General Hospital
GH's Dr. Obrecht Presents: How To Recapture A Cassadine! A Refresher Course for Britt!
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Leave it to Chief of Staff of General Hospital, Dr. Liesl Obrecht (Kathleen Gati) to come up with a power point presentation of cunning deceit, and to get to the root of someone’s problem which generally involves eliminating the enemy in various ways!
Now Dr O wants to help her daughter Britta (Kelly Thiebaud) get back the man she loves … Prince Nikolas Cassadine (Tyler Christopher)! So, what better way then to sit her offspring down and give her a refresher course on just who Nikolas is, what are his many assets, how things got screwed up in the first place between them, and just what the major obstacles are in getting Nikolas back are
When all was said and done, Dr O came up with one person who stand in the way of Britt’s happiness with Nikolas … the lovely nurse Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst)!
Watch “How To Recapture A Cassadine” from this week’s General Hospital after the jump! Then let us know, do you hope Britt manages to get Nikolas all for herself? Or, do you hope Elizabeth wins out? And what did you think of Dr. Obrecht’s power point presentation?
I think it’s ridiculous that she is still chief of staff.
It is; but, she brings a lot of comedy to the show, which it was lacking for quite some time without the Quartermaine’s. To pay respect to the show’s history, a Hardy or Quartermaine really should be Chief of Staff. But, Dr. Obrecht is a very funny character, I think. She’s evil with a soft side for the people she cares about.
I agree…Dr.O is a funny character and comic relief…she shouldnt be chief of staff but K.G. is a great talent and so entertaining i can look past that…
Yes, she is a talent and this is a soap but her antics at a hospital would not fly. They need to smooth her edges a bit and find her something else to do. Maybe open a coffee shop? She needs to be somewhere to be able to have run ins with other PC residents. Why not have her run as mayor? Luke raped Laura and he won!
It’s all only make believe …. 🙂
What? It’s only make believe? You take that back! Next think you’re going to tell us is that there really isn’t a Kelly’s where I go hang out with Mac and Felicia and enjoy a grilled cheese sandwich for three dollars?
That isn’t the point. Of course its make believe, but its difficult to remain engaged with the overall story when there are these imposing elements that are just over the top. And it isn’t a necessary ingredient for comedy to still be a part of the mix to make it so preposterous and campy that the one and only response is a roll of the eyes and a groan. Particularly when the previous Chief of Staff, a beloved vet, was fired because her son was suspected of a murder he didn’t even commit. Funny to me were the scenes where Luke and cohorts are in disguises trying to pump some innocent for information. Funny to me is little Spencer and his loquacious vocabulary (although there too, they never know what enough is)… Dr. O is just too much. I turn her off now, even though I think the actress has some talent.
True but there is a line where you shouldnt continue to insult the viewer daily.
hmmmm ok
I want Britt to get her bitch back and kill Elizabeth ..
I need some excitement!!
and Elizabeth is as boring to watch as toenail clippings, no matter what is written for her she can’t bring fire/passion to it =boring …. 🙂
I’m with you. I love Britt and her wicked ways! I find Elizabeth very boring, as well as, Sam. Both speak in monotones. No excitement.
Sigh.
I know, Harry, it’s frustrating isn’t it? These calls for the original GH characters to be killed off so the new characters can replace them really hurts me as a forty + year fan of this show. It’s not enough to have all the major storylines driven by new characters I guess, they want the old characters completely off the show.
Every time I read one of these posts it drives home how few people really care about the GH that was on the air for the past 50 years, or the fans who love those characters who were there before 2012.
I have to agree. Elizabeth is like watching paint dry. Even when she has a good storyline she cant carry it off. Time for her to go. Bring on a Nina-like nurse to take her place. Now that would be cool. and Dr O will be hard nosed with her and it would be funny of course. Dr O does bring the comic relief to GH.
Please expound – what storyline has Elizabeth been unable to carry off?
Thank you for articulating it for me, DidjaNoit, and so well too! Yes, all I could do was sigh reading posts which wish two perfectly sane, interesting, albeit not perfect, female characters whom we’ve watched grow up, to die to make room for campy cartoon characters. Sometimes my exasperation reaches such a point as to to render me to exhausted to respond. I like how you phrased your sentiment because it was predicated upon love and respect of a show we’ve been watching since we were latch key children. See, it’s not about hate at all.
