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General Hospital Wins WGA Award For Daytime Drama Series!

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In ceremonies being held on Sunday, the Writers Guild of America is handing out its WGA Awards for achievement in writing for television and motion pictures in simultaneous ceremonies in New York in Los Angeles. In the category of daytime drama, General Hospital has picked up the award besting Days of our Lives.

The winning GH team includes: Shelly Altman, Jean Passanante; Writers: Anna Theresa Cascio, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Lucky Gold, Kate Hall, Elizabeth Korte, Daniel James O’Connor, Dave Rupel, Katherine Schock, Scott Sickles, Christopher Van Etten, and Christopher Whitesell.

To keep up with the live-time updated winners list, make sure to follow the link here at The Hollywood Reporter.

Congrats to the GH writing team for their victory. 

So, what do you think of GH winning over DAYS for the Writer’s Guild Award in the Daytime Drama Series category? Comment below!

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And exactly what criteria did they use to bestow this honour? Most contrived, revisionist-history, anti-continuity writing in their launching of two Jasons?

hi Jamesj75 ..
The two Jasons was a ‘guessing” game, not a great story not great drama, it was an interactive guessing game.
The story was dull and still is dull, nothing much going on with it to incite interest.

Actually, the two Jason’s was a fail and still failing… that is what I’m seeing.

Thanks, su0000! I feel the same way. Take care, Friend.

I loved it; still do. There’s more to come…

Hi James, I misposted a reply to you below under our dear Rebecca1’s post. I’m also lamenting the state of last year’s show. Things are improving now, a bit anyway, mostly due to the Drew/Oscar story and a few other tidbits. LOVED the Maxie scene at the funeral when she let Lulu have it! That Lois Lane wannabe makes everything about her, even Nathan’s death! Hate Robin turning on Drew again (“Oh Jason, Sam only really loves YOU. She just doesn’t want Drew to feel bad”), after Drew saved her life just last year. She’s such a drip sometimes.

Thanks for the replies and alert, Soaphound! I think you’ve outlined some examples of writing that seem incongruous to this dubious award. Yet, you see some good things happening. And I admire you for that, just as I admire our friend Rebecca and others who find things to enjoy about GH. Lord knows, I used to feel the same way — once upon a time, in a galaxy far, far away… 🙂

soaphound…”lois lane wannabe…” LOL!

Thanks, Jamesj75…

Hang in there with us. Hopefully you’ll find a return flight back from whichever galaxy that has you so removed and you’ll feel that GH spring in your step once again. Too much? You know what I mean! 🙂

Hey, Soaphoun,
Oh, yes…unlike other viewers, I thought Kirsten could not have excelled more, if she tried. Maxie acted the bereaved wife, detatched from reality….out-of-body behavior…..
Inasmuch as I sorta-kinda felt a bit sorry for Lulu, I think Maxie’s reaction was exactly what I expected. She is grieving and most of us, in such situation, would take out that grief to anyone whom we thought was a catalyst to our loved one’s death. In this case, Lulu was did pave the way to Nathan’s demise.
Lulu is in space, as I said…..her pretty face always looks like she cannot distinguish her right hand from her left. I, also, made a comment about her journalistic prowess, or lack-thereof, when Peter first ‘hired’ her.
Nonetheless, if truth be told, everyone on soaps becomes a doctor, lawyer, teacher, etc, without an education, or College degree….look at Kiki….medical school? When did she graduate College? It is what it is.
As far as Dante….we differ a bit. I do not find him sexy, hot, good-looking….or whatever….LOL. But, that’s okay……
Anyway, my esteemed cyber-friend, I think Dante will alienate Lulu….I may be wrong….and Peter will fill that void.

PS.
I would like to acknowledge, Soaphound…..condolences to all those poor, desolate parents who lost their children in Broward County, yesterday….and all families involved….all heroes… Prayers and blessings.
We, as perents, send our children off to school…..wish them a good day; kiss them good-bye….never thinking it would be our last kiss….just imagine. It saddens me and affects me profoundly….words can’t ever describe….RIP.
Why Valentine’s Day? Is this murderer so sick to have picked this day as a symbol of all that is evil in this world? ( The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre).

