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General Hospital’s Carly and Drew Break-Up as They Both Know the Truth: “You’re Going to Put Jason First Every Time”
It looks like the end of the line for GH’s Carly (Laura Wright) and Drew (Cameron Mathison) now that Jason (Steve Burton) is back in the picture as Drew finds out this week that his brother is alive. As viewers know, there has been trouble brewing in the relationship between the two since Drew’s personality change after he came back from his prison term, thanks to Nina (Cynthia Watros).
Drew has been hell-bent on making Nina pay, become super intense and his attitude shift has worried Carly. However, at this point, they had stayed together. Now comes the topper, Jason is back and Drew knows that his brother is always number #1 in Carly’s heart whether as a friend or in the romance department.
According to Soap Opera Digest in key scenes, Carly is a bit blindsided when Drew seeks her out knowing Jason is alive and upset that Carly didn’t tell him … and that of course, she will defend him when he is still being considered a suspect in Dante’s (Dominic Zamprogna) shooting.
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Laura Wright explained as their argument escalates, “You see that the rug gets pulled out (from under Drew) the second Jason comes back. Drew is just like, ‘You’re going to put Jason first every time.’ And Carly says, ‘I can’t tell you that I won’t put Jason first.’” After that declaration is over, Drew tells Carly he can’t deal with that, and breaks up with her.
The quick break-up surprised even Wright and Mathison when they got their scripts, with at one point, Cameron texting Laura, saying (according to Wright), “What the hell?!”
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Carly will spend no time trying to go after Drew at the moment, as her attention is squarely on finding and helping Jason, when it appears no one else is believing his innocence, including a doubting Sonny (Maurice Benard).
So, happy that Drew and Carly are about to break-up? Do you want them together? Where does this leave Jason and Carly? Will they ultimately be best friends again for life, but not a romantic couple on GH? Share your thoughts and hopes for the story between the two brothers and Carly via the comment section below.
the show is spiraling downward fast-from great stories to pretty bad ones
This is what the ‘new’ writers have planned: going back to Snarly, Sonny and Jason all the time, telling the same stories for the millionth time. And they wonder why nobody watches anymore.
(The ratings last week were almost below 2 mil again, so naturally his return will almost surely be higher, and the powers that be will spread the word that GH is back! )
Yawn.
Frankly, I find Drew very annoying and wouldn’t mind seeing him leave PC. Of course, that’s not going to happen because of Scout. But I really wish they could cut him from the cast and save the money. Let the flames of enraged fans begin. :0)
agree
I liked Billy Miller’s version of Drew, but unfortunately the writers reuined the character when they brought him back solely to be a love interest for Carly. Jason has always put both Sonny and Carly first, not just Carly. The love of Jason’s life is Sam, not Carly. I just hope the new writers don’t screw up and put Jason and Carly together. I’d rather he stay single and build a relationship with his two sons.
I agree!! Drew is the WORST!! Boring as, well you know , I can’t type it
I had a feeling that was coming.
YAY, a thousand times yay.
Time for Drew to leave. He never had chemistry with anyone especially Carly.
Drew is not going anywhere accept back into Carly’s arms where he belongs
Not a fan of Carly and Jason! Please don’t go there! They can be friends. I would rather she get back together with Sonny!
No way
I had believed actors were not allowed to comment on upcoming events, re the text message. None of these scenes have aired, well at least in Canada..
Well, it is Carly’s world, after all.
I never thought Drew and Carly had chemistry. It looked so forced and the fact that the powers that be put her with 3 brothers was bothersome. I’m all for the break up but no romance between Carly and Jason. Their relationship as besties is perfect. Now if we can just get Sonny out of his fog, away from Ava, and back to the Sonny we all love.
To be honest, several couples the old writers forced together don’t have chemistry. Carly/Drew, Sonny/Nina, Liz/Finn and some say Sam/Dante, but I like them together. But since this is the Carly show, the new writers may put Jason and Carly together.
I think Sam and Dante have incredible chemistry. They seem to me like a real comfortable; there’s an attraction and yet an ease between them. The relationship is equal; not “macho” man Jason leaving the lil lady at home as he plays enforcer with his favorite person in the whole world, Carly, and his father/brother/mentor, Sonny. Sam and Jason were great decades ago when they were the black clad motorcycle young rebels, but now, Sam is a mother of two and has a great, balanced, life with Dante. I’d hate to see her settle for second best again with Jason; she should never have left Billy Miller’s “Drew.” The show screwed that up; they were great together too.
Drew has gotten really squirrelly since Pentonville and his rabid desire to see Nina pay. I
wonder now though if he will turn that anger on Carly..Sam took Jason over him Ned now he told Carly he knows Jason will always come first.Cinsidering he went to jail for her I think I would be ticked if she dumped me. Will he decide to make Carly pay as much if not more than Nina since Carly won’t be the voice of reason anymore telling him to let his anger go.
It’s time for Cameron Mathison to depart. Had high hopes when his version of Drew debuted in captivity (with Liesl trying to escape Cassadine Island). Total lack of chemistry with Carly. Bad writing choices in never revisiting the Jason memories portion. It was like his Drew was an entirely different character than Billy Miller’s.
