General Hospital
GH’s Eden McCoy Delivers The ‘Power Performance of the Week’
Not often does a week’s worth of soaps offer up so many outstanding performances. However, the beginning of 2023 brought just that in dramatic scenes featuring General Hospital’s Kathleen Gati (Liesl), Kelly Thiebaud (ex-Britt), Willian Lipton (Cameron), Parry Shen (Brad) and Days of our Lives Lauren Koslow (Kate).
When all was said and done there was one performance, that for us, rang most true. For anyone who has ever gone through a break-up and had to let someone you care about down, you could feel and understand the raw emotion displayed by General Hospital’s Eden McCoy (Josslyn).
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Not only did McCoy deliver during the breakup scenes as Joss broke Cameron’s heart into pieces, but later, Joss is shocked and guilt-ridden to find out that Britt died from ‘The Hook’s’ attack after saving her life, and then having to admit the whole thing to her mother, Carly (Laura Wright). Never mind the one other event of that fateful night. Joss had sex with Dex (Evan Hofer) before she headed over to Kelly’s to talk to Cameron, realizing she should have cleared-up her relationship, first.
McCoy really shined when Josslyn arrived at Kelly’s to tell Cameron things have changed between them. She tearfully apologized for not coming to him sooner. She promises she will always love him, but she is not in love with him anymore, and she lets him know there is no going back. They can’t fix things. As Josslyn pours her heart out knowing what this was doing to Cameron, it was a five-hankie moment, indeed.
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In addition, when Josslyn spills most all to her mother (she left out the part of having sex with Dex), you could genuinely feel the bond between the two, which as we have stated many times through the years, speaks to the perfect casting of McCoy as Carly’s daughter and her on-screen chemistry with Laura Wright.
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For all of these well-played and outstanding moments, Michael Fairman TV names Eden McCoy our pick for The Power Performance of the Week.
Now let us know, what did you think of Eden’s work in the break-up scenes between Joss and Cam and its aftermath? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.
Probably some of Eden’s best work. She’s developing into a fine young actress.
That said, best performance of the week was definitely Kathleen Gati. She always brings it, but Liesl’s anguish and grief was both heartbreaking and riveting to watch.
I agree. Kathleen Gati was emotionally compelling. Eden was wonderful. I may despise the hypocrisy of the character but the actress is damn talented.
I agree
The girl has beauty and talent. I’m not liking the portrayal too much, lately, but I still love Eden/Joss. The actress is going places….Everyone was amazing.
So well deserved!! Congrats Eden.
She is an amazing actress with a great career ahead if this is what she chooses to do.
Eden’s performance was heart wrenching. It was a realistic portrayal of first love that quite often isn’t forever ❤️
Eden was excellent! But so were Britt, Liesl, Cameron & Brad!! Even Maxi had a ‘moment’ less annoying!
Eden McCoy is definitely One to Watch!
I just want to know why they had to kill Britta off!?! I know she’s going to primetime, but she could have come back for visits off-season!
Kelly found love with a man from the UK and they had been having a long distance relationship. She said in a recent interview that she told producers she was never coming back. She quit because she found love.
Oh, I didn’t know that…thanks for the info!
I’m very happy for her!
I agree 100%about Britta. And also while Eden was great, definitely not better than William or Liesl etc.
I totally agree. I didn’t find her performance emotionally compelling. When William said, “I’m such an idiot”, imo, made the scene.
I don’t care for William’s acting at all. He leaves me cold. But Eden had a few awesome performances this past week. She is not a master like Kathleen Gati, yet, but she’s on her way.
Cameron really reminds me of a young Lucky Spencer lately. Which makes perfect sense, as Lucky is the only true father that kid ever had. Not bio related, of course (that would be Zander Smith who committed “suicide by cop” before Cam was born) but now that Cam’s hair is a little longer, he’s even starting to look like Lucky.
When he was talking to Liz at Kelly’s yesterday, it was almost like a 90s flashback scene.
Totally agree with you. Eden and William tore my heart out in those scenes. They were heart-wrenching and beautifully true. These young people can really shine when given the right material. GH is luck to have them and we, their fans, are lucky to be entertained by them. Bravo!
Josslyn was great in the breakup scene and if she is pregnant I encourage it. She is a strong woman who will her baby forever. I know she is a strong in real life and I know her future in real life will be one of the best. She is a great actress and great person
No. We do not need a teenage college sophomore becoming pregnant. Why on earth would you welcome that? Joss wants to go to Med school. Please, no more babies. Let us hope Joss and Rex used birth control.