Liz seems to have connections on that show because she is average at best and continues to have a job. Shake up the character or have Dr. O put a cap in her!
Britt and Nik will eventually become a couple…im sure she will find a way to use little Spenser to her advantage and make Liz look bad in Niks eyes…this Britt, Liz and Nik triangle is what they should have originally done with Patrick…me thinks tptb now realize this so they decided to redo it with Nik…
Does this work in real-life? Because I’d love to score a nice guy with Dr. O’s abilities!
Love these moments that advance the storyline.
Storyline silliness aside, Kathleen Gati is an absolute GEM as Dr.O.
Perhaps the show should just cut to the chase and have both women mud wrestle over Nikolas.
I’m not big on either woman for different reasons. Liz is too passive aggressive for my tastes. She leads Nikolas on and then jumps into bed with anyone else handy as soon as Nik shows any interest. I don’t honestly get what Liz is trying to achieve.
Britt OTOH is a way too much a weak willed pawn of her cartoon Mutter. Since scheming and lying are what caused Nikolas to dump her in the first place is she really stupid enough to believe another one of Mutter’s elaborate schemes will fix things?
Both women seem to be more motivated by beating the competition than they are by any genuine feelings for Nikolas. That doesn’t make either rootable to me particularly when Nik just come off as oblivious.
Didn’t care for the power point presentation gag either. It’s was way too heavy handed and cartoonish for my tastes but it will probably land them on The Soup yet again. Although my mud wrestling idea would probably achieve the same result.
I agree with you, KM, Mary SF & Brian. The story line is getting old and the writers are treating the viewers like children; Dr O. is a smart woman but no way should she be head of the Hospital. She out rules the board [how is that possible?] Elizabeth & Britt should grow up and handle their own business. I know it’s just TV but please give the viewers a little more credit. I am tired of Maxie too, she used to be “smart” and could see ‘a Levi’ coming from a mile away. Have good weekend Peps!!!!! Talk to next week.
Not only have they dumb down Maxi but Tracy too…
I so have to agree with jimh and Virginia. The sure did dumb down Maxie and Tracy. Both women would have been able to see into their significant others ploys rather quickly. Does Maxie think she can not live on without Levi to tell her what to do? And does Tracy want love so bad, she cant see thru Fluke’s character? Its sad to see two intelligent beautiful women turn into dumb girls.
They have also dumbed down Olivia (and there wasn’t a lot of room for that descent) as well as Anna, Alexis and Carly.
What do Traci, Alexis, Carly, Maxie, Olivia and Anna all have in common? They continue to sacrifice their intelligence and innate instincts for the sake of these horrid men.
Honestly what made Britt and Nik interesting was they had this Taming of the Shrew thing going on. Having grown up in the Cassadine family Nik was one step ahead of Britt and his love was transforming her– then they dumped that turned Nikolas into a love blind wimp who couldn’t see Britt lying to him— and now she is reverting back to type being the Britch trying to trick him into loving her again—
that story is so over done– wish they went back to the original thing vibe– the one where Nik who had seen all the deceit and lies in his family could spot a con game a mile away– the Nik who had a pair and wasn’t such a passive bystander so easily duped.
Get that Rhett Butler and Scarlett O’Hara dynamic going with those two– then we will have something, summer passion at its best, but watching–love starved female- Britt- fight the too good to be true heroine –Elizabeth— for the love of witless man– Nickolas— well all I can say to that is YAWN
Yes, give us a Rhett(Nik) and Scarlette(Britt) type romance and we will give a damn…lol
Nik was never one step ahead of Britt that I saw. If anything it was Britt who was always one step ahead of Nik with her lies. That doesn’t really fit with the Rhett/Scarlett dynamic where he saw thru her from the beginning but loved her in spite of her flaws…or maybe because of them.
Remember the Rhett quote “”I love you Scarlett. Because we’re alike. Bad lots both of us. Selfish and shrewd but able to look things in the eye and call them by their right name.”