@CeeCee….My first thought was a Capone aficionado???? But that’s probably giving this loser too much credit for even having a grasp of such an historical perspective as to be aware of that famous event!….As for Maxie, yes, she was pitch perfect….not too emotional, but just expressive enough in her grief for a widow deeply in shock over the sudden loss of her husband. I thought both she and Kathleen Gati played it absolutely right with the material they were given, although as I stated before, Liesl should have received the lion’s share of attention in this scenario, such are the immense abilities of the actress who portrays her! I’ll never understand why she is consistently overlooked when she has the more than sufficient stuff to totally shine! In terms of Dante, I’ve never found him to be all that mesmerizing either…probably something to do with being the “fruit” of Sonny’s “tree!” Lol….

James…y-e-s…THANK YOU!!!!! GH winning this, uh, award is like a sick and EVEN MORE UNFUNNY JOKE!!!!! NO, NO AND MORE NO!!!!!!!!!!

Later.

”General Hospital Wins WGA Award For Daytime Drama Series”

Really. ^^.. BWAHAHAA HAA!! that award is for; for achievement in writing…
Must be due to Steve/Jason jumping through prop sugar glass bwahaa..

I believe most all will say;
”what?” DOOL should have taken the WGA award hands down, whatta sham” …LOL

Well, congrats to the GH writers !

I want to meet “Lucky Gold”!

Your words are my words, su. Thank you!

Hi 🙂
The award judges surely decide on which would get the award before the Man Landers story .. hahaa!
If not, well then there is something wrong with them.

Hey Celia, I have to know what you think about Maxie turning on “serious journalist” Lulu (sorry, ACE reporter and often mistaken for a garden gnome Lulu) at the cemetery. I thought Kirsten was ELECTRIC and I kind of agree…Lulu makes everything about herself. She’s not evil, just clueless. And where exactly is Rocco while she’s playing Christiane Amanpour? Maybe it’s just me, if I were married to a man with a bod and gorgeous hair like Dante, I’d spend a lot more time in the bedroom than the newsroom (especially with Peter Piper lurking around). Cheers.

Oh, su000, I must agree. The stories involving J.J.’s slide into depression and the return of the sexy, diabolical Ben were more exciting and/or touching than anything on GH recently (except Drew/Oscar story and Maxie turning on Lulu).

Ohhh, yeah!!!! Ben and JJ….just place them in a box with with hearts and red lip-kisses stamped all over them, and send them my way, LOL……swoon-worthy, both of them….definition of hot, sexy hunks …..what else can a girl ask for? Just tie a big, red bow on their respective box.

They are idiots if they think GH is better than Days. GH is terrible. Imho

This is for work from 2017, before Days started improving under new head writer– last year Days wasn’t as good as it is now– I suspect this win was for all the stuff related to Morgan’s death.

I’m pretty sure this was to include the last 6 months of 2017. which would have given Ron C. 6 months of REEL.

it would have been just dessert , and in your face FV Shelley and Jean. had RC walked with… let’s hope for best serial @the Emmys

I truly think he deserved this.

PS: your Canadian ice dancing pair !!!!! you couldn’t believe how in synch and sensual. dynamo ! have yet to watch a good curl yet. Canada @GOLD for team win…. OAR (Russia) @Silver… and USA respectively Bronzed. I am so proud of this team… here’s hoping individually they reach that much.

I am loving Ron Carlivati work

Congrats! To GH. Keep up the amazing work.

More like amazingly banal……there was a brief moment when I thought there was actually some hope for this soap as the legacy characters were finally getting some much-needed love, but that was before they shipped Laura back to France and returned to their default setting of pushing Frank’s favorites ad nauseum once again.

refuse to get worked up over how dull they still are… in light of this misnomer

HEY… lets even chalk it up to… no one cares. or even knows who they are

Frank Valentini , Shelley and Jean… dullard (s)

I think it’s a bunch of crap we all know Ron is doing a much better job than GH is right now with storylines! What is going to tell is the daytime Emmys

DOOL got robbed! GH was consistently awful under Jelly (and wildly uneven, at best, right now). Guess there’s no accounting for taste (or a lack thereof).

