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GH’s Lynn Herring on Working with AMC Favorite Walt Willey: “There is Such a Twinkle in His Eye. He Was Just So Sparkly!”

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This week, All My Children fans will get a glimpse of one of their longtime favorites when Walt Willy reprises his role as Jackson Montgomery, but this time on General Hospital.

Willey will join GH in a short arc, that according to a tweet from the actor himself will begin to air this Wednesday, July 10th, with two more episodes next week on July 17th and 18th.

In story, we know that Felicia (Kristina Wagner) has tracked down some information on Martin (Michael E. Knight) for Lucy (Lynn Herring). Felicia revealed that Martin has been receiving $50,000 deposits every month this quarter from a bank in Pine Valley. Lucy knows Marty doesn’t have a law license in Pennsylvania, so she is worried something fishy is going on. Felicia says she needs to go to Pine Valley and investigate and it looks like Lucy is going along with her.  So, will Lucy and Felicia cross paths with Jack in Pine Valley … or Port Charles? Will Michael Knight shares scenes with his old Pine Valley castmate? Stay tuned.

Meanwhile, in the latest issue of Soap Opera Digest on newsstands now, Herring said of getting the opportunity to work with Walt, “He’s so good! There is such a twinkle in his eye. He was just so sparkly! We had a lot of fun working together.” Willey shared: “Everyone I met was so welcoming and kind. It was a great experience.”

Walt last appeared on an ABC soap opera back in 2011 when All My Children was cancelled by the network causing a ripple effect on daytime soaps that is still felt today.

Looking forward to seeing Lynn, Kristina and Jack share scenes together on General Hospital? Comment below.

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Hoping this could lead to further appearances. Having an attorney, like Jackson Montgomery, on the canvas would be so excellent. Excited to see him!

Lucy and Jackson could be hot

So happy to see Walt again!! Now, all we need is Susan Lucci—Reaching for the stars much? Pardon the pun.

Yes…

O that would be so good!!! Erica Kane could be going after Lucy company!!!

This is out of left field but wouldn’t it be great if somehow, Tad martin was tied up somehow in this…allowing Michael E. Knight to play a dual role?. I’m just so glad that GH finally made use of a character from AMC in the role he was in when AMC was still with us. I’m still waiting for Roger Howarth to morph back into Todd Manning and for the same thing for Michael Easton to become John McBain again.

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It would be fun to see MEK do both Tad & Martin.

The network put the kibosh on Todd returning when they killed off Franco resulting in the mess that is Austin.

Two of my favorite characters together. Thank you for whatever amount of time we get to see Walt Wiley again. He is very much missed!

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Glad he and Michael Knight will be on together at some point

I can’t wait to see Diane’s face when she gets a look at Jack! Smokin’ hot

Diane and Jack would be a perfect couple!

To those who complain from time to time about vets not being featured, Lucy has been front and center for close to a year now. I look forward to seeing Lucy & Jack interact. Now, Lucy & Erica would be mind blowing!

I really miss Pine Valley and its residents

Wouldn’t it be fantastic if Vincent Irizarri came to General Hospital from Pine Valley and brought along some of his doctor friends, after all General Hospital started as a hospital based show. We have run out of doctors and nurses on GH! And please please please update the hospital and equipment being used, it’s not the mid 80’s anymore!! I’d be happy to be an advisor (I’m serious, because I’ve been a part of EMS/Nursing for over 40 years). Lastly knock off the archaic heart monitor beep beep beep sound, nobody does that anymore, especially on patients who aren’t critical. it’s all monitored at the nursing station which look nothing like what GH has. Okay one more…..patient charts are all computerized with mobile terminals, those patient binder charts also disappeared in the early 90’s. It’s 2023 so you are pretty much 25 years behind the times!

The last major redo of the hospital “hub” was in 2010 (after the bio-toxin explosion). The new set was optimized for high-def cameras. It’s had minor touch ups over the past 13 years.

