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General Hospital Preemptions This Week for MLB Wild Card Playoff Games
This week, General Hospital will be preempted on Tuesday, October 4 and Wednesday, October 5, and potentially again on Thursday October 6, due to Major League Baseball’s wild card playoff games airing on ABC.
In the best of 3 games, the Texas Rangers face the Tampa Bay Rays in an American League wild card series, starting on Tuesday with a 3:08PM EST start time. If the series goes a full three games, then Thursday’s GH will also be preempted.
Encore episodes of GH will be seen on the east coast on Tuesday and Wednesday, while all other time zones will be preempted for the game.

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In addition, GH will not be streaming the episodes on Hulu or ABC.com as is it a nationwide preemption. That way, everyone will begin to see the all-new episodes on the same day when they resume.

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Hopefully, Thursday, GH will resume with an episode that teases: Spencer and Trina affirm their feelings, Tracy has a slip of the tongue, Valentin surprises Anna, and Sasha is in danger.
So, going to miss GH for the next few days? Comment below.
Is Blair Cramer ever coming back? The only reason I’m recording this show is to see Kassie DePaiva. I loved the scene she had with Michael K Knight. I hoped she’d be around a little longer than one scene with him and one with Jane Elliot.
Hahaha, stfu
I do not know who/what Kassie DePaiva is..
Just another one dug up from the soap opera graveyard…LOL
Seems the writers/whoever have
been doing a lot of digging lately.
She’s an actress who played a very popular character, Blair, on OLTL. She’s also been on Days. No need to be rude to people who like the actress and the character that was brought to GH for a short appearance. As for “digging” most viewers who are into the soap genre like to see soap actors either join the show OR bring their popular character to another show whether for an episode or longer.
Kassie was only brought on for 2 episodes.
I don’t think she needed to come back from all, but admittedly, OLTL never aired in Hell, so I don’t have any attachment to the character.
Problem is, they wasted her appearance on something that doesn’t make sense. Again, not an OLTL fan, but I believe she was married to Todd Manning, right? So how did she become Marty’s “ex wife” in the years since her last appearance… and Marty’s been in Port Charles 3 or 4 years now himself.
If they had to bring her back at all, they should have done so for a storyline that was actually relevant to the current stories on GH. And that is the story that was left hanging in mid air when the OLTL transplant characters were abruptly pulled off of GH, due to the legal red tape involved with the Prospect Park streaming revival of OLTL & AMC. Namely the question of whether Lorenzo Alcazar was hanging out in Llanview under a different name, while most of the Port Charles residents believed he was dead (except for Jason… but he was unavailable for comment at the time, having recently been “presumed dead” himself).
And the question of Alcazar’s whereabouts is very relevant right now, because nobody fits the profile of the mysterious “Pikeman” mercenary smuggling organization better than Alcazar. They are doing the exact same things Alcazar previously tried & failed to do in Port Charles.
So the Blair character could have served that story by picking up where it left off in 2012. Instead of wasting time with another dead end story that’s already wasting the talents of a few GH veteran cast members… this whole ridiculous “Deception” thing.
Why do we h have to give up three days or more of our show for sports fans? Why can’t they show the games on some sports channels, God knows there’s enough of them.
Totally agree with you
Cuz MLB is part of Disney/ABC.
100% agreed.
Gee, I was actually afraid everyone would be jumping down my throat, like where’s the spirit, etc? Glad to know there are others like me.
I could care less about Baseball and agree that with all the sports channels they should be showing this there where people opt to watch it instead of taking our show off the air. Even if ABC owns MLB they can have an ABC Sports channel. Would actually think that their views would go up because if people can watch their shows they will be tuned into ABC while those who want to watch MLB will be tuned into that channel. Kill 2 birds with 1 stone..
I think it stinks that some stupid games that will be on other channels will be on during the day and interrupt our soaps. Hope it’s a ratings disaster. When will the networks stop this stupidity? Ugh1
I’m thinking about getting done with it all together. I’ve been watching General Hospital for years. , this is how they lose fans from watching the show , baseball don’t even start till after GH , I don’t understand why they have not show it. Baseball starts at 3 PM
Same goes for political preemptions
I’d rather see GH! So many sports channels, and other useless shows, but they have to interrupt a popular soap! We all are not Baseball fans, and I live in Tampa Bay area, Tampa Bay Rays in playoffs, big whoop!
Disney owned ABC has a sports channel ESPN yet they gotta show baseball on abc? WTF!
Since we must endure MLB and the Rangers won yesterday (best 2 of, everyone please root for them today so GH is not pre-empted for a THIRD day tomorrow.
Why can’t U put general hospital on at late at night some where about 2am.
They used to do that. Or leave it up to the affiliates. And in the age of digital TV, any ABC affiliate could have the option available to play GH on one of the subchannels. And of course they could always release it to Hulu for streaming.
Or just play the ball games on the sports network they already own.
There are any number of options they could have used, any one of them making more sense than a nationwide blanket pre-emption.
Late night airings typically occur when an episode is preempted shortly before or during airtime in one market or region (ie. for “breaking news”. Nowadays, if they know ahead of time that GH can’t air as scheduled in a large chunk of the country, it is preempted nationally.
Preemption is probably not the best term here as no show was produced to air Tuesday or Wednesday as it was known months ago that baseball would have the time slot those days. Thus, an episode intended for Tuesday won’t air on a later date (as would occur with a news related preemption.).
CORRECTION Best 2 of 3 wins series. If Rangers win today it’s all over and we have our favorite soap back tomorrow.
So unfair that they didn’t air for everyone to see season 61 episode 21 like ABC quoted they would here. So what happened to Sasha?? Why didn’t you air it on demand?
Enough said, They screwed up Disney World, why not make life miserable for everyone else
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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Carly and Lulu Make Plans to Rescue Their Children; Anna Looks Determined to Secure Her Freedom

