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Sunday's SOAPnet General Hospital 50th Annniversary Marathon Episode Schedule!

For those that still get SOAPnet, its been amazing weekend thus far as SOAPnet celebrates General Hospital’s 50th anniversary with their 50-hour 5o-episode marathon featuring some of the best GH classics of all-time!

Below is the schedule of episodes EST for tomorrow’s final 24 hour which will then lead us into Monday which is the actual 50th anniversary of the iconic ABC soap.

March 31
12am: Jax distracts heartbroken Brenda with sunshine and shopping sprees, but she still dreams of Sonny; a mix-up has Ned and Lois rushing to the emergency room, each thinking the other is hurt; newcomer Carly Roberts arrives in Port Charles. (1996)

1am: Jax and Brenda are married on his yacht; Sonny and Lily’s joy over their baby announcement quickly turns to tragedy; Ned and Lois’ first anniversary celebration is interrupted by Edward. (1996)

2am: Lucky is furious at Laura when she admits that the stranger who saved Lulu’s life is actually his brother, Nikolas; the hospital staff reacts to the death of Steve Hardy; Jason manages to comfort both Carly and Robin. (1996)

3am: Robin convinces Jason she wants to be with him, and the two spend a romantic night together in Montauk; Sonny celebrates Stone’s birthday; Nikolas and Stefan cause further conflict in Luke and Laura’s marriage. (1996)

4am: Bobbie finds Carly in bed with Tony, just as Luke discovers that Carly is Bobbie’s missing daughter, Caroline. (1996)

5:02am: Trapped in the cave and thinking they’re going to die, Sonny and Brenda make love; Jax leads the search to find them; Stefan assures Bobbie that he married her for love; Laura says goodbye to an angry Nikolas. (1997)

6am: Carly carries out her plan, pouring vodka over a drugged A.J., then calling the Quartermaines to tell them he’s been drinking — thus ruining Alan and Monica’s anniversary celebration; charges are dropped against Sonny, Brenda and Jax; Jason informs Sonny of his split with Robin, and convinces Sonny to re-hire him. (1997)

7:02am: Brenda is stunned when Sonny leaves her alone at the altar in front of friends and family on their wedding day; A.J. wants to know if he is the father of Carly’s baby; Jax and V share a moment together. (1997)

8am: When Nikolas is seriously hurt in the shootout at Luke’s club, Jason’s past medical training kicks in and he saves him; Stefan thinks Luke was responsible for Nikolas’ injury. (1997)

9am: Carly shocks Bobbie with the news that the is Bobbie’s daughter; Felicia decides who the real Mac is with a kiss; Robin urges Jason to tell A.J. the truth about Michael. (1998)

10am: Lucky finds a bruised and battered Elizabeth in the bushes and brings her back to his house; Bobbie gives Elizabeth support and medical advice; Ned and Alexis celebrate Valentine’s Day and make love. (1998)

11am: At the Cassadines’ Bacchanalia Ball, Stefan and Katherine celebrate their engagement in grand style, while Brenda and Jax keep theirs a secret; Luke and Alexis plot Helena’s demise; Lucky and Elizabeth share a secret dance outside. (1998)

12pm: Devastated over Brenda’s apparent death, Jax reflects on the highlights of their relationship; Elizabeth gives Lucky a meaningful gift, and they share their first kiss. (1998)

1pm: After Robin stuns A.J. with the news that he is Michael’s biological father, she rushes to tell Jason what she’s done; A.J. confronts Carly; Emily is upset when she catches Nikolas and Katherine in bed together. (1999)

2pm: In the aftermath of the fire, Lucky’s body is identified; Luke and Laura pay a traumatic visit to the morgue; Elizabeth mourns Lucky’s death; Laura breaks the news to Lulu. (1999)

3pm: Elizabeth is stunned to find the panic room and Carly in it; Sonny starts to believe Jason that Ric is responsible for Carly’s disappearance; Dillon turns down Edward’s bail money when Edward insults Georgie; Nikolas and Zander tend to a fragile Emily. (2003)

4pm: With the Port Charles Hotel on fire, Luke demands that they use a lottery system to organize who gets rescued by the helicopter first; Carly and Sonny fall through the hotel floor as it caves in; Emily is devastated to leave Nikolas behind in the burning building as she boards the helicopter. (2004)

