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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Court is Now In Session; Who Will Win in the Case of Ava vs. Kristina?
Order in the court! The action for the week of November 25th on General Hospital will feature the highly-anticipated legal battle between Ava Jerome (Maura West) and Kristina Corinthos-Davis (Kate Mansi), with Molly’s (Kristen Vaganos) father, Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) as Ava’s attorney. In the just released ABC promo for this week, Ric is taken a bit off-guard when his half-brother, Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) shows up in the courtroom in support of his daughter, Kristina.
Once on the witness stand, Kristina says, “I’m ready to talk about what Ava did to me.” As viewers know, Kristina blames Ava for the death of her baby following the confrontation in Ava’s hotel room at the Metro Court Hotel, when Kristina crashed through the hotel window and landed in the pool. For months, Kristina has wanted revenge on Ava. Will she finally get it, or will she be in for a rude-awakening with the very clever, Ric Lansing, ready to take her testimony down?
In the video teaser, Ric comes at Kristina on the stand and says, “Why are you lying?” That moment stuns Kristina while Ava looks on. Elsewhere in Port Charles, Lulu (Alexa Havins) is MIA! After waking up from a coma for the last four years and trying to stay one step ahead of Cyrus Renault (Jeff Kober), no one can locate her. Might James (Gary James Fuller) come upon Lulu on the grounds of the Quartermaines? Meanwhile, Michael (Chad Duell) hears damning evidence against Drew (Cameron Mathison)! What will he do with the information?
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Take a look at the official GH spoilers below. Please note that General Hospital will not air new episodes on Thanksgiving Day or Black Friday. Instead, Thursday will be an encore episode and on Friday the show will be preempted for ABC sports programming.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25
Ava’s trial begins. Kristina takes the stand. Michael makes a move against Drew. Lulu takes a risk. Curtis opens up to Jordan.
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26
Lucky is eager to help Elizabeth. Dante testifies at Ava’s trial. Ric has a trick up his sleeve. Cody assists a stranger. Sasha confides in Maxie.
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 27
Lucky confronts Cyrus. Ric calls Molly to the stand. Maxie and Spinelli are in for a shock. Brook Lynn and Chase have a heart-to-heart. Lulu sees a familiar face.
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28
ENCORE EPISODE (original airdate 7/19/24)
Carly and Jason continue to celebrate Jason’s newfound freedom on the footbridge. Josslyn hands Trina something that fell out during the move to their new apartment – the turtle dove Spencer gave her. When the reminder of her lost love brings tears to Trina’s eyes, she grows frustrated with her inability to move on from Spencer. Cody frets about being shut out from Mac’s life, but Sasha urges Cody to hold on hope that the situation can be salvage. Laura and Dante cross while they both pay a visit to a still-comatose Lulu.
Take a look at the latest GH promo below. Now weigh-in, who do you think will win the court battle, Ava, Kristina or neither? Let us know your theories via the comment section.
Ava will win. Ric will destroy Kristina on the stand. And it will be delicious.
So glad I am not the only one waiting for this!
Yet I wouldn’t want it if it was still Lexi playing the role.. I had more sympathy for her version of Kristina.
I hope so, Scott!
With all due respect, I hope Lulu’s homecoming is more exciting than Lucky’s. For weeks, we had to watch a poker game and now that he is back, we get endless scenes about him wanting to leave Port Charles. It’s time to grow up and realize you are a man with children who need you and stop trying to find the next big thrill.
I am still waiting for Jagger’s killer storyline to have some closure (or is it already finished). I’d love to know who sent Ava messages MONTHS ago and who bought Windemere. The soap is in bad need of some fun love stories. It has been sadness and grief for months. Let’s have a love story for Ava, Alexis, Anna and TRACY!!!!
Well, now that Lulu has woken up maybe Lucky can wake up. He’s as dull as dishwasher and as somnolent as Perry Como on tranquilizers. All he’s done since returning to PC is cry, throw a toddler tantrum and whine on and on about wanting to leave. He’s a selfish bastard. And I used to love JJ’s Lucky. What a disappointment his return has been.
Couldn’t agree with you more, Harry. Jonathan Jackson’s return has been a total bust so far. He looks bored and really like he’s just collecting a paycheck. It’s like they just wanted to get him back on the show to say “Look who’s back!” without bothering to take the time to write a decent story for his return. I was so happy when I heard that JJ was coming back. But it’s been nothing but a huge letdown, like a lot of the show these days, I’m sorry to say.
Interested in your take on ranking all the returning characters this year…
For me, by far the best has been Ric. He quickly reconnected with most of his contacts and was effectively integrated into story. It helps that Rick Hearst seems to be enjoying revisiting the role.
