GenieFrancis-related stories
Posted Oct 28th 2009 1:02PM by Jane Boursaw
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Programming, OpEd, Daytime, Casting, Reality-Free
I used to be a devoted fan of
General Hospital, and some of my favorite episodes involved Luke and Laura, and later, their son, Lucky. In fact, now that I think about it, I started to stray from the show about the time that Jonathan Jackson, who played the first Lucky, left the show in 1999.
The other actors who played Lucky -- Jacob Young and Greg Vaughan -- did a fine job, but I so associated the role with Jackson that it was impossible for me to accept anyone else as Lucky.
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
Posted Jul 11th 2008 6:23PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Casting, Reality-Free
One of the biggest stars of daytime is coming back to the tube. Genie Francis, the Emmy-award winning actress who created the role of Laura -- as in Luke and Laura --
will return to General Hospital on August 26 for a brief guest stint. This will be a very interesting return, too, because her last tenure on the show in 2007 was not only award-worthy, it also ended with her character resuming the catatonia in which she's been trapped for the past few years.
So how can she return to
General Hospital? There's a hint in Genie's quotes to the Associated Press. "This is a short visit. It's a mother-daughter story. Years ago when I started playing the character as a 14-year-old girl, it was a mother-daughter story, only I was the daughter. So it's kinda cool this is full circle."
Continue reading Genie Francis returns to General Hospital...again
Posted Mar 22nd 2008 11:32AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Daytime, Celebrities, Ratings
Has it really been 45 years since
General Hospital started broadcasting? Four decades + five years of medical machinations, legendary love stories, action and intrigue. Yes, yes, it's true,
on April 1, ABC's General Hospital will celebrate 45 years on the air. Current executive producer, Jill Farren Phelps, will cut the cake and members of the cast will blow out the candles, but we're the ones that probably should be smiling. Memories of the great years gone by are inevitable with any show that's run as long as
GH. But there's something special about this ABC soap.
Continue reading General Hospital celebrates 45th anniversary
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