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Josh Swickard and Laura Wright Talk GH’s 60th Anniversary, Nurses’ Ball & The Loss of Beloved Colleagues
Today, we celebrate the incredible milestone of ABC’s General Hospital officially turning 60-years-old. The soap debuted on this day on April 1,1963.
Two of the series current stars: Josh Swickard (Chase) and Laura Wright (Carly) chatted with Michael Fairman earlier this week for a conversation on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel.
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Josh and Laura share what it has meant to be part of such an iconic television show, plus the two actors recall their GH ‘audition’ stories, and who took them under their wing when they came to the GH set for the first time.
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In addition, with the GH Nurses’ Ball returning next week, Josh teases what number he might sing when Chase takes the Nurses’ Ball stage, and if Chase will repair his relationship with Brook Lynn Quartermaine (Amanda Setton) during the episodes.
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Laura looks into what the future of Carly’s relationship with Drew (Cameron Mathison) might look like, and both actors express their sadness on the tragic and sudden death of their beloved producer, Nneka Garland, earlier in the week, as well as the recent passing of cast member Sonya Eddy (Epiphany) and the tribute episode that GH just aired in her honor.
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You can watch the full interview with Josh and Laura below.
Now, let us know, are you rooting for Chase and Brook Lynn to get back together during the Nurses’ Ball? Are you rooting for Carly and Drew to stay together, or would you want Carly back with Sonny? Let us know in the comment section.
Yes, I’d like to see Chase and BrookLyn reunite although happy couples usually translate to “boring”. But he deserves happiness and maybe she’ll step up to the challenge. Carly and Droop? Couldn’t care less; I fast forward their saccharine “love” scenes.
Nice to see this. However Michael has been working overtime celebrating Y&R’s 50th but has given very little attention to GH’s 60th. Puzzling!!
Thanks so much for your reply Michael. I am so sorry, I just assumed that GH was having a big Red Carpet thing. Also,as you said the passing of Nineka Garland was a tremendous blow to the show. I should have thought of that.
Thank you for being such a champion for the daytime world. I really appreciate that! We daytime fans really need and appreciate you!
Carly and Drew are not working. No visible chemistry. That doesn’t mean she should be with Sonny as that ship has passed (and they are NO Alan and Monica).
The writers need to come up with a story for Carly instead of pigeonholing her into those of other characters. Quite frankly, a few months on the back burner can do wonders for this character. Looking back, Elizabeth has been the true lead over the past few months, hoping from one story to another. While some of them may have been duds, it’s nice to see RH front and center.
Despite having chemistry, the writers have kind of ruined any Chase-Brook Lynn relationship. They’ve weakened a legacy character played by a good actress. BLQ needs to be this generation’s Tracy. Be smart and own her mistakes.
Drew is what would happen if Tony Robbins and Pat Boone had a baby together. I agree that they insert Carly into everyone else’s stories whether she’s connected to them or not. I mean, she’s walking around with a picture of Lizzy’s parents in her purse! Then she stumbles upon Valentin on Jason’s bridge of tears, and again, is inserted into a story where she doesn’t belong. The problem is that Carly has not grown or evolved since she arrived in Port Charles over 20 years ago, and yet, she’s written as if she were a heroine. She commits horrible acts while wearing a halo and a perpetual smirk. Carly needs to take a long break and return with a character developing storyline. Right now, she’s unemployed and broke and yet, she hasn’t done a thing to get herself back on her feet. I guess she’s too busy meddling in other people’s lives.
Harry / got a chuckle about Drew’s parentage. He certainly doesn’t come across as the child of Alan Quartermaine and Susan Moore. And, this only applies to the current incarnation as played by CM. Billy’s Drew was a lot more dynamic than Cameron’s. I had hope when they reintroduced the character and he interacted with Liesl and Valentin on Cassadine Island. Not long after arriving back in PC, he turned into a generic character.