Second would be Lucas. I was skeptical of Van at first, but he was heavily played in his first few weeks on air reminding viewers the importance of this legacy character.
Somewhere in the middle are Holly, Brad and the brief return of Steven Lars.
Jason’s return was flat for the first few months but the writers finally seem to know how to use him.
Too soon to judge Lulu – but there’s hope after a few days.
By far the least effective return is Lucky. The endless poker games, unwashed appearance and constant wavering on leaving town make the character quite unlikable. He’s like Luke – without the charm.
Anyone can chime in…
Lucky’s return is dooooo boring! Yhe whining and disheveled look is so 60’s! Writers need a review of GH history! Lulu walking out after a 5 year coma???? Ridiculous!!!!
I’d rank the return of Lucas at #1. I knew Van Hansis was gonna do a great job and he hasn’t disappointed. To me, he slid into the role perfectly to where it almost seems like he’s been playing Lucas all along. They threw him into some meaty scenes right off the bat, and he’s fit right in.
I would have Emma Samms return as Holly at #2. I really enjoyed the story with Holly, Anna, and Jason thwarting Sidwell at the casino, and trying to bring Lucky home. It was kind of a throwback story to days gone by with the adventure, a little humor and camp, some good drama. The whole Sasha as Holly’s daughter twist, and then Robert and Holly skipping town the way they did after Robert just found out he had a daughter, I didn’t care for at all. But overall, I think they used Emma pretty well this time around. I particularly enjoyed her scenes with Maurice Benard.
Ric’s return has been pretty good so far. Always a fan of Rick Hearst. Ric and Ava together has some potential. I just can’t believe we really haven’t seen any Sonny/Ric scenes yet.
Steve Burton’s return was very lackluster for the first few months, but they’ve used him better recently.
I can take or leave Brad. It was nice to see Scott Reeves again, but Steven Lars was barely a blip on the screen. And the story they concocted to get Heather out of town was pretty hard to believe.
I’ve also enjoyed Rena Sofer’s return as Lois, forgot to mention her. Even though they haven’t had much for Lois to do, besides being a busy body at the Quartermaines.
Hey Steve. I totally concur with your summations of the recent returns. I had high expectations for Lucky’s return and was disappointed by his dreary and depressing return. I had no expectations for Ric’s and Lucas’s return,either positively or negatively, and was delightfully surprised by both of their returns. Ric seamlessly stepped in where he left off navigating between being a dutiful father and a rightfully vengeful sibling. He’s so good. And the Lucas recast has also been seamless incorporating all the familial emotion and history into his compelling performance. It’s as if he had been playing Lucas since the character’s inception.
I can see Kristina referring to the baby as Adela on the witness stand. Under cross examination, Ric produces documentation that the baby’s name was Irene – thus questioning Kristina’s ability to determine the truth.
Also,, any of her family can attest to the fact that it was her Grandmother’s name and that’s why she uses that name, rather than Irene, the baby’s father’s grandmother’s name, whom no one even knew
Steve and Violet, I predict Kristina will indeed call Irene” Adele” which will turn Molly into a hostile witness for the prosecution. She just can’t help herself.
That’s not the point Violet. The surrogate doesn’t get to name the baby. By calling her Adela, Kristina will have to reveal in court that she was planning to keep the baby which will turn the jury against her.
Not to mention Adele is Molly’s grandmother
Who is the actress representing the prosecution on today’s episode
Who is the actress playing the prosecutor on today’s episode?
I think it is Nazneen Contractor but cannot find anywhere posting who the actress is. Side note Nazneen’s real life husband is Carlo Rita (Sidwell in GH.)
Correction. The actor playing Sidwell who is married to Nazneen Contractor is Carlo Rota (auto correct very frustrating). However I still cannot find any confirmation who is playing the prosecutor in the Ava vs Kristina trial; but my gut is certain she is Nazneen Contractor.
I imagine Ava will win, God Forbid they put her-hignass in jail. We know she didn’t push Krissy but she’s sure done enough other things, including messing with Sonny’s meds and why hasn’t he done anything about that?
Looks like Cody helps Lulu, how interesting is that?
I already love Lulu and the fact that she has the guts to do whatever it takes to get away from Cyrus , bodes well with me. She’s still the smart cookie, she’s always been and not just laying in that bed, waiting for God knows what but where the hell is Laura?
Kristina is lying. She’s an insufferable little twit who should never have gone to Ava’s room to begin with. On another note, why is creepy Uncle Cyrus at Lulu’s bedside 24/7 while Laura seems to have vanished? I suspect Cody is going to be the one who picks Lulu up.