I can’t see that coming from Nik who sees himself as royalty at all.
Perhaps that wasn’t the best example. In the very beginning Nik didn’t just accept everything Britt said or did at face value. It was very brief because they had him fall in love with her so fast, but before he did, he seemed to understand her rep and was cautiously willingly to give her a break. So the potential to have Nikolas tame Britt was there. Not because he was bad too, as in it takes one to know one,but because he was raised by the same type of family Britt was– and if he could see through his family and laid down the law with them, he should have been able to do that with Britt and her mother. But instead they made him clueless.
So my point was instead of making this a typical triangle they should make Nik a bit like Rhett Butler. If Britt goes after him, this time should make him smart enough to see right through it. But find despite her lying ways he is drawn to her and wants to be with her– on his terms, not hers. That would make this romance interesting again, a bit like Cass was with Lila Roberts on Another World if you ever watched that soap.
A fellow GWTW fan! I agree. Rhett is a realist while Nikolas is too much like Ashley IMO – a dreamer who always falls for the damsel in distress. But, Elizabeth is no Melanie, who was a truly good person. Elizabeth is just pathetic. If the rumors are true that Billy Miller may join GH as Dillon Quartermaine, I hope he turns out to be the Rhett of this romantic quadrangle and ultimately wins Britt into the Quartermaine clan. They desperately need a doctor and some youthful zaniness in their family. Michael is nice. But, too much of a straight arrow. Clearly he inherited Lila’s genes. Bring the Q craziness back to GH & the manor!
“…Nik was one step ahead of Britt and his love was transforming her– then they dumped that turned Nikolas…”
oh shucks
I was so looking forward to seeing Brit get along, come along, becoming…. with Nicholas as more than just her strong knight in shining armor
REALLY nice post MarySF….
it’s got all the makings and trappings of a love and romance stir
As wacky as Dr. O being chief of staff is… I love it. She adds so much to the show, in my opinion. I love her acting !
Why do GH scenes/episodes get features like this on websites, but the other four shows rarely do? For the most insignificant of material, GH seems to be the darling on the web that can do no wrong and must be showcased for everything they do.
What about the shocking twist at DAYS that Sami knew about EJ’s tryst all along and is now partnered with Kate? Or Gabi going to prison and all those wonderful goodbye scenes? What about nuBilly’s first appearance on Y&R? Barely a peep anywhere about B&B shooting overseas. And yet time and again crap like this from GH gets highlighted. Nina, Sabrina, Luke, Ava, Madeline, Olbrecht…I don’t even know three quarters of the characters but I do now because they’re talked about everywhere. Everyone has their favourites but bias is clear all over the web. I have my own and I’m just as guilty. I wish soap sites were a little more balanced in their reporting.
Interesting point. I don’t understand it either. DOOL is miles better than GH IMO. I’m no fan of the cartoon antics of GH these days, at all.
This site, though, is pretty even-handed IMO. Michael Fairman does his best to bring us the news and the hot spots from all of the shows. Maybe GH is more accessible than the other shows? I do think this is the best of all the sites – Mr. Fairman’s interviews and articles are the real deal, at least I think so.
Jules, you make some good points, and I am afraid I can’t answer your query as to why a minor scene such as the one above garners so much attention. Kathleen Gati is the current it girl of soaps–she is the darling of soap writers, head GH writer and producer and GH fans. I am in the minority when I say that for me, Dr. O is like a jalapeno pepper in that a little bit goes a long way. Yes, clearly KG is very talented. I don’t dispute that collective assertion. However, I think Dr. O is too campy, over-the-top and cartoon villainish. It’s getting to the point where Port Charles should be called Gotham City. She has committed a wealth of federal crimes and is not only not indicted, she is remains the hospital chief of staff. In small doses, I would enjoy this character more. She reminds me of the character Cloris Leachman played in Young Frankenstein, and I fully expect to hear horses’ neigh when someone says her name.
Finally, I have never seen any shades of nuance of subtlety come from this actress. Anthony Hopkins said that playing the scary Hannibal the Cannibal from Silence of the Lambs was much easier than playing the quiet and emotionally repressed butler from Remains of the Day. Over-the-top is easy, it’s playing those quiet moments which are the most difficult.
