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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Ava is in the Hot Seat For Kristina’s Fall, and Sonny Wants to Make Her “Pay”
Just when you think there were not enough people angry enough at General Hospital’s Ava Jerome, think again. In the latest ABC promo for the week of August 5-9 on GH, Kristina and her unborn baby are in dire straits due to the fall she took out of a Metro Court Hotel room window during an argument with Ava.
Now, everyone is Kristina’s family is ready to put the blame on Ava, and especially Sonny, who vows to make Ava pay.
In the preview, Ava is in the interrogation room at the PCPD where Chase is wanting her account of the moments that led up to Kristina’s fall. He says, “Start from the beginning. …Tell me everything you remember.” How will Ava spin the story of what went down between her and Kristina? Will the fact that their were photos being shot from another location into Ava’s window be evidence that will hurt her case?
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Meanwhile, at General Hospital, a concerned Molly asks TJ, if Kristina and the baby are going to be alright. From his demeanor, it seems like he is about to deliver bad news. In another key moment, Alexis is at the hospital saying that Kristina was in Ava’s suite, and she doeesn’t know why, but that is overheard by Sonny and Molly, and Molly says, “I know why.”
Later, Ava insists to Scott that Kristina’s fall was “an accident.” Trina visits Ava behind bars and asks her, “Was it …(an accident)? Then, it appears that Kristina’s family will learn of her fate and the fate of the baby.
So, is the beginning of the end of Ava Jerome? Will Kristina survive, but the baby not make it? Share your theories on how things will play out this week on Genera Hospital via the comment section, but first take a look at the promo.
Ava seems to be the punching bag in town again (giving Nina a well deserved rest). Not sure how she gets out of this one.
It’s quite annoying how they’re glossing over Natalia’s wrong doing to blame the whistleblower (similar to Nina getting blamed for turning in a guilty Drew & Carly).
As much as I like Eva LaRue, it’s time for both Natalia and Blaze to depart Port Charles.
Hey, O G, guess what?I agree with you!
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“Ava seems to be the punching bag in town again. Not sure how she gets out of this one.”
Easy. She doesn’t. About time too. AJ, Morgan, and now Kristina’s baby. The Ava Jerome body count has been piling up for too long.
I do agree with you, OG—What’s up with that?? Turning on Ava—round and round we go. Yet, Carly and Drew roam free!!
I must say, though—how amazing is Maura? Her facial expressions are priceless.
Sonny? I hope he jumps. I’m so nasty!! Oh well—-LOL
Celia, well guess what, I’m even nastier then, because I hope Ava rots in jail and I feel that her facial expressions are disgusting, especially when she opens her mouth!
I don’t know if you were a OLTL viewer, Steve, but way back in 2003, they actually portrayed homophobes as villains, not victims. Now here it is, 2024 and Natalia is being portrayed as a victim. I mean, the character is a smart and independent woman in her 50s, and had ample time to grow and evolve from her strict Catholic upbringing. And this isn’t just a case of viewers being overly sensitive to undercurrents that the writing is suggesting that Natalia is a victim, Kristina straight out said in that disastrous interview with Perez Hilton ( guilty himself of outting closeted celebrities) that “the real victim here is Natalia.” And yet, Ava, who balked when Natalia started spouting off her bigotry is more guilty than Natalia.
Hi Harry
Other than the ridiculous plot of Dorian pretending to be lesbian in order to gain votes, OLTL led the way in portrayal of LGBT characters and storylines.
Having enjoyed “sexual orientation rights” since 1987 in my province ( In Canada) the sudden rise of anti-rights is just so disappointing. Always believed unless you are “interested” in a person, what does their orientation matter?
OLTL Billy Douglas was indeed groundbreaking and told with great real emotion.
I agree with you O G Steve – These writers are gut punching certain characters , relentlessly. The police dept. is working with the mob to help them knock out the people. Anna and Jason , working together to take out the F.B.I. . It annoys me too how Natalia , Sonny , Caryl – I may as well say the whole group are getting by with too much while others are arrested before all of the evidence is presented. I agree about Nina , too . My friend , Mildred and I totally agree with what you said and more!
A horrible turn of events.
ava need to pay for what she did im not saying that she pushed christina but its time she get what she deserves for all the bad things she did in the past
She didn’t push Kristina ; plus , if Kristina is a truthful person , she will say that Ava didn’t.
Why is Ava stupidly talking to the GCPD without her lawyer?
You just answered your own question!
I said the same thing , Mike. However , it seems that unless Diane Miller is your lawyer , a person doesn’t stand a chance.
Kristen Vaganos for the win! Molly reading Sonny the riot act was everything I didn’t know I needed on this show. It creates a new rivalry which will be amplified when Ric returns in a few weeks.
Sonny really had nothing to do with the situation Ava created. And even the part that Sonny did do – like beating the unholy shit out of Dex, where Krissy saw the whole thing, was because his meds have been off for months. Which now is mostly Ava’s fault, since she knew about it, but did nothing, and eventually lowered the dosage from 25% to 0. And of course it would be Molly’s Uncle Val who did that. So she’s barking up the wrong family tree, really.
It’s not Ava’s fault about Sonny’s meds! That’s what Satan does – blames someone else!
How in Hell’s name is it not her fault? Yes, it was Val the Bastard who initially tampered with the meds, but Ava found out about that months ago, and not only didn’t tell Sonny about it, she used the situation to further manipulate him.
And while Val had his meds reduced to 25%, which was bad enough, Ava had them reduced to pure placebos which made him worse. So yes, this has been Ava’s fault since the minute she had the drugs tested and didn’t do the responsible thing with that information.
Maybe she isn’t the one that started screwing up his meds, we know now it was Valentin, but the minute Ava found out what was going on, she threatened the Pharmacist to give him Placebos, that means nothing, nada, fake, do you understand that? Do you even watch the show, if you did, you wouldn’t say something so stupid. Don’t blame Satan, he’s just telling it like it is, and I suppose you think he’s real too, omg, lmoao!
Satan real? Well I have always been taught “if you believe in heaven above, then hell is definitely below”. Can’t have one without the other.
So many characters have pointed out Ava is a snake who tampered with Morgan’s meds. Yet none of them have even wondered if she may have done the same to Sonny’s meds. I’ll be glad when the truth finally comes out. But I’m sure she’ll still get out of it somehow. I know Valentin set it in motion but Ava worsened it. They both need to face the consequences.
So does Sonny and his crowd!
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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