I doubt they’re going to add another baby on the way to the canvas, especially when it looks like they’re setting up a traditional soap trope – a baby switch with the Quartermaine and Cassadine heirs. Ugh – more Weeping Willow ahead.
Especially not when there’s a very real possibility they could be brother & sister. Don’t even want to imagine a baby coming out of that scenario… it’s bad enough as it is.
There you go again. ABC standards and practices would never permit that to happen. They purged the show of anyone remotely connected to sexual assault. They’re not going to go down the incest route.
I was hoping they would never go there at all, of course. I just can’t see a point to the “Dex” character at all if he’s NOT a brainwashed Morgan Corinthos. It’s the best explanation for all of his other actions & associations, aside from banging Josslyn.
Hell, we know what Cody’s DNA test says, and he’s still a pointless character! And too dumb to be a Scorpio, in this Devil’s opinion.
Agreed that Mac deserves better than what we’ve seen from Cody so far. Any Scorpio offspring should be more dynamic.
Using Cody as an example, these writers are not afraid to ignore show history and shoehorn a birth into a mostly improbable slot in the past. Who knows how they’ll connect Dex – but Morgan ain’t the path.
Maybe Dex is the long-lost child of Lilly and Sonny? Yea- Sonny needs another kid! lol
Not a snowball’s chance in my backyard that they would undo the “clink boom” car bombing, one of the most iconic GH scenes of the 1990s. Also, they already had Sonny meet Lily in Heaven during a “near-death experience” and she verified that their son was with her upstairs.
Latest internet rumors have him being Courtney’s son (either with AJ or Jason). That would make him Spencer’s brother and Sonny’s nephew.
Zoey
I’ve been saying this for months. I’d read it somewhere and it made sense to me. Satan has been saying he thinks he’s Morgan but I don’t buy it, mostly I guess because I never liked Morgan and I do like this actor playing Dex. Too bad he’s being drawn into Drama Queen Joss’s life . Yea,yea I know, everyone loves her.
Such a beautiful young and talented actress
Heartbreaking
She has been excellent. Raw emotion. She has become a great actress.
Also her chemistry with Dex is amazing!!! They need to be together.
Yep – her chemistry with Dex is off the charts.
Say what you will about the characters, the actors are talented.
So… Evan Hofer – total hottie! I saw most of his background has been comedic acting.
Also love the Uber talented Kathy Gati.
She was only one word:. AMAZING.
Eden did an excellent job. Its a soap its suppose to be filled with mistakes, regrets and love. Her scene reminded me of the GH of old
All I can say is—Love, Love, Love Joss’ stilettos, albeit she has hurt Cameron so much—poor guy doesn’t even know the half of it.
Who is Dex? A medical doctor??
Top notch this week, Joss. Dex too. Actually, all were outstanding.
Just wish all stayed on….exits are sad.
Today was the “mostest” episode in a looong time. Everyone was spectacular, even Mathison, of whom I am not a fan.
Laura Wright was exceptionally authentic—every nuance, gesture and word was stellar and real– Kudos!!
The writers really knew what they were doing—they approached the developing suspense with true expertise—can’t wait for the climax to break ( Carly finally disclosing the truth to Nina)…..
Celia…Yes, to everything you said. Except I am a fan of Mathison. He finally broke out of the Mr.Nice mold and showed depth. I hope he dumps shrew Carly. Also the same to Nina, who I also like, was great. Even Wiley.
We do agree on Carly—too entitled, too holier-than-thou. But, as an actress, Laura is to be lauded.
I love Nina, as well, albeit we’re outnumbered—not many viewers like her.
—Mathison? Hmmm–not one of my favorites ( since he played Ryan Lavery-AMC), but I’m starting to warm up to him—the lovey-dovey scenes with Carly gross me out—especially because he is her third Quartermaine “bite”–
But, yes—Mathison, as Drew, showed a side of himself which stunned me in a good way.
Celia & Violet…Re: our feelings about Carly shouldn’t cloud the great job Laura does in this role. What I wonder is if actors who can play sob’s well know and read about how fans feel about their characters? Like Thomas. Do they read MF for instance?
I think they do, Rose–unless there may be some who truly get hurt by some of MY comments. In my defense, these sites would have no relevence if we were not able to express our likes or dislikes.
My personality and character? What you see is what you get. My mother is wont to tell me that sometimes I “hit” people in the face like a bucked of ice-water. LOL.
