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Jeff Kober Returns to General Hospital
Look who’s back to keep Drew Cain (Cameron Mathison) company at Pentonville? Daytime Emmy-winner, Jeff Kober is reprising his role of Cyrus Renault. For just how long, we will have to watch all-new episodes of General Hospital to know.
On Thursday’s episode of GH, Laura (Genie Francis) and Martin’s (Michael E. Knight) criminal-ridden sibling was sitting in his cell, when he found out a new prisoner was joining him. Cyrus shared, “I know him, his name is Drew Cain … he’s a friend.”
When Kober last appeared on GH, the convict claimed he found religion. In addition, he was keeping tabs on Spencer Cassadine (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) from afar.
How will Cyrus use Drew’s stay in the slammer to his advantage? Will he help Drew out … or blackmail him? Stay tuned.
So, glad to see Cyrus back on the Port Charles canvas? Do you hope to see more scenes between Jeff Kober and Genie Francis in the future? Comment below.
It’ll be good to have him back on the scene. Jeff/Cyrus always gives such a nuanced performance.
Welcome back!
It strikes me as funny that Cyrus’ incarceration has lasted longer than most who’ve gone to prison on GH (or any other soap, for that matter). Heather has been in and out so often that it’s difficult o count her as a long-term stay. Dr.Steven Lars went off to prison a long time ago and I haven’t heard of him getting out. The same goes for that other doctor, Patrick Drake’s brother ~ was it Matt? And those two were mostly good guys. If you’re even close to a main character, your sentence is usually commuted after a scant two months. I look for Drew to be out for Thanksgiving. LOL!
In the meantime, there should be some interesting scenes with hm and Cyrus in Pentonville.
He’s certainly a sight for sore eyes. Just when I thought I would take a long break from GH, they bring this guy back. He is a brilliant actor, able to convey a complexity of emotions to this part. Sadness, vulnerability, humor and abject sinisterness all commingle; rising and interchanging to the surface. He also looks great! I only wish Genie Frances weren’t on her summer break because I love me some Cyrus and Laura scenes. However, I’d happily settle for Cyrus-Kevin scenes. Two incredibly gifted actors exchanging barbs would be a lot of fun!
You said it, Harry. When Cyrus appeared the other day, I literally began grinning from ear to ear. He almost makes me want to visit Pentonville! He was great with Spencer.. maybe he can enliven the human driftwood Drew.
Kevin is barely on Harry. Laura might as well be single. As for in-story, Kevin is going with Laura so there won’t be any Cyrus-Kevin scenes either. I’m hoping for Martin-Cyrus, Sonny-Cyrus, Spencer-Cyrus, scenes. Plenty of people he pissed off that he can play with, but unless he gets Drew to bust him out, lol, they’ll have to visit dear Cy in the slammer.
I’m so glad to see Jeff Kober back. He’s so talented and brings alot to the scenes. Maybe he has changed?! That remains to be seen.
Thought it was really bizzare how they stuck a random scene of Cyrus doing his religious act in the middle of the “couples making out to bad music” montage yesterday.
But it’s good to see the Virus back, regardless.
Bizarre yes, but I loved it! It was the best part of the scenes of “couples making out to bad music”!
Nothing against Kober, he is a great actor, but I’m not a fan of this character.
Me neither. Course I hate man buns and men with ponytails, soooooooo….
I’m with you ……. Not a fan either
Me either. That and the man earring — so passe.
Yay. Love Jeff Kober
Always good to have Kober back on the screen.
Can anything be done to make Drew seem interesting or even relevant? The pairing with Carly is snoozeville. What kind of father willingly abandons his young daughter after being held from seeing her for 3 years?
How is the biological son of Alan Quartermaine & Susan Moore such a dullard? Both were vibrant characters.
Are the viewers supposed to forget that Drew still has Jason’s memories in his brain? It would be an interesting therapy session if Kevin helped Drew find out his attraction to Carly was related to those memories.
Tracy got it right when she mentioned Alan turning over in his grave. That actually would’ve happened as soon as Drew started pursuing Carly – the downfall of all 3 of Alan’s sons.
I actually liked the character of Drew as written for and performed by Billy Miller. I recognize little of that nowadays.
Excellent points Steve! Cameron’s Drew has none of the charm and personality that Billy Miller brought to the role, and I don’t believe this relationship with Carly for a second!
Omg!!!! I have beem thinking the same thing
….this Drew is duller than dirty dish water and has never fit in. The actor’s voice is irritating as well!
Thank you for that, OG Steve—I really needed to hear how I feel about this Drew from someone else. Even his voice gives me acido.
I never liked this actor when he replaced Mark on Home and Family. I couldn’t hear him his voice is so faint. Hallmark changed the whole show and it went downhill from there and got cancelled. It had very high ratings when Mark and Christina were hosts. When I heard he was going to play Drew I said no way that will work. Yes it seems that they have forgotten he still has Jason’s memories.