5pm: Nikolas and Emily wed, knowing that Nikolas will soon be arrested for murder; Sam drunkenly kisses Jason; Luke plays along with Heather’s delusion in the hope of locating Skye and Laura. (2004)

6pm: When the trains collide, Robin is trapped; Jason is determined to rescue Sam; Alexis goes into labor; Elizabeth fears for injured Lucky’s life. (2005)

7pm: Bobbie and Lucas are at Tony’s side as he succumbs to the virus; Patrick tells Emily it’s up to her whether Sonny or Nikolas should get the antidote; Carly and Jason form a plan to rescue Lucky. (2006)

8pm: In an extravagant celebration, Luke and Laura renew their vows on the 25th anniversary of their first wedding; Jason and Sam find some time for romance amidst the danger that surround them and their new ally, Spinelli. (2006)

9pm: In the aftermath of the hostage crisis, the victims are reunited with their loved ones; Elizabeth has a shocking revelation for Jason; the Quartermaines sit by Alan’s bedside as he fights for his life. (2007)

10pm: Robin and Patrick introduce their family to newborn Emma Grace; Luke attempts to save Laura, who is trapped in Scotty’s car as it dangles over the edge of a cliff; Nikolas and Lulu break into Scotty’s hotel room. (2008)

11pm: Ned and Skye return to town for Edward’s funeral; the Quartermaines reflect on their memories of Edward, and then gather for a traditional Q Thanksgiving filled with fighting, family and pizza. (2012)

Now which episodes have you enjoyed seeing thus far again? What episode from the list are you hoping to catch?  Let us know!

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Wow all these episodes bring back memories. Liz and Lucky (the aftermath of Liz”s rape still breaks me after all these yrs.) Rebecca and Johnthan acted brillantly. If I’m not mistaken (I think Becky got an Emmy nomination and Johnthan won an Emmy). Right Michael ?

Jonathan Jackson …. what a huge talent this kid has been since Day 1!

He should be up there on the big screen

I agree!! such a natural talent!

I totally forgot this was gonna be on. I started watching in 1995, so I wanted to see some of the earlier episodes from before then, but I guess I missed them. What a great collection of episodes were picked.

From the “Clink Boom” episode where Lily dies as Brenda and Jax are getting married, Bobbie finding Carly in bed with Tony, Sonny leaving Brenda at the altar, the Port Charles Hotel Fire, the train wreck, the Metro Court hostage crisis, right up to the Edward memorial episode from last year, that was one of the biggest tear jerkers ever.

Classic episodes from the best soap of all-time! Happy 50th Anniversary GH!!!

Some of my friends are sad they can’t watch because SoapNet is only shown on the higher HD subscription ..
Oprah was only on the higher HD superscription and then her network went down to the lower ones also, and she got way more viewers being shown on all the levels.

I guess im lucky…i get soapnet without the higher hd subscription

I wish they would put all of these on-line or on a dvd set!!! Please let us know if they open this up to the fan base!

I would settle for it being on demand…they should have an on demand channel where you can get complete episodes of any avaible show ever made from the 1950s to the present…i wouldnt mind an extra fee for that!

they would have to develop something more like utube to handle so many shows and episodes but i still wish there was a way, since there is so much i miss that is better than whats offered today.

They really missed a huge opportunity! They could have a special GH YouTube site for the anniversayry with all kinds of fun additional stuff.

They could have also done something really cool on Hulu where they had a special GH anniverasry site and they could have advertisers put commercials on the site that could be commercials from the last 50 years or had an advertiser that advertised with them let’s say in the 1960’s play commercials for their products spanning the 1960’s through now or just from that era. It could have been a great opportunity for the advertser and ABC!!! This would have been an opportunity for ABC to play with the on-line medium for their last daytime soap! They could have picked up new viewers by allowing them to go back and see some of what they missed. It’s a huge wasted opportunity!

I have been watching GH on and off again for almost all of the 50 years and solidly for about the last 10 years and I would have loved to see older episodes. It also would have been so cool when bringing back these great past characters to have had some of the best episodes on line for us to go back and see what the backstory was on these characters. Doing stuff like that gives an interactive approach to getting involved with the soap, the characters and the cast! I would watch all of the 50 if they were on-line and/or on DVD. What they don’t understand is we the fans who watch these shows would love a site to have GH content that you could watch whenever over the last 50 years!