It takes them a while to catch up, as I remember them overusing the public address system to page doctors well after that went out of vogue.

As for running out of doctors, we’ve got Finn, Portia, TJ, Austin and an occasionally seen Kevin. I’d suggest expanding Dr. Navarro’s role, bring Liesl back on staff and turn up the rock wherever they have Lucas before bringing on those from another show.

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ABCTV needs to work on a revival of AMC OLTL RH and Loving.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Carly and Lulu Make Plans to Rescue Their Children; Anna Looks Determined to Secure Her Freedom

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This week on all-new episodes of General Hospital, the race is on! Can Lulu (Alexa Havins) and Dante (Dominic Zamprogna) get to Rocco (Finn Carr) and Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) in time to ensure their safety from Cullum (Andrew Hawkes)? Can Carly (Laura Wright) with the help of her brother, Lucas (Van Hansis) rescue Josslyn (Eden McCoy) from captivity at Wyndemere? These questions may be answered, plus the return of the one and only Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) are on tap!

In the just released General Hospital spoilers video for the week of June 22-26, Lulu tells her mother, Laura (Genie Francis), “Dante and I have to get to Rocco before Cullum!” Meanwhile, Rocco (Finn Carr) looks angered and emotional as Britt walks through their cabin hideout. Does Rocco know his parents are on the way to find them, or has Cullum already tracked them down to the British Virgin Islands?

Back in Port Charles, Carly is informing Lucas that his niece, “is a WSB agent.” She knows Josslyn (Eden McCoy) is being held against her will at Wyndemere, and she has to find a way to get her out. Lucas agrees with Carly’s plan of, “We go in and we don’t leave without Josslyn!” Elsewhere, Josslyn is looking worried for her future as she is stuck in captivity thanks to Cassius, Cullum and Sidwell!

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FINOLA HUGHES RETURNS

The final moments of the teaser promo reveal Anna in a psychiatric clinic in France. We have not seen her for months after Cullum, Sidwell and Pascal fed her hallucinogenics to make her believe her arch nemesis, Cesar Faison was alive!

Now, the doctors walk towards her hospital bed, where we see the super spy calmly knitting. Is Anna back to normal and playing everyone to get out of her predicament, or does she still remain deeply traumatized … or both?

Take a look at the rest of the official GH spoilers for the week below.

MONDAY, JUNE 22
Willow gets an unwelcome surprise. Trina sticks to her guns. “Nathan” wants reassurance. Ethan advises Ava. Brook Lynn receives an update.

TUESDAY, JUNE 23
Dante cautions Liz. Laura learns a secret. Brook Lynn confides in Michael. Sonny challenges Ava. Chase makes a decision.

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24
Anna meets with her doctor. Carly makes a stunning confession. Britt extracts a promise. Cullum pulls a fast one. Gio and Emma hit the pool.

THURSDAY, JUNE 25
Josslyn clashes with Cassius. Lulu and Dante make a discovery. Chase receives a warning. Jordan seeks help. Alexis is summoned to the PCPD.

FRIDAY, JUNE 26
Anna takes a huge risk. Britt is in grave danger. Willow is in disbelief. Danny must act fast. Curtis jumps to the wrong conclusion.

Check out the latest General Hospital promo entitled, “Rescue Mission” below.

Now weigh-in: Do you think Anna is still mentally off-balance, or OK, and just pretending to be troubled to get out of France and get back to Port Charles? Will Josslyn finally be rescued, or will Carly and Lucas find themselves locked up with her? And, who will get to Britt and Rocco first? Cullum, or Dante and Lulu? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section below.

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Maurice Benard Gives High Praise to ‘General Hospital’ Writers; Teases Upcoming Sonny Scenes with Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric

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With the highly-anticipated returns of Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) on this week’s June 24 episode of General Hospital, Steve Burton’s (Jason Morgan) upcoming return on July 13, which also serves as the ABC daytime drama’s 16,000 episode, things are about to fire on all cylinders in the story, as noted today by series star, Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos).

