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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Is Drew About to Be Saved from the Clutches of Willow?
This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, it appears Nina Reeves (Cynthia Watros) is in for a double shock in the newly released video teaser from the ABC soap opera.
First, she sees first-hand, her ex Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart) in the flesh. Previously, Nina was on the receiving end of Jack Brennan’s (Chris McKenna) blackmail to get intel on where the fugitive is from his daughter, Charlotte (Bluesy Burke). What will she do now that he realizes he’s in Port Charles?
Then, from the “sounds of it” in the voice-over, Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) confesses to her mother, Nina that “Drew didn’t have a stroke.” A stunned Nina gasps, as the unable-to-speak-and-move Drew (Cameron Mathison) looks on. But how much did Willow truly tell her mother? The whole truth and nothing but the truth? Or, is it all a part of her deceitful plan to keep her children by any means possible?
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Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) visits Cullum (Andrew Hawkes) in the hospital and he angrily demands to know who shot him the back, because he knows Jason didn’t pull the trigger. Will Britt go so far to figure it out and learn it was Rocco (Finn Carr), the child she gave birth to, and then be faced with a dilemma of her life vs. his?
Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) also gets some news! Ric (Rick Heart) tells her that Danny (Asher Antonzyzn) wants to be a mobster, which does not sit to well with her, and that’s an understatement. At the very end of the video preview, Lulu (Alexa Havins) is on the docks with a man’s back to her. She pipes up, “Do I know you?” Betting odds: she will run right into her half-brother Evan Lovett when Nathan Dean makes his highly-anticipated return this Friday.
Check out the official GH spoilers for the week of April 13-17 below.
MONDAY, APRIL 13
Willow stoops to a new low. Ric breaks news to Alexis. Gio impresses Emma. Justine tips off Sonny. Brook Lynn is alarmed.
TUESDAY, APRIL 14
Willow makes a confession. Sonny decides to take a risk. Britt has an awkward encounter. Nina is stunned. Lulu is taken aback.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15
Tracy goes into crisis mode. Josslyn does some digging. Ava impresses Sidwell. Dante has a tip for Laura. Curtis supports Jordan.
THURSDAY, APRIL 16
Carly is shaken. Britt suffers a setback. Josslyn is suspicious. Lucas stands his ground. Sidwell is given food for thought.
FRIDAY, APRIL 17
Ethan Lovett returns! Kristina is caught off-guard. Willow confronts Jacinda. Nina receives an intriguing offer. Laura proposes an alliance.
Now below, watch the latest General Hospital promo, entitled “One Shock After Another.”
Then weigh-in: Do you think if Nina realizes Drew is being drugged to stay in a Locked in Syndrome state, she will help him out and go against her daughter? Share your theories in the comment section.
This soap opera contains far too much violence. I am over the mob aspect of General Hospital. It’s high-time things shifted back to being focused on the core families and the hospital itself.
I have to agree with you Scott. I was fed up with the mob in 2005. That’s why I stopped watching after having watched since day 1. I only came back a couple of years ago. I think they need to focus more on the hospital staff and their lives. Of course, they’ll have to get some staff first. Elizabeth is the only main character nurse. It takes many more than that to run a hospital.
If it were me, I’d be focusing on returning the Hardy and Ward families, both of whom have ties to the hospital and its history, so that alone would be a solid turning point story-wise. Additionally, returning the Hardys would also give Elizabeth some more familial foundation. Plus, with the return of the Wards, that would also tie in to the Quartermaines’. It writes itself, and it is silly that such a storyline has yet to be done.
They seem to be fine with disappearing the Hardys from existence altogether. Liz is still calling herself “Baldwin”, for Hell’s sake. She was barely married to Frodd for a few months, and even calling HIM a Baldwin was a joke which totally went against the actual history of what was shown on screen back in the 80s (Yes, Scotty & Heather were together for a while, but the only kid ever in their orbit was baby Jason, for a brief time after Susan was murdered, but before Alan took him home to the Q mansion. They never had a baby of their own)
As far as we know, Audrey Hardy is still out there somewhere, presumably well into her 90s at this point. But with Liz’s sons all out of town, there’s no longer a need for them to be spending time at offscreen grandma’s house, so Audrey’s name isn’t even brought up in passing anymore. Liz hasn’t even mentioned the Webber part of her family since that odd and thankfully brief Jeff recast from a year or two ago. (with Star Trek’s Tasha Yar as her mother??)
As far as either a Hardy or Ward resurgence, I think they messed the perfect opportunity to do one or the other with the Isaiah character. It would have been easy to make him either the REAL “TJ” (Thomas Hardy Jr) or a member of the Ward family. Instead of giving him a last name which may or may not be tied to characters from some other show, which is the LAST thing GH needs any more of.
Bob Guza must be ghostwriting for the show.
No way. Guza always knew how to write a proper story and not drag it on forever – like this whole Drew/Willow fiasco. Or the Sidwell “Legion of Dumb” thing. Even the awful “Balkan” story – which ended Guza’s run at GH – didn’t go on and on forever.
I should have added note the sarcasm to my comment.
I agree. It’s also not fun to continue watching minors being either being caught in the crossfire or being forced to shoot to kill or injure in order to defend a loved one. Moreover, the war between Sonny and Sidwell is dull, redundant and played out.
You mean you don’t love Sonny vs. villain redux?… but yeah, it’s becoming tired. Very, very tired. I can’t wait for the Metro Court rooftop pool to open and for someone else to get hurt, and zero lawsuits to be filed against Carly, Olivia, and the hotel.
You want someone else to get hurt? Well, isn’t that special.
I think Lulu knows Nathan. I believe she was there when his character was introduced years ago.
He’s her stepbrother
No, her half brother. Luke was father to both.
That’s Ethan and not Nathan.
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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