The writers are so selective in not addressing the Jason memory issue. He’s a Q when he chooses.
I miss Leslie Charleson’s presence on screen. We need Monica to tell Carly to get out of her house (that Alan gave to her). Hopefully, Tracy’s return in two weeks will right the ship.
I miss Leslie as well. Let’s bring back the Quartermaine’s! Sorry, Mikey, Willow and Olivia, don’t cut it.If Leslie Charleston can’t come back, I say recast Monica. I’d recommend Erika Slezak. She could hold her own going tie to toe with Tracy( reminiscent of Vicki’s battles with Dorian on OLTL).
I will differ with you here. After 45 years, LV is ingrained in the role of Monica. Patty McCormack did well as a temporary recast (as storyline was written that required Monica and LC’s return wasn’t in question then). We had a one-day recast last year and then Monica hasn’t been seen since then (but gracefully heard on the Epiphany tribute).
I love me some Erika Slezak, but she lives in Connecticut and has turned down Frank previously to come to LA for any extended role. We can dream though. Wouldn’t she be a hoot as Austin & Mason’s mysterious boss lady?
I’d like to see Sonny back with Carly
Not me. The never had chemistry nor did they seem have much of a romance together.
Harry,
But I always felt that he and Brenda did and she was right telling Sonny that, “that girl” will ruin your life.
Please Hallmark Drew and Weeping Nina need to go. In my opinion, Billy Miller and Michelle Stafford were fabulous & brought depth to their roles. The two playing Drew and Nina are one dimensional. Reunite Carly and Sonny.
The question of will Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) stay awhile at General Hospital after his recent extended hiatus from the show earlier this year, has reportedly been answered.
TMZ via court documents obtained in Burton’s ongoing legal battle with his ex-wife Sheree Gustin, shared that Steve actually inked a new three year deal with the ABC soap opera back in June.
That is significant because it was June when Burton returned back to work as Jason. In addition, the court filing confirmed that Burton had already moved back to California from Tennessee.
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STEVE’S HIATUS AND HIS RETURN TO PORT CHARLES
GH fans will recall, it was back in February of 2026, that Burton announced via his Instagram that he was stepping away from his role of Jason Morgan for short break and pointed to wanting to spend quality time with his new wife, Michelle Lundstrom Burton with whom he tied the knot back on May 17, 2025.
Steve expressed at that time, “I’m newly married and looking forward to spending some quality time with my family.” It was back on March 25 that viewers saw Jason carted away by the WSB after taking the fall for Rocco Falconeri (Finn Carr) who shot then WSB Director Ross Cullum (Andrew Hawkes).
Burton returned to work on June 1, and due to General Hospital taping roughly six weeks ahead of air, made his on-screen comeback on the July 13 episode.
GOING FOR GOLD AT THE UPCOMING DAYTIME EMMYS
Then, Steve and his enduring fans got an extra special treat on the same day, when it was revealed on Extra that he was nominated for the upcoming 53rd annual Daytime Emmy Awards in the Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series category.
Steve previously won in the Supporting Actor category for his work as General Hospital’s Jason in 1998 and as The Young and the Restless’ Dylan McAvoy in 2018.
Now with Jason and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship seemingly hitting the skids, plus Jason’s commitment to staying out of mob life to focus on being present for his son Danny Morgan (Asher Antonyzyn), what does the future hold for the fan favorite character? Stay tuned.
So, happy to hear that Steve Burton signed a new three year deal with General Hospital? Knowing that, what storyline would you like to see Jason get involved and with who? Share your thoughts and theories via the comment section.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jason and Britt Reach an Impasse; Is This the End of Their Relationship?
On the Friday, September 11 episode of General Hospital, Jason (Steve Burton) and Britt’s (Kelly Thiebaud) relationship becomes strained to potentially the point of no return.
Things take a turn when an unglued Britt having been traumatized by almost being killed by Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) asks Jason to back her up with the PCPD when she reports Anna for attempted murder.
