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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Carly Reels from Bobbie’s Death; Laura, Scott and Lucy are Devastated, Nina is Exposed
Wednesday’s January 3rd episode of General Hospital, delivered an emotional punch as it was time for Port Charles to learn the news that Bobbie Spencer had died.
For months, viewers have wondered how and when GH was going to kill-off the iconic character of Bobbie, since her portrayer, Jackie Zeman, had passed away back in May of 2023 at the age of 70. Zeman died following a short battle with cancer.
Now on GH, it was time for Bobbie’s family and friends to receive the heartbreaking news that while in Amsterdam tending to Luke’s affairs, she died suddenly. In story, Carly (Laura Wright) received a call from the embassy in Amsterdam letting her know that her mother was gone.
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Trying to process what she just heard, Carly’s world is rocked as Drew (Cameron Mathison) tries to comfort her. Sitting at her kitchen table, Carly recalls, via a flashback, telling Bobbie she is changing her last name legally to Spencer.
Drew called Bobbie’s son Lucas to let him know about her death. Carly keeps thinking about the past few months and that if had done something differently maybe her mother would still be alive. Carly admits she was worried about Bobbie handling Luke’s affairs on her own, and she should have pushed her to come home to Port Charles sooner. Drew reveals Bobbie died peacefully in her sleep, and Carly shouldn’t feel regret.
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In one of the more heartbreaking moments, Carly remembers talking to Bobbie on Christmas Eve and telling her to hurry back so they could ring in the New Year together. Through her tears, Carly says if she knew that was the last time she was going to talk to her mom, she would have told her how much she meant to her, and how much she changed her life.
Later, in deep sadness, Carly recalls how she came to Port Charles setting out to destroy Bobbie’s life, and then how Bobbie taught her to be a good person, and a good mom.
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Meanwhile, as Laura (Genie Francis), Kevin (Jon Lindstrom), Scott (Kin Shriner), Lucy (Lynn Herring) and Martin (Michael E. Knight) are all at the Metro Court, Martin has to excuse himself early to work on a case, Lucy and Scott are plotting against Tracy (Jane Elliot), and Laura receives a phone call from Lucas.
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A shocked Laura reveals to Scott, Lucy, and Kevin that Bobbie has died. As Bobbie’s dear friends sit together at the table and try to process the news, each remembers a moment with Bobbie in a flashback. Perhaps, the saddest is Scott, who has lost his best friend.
Elsewhere at The Savoy, as Nina (Cynthia Watros) and Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) arrive, Michael (Chad Duell) tells Sonny (Maurice Benard) it is Nina who turned Carly and Drew into the SEC. Sonny is stunned, as is Willow, who is shocked that her mother would do such a thing. After Michael and Willow exit, they have a verbal fight over the fact that Michael knew for months about Nina, and how Willow held the truth about her cancer diagnosis from him.
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Inside the Savoy, Nina tells Sonny she was coming to tell him the truth, but he wants her to go to Carly’s and apologize and let her know what she did. Sonny storms out and heads to church, beyond angry.
At the end of the episode, it’s none other than Nina, who has the worst timing, who shows up to Carly’s who is in the middle of grieving her mother’s death.
The episode features a bravura performance by Laura Wright, and touching work from Lynn Herring, Genie Francis and Kin Shriner. This marks just the beginning of the emotional journey GH will take us on, culminating in next week’s memorial services for Bobbie and to honor Jackie Zeman.
So, what did you think of Carly and Bobbie’s friends learning of her death? Nina finally being revealed as the culprit that turned in Carly and Drew to the SEC? Check out the video below, and for more on the Nikolas and Ava story from the episode, check out our story on the return of Adam Huss here.
What an exciting as well as heart breaking episode! This is the GH I hope every episode will be like and when it happens it reels me in. I’ve watched this show for 50+ years and it’s so good to see the mix of legacy and newer characters. Jackie Zeman will be missed.
This is the most hypocritical soap ever. Nina did nothing wrong. She turned two criminals in. Period
Yes , she did a bad thing by keeping Sonny from his family. But, Carly, as a mother, kept Willow from Nina and to a certain point, Nelle. Carly is a devil and TPTB are trying to sanctify her.
The same goes for Sonny. He can kill, cheat and betray—God forbid if the tables are turned.
The mafioso dares tell Cyrus he cannot be in the House of God, yet here he is in Church—WOW!! What is the difference between Cyrus and Sonny? Irony bites. Sonny is a complete oxymoron personified.
I was swearing at Carly and Drew to just SHUT UP! They are both so obnoxious! Nina was right to turn them in, they were guilty, especially Carly. I am on Nina’s side 100% but now we are going to get endless “Nina is so evil!” ridiculous scenes – fortunately Cynthia Watros is so great she will make it all work but it’s so BLECH!!!! Team Nina!!!!! Willow should rid herself of Carly, not Nina! Grrr!!!!
And of course thug Sonny is back, of course! How about listening and realizing the position you put your wife in? Geesh! Maybe Laura will finally come to her senses and end her ridiculous friendship with Sonny but I doubt it.
Monday’s episode was beyond superb – I cited it as a Drama Series, Directing and Writing submission for Emmys, along with great performances from Cynthia Watros, Chad Duell, Lisa LoCicero and Rena Sofer!
Yeahyyy!! Geniuses such as you and I think alike., Freeman . LOL—Team Nina—you bet!!
It was completely tasteless to have Nina show up at Carly’s house the same night she learned of her mother’s death.
Outstanding!!!
Laura Wright was amazing in these scenes!! The actor playing Drew needs to be replaced ( sorry he is not good, limited range/makes strange faces). Glad to see Nina get it handed to her. Can we please end this SMike/Nina mess?
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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