General Hospital
‘General Hospital’ Preemption Schedule Due to ABC Coverage of Major League Baseball Playoffs Between Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres
General Hospital fans have been clamoring for the tune-in info of just how episodes previously scheduled to run the week of September 29-October 3rd might be affected by the beginning of the annual Major League Baseball playoff wildcard games. With Disney owning both ESPN and ABC, one of the playoff series this week landed, as per usual, in the afternoon schedule on the broadcast network.
That series is the Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres and the two teams will meet in games that start at 3pm ET/2pm CT in a best two out of three series, to move on to the next round of the National League Playoffs. This marks the first time these two teams have met in post-season play since 1984.
The current schedules has Cubs vs. Padres airing on ABC on Tuesday, September 30 and Wednesday, October 1, with the Thursday, October 2 game to be determined if the series goes a third game. That decision will be known after the result of Wednesday’s game.

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So, what does that mean for GH? Today’s Monday, September 29th episode will air as usual. Thursday’s October 2nd episode is currently slanted to air (pending if there is a game three in the NL playoff series) and Friday’s October 3rd episode of GH will air.
ABC executive, Nathan Varni also posted on X, “Due to MLB daytime games this week, new episodes of #gh will air Monday, Thursday & Friday. Thursday is tentative based on Wed’s game results. Sorry for the interruptions, have a great week!”
Below are the official revised date for these GH spoilers happening later this week:
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2
Sonny makes a new connection. Carly is interrogated. Ava has great timing. Elizabeth confronts Britt. Tracy makes a vow.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 3
Monica’s will is read, with dramatic consequences. Drew is on the warpath. Britt is thrown. Josslyn returns to town. Isaiah seeks out Portia.
So, how do you feel about GH being preempted by ABC’s coverage of the NL division playoffs between the Cubs and the Padres? Seems to be unfortunately happening during a pivotal week of episodes, but thank God, it didn’t occur last week during the tribute to Leslie Charleson and Monica Quartermaine. And, if you are a Chicago or San Diego fan, excited for the games? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.
Sports have completely taken over the major television networks. Not a fan at all. Find another place and time for sports!
I agree put sports on a sports channel
I totally agree Ellen. I’m not a sports fan either. There are dozens, yes dozens, of sports channels on my TV service. ESPN and FOX appear to have several spots each. I click past all of them. There is no reason why sports cannot air on the many, many, many sports channels available.
100% agree, this is why they have ESPN!!!
They constantly interrupt General Hospital for news and sports like we care! They have news that starts at 4:00!
I’m done with ABC! 1st Kimmel and now the constant interruptions of General Hospital. I don’t need it, they are traitors anyway! Go suck Trump’s dick!
I was kind of with you until that last remark. Really???
What?
Fridays episode kept getting interrupted by news PST time zone which is ridiculous since they could have waited until after gh was over or better yet wait till world news is on!!
Again!!!!!Why is General Hospital always interrupted? Everything else can be moved around or canceled too! Wow just not right! I’m missing General Hospital now for baseball!!!! Only State of Emergencies should reschedule or interrupt shows! With all these sports channels they can’t be used?!?! And other time slots can’t be used?♀️♀️ Amazing!
100%.. ABC is Ridiculous with the interruptions ALWAYS during General Hospital Airtime!! VERY AGGRAVATING
Hate it. Why is GH always interrupted or preempted? How many ESPN channels are there anyway? Whi does it have to be on regular network?
The shows are being preempted for two days and ESPN is already airing other games.
Ugh! ESPN. Sports. This is a no-brainer! And if the game starts at 3, why pre-empt your 2:00 programming. Does each game really need a one-hour pre-game show?
It’s not that simple…
GH airs in different time slots across the nation (i.e. 3pm in NYC). Plus, you have the west coast markets, some of which air it at 1pm (which is 4pm ET).
No reason for this. Definitely not with all the sports outlets there are for viewing. And airing this in the afternoon when sports fans mostly have 9-5 jobs? How did they come up with decision?
Excellent questions James R. You’d think the sports teams would want there games to air during the time when most fan would be able to view them.
And just when I enjoyed Jane Elliot and Erika Slezak sparring amazingly, now we have to wait til Friday. Bummer. But what a great performance by both!!!
This article is an example of why I HATE most sports!!!!! To me, the following 3 exceptions: Bowling (which is my ALL-TIME FAVORITE sport), the New Orleans Saints (my mom was originally from New Orleans…and I have relatives and a few lifelong friends who live in, around and near the New Orleans area) and an occasional hockey game. Other sports…I have NO USE for…AT ALL!!!!! N-O!!!!!
This is baloney! Soaps always get pre-empted because the networks don’t see them as important as other programing. Shameful!
I too agree GH is always getting preempted.
GH should not be pre-empted for sports, especially pre-game show.
If someone wanted to watch the games they could do so on ESPN. Leave my soap alone!