I know, I know, it’s only a soap and my expectations are too high.
Not sure if you are speaking about this site, because except for the Sami thing– this website featured all those topics– nuBilly on Y&R, B&B shooting overseas, Gabi going to prison— and I’m sure that Sami thing will get mention soon as well. I can’t speak for Mr Fairman as to his reasoning in choosing which topics and stories to focus on, but back in the day, before the internet, I find he has chosen topics and stories that would be consider water cooler topics. The kind of stuff soap fans used to discuss the next day at the office with their friends and fellow soap fans. GH because it so camp has more those type of moments. That would be my theory why they get more press at times
I like Britt. This is a little over the top, but Dr O is way over the top. I like all three Nick, Britt,and Liz.let the fun begin. I also agree Dr O should not be running a hospital, especially GH. The job should be Monicas. Dr O should be in jail throwing one liners at Sonny. They are a pair, and they both need to pay for their sins.I have stopped watching . The show is really a sham of before.The evul are the evulest that have ever evuled.GMAB.
Dr. O and Britt are amazing. My two favorites of the “new” GH characters the last couple of years.
excellent pair of “newbies” to be celebrated… couldn’t agree more
I’d throw in some Brad
I simply adored Kelly Sullivan as Connie.
GH deserves to have won an emmy for best casting
I guess Carlos is no where to be found… he shouldn’t have been the scapegoat for Ava crime…. he deserved to be on the show
bringing on Ric Lansing is sterling…love how much presence he creates
now we’ve got Michelle Stafford
woah, and now possible Billy Miller
GH has so much going on
how to fill them all in
I like Brad, too. I hope Britt snags Nicholas back from Lizard.
Great additions but I was sad to see Kelly Sullivan go. We lost her and picked up those two dimwits, Levi and James or whatever his character is being called, this week!
I have an idea–Erika Slezak (Viki from OLTL) needs some work. She is a lovely incredibly talented actress who is not done yet.
Would she not make an excellent chief of staff? Moreover, let her be some distant relative of Edward Quatermaine’s–maybe a niece or a second cousin.
She could move into the Q mansion and take over GH and provide some realistic competition for Monica.
Dr O can wander the secret walls of the Cassadine island like Helena. Dr. O is at her best dwelling the shadows, on the fringe of society.
Great minds think alike, i too suggested E.S. as a Quartimaine relative(also as Laura on Days) but i think id prefer her more on GH…rebuild the Qs…i miss that part of the show…i love K.G. and i wish they make her less campy and cartoonish…she reminds me of Natasha from that old cartoon …the one from Rocky and Bullwinkle!!!
Yes, Jim, another great idea of yours. They ought to hire you as casting director.
No one is better at fighting the bad girl or buy than ES. And yet when she goes head to toe with a villain or her nemesis, she remains spirited, intelligent and not sickeningly sweet. I would love to see her go head to head with Dr. O not to mention Traci. I could see ES in that white coat.
lol…i dont think any soap would want me working on their show because id probably be constantly going head to head with TPTB!!!
Beyond the Gates
53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Nominations Announced: ‘The Young and the Restless’ Tops With 18, ‘Beyond the Gates’ With 16
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the full list of nominees for the upcoming 53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, and it was CBS daytime’s The Young and the Restless and broadcast television newest soap opera, Beyond the Gates that racked up the most nominations with 18 and 16, respectively.
The full reveal on Tuesday follows the announcement of several major categories including Lead Actor and Actress on Monday via Extra and Entertainment Tonight and The View today revealing Daytime Drama Series and more.
The 53rd Annual Daytime Emmys ceremony is set to take place on Friday, October 30 at the historic Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California.
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In a statement, Adam Sharp, President and CEO of NATAS expressed, “We’re proud to honor the extraordinary talent and creative teams whose work continues to define and elevate daytime television, As the Daytime landscape evolves and new forms of storytelling emerge, we remain committed to recognizing the innovation happening across the industry.”
“Each year, the Daytime Emmy Awards celebrate the creativity, passion, and dedication that drive this vibrant community of storytellers,” said Rachel Schwartz, Head of the Daytime Emmy Awards. “Congratulations to this year’s nominees, whose work continues to entertain, inspire and connect with audiences every day. We look forward to celebrating their remarkable achievements in Hollywood this October.”