PS, Rose–And to add to that–I find myself muting or FF-ing scenes with “Mrs Robinson” and her daughter.
Oh Celia! What’d you think of the Nina reveal? I thought Cynthia was astounding! All those conflicting emotions and memories playing across her face at once..what a treat for us for having to wait so long. Now, there’s Willow’s insane reaction to come…next week should be good. BTW, did you see what they did to Y&R’s Noah’s gorgeous hair? He looks like a London punk in the early 80s grooving to The Sex Pistols…what a disaster!
OMG, Soaphound!!-when I saw Noah with that rat-fur atop his head, I thought of you and your reaction—I swear!! What is that???? Holy moly!! His scalp is so white, it’s almost scary–oh, please–flagellate me—!!
I don’t know if these half-shaved heads ( which I see too often) are meant to make a statement?—And, I thought the 50’s crew-cut, which both my grandfathers had ( in pictures) was harrowing—
My 16-year-old niece’s ( cheerleader with beauty and brains) boyfriend ( football player) has another weird hair cut, which is now the thing with High School boys. I swear that from a distance, and without my contacts/glasses, i thought he was wearing a baseball cap.
Yes, Nina was amazing—even with her little interaction with Wiley—I guess he and she must meet secretly off camera—who knew the three of them ( Sonny, Nina and Wiley were soooo close??).
Well, Carly will get hers from all sides, “You selfish bitch”!!!. Punto e basta!! ( A very popular Italian cliché after making a forceful statement). LOL.
rose
I like Drew too and it looks like he’s finally getting an eye full of the real Carly, I wondered about Wiley so excited to see Nina and especially Sonny. Don’t remember them even meeting as Michael wouldn’t even let Sonny near the boy, and Nina.only s few times with Willow dragging him away from her.
Drew knows exactly who Carly is. Remember he’s still walking around with Jason’s memories in his head, so he “remembers” everything that Jason & Carly went through over the years, all the stuff with AJ, walking in on the “hate sex” with Carly & Sonny, which started their roller coaster from Hell of a relationship. Drew knows all of that as if he lived through it himself.
That’s the thing – these writers are ignoring the Drew has Jason’s memories angle. Andre cleared Franco of Drew’s original memories but Drew still had Jason’s when Billy Miller departed the role.
A glaring continuity error that Elizabeth Korte should catch and point out in story occasionally.
There was never any doubt that in watching the riveting and emotional scenes on General Hospital which featured Finola Hughes as a PTSD-driven and mentally tortured Anna Devane, that when the climatic moments in Anna’s story aired, that we would not be singing the praises of Hughes. Once again, Finola showcased why she is one of the soap opera genres greatest assets and actresses.
In the key scenes, Anna has had a complete breakdown as she has lured and cornered Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) on Mount Emerson, and even thought through how she would kill her and cover it up, all thanks to hearing the voice and seeing a dead man, Peter August (Wes Ramsey). It’s visions of Peter that keeps egging Anna on to pull the trigger on Britt while in her delusional state.
Before Britt realizes that Anna trapped her in meeting her in Mount Emerson, she is very confused as to why she was all the way out in the boondocks to talk about what happened to her brother, Cassius Faison. However, Britt soon learned that what Anna was about to do is personal, and not professional, as she pulls the gun on her.
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ANNA FIRES HER GUN IN GAME-CHANGING MOMENT
When Jason (Steve Burton) shows up to save the say, he tries to talk Anna off the ledge, begging her to not shoot Britt and make one of the greatest mistakes of his life. When Jason figured out Anna felt she needed to kill anyone related to Cesar Faison, he made her think twice, because that would mean, she also would need to end the lives of two of Maxie’s children, James and Bailey Lu.
Anna can’t stop seeing hallucinations of Peter pushing her to shoot Britt. Suddenly and completely overcome, Anna fires bullets straight in the direction of where she sees Peter as she declares this all must end tonight.
After the shots are fired, Anna realized what she had done and just sobbed and shook. It was a devastating and heartbreaking moment for longtime General Hospital fans to see the beloved Anna Devane, super spy, so lost. Anna explained to Jason, after he was able to disarm her, how she was being pushed to kill Britt by her visions of Peter.
EMMY-WORTHY SCENES FOR 2027
In another hankie-inducing moment, Anna just grabs Jason and breaks down in his arms. If these weren’t Emmy-worthy scenes, we don’t know what is, and it must be remembered by Hughes, General Hospital, and hopefully the voting body of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) when Emmy submissions and voting get underway in 2027 for the 54th annual Daytime Emmys.