Aw Billly Miller. He was Drew 100%. Billy is remembered and very missed. Hope he is in a better place.
Very touching words Brian. The deaths of Billy and Tyler were so tragic and such losses.
I quit the show when Billy Miller left never will come back I expect CM to depart as others to cover Burtons salary
I don’t know who is being the bigger hypocrite right now… .its’ either Hallmark Drew, being jealous of the brother who saved his life… or TJ – who’s been peripherally involved in Corinthos Coffee LLC since he was a kid – with both of his parents working for Sonny at one point, and him being with Sonny’s niece most of those years – now suddenly worried about his bio baby mama being Sonny’s daughter.
Hopefully this is a parting shot of sabotage from the old writers, and NOT from the new team, or this is not a good sign at all. We do know the old writers were doing some history revisionism with NuJagger, so this crap from TJ & Drew would be consistent with that.
I wondered about that myself, kind of hypocritical ?
I also wondered if the old writers are to blame for the character inconsistencies. But after today, with Heather’s storyline, I fear it could be the new writers.
Since the new writers were listed on the opening credits of Friday’s episode, that should mean they are now completely on their scripts. So the new writers apparently decided they want to redeem Heather, but the way they are going about it is completely stupid. Just as it was when previous writers thought they could excuse serial killings with a brain tumor. Cobalt poisoning from a bad hip replacement would be even less likely to have such results.
And as far as redeeming Heather… she’s been psychotic since the late 70s, so nobody’s going to believe it if she suddenly becomes a completely sane grandma who wants nothing more than to take care of Esme’s poor baby who’s over a year old now and still doesn’t have an actual name.
Gonna give the new head writing team some props for correcting some of the wrong paths of the last decade+.
Alexis back on her path to a legal career.
Marshall’s misdiagnosis wrapping up with him likely on the way out of PC.
Carly at Crimson nixed before it fully took hold.
And yes, Heather. Was she unstable back in the day (yes – as commemorated in “Heather’s having an insane attack” line in General Hospi- tale”. She didn’t kill Diana Taylor – Heather’s mother did. She left town in the 80s as normal as Heather gets. It wasn’t until she returned to swindle Edward after Lila’s death (a horrible plot) that she became close to wackadoodle. Is the cobalt poisoning far-fetched? Sure, but it’s one of those cases where soaps can cause you suspend some disbelief.
Her making Laura her medical proxy without even mentioning Steven Lars was a bit off. I guess we’re supposed to assume he’s still incarcerated. As for family, Drew and Jason are distant blood relatives. Laura is her adopted niece by marriage (dating back 45+ years)!
The character of Drew as now played is horrendous. Needs to be recast. Jason was always Carlys protector. They are loyal to each other. LOVE sonny and Ava together. Completely over Nina’s whining and the character. Hate the whole Davis girls mess. Alexis needs a strong man and back to law. Would be nice to see Avery and Donna together and with Scout and Violet. Need to start building Aiden, Rocco, Jake, Charlotteand others storyline Emma should have been there for Spencer story, they were very close as kids. Like Joss and Dex, Maxie and Spinelli.
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Drew and carly will break up and that will not happen. They promise me to be together as couple. And if was me to tell jason Drew and carly they are in leadership
I have a bad feeling that the so call new writers will just follow some mandate and turn the show again into the not so great 4some of Carly, sonny,jason and sam. everything will revolve around them, and its them against everyone, where they are always right about anything and everything, God, I hope I’m wrong but I’m bracing myself. Even Cameron Mathison knows that, he better pray they bring in Rebecca Budig, otherwhise he’ll be playing second fiddle to Steve Burtons Jason. meanwhile I’m gonna start praying the show “new” writers will prove me wrong and write a balance show.
As opposed to what it’s been the last two & half years, which was a complete toilet spiral.
Does that include all the Carly centric writing?
No, the last two years it’s been all Nina-centric writing. Most of which was about her obsession with Carly.
The “granny wars” as they’re referred to on social media have run their course. Both characters were equally prominent. Carly, however, had a much larger support group. Nina had Ava and the occasionally seen Valentin and no-longer seen Liesl.
That was the biggest mistake that Drew made bc of Jason and Carly, yes Jason comes first bc they have known each other for decades on the show, they are just friends nothing else other wise. Jason and Carly are not even married. Drew could still be with Carly and they should get back together. Jason and Nina will both pay for this since they are both responsible for their break up
Carly need to decide go back to drew they are to be together as a couple not gave on each other and drew need to away from nina she deserves go to jail where she belongs and carly and carly have more peace in leadership
I just started watching GH again. Back in the day. It was centered around the hospital and people that worked there. I hardly see the hospital anymore. I want something more.
Drew cain needs to look deep down inside of him and he can’t not to have a Leadship with Nina and Jordan. Only person to have Relationship with is carly spencer and to work on there problems
Drew and carly need to go back to be together again and start. They promise Me do not give up on each other.
Carly need to put draw frist in her life and nor jason. Drew is in love with carly
Drew and carly do not gave up on each other and you guys are belongs to together. And great Couple. To work on problems and it out. To have Batter Leadship on each other greatest Couple I know
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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