Maybe they will get wise for the 60th!!! We can only hope!!!

Been loving this line-up!!
I’ve watched this show since 1978 and remember so many of these fabulous scenes
so it’s been a super treat to relive them again.
Between BJ dying and Stone dying …. it was a serious hanky day yesterday!
Luke & Laura…. really, can anyone beat them as the best couple in the universe?? Frisco & Felicia .. Victor Cassadine!!! Lovin’ this!! Thank you GH for awesome memories. Happy 50th Anniversary!!

After rewatching some of the old storylines its hard to pick a favorite…most were that good. I like Alexis with Ned but he was better paired Lois. Now i wish Shaun was with Connie while Sonny is with Kate with both men not realizing they are dating the same woman around the same time! A split personailty storyline could be cleverly written that way. Also after the nurses ball why cant we have another ball…the Cassidines Bacchanalia ball that would bring all the Cassidines together and all of Port Charles’ former villians? (Kinda like the nurses ball combined with OLTLs prison break storyline.) And in a shocking twist a dethawed Mikkos is revealed to be alive, and the father of Dr. Britchany…another Cassidine! Dr.O and Helena could be rivals and Dr.O is framing Helene for Lulus kidnapping and all the other bad things going on in PC. The war between DR.O and Helene could be great as long as it doesnt overtake the show like the mob wars had done!

This has been such a trip! Watching the episodes from the lat 70’s and 80’s I’m brought back to my early teens coming back from school and having that hour with my mother and my aunt. I remember them beginning the meal as the show played, predictions of what would happen next and as it ended looking forward to the next day. I realize now that I was looking forward the spending time with these women as much as the watching the episode. As I watch his GH marathon today , I thank Soapnet for the memories it has brought along with the episodes. My mom and aunt are long gone but this weekend we had a short visit.

Sunday features my second least favorite era, next to everything of the JFP/Guza era (THE WORST!!!), with the exception of Lucky/Liz and arrival of the FABULOUS Sarah Brown as Carly. Friday and Saturday were quite good, however. Got to see Blackie, Frisco/Felicia, Holly/Robert, Luke/Laura, BJ heart transplant (most moving of all GH storylines), Stone’s death (second most moving). HOWEVER, WHERE WERE DUKE AND ANNA???? Where was Robin’s meeting with Robert? The arrival of evil, scarred Anna? Grant and Celia?? Those were key GH moments that were totally ignored.

And last, WHY NO STEVE AND AUDREY!!!!!! Loved seeing the excellent first episode with Steve, Jessie, and nasty Phil. But Steve and Audrey were GH’s first true supercouple, and not a sign of them during the marathon, exept as extras in their later years. Also, we jumped from 1963 to 1979. The years between, 1964-1978, had some of my favorite people: Lucille, Howie and Jane, Sharon and Henry, the arrival of Laura and her klling of David Hamilton….

And yet, this marathon COULD have been MUCH worse, like that DREADFUL Valentine’s day thing on SoapNet. So, I must thank SoapNet for what it aired on Friday and Saturday. Not perfect. But a lot of great memories, anyway!

I heard some of those older episodes were erased or missing…i hope not it would be nice if we could see them again.

Actually a lot of those early episodes HAVE survived, for example, the episode where Steve first proposes to Audrey. In fact, I believe MOST of those episodes have survived and many can be accessed on YouTube. It is just, I would assume, that SoapNet thinks NO ONE cares. Sometime in the late 90s (I think), ABC had a series of afternoon specials during which really old crucial episodes were shown. Reba McIntyre hosted the Steve and Audrey proposal episode and showed the vault where all the old tapes were kept.

This is more a reflection of the lack of historical perspective that SoapNet has, or that SoapNet presumes the rest of us share with it. I, for one, think it is grossly unfair to the legacy of GH. If it is the 50th anniversary, then let us pay tribute to the ENTIRE 50 years.

Without Steve/Audrey and Jessie/Phil, among others, there would have been no Luke/Laura or any of the other iconic couples being acknowledged during this anniversary season.

I would love to see any of those episodes from the 60s if around like you say. The 50 episode marathon shouldve have shown ten episodes from each decade it was on from the 1960s to the present.