This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, the race is on! Can Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) get to Rocco (Finn Carr) and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) in time to ensure their safety from Cullum (Andrew Hawkes)? Can Carly (Laura Wright) with the help of her brother, Lucas (Van Hansis) rescue Josslyn (Eden McCoy) from captivity at Wyndemere? These questions may be answered, plus the return of the one and only Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) are on tap!
In the just released General Hospital spoilers video for the week of June 22-26, Lulu tells her mother, Laura (Genie Francis), “Dante and I have to get to Rocco before Cullum!” Meanwhile, Rocco (Finn Carr) looks angered and emotional as Britt walks through their cabin hideout. Does Rocco know his parents are on the way to find them, or has Cullum already tracked them down to the British Virgin Islands?
Back in Port Charles, Carly is informing Lucas that his niece, “is a WSB agent.” She knows Josslyn (Eden McCoy) is being held against her will at Wyndemere, and she has to find a way to get her out. Lucas agrees with Carly’s plan of, “We go in and we don’t leave without Josslyn!” Elsewhere, Josslyn is looking worried for her future as she is stuck in captivity thanks to Cassius, Cullum and Sidwell!

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FINOLA HUGHES RETURNS
The final moments of the teaser promo reveal Anna in a psychiatric clinic in France. We have not seen her for months after Cullum, Sidwell and Pascal fed her hallucinogenics to make her believe her arch nemesis, Cesar Faison was alive!
Now, the doctors walk towards her hospital bed, where we see the super spy calmly knitting. Is Anna back to normal and playing everyone to get out of her predicament, or does she still remain deeply traumatized … or both?
Take a look at the rest of the official GH spoilers for the week below.
MONDAY, JUNE 22
Willow gets an unwelcome surprise. Trina sticks to her guns. “Nathan” wants reassurance. Ethan advises Ava. Brook Lynn receives an update.
TUESDAY, JUNE 23
Dante cautions Liz. Laura learns a secret. Brook Lynn confides in Michael. Sonny challenges Ava. Chase makes a decision.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Anna meets with her doctor. Carly makes a stunning confession. Britt extracts a promise. Cullum pulls a fast one. Gio and Emma hit the pool.
THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Josslyn clashes with Cassius. Lulu and Dante make a discovery. Chase receives a warning. Jordan seeks help. Alexis is summoned to the PCPD.
FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Anna takes a huge risk. Britt is in grave danger. Willow is in disbelief. Danny must act fast. Curtis jumps to the wrong conclusion.
Check out the latest General Hospital promo entitled, “Rescue Mission” below.
Now weigh-in: Do you think Anna is still mentally off-balance, or OK, and just pretending to be troubled to get out of France and get back to Port Charles? Will Josslyn finally be rescued, or will Carly and Lucas find themselves locked up with her? And, who will get to Britt and Rocco first? Cullum, or Dante and Lulu? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.
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Maurice Benard Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’ Writers; Teases Upcoming Sonny Scenes with Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric

With the highly-anticipated returns of Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) on this week’s June 24 episode of General Hospital, Steve Burton’s (Jason Morgan) upcoming return on July 13, which also serves as the ABC daytime drama’s 16,000 episode, things are about to fire on all cylinders in the story, as noted today by series star, Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos).
On Father’s Day, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning actor and mental health activist took to his Instagram and expressed in a video that he has some unbelievable upcoming senes with the aforementioned Burton and Hughes. Add to that Nazneen Contractor (Justine Turner) and Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing), where Benard gave credit where credit is due to the GH writing team, which is led by co-head writers, Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten..
In this video, Benard said, “I just want to get on here and say that I did some work with Steve Burton, Finola Hughes, Rick Hearst, Nazneen Contractor, and they’re all just fantastic. Truly fantastic. But, I want to say the writing was just exceptional. It truly was. It was exceptional. So, thankful for that kind of writing. I know writers don’t get the credit a lot, but I just want to say to the General Hospital writing team, keep rolling!”
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So now the question becomes, with a major tease like that, what is about to go down between Sonny, Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric? Will we finally get to the end of the line for Sidwell (Carlo Rota), as previously teased by the GH co-head writers? Will we learn what happened to Jason and Anna, fully? Will Justine and Sonny becomes closer or stop their liaisons? And what of Ric? Will he be true blue to his brother or double-cross him? There is a lot at stake as we move further into the summer and one that looks like it could be one of the more exciting ones in years!
FINOLA HUGHES CONFIRMED AMAZING SCENES WITH MAURICE BENARD
As a punctuation point to his video, Benard also shared this written message in the post: “I just did some wonderful scenes with Steve Burton, Rick Hearst, Finola Hughes and Nazneen Contractor and and unbelievable writing, freaking amazing scenes that you will see in the near future on General Hospital.” In fact, Finola Hughes jumped in the post comment thread and responded, “I loved our scenes so much xxx”
Fans will most likely see all the scenes Benard referred to later in July, since GH tapes approximately six weeks ahead of air.
So, are you excited to see what Maurice is talking about? Are you hyped for what’s to come on GH? Any clue on what you think will go down between the main characters on the soap with the returns of Anna Devane and Jason Morgan to the mix? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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‘General Hospital’ Alum Chad Duell Announces Upcoming Release of His First Single, ‘If You Need Me’

In a surprise move, Daytime Emmy winner, Chad Duell (ex-Michael Corinthos, GH) is getting ready to unveil a new chapter of his career in music.
The former GH star, where he played the son of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) for 15 years, has announced his new single, “If You Need Me” will drop on Friday, June 26. The single is now available for pre-order on Spotify and major music streaming platforms and is distributed by DistroKid.
Taking to his Instagram story over the weekend, to announce the pre-save of his new single, Chad expressed, “I’ll make a full post about what I’ve been up to and my music once it goes live next week, but you can pre-save my first single so it goes straight to your Spotify once it drops next week.”

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SINCE LEAVING GENERAL HOSPITAL
Previously, since his departure from the ABC soap opera. Chad starred alongside Zach Mendez in the world premiere of of Yum Yum at Annapolis, a new play written by Bruce Reisman. Duell last appeared on General Hospital on the January 21, 2025 episode.
The part was recast with Rory Gibson who debuted as the new Michael in May of 2025 during the Nurses’ Ball episodes and who has remained in the role since that time.
In an interview earlier this year on The Able Show, Duell said on his decision to exit the soap opera, “I was blessed to be part of that (show) for as long as I have, but what happens sometimes is if you’re doing the same thing, especially in a creative field for such a long time, you can get a little burnt out in a way. It can make you a little depressed, so that’s kind of what happened. On top of that, I had other things going on in my life at the time. My father passed away recently and I just needed a reset. So, I stepped away. A lot of times you have to go through some stuff to really step into that next level. I needed to kind of feel uncomfortable.”
So, what type of musical genre will Chad’s new song be? Country? Pop? Rock? Dance/Club? Something else? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below, and if you are eager to hear the new single next week via the comment section below.
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