There was never any doubt that in watching the riveting and emotional scenes on General Hospital which featured Finola Hughes as a PTSD-driven and mentally tortured Anna Devane, that when the climatic moments in Anna’s story aired, that we would not be singing the praises of Hughes. Once again, Finola showcased why she is one of the soap opera genres greatest assets and actresses.
In the key scenes, Anna has had a complete breakdown as she has lured and cornered Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) on Mount Emerson, and even thought through how she would kill her and cover it up, all thanks to hearing the voice and seeing a dead man, Peter August (Wes Ramsey). It’s visions of Peter that keeps egging Anna on to pull the trigger on Britt while in her delusional state.
Before Britt realizes that Anna trapped her in meeting her in Mount Emerson, she is very confused as to why she was all the way out in the boondocks to talk about what happened to her brother, Cassius Faison. However, Britt soon learned that what Anna was about to do is personal, and not professional, as she pulls the gun on her.
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ANNA FIRES HER GUN IN GAME-CHANGING MOMENT
When Jason (Steve Burton) shows up to save the say, he tries to talk Anna off the ledge, begging her to not shoot Britt and make one of the greatest mistakes of his life. When Jason figured out Anna felt she needed to kill anyone related to Cesar Faison, he made her think twice, because that would mean, she also would need to end the lives of two of Maxie’s children, James and Bailey Lu.
Anna can’t stop seeing hallucinations of Peter pushing her to shoot Britt. Suddenly and completely overcome, Anna fires bullets straight in the direction of where she sees Peter as she declares this all must end tonight.
After the shots are fired, Anna realized what she had done and just sobbed and shook. It was a devastating and heartbreaking moment for longtime General Hospital fans to see the beloved Anna Devane, super spy, so lost. Anna explained to Jason, after he was able to disarm her, how she was being pushed to kill Britt by her visions of Peter.
EMMY-WORTHY SCENES FOR 2027
In another hankie-inducing moment, Anna just grabs Jason and breaks down in his arms. If these weren’t Emmy-worthy scenes, we don’t know what is, and it must be remembered by Hughes, General Hospital, and hopefully the voting body of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) when Emmy submissions and voting get underway in 2027 for the 54th annual Daytime Emmys.
From everything we noted above, to the sheer brilliance of her work, Michael Fairman TV names Finola Hughes, this week’s Power Performance of the Week.
Now let us know, do you agree with our pick of Finola? Were you moved to tears during the gut-wrenching scenes? Should Finola include these scenes in an Emmy submission in 2027, should she decide to compete for Lead Actress gold? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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RATINGS: ‘General Hospital’ Shows Most Gains in Total Viewers Week-Over-Week and Up in Key Demo
The ratings are out for the week of August 24-28 for your favorite broadcast television soaps, and it was ABC’s General Hospital which added the most total viewers and planted itself firmly in third place in its battle with Beyond the Gates in the key demos of women 18-49 and 25-54.
According to Soap Opera Network, all daytime dramas were up year-over-year, and General Hospital was joined by The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful with gains in their total audience viewership, while Beyond the Gates was only slightly off pace for the ratings week.
Let’s take a look at what had viewers tuning-in, starting with General Hospital, who added +79,000 viewers. While still under the 2 million viewers mark (which they can hopefully return in the coming weeks) their overall tally was an average of 1, 935,000 tuning-in, while still up year-to-year +136,000.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
In addition, GH while actually down from the previous week in the 18-49 ratings share, they still out performed Beyond the Gates for third place. However, GH was firmly in third place for the 25-54 ratings share.
The stories that were featured for the week included: Anna’s (Finola Hughes) PTSD and struggle with painful memories tied to Cesar Faison, and her concocting a plan to get rid of Britt (Kelly Thiebaud), Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) recording Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna) threatening her, and later running into a severe threat from Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) regarding Kai (Jens Austin Astrup) and Drew’s (Cameron Mathison) shooting, and Drew enlisting Ava (Maura West) to gain leverage over Jack, which resulted in Ava drugging him, while Drew went snooping for the evidence Brennan had against him.
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THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Y&R remained in the top spot amongst all the soaps once again with 3,062,000 tuning in, and up +35,000 for the week, while year-to-year still showing strong gains at +231,000 viewers. However, while Y&R remained #1 for the 25-54 ratings share, it fell to #2 in the 18-49 ratings share behind The Bold and the Beautiful.
In story for the week, Nick’s (Joshua Morrow) sobriety in rehab was a focus, as was Victoria (Amelia Heinle) and Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor) hitting the Jabot office couch and having sex for the first time, and Lily (Christel Khalil) and Billy (Jason Thompson) battling over control and ownership of Chancellor Industries.
