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‘Good Trouble’ and ‘Cruel Summer’ Canceled by Freeform: Is it Time for GH to Resurrect Morgan Corinthos?

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More cancellations have been handed out following the writers and actors strikes. Now comes word that the Disney-owned young adult-oriented cable channel, Freeform, pink-slipped two of its most-known series.

Good Trouble will now finish after the back-half of its upcoming fifth season. Executives in charge of the series wanted to give the writers and producers time to come up with more scenes for an extra-length series finale episode to finish up on a high note. The second half premieres on January 2nd.

Cruel Summer has been canned after two seasons.  Both series were the last remaining scripted originals for the cable channel. The show featured two very familiar faces to daytime audiences: Sean Blakemore (Ex-Shawn Butler, General Hospital) and Lisa Yamada (Luna, The Bold and the Beautiful).

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The Fosters spinoff, Good Trouble followed the 20-something residents of the Los Angeles co-living space, The Coterie. One of the executive producers on the series and the current showrunner has been Joanna Johnson (ex-Caroline and Karen, The Bold and the Beautiful).

In what now will be Good Trouble’s final season, in story, and according to Deadline, “The roommates are set to face their toughest obstacles yet as they’re confronted with evolving relationship challenges and new career opportunities. Through highs and lows, romance and heartbreak, The Coterie crew will lean on each other while they navigate the next stage of adulthood.”

Former General Hospital favorite and Daytime Emmy-winner, Bryan Craig (ex-Morgan Corinthos) is one of the stars of the series. The question becomes with news of this cancellation, would GH finally entertain the notion of having Carly (Laura Wright) and Sonny’s (Maurice Benard) son, Morgan come back from the dead?

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Could it be that Morgan never really died back in 2016 following a car bombing? Craig last appeared on the ABC daytime drama series back in 2018, when Morgan showed up in Ava Jerome’s (Maura West) dream.  If anything could truly bring Carly and Sonny back together, might it be that the son that died and that caused a rift in their marriage (pre-Nina, of course), turned out to be alive?

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Do you think General Hospital should work out a long term or short term deal for Bryan Craig to resurrect his signature soap role, if he is available?  What about Sean Blakemore? He also won a Daytime Emmy for his work back in 2016 on the ABC soap. Back in early 2022, Blakemore announced he was departing GH citing “other obligations.” Should Shawn also makes his way back to Port Charles? As for Yamada, she is safely over at B&B in her new role as Luna, and as a love interest for RJ. Share your thoughts in the comment section.

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Yes, I would be on board for that. Why? By reading the many comments on this site… It feels GH has many new viewer who are not “update” on the shows history… so sure, re- write his exit from 2016, as he was a fan favorite, and hopefully he’ll stay on longer this time..

Myself… been a viewer since a betamax arrived in my home back 1978.

Loved good trouble since the fosters ended. I hate that they are ending this sries

Good Trouble was over the day the main character left the show. Yeah, I get that she hadn’t seen her family in Australia since COVID, but that’s what the time off between seasons is for.

No need for Morgan right now. There are plenty of characters and story lines already in progress. Sonny is already involved in a bunch of stories. And “coming back from the dead” has been done to death, if you’ll pardon the expression. On the other hand, Shawn Butler might jump start Alexis since she and Gregory are in the friend zone. And he could play a role in getting Nikolas to return, since they have a complicated and unresolved history. But again, he’s not really needed at this specific moment, maybe after some of the current stories resolve.

We know the feb sweeps are happening meaning they need new plots bringing back those 2 would be awesome because we need new story lines for sonny and carly the main characters of the show plus new men for all the single ladies out there need to get rid of Nina she’s herself is not as charming as the last nina we had

Take into consideration

Bryan Craig may not want to return GH…….

Just because he’s free does not mean he wants to go back to GH..

I believe he does not want to return to a soap……

it would be a step down for him, he seems to be doing well doing what he’s doing..

I doubt he’d accept the pay he was getting and GH doesn’t have the budget to pay

what he is worth…. imo.

He only wanted back on General Hospital / daytime when he couldn’t land a primetime / film job, and was trying to beg to be hired somewhere.