Such negatvity. I for one still enjoy GH , the episode of Nathans funeral was so well written and emotional I cried, and I usually do not cry during soaps. GH is far from perfect but neither are the other 3 soaps, though DOOL is the most improved. If you don’t like iGH don’t watch, there are plenty of us that want GH to continue and don”t want to see the end of soaps.

I so agree with you Debra ! I too would be sadden if GH went of the air.

Agree with both of you! I’m enjoying all the stories and they’ve managed to give not only Jason/Jake/Sam a story but incorporate Franco…they’ve given Anna a story and incorporated Valentin, (I’m in the minority but I like Peter/Henrich)…Maxi and Lulu at odds, Mike and his medical issues which I’m sure will be poignant but I’d rather they didn’t give him alzheimers…all in all I think GH is doing a great job.

THANK YOU……MANY OF YOU NEGATIVE PEOPLE JUST NEED TO TURN THE CHANNEL…STOP COMPLAINING…..

You’ve gotta be kidding me, what a load of crap!! This just proves yet again that these kinds of awards are a flat out joke and have ZERO credibility. Have the geniuses at the WGA actually watched the show recently or is it all based on name recognition? Actually, GH should win for “Outstanding way to infuriate and turn off a loyal, longtime fan base”. Did they just randomly throw a dart at a board? Did smug Frank Valentini bribe them? Unbelievable.

On a related note, the genius Disney executives running ABC keep proving over and over again, both in daytime (GH and The View are both terrible and unwatchable) and in primetime (American Idol promos every five minutes, The Bachelor-Winter Games, really?? etc) that they could not care less about what viewers really want to see. It’s a chore to watch that network for any length of time these days, which is why I’ve largely taken my viewing elsewhere.

Of course they care…on a monetary/business level. I guess they’re crunching the numbers and feel they’re making a profit. When they fail to do so they’ll cancel.

Oh, James, I fear the world is ending with this award. Lulu as ace CUB reporter? “Ask Man Landers”? Cutie pie Chet brought in and then dumped? Sonny, Carly, Robin, Spinelli all knifing Drew in the back and justifying it? That dreadful Charlotte? Griffin’s formerly gorgeous face now perma-frosted with a furrowed brow? Dr. Kiki? Have I missed any other great storytelling?

Dreadful Charlotte, Soaphound? I LOVE Charlotte! She’s so cute!!! “perma-frosted”…LOL…never heard that expression!

I don’t know how they could be making a profit. Execs are failing to monetize the true worth of this show’s brand. We seen at least two good examples this year of them failing their brand and going against it in story.

Hi JMER…

Don’t know. I hope they are as I’m not ready to lose GH!

Genie Francis has about 56,000 followers on Twitter. Laura Wright and Nancy Grahn have over 150,000 and Kelly Monaco over 200,000. My point is that though there has been great fan outcry over Genie’s “demotion” she doesn’t have the following that some of the other actresses have. With that said, I think the latest number to sign the petition to bring her back is up to 20,000. I have a feeling she’ll be making her way back to Port Charles sooner rather than later.

As for profits, since none of us are privy to the numbers I’m assuming they’re still lucrative enough…and I just read that they’re having their first convention in March (at the suggestion of Matt Cohen). The fan weekends “profits” go to the actors; the convention will go to GH which will be another source of revenue.

So, they’ll keep playing with the numbers and seeing who to keep/lose/hire as they go along, I guess. As we can all see from our various reactions to everything on this site fan reaction is mixed on almost every character and story. But we’re just a small microcosm and they have the bigger picture.