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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
B&B is continuing to be inch closer to Y&R for the top spot, separated by a little more than 300,000 viewers. For the ratings week, the series posted a total audience of 2,719,000 adding +31,000 eyeballs overall, and like Y&R, is up year-to-year in its performance.
The CBS soap now , now in its 40th season is +217,000 from the same time last year. In the key demos, The Bold and the Beautiful was in the top spot for the women 18-49 ratings share and number two for women 25-54.
In story, the major threat to Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Finn (Tanner Novlan) and Carter (Lawrence Saint-Victor) and Daphne’s (Murielle Hilaire) marriages continued as Steffy and Carter swore they would not tell their spouses that the two had a drunken hook-up. But as viewers know now, Steffy is pregnant!
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BEYOND THE GATES
Beyond the Gates tallied an average of 1,611,000 total viewers for the week, up +72.000 year-over-year and down slightly in tune-in for the week losing just -36,000 viewers. The CBS soap came in fourth place in the key demos for the week behind General Hospital, with whom they are often trading places for the third spot.
In story, after Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett) was released from the hospital, Hayley (Marquita Goings) stuck to her plan, doubling down on poisoning him and even getting caught in a major lie or meeting with Randy (Maurice P. Kerry), as Vernon (Clifton Davis) may be on to her machinations.
The ratings report is generated from Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) for the week of August 24-28, 2026
So, what did you think of the performance of General Hospital for the ratings period? Which daytime drama has you most likely to tune-in each day? Which has you tuning-out? Let us know what’s working, or not working for you in story, via the comment section below.
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Kelly Sullivan Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’s’ Maura West Recalling When Ava Shot Connie (Exclusive)
It was just over 13 years ago on General Hospital when Ava Jerome (Maura West) shot and killed Kate Howard/Connie Falconeri (Kelly Sullivan) in an effort to keep her quiet from revealing that Derek Wells was actually Ava’s back-from-the-dead brother, Julian Jerome (William deVry). It’s a crime that somehow Ava never has quite paid for either.
The episode back aired on August 13, 2013 and viewers had to say goodbye to Kelly Sullivan who played Kate and her alter, Connie. In the story, just before she died, Kate/Connie scrawled the letters AJ in her own blood, initially making the PCPD and Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) think that it was AJ Quatermaine (Sean Kanan) who did the deed.
Now, Sullivan recalled sharing scenes with the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning West, during a live conversation on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel. Kelly was the special guest talking about her recent return to the soaps in her new role as The Bold and the Beautiful’s Darcy Dylan.
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FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF MAURA WEST
Speaking of her final GH scenes and working with Maura West, Sullivan gave her then GH co-star major props. “If you’re going to be shot by somebody (on the soaps), you want to be shot by Maura West, c’mon!”
Maura West debuted back in May 2013 as Ava, and Sullivan remembered when the As the World Turns favorite began on GH. “I remember when Maura West first arrived at GH. She walked in with this cute little bob (hairdo) and she’s just delicious,” shared Sullivan.
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE
Kelly revealed more about Maura, adding “I think she’s amazing! I remember right before I left the show, someone suggested, and I would still love to do this with her, if she ever want to, but someone suggested that they wanted to direct the stage play A Streetcar Named Desire with Maura and I, where I would play Stella and she would play Blanche! Wouldn’t that be great?”
Speaking of the Ava/Connie showdown scenes, Sullivan expressed, “On television and on General Hospital specifically, Maura West is able to play a character who does the most horrendous things and you still care about her and that’s the mark of a really great actor. In other words, you’re able to be liked in the midst of the most horrendous things, and as a performer not shying away from that, and to just have the courage to do what’s on the page (in the script).”
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KELLY SULLIVAN PARTING THOUGHTS AS SHE LEFT GENERAL HOSPITAL
Kelly also shared her sentiments when she walked off the set of General Hospital after her run back in August of 2013. “I really was honored. Every day I would go to work and I would say a little prayer, which is I want to do justice for my character, explained Kelly. “It’s between me and my character. I get to walk this path with her and to leave the show on that note, which is, I left every out there. I just gave it my all and again what an honor it was to play Kate/Connie.”
You can catch the full conversation with Kelly where she talks about her time on General Hospital, The Young and the Restless where she played Sage Warner and now The Bold and the Beautiful below.
So, do you remember the Ava and Connie scenes where Ava shot and killed her? What did you think of Kelly Sullivan’s sentiments about Maura West? Share your thoughts via the comment section. But first, watch the reveal where Ava recalls murdering Connie below!
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