General Hospital

Review: Fringe - Grey Matters blog) He has a bunch of movie and TV credits, but I know him from playing Jerry Jacks on General Hospital. And of course, he was in Fringe's "Momentum Deferred" ... and more »

By Mike Moody At this point, I'm convinced that Diggs' contract with ABC says that he gets to appear on all of the network's shows. (I can't wait to see him on General Hospital.) I'm not complaining, though. The guy really knows how to deliver the funny (and the crazy). At first I thought his character was goin...

By Allison Waldman I'm sure I'm simplifying what he's writing about because I'm not savvy about the form, but in his own words, he wrote, "I took the plunge and experimented with the form myself when I signed on to appear on 20 episodes of General Hospital as the bad-boy artist."Continue reading James Franco'...

By Joel Keller After the deaths of Edward Woodward and Ken Ober, why '80s TV suddenly seems so old,Soap news, mainly a discussion of James Franco's guest stint on General Hospital,Another dip into our Ask TV Squad mailbag, where we discuss the use of laugh tracks and why multi-camera shows are written d...

By Allison Waldman The James Franco experiment has begun on General Hospital. Actually, we have now learned that the movie actor, best known for Spider-Man and Milk and The Pineapple Express, has decided to do a two-month guest role on the ABC soap opera as part of a project he's doing with a filmmaker named Ca...

By Allison Waldman There's a lot to be happy about if you're a fan of General Hospital. There's been some very good news from the soap. Things like James Franco's guest role and the return of the original Lucky, Jonathan Jackson. And Steve Burton has committed to playing Jason for a while longer.

By Allison Waldman How's that for a career trajectory -- from box office bonanza (Spider-Man) to Oscar feature (Milk) to daytime soap (General Hospital) to Emmy-winning sitcom (30 Rock). He's like a human pinball machine looking for a perfect score!Continue reading James Franco goes from movies to soap t...

By Allison Waldman Rena has a load of primetime experience, having appeared on Heroes, 24, Couples, Blind Justice, Just Shoot Me... but for me she was never better than when she was on General Hospital as Lois Cerullo.Continue reading Rena Sofer cast on NCIS

By Jane Boursaw As luck would have it, I just happened to flip on One Life to Live yesterday and saw a promo for Jonathan Jackson coming back to General Hospital as Lucky. What a stroke of "luck" for me!Continue reading What's Hot on SlashControl: Jonathan Jackson's return to General Hospital

By Allison Waldman Tuesday was Jonathan Jackson's first day back on General Hospital in the role of Lucky Spencer. It's a role he originated (as a youngster), coming onto the show in 1993 when Luke and Laura -- Anthony Geary and Genie Francis -- made their much-heralded return. Jonathan stayed on General Hosp...

By Allison Waldman When you want to up the ante on a drama, create a great villain. To this day, the best James Bond movies have always been the ones with great villains. Fox's sci-fi drama Fringe is buying into that theory, because they've gone out and hired an actor who excels at playing evil. Fringe has cast Seba...

By Allison Waldman While a lot of ABC soap fans are flipping out about Thorsten Kaye's exit from All My Children, and others are giddy about James Franco bringing his movie star luster to General Hospital, there's more big news coming about those soaps. First, the original Lucky, Jonathan Jackson, is return...

By Allison Waldman The latter situation is quite unusual for daytime. But ABC agreed to release Brown from her contract early so she could make the swift transition. B&B executive producer Bradley Bell was thrilled and surprised. "I was stunned. It was something really very human and very big of them," he s...

By Allison Waldman In the biggest casting shocker since Elizabeth Taylor appeared on General Hospital as Helena Cassadine, movie star James Franco is joining General Hospital for a couple of months as a mystery man who comes to Port Charles. Although not confirmed by the show, it's likely that Franco will b...

Posted Sep 18th 2009 3:28PM by Allison Waldman Filed under: OpEd , Daytime , Reality-Free It's a tough day for Daytime Emmy-winning divas.

By Allison Waldman Actually, Sarah -- a three-time Emmy winner -- had a tough go-round this time on General Hospital. She returned to a familiar setting, but instead of resuming the role she originated, Carly Corinthos, she was playing Mafia princess Claudia Zacchara. (Laura Wright is the current Carly.)Co...

By Allison Waldman In fact, the chopper not being shown reminded me of the glory days of GH's Luke Spencer when soaps had big enough budgets to go on location and film scenes like that. Do you remember when Luke and Laura had to jump from a plane into a river? Oh, the good old days. Other soap scoops:

By Allison Waldman I enjoyed Night Shift, year one, so I was inclined to check it out. I'm thrilled to report that after three episodes, I'm loving Night Shift 2008! Here's five reasons why: Continue reading TV Squad Soap Report: Why I'm loving SOAPNet's Night Shift

By Allison Waldman They're bringing in a new actor to the scene, and he carries major TV mob credentials. Vincent Pastore is joining General Hospital as Maximus Giambetti, father of Sonny's two main bodyguards, Max and Milo. Vinny is best known as Sal "Big Pussy" Bonpenserio on HBO's The Sopranos. On GH, Maxim...

By Adam Finley That's right, ladies, Lando Calrissian, rogue smuggler and former administrator of Cloud City, will be appearing on General Hospital: Night Shift, a spin-off of General Hospital debuting tomorrow at 11:00 p.m. on SoapNet. The series will air for thirteen weeks.