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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Drew! How Low Can You Go?
“Now that Michael has the new baby, he doesn’t want Wiley and Amelia anymore!” Those were the horrible words intentionally spoken by Drew (Cameron Mathison) to his lawyer, Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) in earshot of young Wiley on the Monday, June 9th episode of General Hospital.
Drew is freaking out over the closeness he witnessed between Michael (Rory Gibson) and Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) at the baby nursery after little Daisy was born. Realizing he needs to find a way to quickly fracture their growing closeness, he decides to plant that seed in the little boy’s mind.
Previously, Michael called Willow willing to meet with her alone at the courthouse before the custody hearing reconvenes, looking for what Willow believed an amicable solution.
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Later, Michael comes upon an upset Wiley at the hospital and learns that he overheard Drew say that his dad doesn’t want him anymore. Michael reassured Wiley that nothing could be further from the truth and if anything, Michael said he needed Wiley’s help more than ever to be a big brother to Daisy and teach Amelia how to be a big sister. Michael has had it, and now will not have anything to do with Willow as long as this monster Drew is in their lives.
When Michael shows up at the courthouse, he interrupts Nina (Cynthia Watros) and Willow’s conversation and fills them in on what Drew said in front of Wiley. Immediately as if on cue, Willow defends Drew, saying Wiley must have misunderstood and even turned the tables on Michael for possibly making this story up. Willow goes on to say, “Drew is a good man who loves me and my children. He would never do something to hurt them!”
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Michael coldly tells Willow to remember this as the moment she chose her relationship with Drew over their children and walks away. Just then, Drew comes onto the scene. Willow confronts Drew with what Michael accused him of, and he hugs her and says, “It just goes to show you that Michael … he’s not well, and the kids belong with us.” Nina looks on very suspicious of Drew.
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When the courtroom custody case starts back up, Ric puts Willow on the stand and she paints Michael as a bad father, and shares that she flew all the way to Germany to see him and he would not even meet her halfway and see her while at the burn clinic recovering from his injuries.
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Next, Michael writes on Diane’s (Carolyn Hennes legal pad, “That never happened.” Now, it’s Diane’s turn to cross-examine Willow. Can she get the truth to come out that Drew is behind keeping the former couple apart, and all of his manipulations? We sure hope so!
So, has Drew stooped to a new low with what he said in front of little Wiley? How will it come out that he kept Willow and Michael apart and also had sex with Willow’s mother Nina? Do you think the time is now, or will this drag on? Share your thoughts and reactions below.
I stopped watching GH quite a while ago. I think the writers feel if they keep trying to find out low they can go with Drew, it will keep us watching. Well, yesterday’s episode was the bottom of the barrel. It’s past time for Drew to pay for the things he’s done. GH is a good show and has a great cast, but the writers don’t give us a payoff.
Did you stop watching after Dex was killed off? Cuz I did. Maybe with Lucky leaving and Drew being murdered, Dex can return. And then us devoted Dex fans, including you, Lew, can go back to dutifully watching.
Let us know if you’d like us to post the list of 50 characters more likely to return than Dex.
I’m sure between Harry, GH Fan, Satan, and myself we can come up with at least that many.
Okay Steve, your responses to Super Devoted Dex Fan is making me roar with ribald laughter.
Wait, I thought you said you stopped watching “quite a while ago”?
I did. When scrolling through Michael Fairman’s updates, the GH info is there. When you see Drew with the deer in headlights look on his face, you can’t help but read the article. Still a fan of the show, but tired of Drew, Christina constantly fixated on Ava, the introduction of characters that go nowhere and the one woman wrecking crew, Lulu.
Drew has turned out to be a very unlikable character. And yes, he hit a new low yesterday saying that Michael didn’t want Wiley and Amelia. Why doesn’t Nina do the right thing and let Willow know that she and Drew had sex? Of course, Willow would stick up for Drew. Willow is also unlikable. So done with Drew!
The last time a character sunk this low, it was the Billy Warlock version of AJ. Who kidnapped Michael, Morgan, and Kristina when they were all young children, and then told them their parents didn’t love them anymore.
And then he manufactured some fake evidence to convince Sonny, Carly, and Alexis that their children were dead. Is this going to be the next move for Hallmark Drew?
Unless this judge is completely paid off (like the mall Santa who sent Michael to prison for his 666% justified takedown of Claudia Zucchini with an axe handle) there’s no question that Michael should get full custody of his children. But a Devil wouldn’t be surprised if Drew plays the AJ card after that, and kidnaps the kids.
Anyone else remember last December when Cameron predicted Drew & Willow might be the next LnL? Lol
Sure do ! If there is any upcoming couple that might capture the excitement Luke and Laura created… my bet is on Emma and Gio.
Speaking of Emma…it makes no sense why Joss is in the WSB instead of Emma. And on another note, since GH loves paternity reveals, they need to just go ahead and make Vaughn Frisco’s illegitimate son.
Good call. Drew & Willow are the next Sonny & Emily or Luke & Felicia – pairings that disgusted most of the viewers.
Carly & Frodd has to make that list too. As if Carly would have anything to do with the man who had her son raped in prison, and who made Jason’s life a living Hell for years??
Omg the Luke & Felicia pairing was wretched.
Drew goes lower than the bass pumping out of a tricked- out low rider car.
Willow is no prize either! Every man that has ever loved her, in the end she vilified them: Chase and Now Michael. She can’t stand on her own. She is still looking for the white knight, in Drew’s case, dark knight to rescue her. She’s sickening!
Drew has been asking for it for a long time. Now, he’s begging for it. I know he’s supposed to be Jason’s brother. I wasn’t watching when that bomb shell was revealed. Drew is a totally self centered, hateful opportunist. It’s time for him to meet with a terminal accident and leave the good people of Port Charles in peace. I’m sure the dumb, pathetic dish rag, Willow, will eventually get over it.
I told you this storyline is terrible, it seems pretty clear that they have no use for Drew so they might kill him off at some point, I just hope that they keep Cameron on the show by having bringing his character from “All my Children” to Port Charles.
When Drew and Willow were put together I like most viewers was quite disgusted, their pairing as well as other GH happenings were making me as a viewer hate this show I once love so much, and as a diehard fan even when on to say how much I hated the show in 2024, Well, I’m happy to say I’m out of that dark period as a fan, and while I still hate the Drew and Willow pairing, I’m actually enjoying the show again and enjoying Drew as a villain. What he did to poor willey was despicable but it was also great That Michael was able to assure Wiley that he loves him and Wiley believed his dad.
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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