The Daytime Emmy Awards have recognized outstanding achievement in television programming and crafts since 1974, honoring work in a variety of genres, including daytime dramas, talk series, entertainment news, culinary, adventure, instructional and legal/courtroom programming.
This year’s Lifetime Achievement Honoree, Gold & Silver Circle Inductees, and ceremony host will be announced at a later date.
Now below, check out the nominees in the daytime drama, talk show, entertainment news series and creative arts categories and congratulations to all!
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Outstanding Daytime Drama Series
Beyond the Gates
Days of Our Lives
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Lead Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Stacy Haiduk (as Kristen DiMera), Days of Our Lives
Karla Mosley (as Dani Dupree), Beyond the Gates
Michelle Stafford (as Phyllis Summers), The Young and the Restless
Heather Tom (as Katie Logan), The Bold and the Beautiful
Tamara Tunie (as Anita Williams Dupree), Beyond the Gates
Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Eric Braeden (as Victor Newman), The Young and the Restless
Steve Burton (as Jason Morgan), General Hospital
Scott Clifton (as Liam Spencer), The Bold and the Beautiful
Thorsten Kaye (as Ridge Forrester), The Bold and the Beautiful
Christian Jules Le Blanc (as Michael Baldwin), The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series
Linsey Godfrey (as Sarah Horton), Days of Our Lives
Camryn Grimes (as Mariah Copeland), The Young and the Restless
Beth Maitland (as Traci Abbott), The Young and the Restless
Trisha Mann-Grant (as Leslie Thomas), Beyond the Gates
Amanda Setton (as Brook Lynn Quartermaine), General Hospital
Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Daytime Drama Series
Sean Dominic (as Nate Hastings), The Young and the Restless
Timon Kyle Durrett (as Bill Hamilton), Beyond the Gates
Michael Graziadei (as Daniel Romalotti), The Young and the Restless
Roger Howarth (as Matt Clark), The Young and the Restless
Mike Manning (as Bradley “Smitty” Smith), Beyond the Gates
Lawrence Saint-Victor (as Carter Walton), The Bold and the Beautiful
Outstanding Emerging Talent in a Daytime Drama Series
Braedyn Bruner (as Emma Scorpio-Drake), General Hospital
Al Calderon (as Javier Hernandez), Days of Our Lives
Alice Halsey (as Rachel Black), Days of Our Lives
Giovanni Mazza (as Gio Palmieri), General Hospital
Ambyr Michelle (as Eva Thomas), Beyond the Gates
Arielle Prepetit (as Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne), Beyond the Gates
Outstanding Guest Performance in a Daytime Drama Series
Jasmine Burke (as June Hughes), Beyond the Gates
Jeff Kober (as Cyrus Renault), General Hospital
Eva LaRue (as Natalia Rogers-Ramirez), General Hospital
Christopher Sean (as Paul Narita), Days of Our Lives
Ray Wise (as Ian Ward), The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Writing Team for a Daytime Drama Series
Beyond the Gates
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of Our Lives
General Hospital
Outstanding Directing Team for a Daytime Drama Series
Days of Our Lives
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Casting for a Daytime Program
Beyond the Gates
General Hospital
The Young and the Restless
Outstanding Daytime Talk Series
3rd Hour of TODAY
The Drew Barrymore Show
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Live With Kelly and Mark
TODAY With Jenna & Friends
The View
Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host
Joy Behar, Whoopi Goldberg, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Sara Haines, Sunny Hostin & Ana Navarro, The View
Kelly Clarkson, The Kelly Clarkson Show
Tamron Hall, Tamron Hall
Jennifer Hudson, The Jennifer Hudson Show
Sherri Shepherd, Sherri
Outstanding Entertainment News Series
Access Hollywood
Entertainment Tonight
Extra
Outstanding Daytime Personality (Daily)
Mona Kosar Abdi, Derek Hough & Terri Seymour, Extra
Cassie DiLaura, Denny Directo, Kevin Frazier, Rachel Smith & Nischelle Turner, Entertainment Tonight
Scott Evans, Zuri Hall, Kit Hoover & Mario Lopez, Access Hollywood
Star Jones & Corey Jovan, Divorce Court
Outstanding Arts and Popular Culture Program
Beyond the Gates: Welcome to the Neighborhood — An Entertainment Tonight Special