From everything we noted above, to the sheer brilliance of her work, Michael Fairman TV names Finola Hughes, this week’s Power Performance of the Week.
Now let us know, do you agree with our pick of Finola? Were you moved to tears during the gut-wrenching scenes? Should Finola include these scenes in an Emmy submission in 2027, should she decide to compete for Lead Actress gold? Weigh-in via the comment section below.
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RATINGS: ‘General Hospital’ Shows Most Gains in Total Viewers Week-Over-Week and Up in Key Demo
The ratings are out for the week of August 24-28 for your favorite broadcast television soaps, and it was ABC’s General Hospital which added the most total viewers and planted itself firmly in third place in its battle with Beyond the Gates in the key demos of women 18-49 and 25-54.
According to Soap Opera Network, all daytime dramas were up year-over-year, and General Hospital was joined by The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful with gains in their total audience viewership, while Beyond the Gates was only slightly off pace for the ratings week.
Let’s take a look at what had viewers tuning-in, starting with General Hospital, who added +79,000 viewers. While still under the 2 million viewers mark (which they can hopefully return in the coming weeks) their overall tally was an average of 1, 935,000 tuning-in, while still up year-to-year +136,000.
GENERAL HOSPITAL
In addition, GH while actually down from the previous week in the 18-49 ratings share, they still out performed Beyond the Gates for third place. However, GH was firmly in third place for the 25-54 ratings share.
The stories that were featured for the week included: Anna’s (Finola Hughes) PTSD and struggle with painful memories tied to Cesar Faison, and her concocting a plan to get rid of Britt (Kelly Thiebaud), Willow (Katelyn MacMullen) recording Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna) threatening her, and later running into a severe threat from Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) regarding Kai (Jens Austin Astrup) and Drew’s (Cameron Mathison) shooting, and Drew enlisting Ava (Maura West) to gain leverage over Jack, which resulted in Ava drugging him, while Drew went snooping for the evidence Brennan had against him.
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THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Y&R remained in the top spot amongst all the soaps once again with 3,062,000 tuning in, and up +35,000 for the week, while year-to-year still showing strong gains at +231,000 viewers. However, while Y&R remained #1 for the 25-54 ratings share, it fell to #2 in the 18-49 ratings share behind The Bold and the Beautiful.
In story for the week, Nick’s (Joshua Morrow) sobriety in rehab was a focus, as was Victoria (Amelia Heinle) and Kyle Abbott (Michael Mealor) hitting the Jabot office couch and having sex for the first time, and Lily (Christel Khalil) and Billy (Jason Thompson) battling over control and ownership of Chancellor Industries.
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THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
B&B is continuing to be inch closer to Y&R for the top spot, separated by a little more than 300,000 viewers. For the ratings week, the series posted a total audience of 2,719,000 adding +31,000 eyeballs overall, and like Y&R, is up year-to-year in its performance.
The CBS soap now , now in its 40th season is +217,000 from the same time last year. In the key demos, The Bold and the Beautiful was in the top spot for the women 18-49 ratings share and number two for women 25-54.
In story, the major threat to Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Finn (Tanner Novlan) and Carter (Lawrence Saint-Victor) and Daphne’s (Murielle Hilaire) marriages continued as Steffy and Carter swore they would not tell their spouses that the two had a drunken hook-up. But as viewers know now, Steffy is pregnant!
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BEYOND THE GATES
Beyond the Gates tallied an average of 1,611,000 total viewers for the week, up +72.000 year-over-year and down slightly in tune-in for the week losing just -36,000 viewers. The CBS soap came in fourth place in the key demos for the week behind General Hospital, with whom they are often trading places for the third spot.
In story, after Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett) was released from the hospital, Hayley (Marquita Goings) stuck to her plan, doubling down on poisoning him and even getting caught in a major lie or meeting with Randy (Maurice P. Kerry), as Vernon (Clifton Davis) may be on to her machinations.
The ratings report is generated from Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) for the week of August 24-28, 2026
So, what did you think of the performance of General Hospital for the ratings period? Which daytime drama has you most likely to tune-in each day? Which has you tuning-out? Let us know what’s working, or not working for you in story, via the comment section below.
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Kelly Sullivan Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’s’ Maura West Recalling When Ava Shot Connie (Exclusive)
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!
‘General Hospital’s’ Finola Hughes Delivers the ‘Power Performance of the Week’
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