There some great scenes from 1968 and 1975 on youtube. I had only read the history for I saw those eps. From 1977-79, they forgot the David Hamilton story.

Wow, GH was so much better pre-Carly, even with SJB playing her.

Watching Tony Geary through the years just shows what an extraordinary talent this man is! Loved Luke since he first appeared onscreen. So lucky to have Tony Geary to watch through the years!! Lucky us!!

Damn- I wish you posted this earlier- didn’t know it was on- damn

i had the chance to record… the epi where Patrick and Robin…. give birth to Emma.

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Nancy Lee Grahn’s Star-Studded ALS Fundraiser Reveals “I’ll Be There” Video Featuring Soap Opera Notables

Talk about your impressive line-up! It’s a soap fans dream and for a great cause. General Hospital’s Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis) is prepping her one-night only ALS fundraiser which will feature many of her friends and co-stars.

The benefit is set for May 4th in Glendale, California. Slated to participate are Genie Francis, Jane Elliot, Peter Bergman, Maurice Benard, Eileen Davidson, Thorsten Kaye, Michelle Stafford, Stephen Nichols, Rena Sofer, Jason Thompson, Kelly Monaco, Melissa Claire Egan, Maura West, Kristina Wagner, Gregory Harrison, Trevor St. John, Kate Mansi, Kirsten Storms, Cynthia Watros, and many others.

On Wednesday, Grahn took to her social media and released an “I’ll be there” video shout-out featuring, Monaco, Elliot, Bergman, Bernard, West, Harrison, St. John and more. In a touching and important moment in the new video, Michelle Strogny, who is battling ALS, is featured.

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Previously, in speaking with Soap Opera Digest on the impetus of the event, Grahn recalled, “I was actually doing Zoom events during Covid and I met this woman that I just fell in love with, Michelle Strojny. At the time, Michelle had been living with ALS for four years. Now, it’s five years. She is a mom of a teenage son, she has the most wonderful husband, and she has been dealing with this [disease] for quite a while. And obviously, there isn’t a cure yet. It’s not survivable yet. But as she says, it’s not incurable. Nothing is; it’s underfunded. But anyway, I just really dug this woman. She is so grounded and filled with grace, and she spends all of her time working to raise money for the cause. We did a fundraiser for her last year and then I thought, ‘You know what? The soaps don’t ever get together to do something for charity.’ Collectively, we have this amazing community and we don’t collectively use it for a good cause, and I think it’s such an easy thing for us to do and we could potentially really make a difference.”

As GH viewers know, Gregory Harrison is playing the character of Gregory Chase, who is also battling ALS in a touching storyline that is currently playing out shedding a light on this disease.

For information on Nancy’s event, including the stars who are s scheduled to participate click here. To purchase tickets to the event click here.

Check out the video featuring Nancy’s friends and co-stars below.  Now let us know, your thought son the line-up for the benefit and helping raise awareness and funds for ALS research via the comment section.

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‘General Hospital’ Writer Shannon Peace Let Go, and Shares on Sprina: “One of My Only Regrets is to Not Have the Opportunity to Develop That ‘Ship’ Further”

As General Hospital’s new head writing team of Elizabeth Korte and Patrick Mulcahy gets off the ground and running, there are still changes a foot on the writing team.

Now comes word via breakdown writer Shannon Peace that she is no longer on contract with the long-running ABC soap heading into its 61st season. Peace shared a heartfelt message on her Instagram, thanking the fans, and the show for the opportunity and the importance of diversity in the writers room.

Peace began, “After almost 3 years on staff and 106 episodes penned, I am no longer on contract with General Hospital. Writing for this country’s longest running television serial drama has been an education of epic proportions; I will forever be grateful that I earned my WGA card on a daytime fixture that holds memories for so many.” (Peace pictured below with GH EP Frank Valentini and script writer, Charlotte Gibson from about ten months ago).

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Shannon added “Even more importantly, as the sole Black breakdown writer (and only POC in the writers room) during my tenure, I pushed for vital interactions and discussions that prioritized inclusion, visibility, and representation”

The writer pointed to the example of vital interaction when in story, “Stella and Portia’s frank July 2022 conversation about the role race played in Esme’s framing of Trina is just one example of the impact I’m gratified to have had.”