Off Script With The Hollywood Reporter
Variety & CNN Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Working In the Theatre
Outstanding Music Direction and Composition for a Daytime
Beyond the Gates, Episode 103
Have Guitar Will Travel World
The Kelly Clarkson Show Episode 5033
Let Frankie Cook,” Getting the Band Back Together
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Outstanding Technical Direction and Video for a Daytime Program
Beyond the Gates, Episode 104
The Bold and the Beautiful,” Episode 9511
Disney Parks Magical Christmas Day Parade”
The Jennifer Hudson Show, ” Episode 4041
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade”
Outstanding Hairstyling and Makeup for a Daytime Program
Beyond the Gates, Episode 103
General Hospital, Episode 15719
The Kelly Clarkson Show,” Episode 5033
The Young and the Restless,” Episode 13273
So, what do you think of the 53rd annual Daytime Emmy nominations? Who are you happy to see receive a nomination and who do you think was snubbed? Weigh-in via the comment section.
General Hospital
‘General Hospital’s’ Steve Burton Shares Reaction to His Lead Actor Daytime Emmy Nomination, ‘It Was to Honor Leslie Charleson’
The 53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Award nominations kicked-off on Monday with the announcements of four major categories including, Outstanding Lead Performer in a Daytime Drama Series — Actor, and among the nominees is General Hospital’s Steve Burton (Jason Morgan).
Burton is already a two-time Daytime Emmy winner in the Supporting Actor category for his roles as GH’s Jason and his turn as Dylan McAvoy on Y&R. However, Steve is yet to win in the Lead Actor category and he has received 11 nominations along the way in his daytime career.
Following the reveal that he is a 2026 Daytime Emmy nominee, he and his GH co-star, podcast co-host and comedy show partner, Bradford Anderson (Spinelli) taped a special edition of their That’s Awesome podcast just featuring Burton’s reaction to the news.
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FOR LESLIE CHARLESON
Steve expressed, “I know it’s such a cliche to say, ‘I’m just so honored to be nominated.’ But truly, I’m so grateful to be nominated, so grateful to just be on the show off and on for 30 plus years and to be nominated with the guys in my category. Just to get the opportunity. Frank (Valentini, executive producer, GH) texted me right away. I was just like, ‘Thank you for the opportunity to get to do what I do.'”
Taking in the moment, Burton thanked those who helped him select the material for his nominated reel. “Unless you win, you don’t get to say things. So. I’m going just say a few things: Elizabeth Korte (co-head writer, GH) helped me a lot with the material, (as did) Michelle Henry, who’s a producer on the show, Laura Wright (Carly, GH), and then my wife Michelle (Lundstrom). I believe it was Jill Phelps who told me that when A Martinez felt like he had a great show or great scenes, he would mark it down. So, when Emmy time comes, you have all the show numbers written down, and you don’t have to think about it, because that’s half the battle (finding the material).
Burton explained how meaningful this nomination is for him, because of playing the scenes of Jason losing Monica, and his closeness with the late, great Leslie Charleson.
“The nomination’s an amazing thing, and it’s beautiful, but really it’s to honor Leslie Charleson. A lot of my material was because of her, and how I started on the show as a Quartermaine, it just means a ton,” shared Burton. “Maurice Benard (Sonny, GH) has obviously has been instrumental, and I’ve said it from day one and I’ll shout it from the rooftops. If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be here, and to be working with the people that we work with is incredible.”
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SHOULD JOHN OLIVER BE NAMED HOST OF THE DAYTIME EMMYS?
During the end of his conversation with Anderson, Steve suggested that the host of the Daytime Emmy should be Last Week Tonight’s John Oliver, who recently guest starred as the head of the WSB named Z on General Hospital, and is soon to show up on Days of Our Lives in a mystery role in August.
