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General Hospital Preemptions This Week for MLB Wild Card Playoff Games

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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.

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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.

Enough said, They screwed up Disney World, why not make life miserable for everyone else

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?

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Lane Davies Joins the Cast of General Hospital Setting up a ‘Santa Barbara’ Reunion with Nancy Lee Grahn

Some very intriguing casting news out of General Hospital. The ABC daytime drama has cast former Santa Barbara favorite, Lane Davies (ex-Mason Capwell), in the role of Fergus Byrne, an attorney who crosses paths with Alexis Davis (Nancy Lee Grahn).

According to TV Insider, Davies will make debut the week of May 22nd.  As soap fans know, together with the aforementioned Grahn, they created the Santa Barbara supercouple of Mason and Julia Wainwright. Davies portrayed Mason Capwell family from 1984 through 1989.

Interestingly enough, this isn’t the first time in Port Charles for Lane. From 2002-2004 he played Dr. Cameron Lewis and also shared on-screen story with Grahn.  At that time Davies, played Xander Smith’s father.

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GH fans are wondering about the last name of Davies new character, “Byrne”. If you recall, Alexis got herself involved with therapist Dr. Neil Byrne, who died when Harmony broke into Alexis‘ house and killed Neil by injecting him with opioids.

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Taking to her Instagram, Grahn shared her excitement at the upcoming on-screen reunion with Davies, “It never gets old. We do 😂…. but it doesn’t 😍. Lookin’ forward to another romp.”

So, what do you think about Lane Davies returning to GH to play an attorney in Alexis’ orbit? Share your thoughts via the comment section below.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Nikolas Gets an Earful from Ava About Sonny and His Meds; Nina and Drew Can’t Seem to Resist Each Other

Ava (Maura West) seems to feel she has a confidante in a jailed Nikolas (Adam Huss) on the Monday, April 29th episode of General Hospital. In story, Ava heads to Pentonville to visit her ex-husband before he is set to get transferred out of state.

When discussing her living relationship with Sonny (Maurice Benard), which Nikolas already knew about, Ava says she is happy about how her relationship with Sonny has been evolving, Nikolas ask if she’s in love with Sonny. Ava denies it, but goes on to say how great it is for her daughter, Avery to be living with both her parents, who are on the same side and not at odds.

Nikolas believes that Ava loves being in Sonny’s inner sanctum and the power that comes with it. Ava fires back that she spent years looking in from the outside and that everyone despised her. When Nikolas brings up Nina (Cynthia Watros), she says Nina never really could understand the true type of man that Sonny is.

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Then, Ava launches in on Carly (Laura Wright), and how she would love to stick it to her, for all the times she blocked Ava from seeing her child and Carly’s attitude towards her. Then, Ava admits to Nikolas that she knows that Sonny has a watered-down version of his bipolar medication, which is making him more vulnerable and she’s capitalizing on it for her own gain. She says she needs to figure out who is responsible, but Nikolas voices concern for Ava’s plan and that if Sonny ever found out she knew about it and did nothing, he would be on the warpath against her. Ava promises she knows what she’s doing. When she says goodbye to Nikolas, he looks upset and sad, as he still seemingly cares for Ava.

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Meanwhile in Drew’s (Cameron Mathison) office, Nina walks in complaining about Carly giving her a hard time about maintenance in her office. Nina wants payback for Jason (Steve Burton) buying Carly the hotel, but Drew is not up for playing games with her.  She says they both want revenge on Jason and Carly, which Drew denies. Next thing you know, Nina grabs Drew and kisses him. Although, it seems he might walk out the door and away from her, he locks it, and the two proceed to have round 2 of their hate-sex.

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Elsewhere, Anna tells Jason about her shooting Charlotte and her concern about Valentin’s (James Patrick Stuart) involvement with Pikeman. Meanwhile, Valentin visits Jack Brennan (Charles Mesure) in Pentonville, where threats are laid out to make Sonny look like the guilty party in eliminating Jason, while Anna is the line of fire, if she doesn’t keep her nose out of Pikeman business, which worries Valentin, who doesn’t want Anna getting hurt in any of this.

So, what do you think about Ava’s plans? Did you like seeing Nikolas back on the canvas? Are you all for a Drew/Nina continued affair? Will Anna get caught in the crossfire only to be saved by Valentin? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.

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Haley Pullos Receives 90-Day Jail Sentence Following DUI Charge And Wrong-Way Car Crash

Former General Hospital actress, Haley Pullos (ex-Molly Lansing-Davis) is going to be doing time in jail, exactly one-year after her arrest from a hit and run wrong-way car collision.

The crash resulted in bodily harm and damages to the other driver, and now Pullos who pleaded “no contest” to the charges and will serve 90 days in jail. She was taken in custody on Monday, April 29th, after the ruling.

According to Haley’s attorney, Mark Daniel Melnick, the 25-year-old actress struck a plea deal and after her three months in jail will be sentenced on July 29th. As part of that sentencing, she must serve five years probation, 200 hours of community service and pay $8,260 in restitution to Courteney Wilder, the other driver in the crash and her driver’s license is revoked for a year.

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According to TMZ, the plea deal for Pullos has the “no contest” to one DUI, while the judge dropped the felony DUI causing bodily injury and misdemeanor hit and run charges.

Melnick said in a statement to PEOPLE, “Haley is very grateful to the court for a minimum sentence and for recognizing her remorse and the strides she has made in her sobriety.”

Pullos had played the daughter of Alexis Davis (played by Nancy Lee Grahn) on the ABC soap opera since 2009, but after her car crash and DUI she was replaced by three different actresses until the show finally settled on the current Molly, Kristen Vaganos.

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Back in April 29 of 2023, and at the scene of the crash, the police found edibles and mini-bottles of tequila in Pullos’ vehicle and that she was intoxicated. As it turned out, this was to be the second hit and run in the evening for Pullos who had an earlier collision with another car.

The courts decision follows a year-long legal battle with Haley’s pleas changing throughout it, ranging from “not guilty” to “no contest”. She sought treatment for her drinking at a rehab following the crash.

Nancy Lee Grahn, who portrayed Pullos’ on-screen mom took to X on Monday night, April 29th and shared on the sentence and the specific jail, Haley will be serving time: “As Haley’s TV mom I can tell some truths about her as I’ve loved her since she was little girl. She made a HUGE mistake, knows it, owns it & has spent the last yr doing EVERYTHING imaginable to take responsibility 4 it. It’s not that I oppose jail. It’s that I oppose this jail.” The jail in question by Grahn is the L.A. county jail.

So, what do you think about Haley Pullos serving a 90-days jail sentence, and the other rulings that will be part of her sentencing? Comment below.

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