General Hospital Comings and Goings

By Janet Di Lauro Sep 02, 2016 12:08 p.m. ET

General Hospital coming and going

Who’s coming and who’s going from General Hospital? Here’s the latest casting news from the ABC soap.

The week of September 5, 2016

Are Richard Burgi’s days as Port Charles DA Paul Hornsby numbered now that his character has been revealed as the hospital killer? “I have no idea where this is going, if this is a Dead Man Walking part of Paul’s life,” Burgi told Soap Opera Digest, noting that he only recently found out about the story twist from the soap’s executive producer, Frank Valentini. “I think old Paul may not be around too much longer, but I don’t know… I know stories can change…”

Genie Francis will be temporarily off the canvas as Laura, as the actress embarks on her summer vacation. She’s slated to return in late September. Her character was last seen on Friday, August 26, when she took Spencer (actor Nicolas Bechtel) to boarding school.

Bradford Anderson is back for another stint as Spinelli. He resurfaced on Friday, September 2.

Robin Riker, who plays Hayden’s mom Naomi, turns up again this week to visit her daughter in jail.

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Janet Di Lauro

Sep 02, 2016 12:08 p.m. ET 3,604 articles

Janet Di Lauro is a contributing editor at Soap Opera Digest and a writer at Cynopsis.com and Soap Hub.com.
She has been writing about daytime and primetime television for over 30 years.
Prior to her current gigs, Janet ran ThoughtCo.com’s Days of our Lives website. She has built a career in daytime television coverage that has spanned over 30 years and includes a stint as the West Coast editor of Soap Opera Weekly magazine from the publication’s debut in 1989 through 2010. In addition, she was the features editor of Daytime TV magazine and editor of Soap Opera Stars magazine during her publishing years working in New York.
Based in California, Janet has interviewed daytime’s biggest stars, past and present, from Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso (Bo and Hope, Days of Our Lives”) to Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children) to Maurice Benard (Sonny, General Hospital) to Peter Bergman (Jack, The Young and the Restless). In addition to her daytime work, she served as a contributing editor on the tween publication Pixie and was a feature editor on Reality Check magazine.