On Father’s Day, the three-time Daytime Emmy-winning actor and mental health activist took to his Instagram and expressed in a video that he has some unbelievable upcoming senes with the aforementioned Burton and Hughes. Add to that Nazneen Contractor (Justine Turner) and Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing), where Benard gave credit where credit is due to the GH writing team, which is led by co-head writers, Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten..

In this video, Benard said, “I just want to get on here and say that I did some work with Steve Burton, Finola Hughes, Rick Hearst, Nazneen Contractor, and they’re all just fantastic. Truly fantastic. But, I want to say the writing was just exceptional. It truly was. It was exceptional. So, thankful for that kind of writing. I know writers don’t get the credit a lot, but I just want to say to the General Hospital writing team, keep rolling!”

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So now the question becomes, with a major tease like that, what is about to go down between Sonny, Anna, Jason, Justine and Ric? Will we finally get to the end of the line for Sidwell (Carlo Rota), as previously teased by the GH co-head writers? Will we learn what happened to Jason and Anna, fully? Will Justine and Sonny becomes closer or stop their liaisons? And what of Ric? Will he be true blue to his brother or double-cross him? There is a lot at stake as we move further into the summer and one that looks like it could be one of the more exciting ones in years!

FINOLA HUGHES CONFIRMED AMAZING SCENES WITH MAURICE BENARD

As a punctuation point to his video, Benard also shared this written message in the post: “I just did some wonderful scenes with Steve Burton, Rick Hearst, Finola Hughes and Nazneen Contractor and  and unbelievable writing, freaking amazing scenes that you will see in the near future on General Hospital.” In fact, Finola Hughes jumped in the post comment thread and responded, “I loved our scenes so much xxx”

Fans will most likely see all the scenes Benard referred to later in July, since GH tapes approximately six weeks ahead of air.

So, are you excited to see what Maurice is talking about? Are you hyped for what’s to come on GH? Any clue on what you think will go down between the main characters on the soap with the returns of Anna Devane and Jason Morgan to the mix? Weigh-in via the comment section below.

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‘General Hospital’ Alum Chad Duell Announces Upcoming Release of His First Single, ‘If You Need Me’

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In a surprise move, Daytime Emmy winner, Chad Duell (ex-Michael Corinthos, GH) is getting ready to unveil a new chapter of his career in music.

The former GH star, where he played the son of Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) for 15 years, has announced his new single, “If You Need Me” will drop on Friday, June 26. The single is now available for pre-order on Spotify and major music streaming platforms and is distributed by DistroKid.

Taking to his Instagram story over the weekend, to announce the pre-save of his new single, Chad expressed, “I’ll make a full post about what I’ve been up to and my music once it goes live next week, but you can pre-save my first single so it goes straight to your Spotify once it drops next week.”

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SINCE LEAVING GENERAL HOSPITAL

Previously, since his departure from the ABC soap opera. Chad starred alongside Zach Mendez in the world premiere of of Yum Yum at Annapolis, a new play written by Bruce Reisman. Duell last appeared on General Hospital on the January 21, 2025 episode.

The part was recast with Rory Gibson who debuted as the new Michael in May of 2025 during the Nurses’ Ball episodes and who has remained in the role since that time.

In an interview earlier this year on The Able Show, Duell said on his decision to exit the soap opera, “I was blessed to be part of that (show) for as long as I have, but what happens sometimes is if you’re doing the same thing, especially in a creative field for such a long time, you can get a little burnt out in a way. It can make you a little depressed, so that’s kind of what happened. On top of that, I had other things going on in my life at the time. My father passed away recently and I just needed a reset. So, I stepped away. A lot of times you have to go through some stuff to really step into that next level. I needed to kind of feel uncomfortable.”

So, what type of musical genre will Chad’s new song be? Country? Pop? Rock? Dance/Club? Something else? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below, and if you are eager to hear the new single next week via the comment section below.

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