No worse than Jeopardy being pre-empted for the damn Patriots
Kathleen…I remember that. And the moment that Jeopardy got pre-empted for the Patriots…I (from there) decided to catch up on some housework…which is so unlike me. LOL
Don’t like sports interrupting my soaps, especially General hospital
Hate in interruption, put on other stations
Im not happy with that. Its on ESPN, let them go with it. Dont care about baseball
Should be on a sport channel only ! I really wonder how many people will be actually watching it live. And if the game starts at 3 eastern time ( which I am) why isn’t it on at 2 its normal time? Hope the game is over Wednesday!!!
The Networks have dozens of Sports channels. I see no reason for a ballgame or any other sports to interrupt regular programming use one of your own sports channel’s. Unless the real reason is ABC gets paid extra for showing the sport.
I’m so sick of our soap operas getting interrupted!!!!!! Especially GH. Especially now with all the excitement going on. I don’t want to watch Baseball. Pick another channel please!!!
I love how passionate soap fans can be. Viewers shouldn’t be mad at ABC for airing the games (only 2-3 days). We should be mad that a plan wasn’t in place to handle these pre-planned preemptions properly. It wasn’t until soap fans (over the weekend) noticed changes to their recording schedule and pointed it out on sites like this that ABC finally made an announcement.
As there’s been no national GH preemptions for quite a while, Varni, Valentini and crew could have structured Monday’s episode with a cliffhanger. Then, a brief announcement from a GH star saying they are taking a brief break for the playoffs.
Finally, GH has a baseball connection all the way back to day 1. John Beradino (the Dr Steve Hardy) played for three major league teams in the 1940s and 50s.
Not happy.
You have no problem removing general hospital for baseball for the killing. I’m not sure where it was but you had that on the news. 3:00 4:00 5:00 is 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 5 hours of one story. Now we’re doing baseball. Is there not any other show that can be removed for an hour an hour and a half or could you put it on at a later date? Not everybody wants to see these games
I’m with ya Barbara!!
I HATE that they have to start talking about “breaking news” at 3:00 too. Sometimes it’s NOT EVEN BREAKING NEWS!! Then then talk about it for the WHOLE hour PLUS 4:00, 5:00, 6:00, 7:00!
Talk about beating a DEAD HORSE!! I HAVE ABC!!!!!
All those news programs are the decision of your local station. ABC has no influence. The local stations (aka affiliates) have hours of programming to fill between ABC programming. Many affiliates take the cheap way out and fill it with repetitive news programming. Others may air syndicated talk or game shows like Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune.
F**K the MLB playoffs during the day!!! Only care if it’s the Phillies in our area! ABC SUCKS
ABC is constantly interrupting General hospital w/ special reports when you know darn well their going to repeat the same thing at 4:00 news. Now the playoffs?? ABC is really pissing me off!!! Thinking of banning ABC!!!
Just once I’d like to see general hospital interrupt the news and sports.
Why do you have sports stations if you are not going to play a sport on the station?? Most people who are home during the day want to watch their daily drama not a baseball game
Who in Hell’s name made the decision to play baseball in the middle of the afternoon in the middle of the week anyway? Guess they wouldn’t want to do that on the weekends because it’s football season, but why not play baseball in prime time? ABC has one actual hour each of non-dragonshit programming on Tuesday and Wednesday and all reruns scheduled for Thursday, so it would have been easy to play the games in prime time and then air those shows after the game. Nobody’s going to give a cherub’s pink little ass if “Dancing With Nobody You Ever Heard Of” or “The Geriatric Horndog” got preempted for a week.
There are other games running in prime time. Blame the MLB scheduling gods! 4 sets of best-of-three playoffs that they deem HAVE to be played on the same day. These could easily have been staggered, cutting the pre-emption necessities in half, but oh, well.
It’s the one show I look forward to every day. Gives me a chance to get away from the news. Very sorry every time they preempt GH for a high speed chase, election, sports, etc..If you think about it avid soap fans are not necessarily avid sports fans.
I’m a fan of both
I agree, especially when your not showing it in my area and the games don’t even start till 3 and GH IS AT 2!!
Someone would be preempted in the afternoon, so how about as a trade off- carry the daytime emmys.
Keep sports on sports channels, news on news channels, and let us enjoy our soaps.
They do this every year. Baseball belongs on ESPN. I want my GH! It gets pre-empted or interrupted entirely too much. Enough already.
The last non-scheduled preemption of GH was in early January for President Carter’s funeral. It’s been a good run.
Air on ESPN not ABC
UPDATE:
The third game on Thursday is needed so GH will return to the schedule on Friday.
It’s stinks abc always interrupts general hospital why do we bother to have sport Chanel’s and not use them.
Thank God it’s finally Friday and GH is back!!! These last three days have felt like three years. Please, no more afternoon baseball, ABC.
Unfortunately it’s all about the ad revenue$ sports events generate.
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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?

Photo: HOORAE
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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