Thus far, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has not revealed their host for the upcoming ceremony to be held on October 30 in a venue to be named in Hollywood, California.
You can watch Steve sharing his reaction to receiving his 2026 Lead Actor Daytime Emmy nomination below on a special segment on the That’s Awesome podcast.
Now let us know, are you glad that Steve chose scenes surrounding Jason mourning the loss of the woman that raised him, Monica Quartermaine for his Emmy reel? What do you think of John Oliver as a suggestion to host the Daytime Emmys? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
General Hospital
GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jason Reconnects with Danny; Tristan Roberts Arrives in Port Charles, Lots of Nods to #16
General Hospital’s 16,000th episode was packed with little reminders through points in today’s script that the ABC daytime drama series has set another milestone and it paved the way for the return of fan favorite and newly nominated Daytime Emmy Lead Actor nominee Steve Burton (Jason Morgan). The 16,000th episode also introduced viewers to the new surgeon in Port Charles Dr. Tristan Roberts played by Dean Geyer.
Here are the key takeaways and what went down on the July 13 episode: Tristan and Jason are seated next to each other on a plane heading to Port Charles. Throughout the flight, a beaten up Jason has flashbacks to being thrown into, and being held captive in a cell and tortured. It appears Jason is suffering from some form of PTSD from what he was put through after being dragged out of Port Charles by the WSB months ago.
As the plane prepares to land, Tristan tells Jason there would be a car waiting for him once they land and to enjoy the rest of his life. Later, Tristan arrives at the nurses and doctors hub at GH and approaches Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst). He tells her his name and that he is the new surgeon on staff.
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A REUNION PLUS A HEAD NURSE DEFENDS SONNY
Meanwhile, at the end of the episode, Jason is outside the Quartermaine boathouse looking bewildered when he runs into Danny (Asher Antonyzyn), who is so thrilled to see his father, and the two hugs each other as tears are shed.
Elsewhere, Elizabeth tells Sonny (Maurice Benard) that he thinks its a great idea for him to get the 16th seat on the hospital board, but when it comes times to convince Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot) of that, things go awry when Tracy, Laura and Sonny try to work things out. After Tracy launches into Sonny about killing Alan and Monica’s son AJ, Sonny walks away dejected.
Next, Sonny runs into Elizabeth, where he informs her what happened with Tracy. So what’s a head nurse to do? Elizabeth marches into the conference room and reminds Tracy of all the different donations and ways Sonny has contributed to the hospital from the Stone Cates AIDS wing, to the Michael Corinthos Center for Pediatric Head Injuries as well as his constant support each year for the GH Nurses’ Ball.
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WSB WAR SCARS
Then, in one of the best parts for longtime fans of the series, Elizabeth talks about her legendary grandparents, Audrey and Steve Hardy and she tells Tracy they would have wanted Sonny to have a seat on the board for all the good that he has done for the hospital. After Elizabeth states Sonny’s case, things took a turn and Tracy and Sonny wound up shaking hands as Sonny is board member #16.
In the how great was it to see Anna (Finola Hughes) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) together scenes department, the pick-up of last Friday’s cliffhanger is played out as the two former lovers fill each other in on what has gone down in their lives in the last several months including Valentin admitting he had been living in Carly’s attic, and Anna realizing she was kidnapped by Cullum, Sidwell and Cassius Faison. During their conversation, Anna sees the hallucination of Peter August (Wes Ramsey) right while Valentin is standing there.
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Later Anna was on her way to saying goodbye to Valentin, when the two share an emotional hug. After Valentin made his exit, Peter reappeared and warned Anna to not let Valentin distract her because she has important work to do. Anna answers, “I know.”
So, what did you think of General Hospital’s 16,000 episode? What do you think is wrong with Jason? What is the important “work” that Anna has to do? Were you glad to see Sonny get a seat on the hospital board, or not so much. Weigh-in via the comment section. But first, check out the scenes on Jason and Tristan’s long flight to Port Charles.
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As The World Turns2 days agoScott Bryce, ‘As the World Turns’ Craig Montgomery, Passes Away at 68
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Beyond the Gates6 days ago‘The 53rd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards’ Nominations Announcement Date Revealed: Who Will Be Going For Gold?
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