Basically, I was responding to Pat’s statement that ABC “doesn’t care what viewers want to see.” No network “cares”…I can’t tell you how many shows that I thought were excellent…so completely worthy that were canceled. Total disappointment. And though the writing/acting was great, the numbers weren’t there. And yet, you have junk like Jerry Springer who’s been on for years because that garbage sells. So, networks “care” about the numbers; and if losing an actor from GH loses enough viewers they’ll “care.” If it doesn’t make that much of a dent; they won’t.

Amen, Pat!!!!!! It does make one wonder what these clueless showrunners are thinking when it comes to GH’s most recent casting and storyline decisions….to take a soap which had been seemingly revitalized in the past few months with a nod to its more traditional aspects and then suddenly turn on a dime with the most dreadful choices that have alienated a goodly portion of the audience by highlighting the wrong characters and poorly-conceived plots really does beg the question as to what criteria they are utilizing. God forbid it is based upon something as specious as Twitter stats…in just the past few weeks, it’s been confirmed that they are highly questionable as to their accuracy due to such shady cyber practices as bots and paid-for-followers who don’t actually exist….certainly nothing upon which a contract should ever be awarded!!!! Besides, if banging out blather to a purported fanbase on social media is supposed to provide proof of popularity and bankability, then why is Genie Francis the one with the product endorsement? Obviously someone thinks she’s worth more money than her soap counterparts who I don’t see being featured in advertisements during the show’s breaks. Perhaps that’s because the marketplace understands that the most loyal, affluent longtime viewers don’t waste their days whiling away on Twitter or Facebook!

Best soap show ever! Acting is superb and the writing of the storyline s just great!! My only negative comment being the loss of key actors leaving! The turnovers of this is too large and too often! How is resolved??? Longer contracts??? Recasts???

Congratulations Gh a job well done from actors to directors to producers

Congratulations to GH!

CONGRATS!!!!!!!! ;0;0;0;0;)

GH is okay, but DAYS is tops! Hope DAYS takes the Emmy for Outstanding Writing and Outstanding Drama Series this year!

Days deserves Ron is writting, no dialoge and all fluff. GH haa been GH again a real show u can watch, u may not love all the stories but it is written greatly. Been watching since I was a kid during Luke and Laura year , tonly time I couldn’t watch and fell out was when Ron c wrote. Robert Guza almost made me tune out with all the exposio s driving story every month. But it was at the ha D’s of Ron c. That turned GH into oltl 2.0 and GH was a soap of a soap. It is finally back to being GH. I have not been so in to GH since the Robin and stone days , hats off to Chris Van Etten.

Once again awards prove that they don’t matter! What a joke! You tell me how the worst soap of the 4 wins a writing award! This show lost its identity 20 years ago when it should
have changed its name to Sonny and the mob. The show hasn’t been about a hospital for years! gh wishes it was Days of our Lives for a week !!! It will probably win the Emmy for best show too even though it doesn;t even deserve a nomination. Sadly all of the press and online sights tend to favor this schlockfest GH even though it ha

Bravo, rpm! You’re exactly right.

Different strokes for different folks, believe when I tell you, RC is over rated, you might now see it now but eventually the crack in his writing will show, but who knows, like I said different strokes for different folks, maybe you love his writing I’m one of many who didn’t like his gh when he was head writer.

Jean Passanante should not receive any awards for her time writing GH, because while I agree GH isn’t perfect now, it has improved immensely since she left. While she was writing the show, the pace was slower that wallpaper drying.

I am a GH fan but truth be told the writers do not deserve this award.

Best soap in daytime. Best acting , best story lines and best writers.

Maxie : ” Please come back to me”

Maxie to Lulu : “you are a morally superior one” “it’s not in your Spencer DNA”

ready ?

stand guard ?

it’s coming… the rift, the tare, the open wound

bff mindset

“I would be shattered” My Husband

Kim and Julian aka “Charlie” ARE H O T

tune in @GH

Amen, Patrick! Eat your heart out, Alexis, and by the way, keep your hands off Finn….he and Anna belong together!

CORRECTION: To bad the 45th Daytime Emmy WILL NOT be televised.

Four soaps left viewers are really going to go down that road be thankful they are all here I think ups and downs on all!