Acknowledging former GH co-head writers was also part of Peace’s farewell expressing, “Appreciation to my former bosses, Chris Van Etten and Dan O’Connor – not only taking a chance on me, but for valuing my opinion and championing my voice.”

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Many GH fans know that Peace was key to the development of the love story between Trina Robinson and Spencer Cassadine as played by Tabyana Ali and Nicholas Chavez. Shannon gave a special shout-out to ‘Sprina’ fans, “I also want to thank fans who were supportive of my work, especially the recognition of my love for ‘Sprina’. One of my only regrets is not having to develop that ‘ship’ further.”

She concludes her statement with,”In the aftermath of a historic writer’s strike that shed new light on the troubling ways writers are regarded in daytime, my sincere hope is that General Hospital recommits to valuing staff writer efforts and input, with a more intentional focus on diverse viewpoints — and thrives for another 60 years.”

Accompanying her post, Shannon added, “Thank you all for the love and support these last few years. I hope GH fans get all they hope for and more!”

So, what do you think about GH not renewing Shannon’s contract? Will there be more continued changes afoot? What do you think is the future of ‘Sprina’ anyway at this point as viewers wait to see if Nicholas Chavez officially returns to the show?  Comment below.

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GENERAL HOSPITAL: Jason Learns Britt Died and Tells Anna He Has Been Working For Cates Since November 2021

On the Tuesday, March 26th of General Hospital, Anna (Finola Hughes) and the viewers learn about where Jason (Steve Burton) has been for over two and half years. However, Jason gets some news of his own.

Anna is visiting Jason at the PCPD interrogation room. She asks him if he shot Dante (Dominic Zamprogna), which he flatly denies. Anna believes him, but she tells Jason it doesn’t matter, because video footage shows him on the roof at the time of the shooting

When talk turns to Jason not willing to speak without his lawyer present, Anna can’t grasp why Jason would instead spend an hour alone talking with John Cates (Adam J. Harrington).

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It is then that Anna brings up that John went by “Jagger” and that the two of them knew each other in high school. Jason doesn’t recall much of his time in high school following his brain injury, but then he gets furious realizing John knew about “Jason’s” past. That is when Jason slams the table and tells Anna, “I’ve been working for John Cates since November 2021.”

Next, Jason explains further that he has been working as an informant for the FBI. Anna wants to know how this came about and he tells her that after the tunnel collapsed, and he couldn’t make it to Britt (Kelly Thiebaud)… all of a sudden he sees Anna’s face drop.  Anna is the first person to tell him that Britt died and was murdered. She tells Jason the killer is in custody, but he continues to be shocked, overwhelmed with tears welling up in his eyes. Realizing he has to pivot to save his life, Jason continues telling Anna how he wound up working with John.

Jason explains that after the tunnel collapse in Greece, FBI agents grabbed him and placed him under arrest and took him to Quantico where he met John. At Quantico, John played a recording of RICO violations and offered Jason a deal if he agreed to be an informant against Pikeman, the illegal arms dealer.

Anna hears from Jason that he thinks Pikeman is selling illegal arms to anyone flagged by the NSA but has ties to the WSB which they needed a civilian to infiltrate their organization as a military soldier, a mercenary.

Jason tells Anna he was a part of the team brought into eliminate Sonny (Maurice Benard). Every time an attempt was made on Sonny’s life over the last two years, a different team was sent to do the job. Anna gets furious when she learns that John told Jason his job was to kill Sonny and she was with John at the warehouse that night. Jason ensured the sniper missed Sonny and left the rifle behind. However, they were supposed to meet an extraction team. Before he was shot, Dante saw it was Jason on the roof and when he turned around with his hands over his head, Dante was shot by the other guy. Jason says if Dante dies, he’ll be charged with capital murder and then will be useless to the FBI.

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Meanwhile, John visits Bobbie’s and runs into Carly (Laura Wright). She learns Jason is in custody and is going to head to the PCPD. Before she does, Carly has some words with Cates when she learns not only does John have a vendetta against Sonny, but Jason too.  Carly tells John he should recuse himself from the case.

So, what did you think about the moment when Jason learned Britt died? What do you think of Jason’s return storyline thus far and what we learned about Jagger/Jason and more? Comment below. But first, check out a moment from today’s GH with Jason and Anna.

 

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