You are insulting daytime and also assuming the actor was making tons more monies elsewhere. Take that into consideration

One way or another, Morgan Corinthos needs to be back in Port Charles. Other than Jason (who also needs to return) Morgan might be the only one who can wake his father up from this Tricky Dick Nixon Falls nightmare that he’s been living in for the past three years, despite supposedly getting his memory back.

With all these enemies running around right now, Sonny can’t be walking around with half his brain tied behind his back. And one of those enemies is literally sleeping in his bed, and he doesn’t even realize it.

Morgan Corinthos might return but…

not played by Bryan Craig 

If that was to be I’d be OK with that..

They already had the opportunity for a Morgan recast with “Dex”. And apparently passed on that, unless you want to go with the outrageous idea that somebody would hate Sonny & Carly enough to program their son to bang his own little sister.

Nina is truly in love with Sonny….and Nina simply reported Carly for committing a federal crime, ——-dirty deeds Carly had Drew do her time the same as Carly had Jason take all the blame for all her dirty deeds.

No matter, from day one, the game has been Carly and Sonny back together for their 4-5 wedding…Waite for it—

And Nina and Valentin are the end game..

Nina doesn’t need an endgame. She just needs to end.

My dog Cerberus could use a new chew toy for Xmas.

Yes I do

No. Morgan can stay dead, especially where Bryan Craig is concerned. His behaviour towards fans and daytime, as a whole, still leaves a sour taste in my mouth. Sean Blakemore, however, would be a warm welcome back into General Hospital. Shawn’s tenure was way too short last go’round!

Yes, bring Morgan back and Sean back! It would be awesome to have them both back on GH! Morgan could take over Sonny’s business down the line. Sean is such a a good enforcer and could also work for Sonny!

This is why I was thinking “Dex” was a facially-reconstructed Morgan recast, until they made that problematic by hooking him up with Josslyn. As an aging “coffee importer”, Sonny has to be thinking about who he trains to take over the business. He’s tried to keep his kids out of it, but with Jason still “missing” there’s not really any other option. If Dex had turned out to be Morgan, at least he would have had some “on the job training”… though I don’t think he’s all that good at the job honestly. Most of the problems Sonny’s currently dealing with would have been noticed months ago if Jason were on the job.

Sean Blakemore should return as his character Shawn and become a new love interest for Ava Jerome.

Morgan should only return in the (hopefully long off) case of the show being cancelled. Sonny has too many kids on the canvas. If Michael wasn’t a Q, I’d be up for swapping his boring character for Morgan – but no. Dante, Michael, Kristina on contract are quite enough for now. If the sticks around for another decade, with Avery and Donna aging, it becomes “All My Corinthos”.

Blakemore is a fine actor, but they didn’t write for Shawn last time. A short term return might be fine (exploring some conflict with Marshall for Shawn killing Tommy). There has to be a long term arc if they bring him back fulll time.

Agree — but I do want Morgan back at GH. Fingers crossed; he isn’t Sonny’s son. (Come on! At this point, Nick Cannon has nothing on Sonny Corinthos!)

I personally feel like they have waited to long to bring Morgan back.. I think they need to bring Lucky back regardless of who plays him because they destroyed his character. Lucky would never have abandoned his children and no face-time is not count. This is why Cam had a hard time with Franco all he knew was men never stayed around, they need to get Lucky back fighting for his relationship with his sons before they ever trying to give him a love interest. If JJ won’t come back I think Daniel Clark would make a great Lucky.

One of Laura’s children needs to be on full time in 2024. Nikolas adds the most value to the canvas, Lulu, if written correctly (and played by Julie Berman) could add much drama. Lucky may be interesting, but being gone so long would be the longshot on returning.

GH definitely needs to bring back the Spencers, but I’m not sure it would have the same impact if it were all recasts. They do need to fix Lucky’s character from that crying, pill popping, abandoned his family on Xmas Eve mess that Garin Wolf turned him into in 2011, and his brief return in 2015 didn’t help much, because that was drowned out by the ridiculousness of Luke’s “exit storyline” and to a lesser degree, making Lucky an accomplice in Elizabeth’s attempt to keep Jason’s identity a secret… and of course he turned out not to be Jason anyway.

If it’s not Jonathan Jackson in the role though, I don’t think any such “redemption” of the character would seem authentic. Daniel Clark?? As in Degrassi High? Not sure about that one. Should they bring in Paige Michalchuck as the new Lulu too? (yes, we get Canadian TV in Hell)

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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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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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