However, Jason told Britt, he can’t. Jason shares that he does not believe Anna would have gone through with shooting her. Therefore, Britt was not in any real imminent danger. Britt is flabbergasted and hurt that Jason is refusing to tell the police what he actually witnessed for himself on Mount Emerson.
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BRITT WANTS BACK UP FROM JASON
Jason counters that he can’t believe that Britt would want Anna punished. or sent to prison, or a mental facility after the trauma she endured while being locked up and mentally tortured while at Wyndemere.
He asks Britt, “How could you even say that you want her locked up or prosecuted for what she did when you knew she was being held prisoner and you did nothing to save her?” Britt is stunned by Jason’s response.
Coming up, official General Hospital spoilers share that on the upcoming Monday, September 14 episode, Jason confides in Carly (Laura Wright), while Britt is stung. In the video preview that aired at the end of the Friday, September 11 episode for this coming Monday, Britt says to Jason, “You don’t believe me. Do you?”
General Hospital head scribes, Chris Van Etten and Elizabeth Korte previously teased in their fall preview of the soap, “Britt and Jason have come a long way and fought a lot of enemies to be together. But the most stubborn obstacle to their happiness isn’t without, it’s within. Decisions Britt made to stay alive while under Cullum’s thumb will come back to haunt her and may prove too difficult for this unlikely couple to survive.”
So, what do you think will happen? Will Jason and Britt break-up over Britt’s lies and Jason’s unwillingness to report Anna’s crime against her? Do you want Jason and Britt to go their separate ways? If they do, will Britt become romantically involved with Dr. Tristan Roberts (Dean Geyer) ? If so, who do you pair Jason with? Anyone? Weigh-in via the comment section.
If Anna Devane’s (Finola Hughes) new therapist on General Hospital looks familiar to you, it’s because actress Kearran Giovanni, who plays Dr. Nichols, previously played a doctor on One Life to Live!.
Viewers tuning-in to the Thursday, September 10 episode of GH got their first look at Dr. Nichols who has been brought in to help Anna recover from her PTSD and trauma following the reveal that she has been suffering from a break in reality since before being put in mental health facility in France, after being gaslighted by Cullum and company earlier in the year.
One Life to Live fans will recall that Kearran Giovanni played Dr. Vivian Wright in 2009, and it was then she first worked with current General Hospital EP, Frank Valentini, who at the time was at the helm in Llanview.
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WHERE ELSE HAVE YOU SEEN KEARRAN GIOVANNI?
Giovanni appeared on OLTL in the recurring role through 2012 and in the final ABC episode of the beloved series was the the ob/gyn who delivered Destiny Evans (Shenell Edmonds) and Matthew Buchanan’s (Eddie Alderson) baby into the world, whom they named Drew Buchanan II after Bo Buchanan’s (Robert S, Woods) late son. In addition, Vivian has been dating Shaun Evans (Sean Ringgold).
In addition to One Life to Love, Giovanni has very impressive credits having appeared in numerous TV series and motion pictures including starring in the TNT drama Major Crimes from 2012-18, ABC’s Designated Survivor 2017-19, the CW’s Black Lightning from 2019-20. Most recently, Giovanni appeared on the Fox series, The Resident and has a recurring role on the CW’s crime series, Walker from 202-2024.
HEALING ANNA
On today’s General Hospital, after Anna’s harrowing meltdown where she almost shot and killed Dr. Britt Westbourne (Kelly Thiebaud) after seeing visions of “Peter August” (Wes Ramsey), Jason (Steve Burton) saved the day and talked Anna down from committing murder. Now, Dr. Nichols was introduced as a valuable staff member at the hospital. Although, this marked the first time in the history of the show we have heard of her character.
So, do you remember seeing Kearran Giovanni on One Life to Live? Happy to see that Anna may have a qualified therapist in charge of her healing, unless the doctor turns out to be not on the up and up? Let us know your thoughts via the comment section below.
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