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud), but instead firing a shot at a hallucination of Peter August (Wes Ramsey) as Jason (Steve Burton) tried to talk Anna down. Meanwhile, Drew (Cameron Mathison) and Ava (Maura West) dealt with the fallout and complications surrounding the disappearance of Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna).
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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
Over at B&B, the soap remained in second place behind sister soap, The Young and the Restless for the top spot in total viewers; although it should be noted they continued to close the gap for the race to #1. For the ratings period, The Bold and the Beautiful average 2,695,000 tuning-in, but was down week-over-week -83,000, but with the biggest soap gains year-over-year at this time with +228,000.
In other good news for the show, it came in at #1 for the key women’s 18-49 rating share defeating Y&R, and came in #2 for the women’s 25-54 rating share behind Y&R.
In story for the ratings week: Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) goes into panic-mode after a positive pregnancy and breaks the news to Carter (Lawrence Saint-Victor). Katie (Heather Tom) tries to meddle in Will’s (Crew Morrow) love life with Dylan (Sydney Bullock), thus having Katie visit Electra (Laneya Grace) and telling the young woman to try to win Will back. Finn (Tanner Novlan) tries to give surrogacy advice to Carter and Daphne (Murielle Hilaire) unaware of his wife Steffy’s drunken night with Carter, and the true cause-effect of that moment.
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THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Once again, Y&R remained as the number one most-viewed broadcast television daytime drama of then all, clocking in with 3,059,000 tuning-in, but down -130,000 week-over-week, but still up + 159,000 year-over-year. Y&R also remained in the top spot for household ratings share and atop the key women’s 25-54 rating share.
In story for the week: Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk) escaped custody and tracked down Matt Clark (Roger Howarth). Meanwhile, Kyle (Michael Mealor) and Victoria (Amelia Heinle) continue their affair and are almost caught by Phyllis (Michelle Stafford). Nick Newman (Joshua Morrow) and Marie (Jade Harlow) shared a heartfelt goodbye before she leaves town to continue her recovery. Jack (Peter Bergman) sets a trap for Patty as he collapses at Society.
Of note: Nielsen ratings are based on the Live+Same Day Big Data+Panel model.
So, what do you think about the latest ratings picture and how Beyond the Gates is gaining on General Hospital in total viewers while already besting them in both key demos? Which soap opera is piquing your interest the most? Which is not doing it for you? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Sidwell and Curtis Attacked in Prison Fight With Ominous Message, “Sonny Corinthos Owes You This”; Charlotte to Boarding School?
The Friday, September 25, episode of General Hospital brought with it major developments! Sonny (Maurice Benard) told Justine (Nazneen Contractor) he is all-in on her romance, but major trouble awaits the couple. Charlotte (Bluesy Burke) may be sent packing because of her stunt to frame Drew (Cameron Mathison), Monet (Blythe Howard) had terse words for her sister, Jordan (Tanisha Harper), while Curtis (Donnell Turner) and Sidwell (Carlo Rota) were targeted in a brutal prison attack.
Here’s more on what went down: Charlotte is upset with Rocco (Finn Carr) for ratting her out. He tries to explain, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) wanted his help so she didn’t make the biggest mistake of her life trying to frame Drew (Cameron Mathison) by making it look like he was inappropriate with a teenager.
It all came full circle for Charlotte’s parents, Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart) and Lulu Spencer (Alexa Havins). Next thing you know, Valentin informed Lulu that he thinks it’s best that Charlotte goes back to boarding school to steer clear of Drew and Danny. Once Charlotte comes back to Lulu’s, her parents tell her their plans for her. Charlotte’s jaw drops.
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PUT YOUR MONET WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS
After being blindsided that her estranged sister Monet had settled down in Port Charles, and at the Miller & Davis law firm, no less, Jordan finds it hard to believe in all of the places in the country for Monet to choose she came to Jordan’s city. The two have a very icy conversation from there, where Monet gets a few more jabs at Jordan, leaving her upset, which did not go unnoticed by Michael (Rory Gibson).
Sonny and Justine get cozy and discussed their relationship, and how the two are going to handle their burgeoning feelings for one another now that Jordan was the first and probably not the last to see them publicly. He tells Justin that he feels more comfortable than ever just being around her.
PRISON BLUES
Cut to: Pentonville, and something bad is about to go down. First, Curtis gave Sidwell a heads-up that an attack was coming shortly. Curtis suggested that Sidwell go into protective custody with the warden, but Sidwell just flatly refused.
Later, alone in his cell, three men (including the one who warned Curtis) enter and begin a beatdown of Sidwell. Curtis returned to the cell, as one of the men was about to knife Sidwell. Now with Sidwell a bloody mess on the floor, Curtis takes a beating. As the three men leave, the leader uttered to Sidwell, “Sonny Corinthos owes you this and more.”
Now below, watch the confrontational scenes between Monet and Jordan.
Then weigh-in: Do you think Sonny had anything to do with the beatdown of Curtis and Sidwell? Or is he being set-up? How would you feel about a Jordan and Michael romance? Will Charlotte be sent to boarding school triggering the exit of Bluesy Burke? Share your thoughts via the comment section.
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