Celia,
You say acido, but I remember the shelf at my Nona’s house with the big blue bottle. When I asked her about it she’d pat her stomach and say it was for her Agida.
Agree! Drew seems too weak for Carly. But the whole show now is so boring! I know the writers are on strike but nothing ever really happens now! Just more of the same drawn out storylines!
Drew ( new recast) is as boring as drying paint and i agree his voice is very irritating
While Cameron Matheson seems to be a pleasant and genial person, he’s best suited to be a game show host. Every character he “plays” is one he plays the exact same way. No ability to bring individuality, nuance to different characters. In the case of GH and Drew, it’s too stark a difference from the essence of the character to watch. While it’s clear the network loves the actor and believes he’s a draw, they’ve erred in believing he’s a positive to GH. He’s turning off too many. Give him a game show if you want to give him employment.
OG Steve,
I also thought it crazy but typical that Drew was willing to sell his business to give Carly the money she needs. Up till now I haven’t cared a bit whether Jason ever came back, but I really think we could use him now, but know realistically that Carly would be monopolizing his time and speaking of money, has Diane ever mentioned a Will or is it there isn’t one because of the lack of a body? I don’t remember any of this stuff coming up, about Jason.
The last time Jason “died”, Danny was a newborn and Jake was assumed to be dead, too. It’s too difficult keeping up with who has ELQ shares. BTW, who’s running the company with Ned out of his mind and Valentin on a mission with Laura & Kevin?
They probably just dusted off Jason’s plaque from the Q crypt from the last time he was dead.
The interesting story would be for Cyrus to use Drew’s portion of Jason’s memories to bring down Sonny. But no, we’re destined for something more boring.
It would be insane for Jason to leave money to Carly if that’s what you were wondering; it should all have gone to his kids. The most he should have left Carly is a “count to ten” recording. lol As for Drew, the “real” Drew would never have left his daughter to spare Carly. It’s not just how Cameron plays the part; the character has been completely rewritten to be lapdog 2.0. The best bet would be for them to write a story arc where they discover he still has residual memories from Jason which has led him down this crazy “love” obsession for Carly.
Love Mr. Kober’s portrayal of Cyrus! The villain you love to hate.
So glad you are back on GH!
Welcome back! Cyrus brings a lot of intrigue & excitement back to the GH storyline. You either love him or hate him. True soap opera storyline!!
I’m really glad your back.
I like Cyrus even though he is a bad guy. He really just a big ole mamas boy. I look forward to seeing him play his part.
We love Jeff’s acting on GH and when he was on SONS of ANARCHY. Great Actor.
Good to see him back
Jeff Kober is a great actor, always glad when he’s back on the show. I wish Cyrus would go back to his evil ways. He was a lot of fun as a villain. They need a good villain on the show again, since they’ve gotten rid of Victor and Ryan this year, and all the other all-time greats like Helena and Faison are long gone.
Yeshyyyyyy!!so happy to see Jeff (Cyrus) again—His compelling presence always devours any scene. I don’t know—-he just has a way about him—-love him.
I fell in love with Jeff Kober and his acting skills when he was on China Beach not so long ago. So glad to see him pop up on General Hospital again.
Hi, Diane—I felt the same way when I first saw him as he guest-starred on Law and Order-SVU—I was still in College ( early 2000’s), but I remember how impressed I was, by his performance, albeit he was a real baddie.
Hope you didn’t miss him in his season 2 episodes of Big Sky! Still on Hulu, I believe!
I’m going to join the hallelujah chorus and say amen to all the positive comments! I was thrilled to see Jeff at the end of Friday’s episode and look forward to seeing him again!
Would be great to see him.
Jeff plays his part so well! He makes it a pleasure to hate Cyrus !!
Love the actor, the character not so much and do not for a minute believe “he’s found God” I love the way Laura tames him down though now that she’s gone for the summer, he’ll be able to do a lot of damage. Hope Drew will be able to stand up to him. At least he’s got Sonny’s men watching after him.
So very happy to see Jeff Kober as Cyrus back on GH He’s a real good actor! please keep his character on going! He makes GH more interesting it’s been quite a bore lately! I think villains make the soaps worthwhile! and I am so happy that he received a daytime Emmy for supporting actor he deserves that award!
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GENERAL HOSPITAL Preview: Carly and Lulu Make Plans to Rescue Their Children; Anna Looks Determined to Secure Her Freedom

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

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’

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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