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Kelly Sullivan Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’s’ Maura West Recalling When Ava Shot Connie (Exclusive)

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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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Steve Burton Reportedly Signs Three-Year Contract with ‘General Hospital’

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The question of will Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) stay awhile at General Hospital after his recent extended hiatus from the show earlier this year, has reportedly been answered.

TMZ via court documents obtained in Burton’s ongoing legal battle with his ex-wife Sheree Gustin, shared that Steve actually inked a new three year deal with the ABC soap opera back in June.

That is significant because it was June when Burton returned back to work as Jason. In addition, the court filing confirmed that Burton had already moved back to California from Tennessee.

Steve Burton

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STEVE’S HIATUS AND HIS RETURN TO PORT CHARLES

GH fans will recall, it was back in February of 2026, that Burton announced via his Instagram that he was stepping away from his role of Jason Morgan for short break and pointed to wanting to spend quality time with his new wife, Michelle Lundstrom Burton with whom he tied the knot back on May 17, 2025.

Steve expressed at that time, “I’m newly married and looking forward to spending some quality time with my family.” It was back on March 25 that viewers saw Jason carted away by the WSB after taking the fall for Rocco Falconeri (Finn Carr) who shot then WSB Director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes).

Burton returned to work on June 1, and due to General Hospital taping roughly six weeks ahead of air, made his on-screen comeback on the July 13 episode.

GOING FOR GOLD AT THE UPCOMING DAYTIME EMMYS

Then, Steve and his enduring fans got an extra special treat on the same day, when it was revealed on Extra that he was nominated for the upcoming 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series category.

Steve previously won in the Supporting Actor category for his work as General Hospital’s Jason in 1998 and as The Young and the Restless’ Dylan McAvoy in 2018.

Now with Jason and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship seemingly hitting the skids, plus Jason’s commitment to staying out of mob life to focus on being present for his son Danny Morgan (Asher Antonyzyn), what does the future hold for the fan favorite character? Stay tuned.

So, happy to hear that Steve Burton signed a new three year deal with General Hospital? Knowing that, what storyline would you like to see Jason get involved and with who? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jason and Britt Reach an Impasse; Is This the End of Their Relationship?

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On the Friday, September 11 episode of General Hospital, Jason (Steve Burton) and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship becomes strained to potentially the point of no return.

Things take a turn when an unglued Britt having been traumatized by almost being killed by Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) asks Jason to back her up with the PCPD when she reports Anna for attempted murder.

However, Jason told Britt, he can’t. Jason shares that he does not believe Anna would have gone through with shooting her. Therefore, Britt was not in any real imminent danger. Britt is flabbergasted and hurt that Jason is refusing to tell the police what he actually witnessed for himself on Mount Emerson.

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BRITT WANTS BACK UP FROM JASON

Jason counters that he can’t believe that Britt would want Anna punished. or sent to prison, or a mental facility after the trauma she endured while being locked up and mentally tortured while at Wyndemere.

He asks Britt, “How could you even say that you want her locked up or prosecuted for what she did when you knew she was being held prisoner and you did nothing to save her?” Britt is stunned by Jason’s response.

Coming up, official General Hospital spoilers share that on the upcoming Monday, September 14 episode, Jason confides in Carly (Laura Wright), while Britt is stung. In the video preview that aired at the end of the Friday, September 11 episode for this coming Monday, Britt says to Jason, “You don’t believe me. Do you?”

General Hospital head scribes, Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte previously teased in their fall preview of the soap, “Britt and Jason have come a long way and fought a lot of enemies to be together. But the most stubborn obstacle to their happiness isn’t without, it’s within. Decisions Britt made to stay alive while under Cullum’s thumb will come back to haunt her and may prove too difficult for this unlikely couple to survive.”

So, what do you think will happen? Will Jason and Britt break-up over Britt’s lies and Jason’s unwillingness to report Anna’s crime against her? Do you want Jason and Britt to go their separate ways? If they do, will Britt become romantically involved with Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) ? If so, who do you pair Jason with? Anyone? Weigh-in via the comment section.

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