Making his first appearance on the Wednesday, May 15 episode of ABC’s “General Hospital,” actor Giovanni Mazza is officially on contract at the daytime drama series where he portrays Giovanni Palmieri, Brook Lynn Quartermaine’s (Amanda Setton) cousin who played the violin during her nuptials to Harrison Chase (Josh Swickard).
According to Friday’s closing credits, Mazza is the latest actor to join the show’s contract cast list, which includes 33 actors. The show also retains several additional actors who appear in a recurring capacity. Two other actors who joined the show this year and whose names appear before Mazza on the contract list are Adam J. Harrington (John Cates) and Steve Burton (Jason Morgan).
While Harrington is a newcomer to daytime, his character originally appeared on the show as recently as 1995, when portrayed by Antonio Sabato Jr. Meanwhile, Burton returned to the series after he was let go in...
According to Friday’s closing credits, Mazza is the latest actor to join the show’s contract cast list, which includes 33 actors. The show also retains several additional actors who appear in a recurring capacity. Two other actors who joined the show this year and whose names appear before Mazza on the contract list are Adam J. Harrington (John Cates) and Steve Burton (Jason Morgan).
While Harrington is a newcomer to daytime, his character originally appeared on the show as recently as 1995, when portrayed by Antonio Sabato Jr. Meanwhile, Burton returned to the series after he was let go in...
- 5/18/2024
- by Errol Lewis
- Soap Opera Network
On the most recent episode of his Daily Drama podcast, which he co-hosts with Bradford Anderson, actor Steve Burton announced that his recent return to “General Hospital” included signing a two-year deal with ABC that will keep him in Port Charles for at least that time. Burton’s comments are in response to speculation on social media that he wouldn’t be staying long-term, specifically that he only signed a three-month deal.
“Obviously, they are going for clickbait because nothing they’re posting is even remotely true,” Burton pointed out to Anderson, his “General Hospital” co-star, who also recently returned to the show, albeit on a recurring basis, as Damian Spinelli.
“They said that I only signed a three-month contract, and then I’m dying,” said Burton, summarizing discussions across various Facebook fan groups about his status on the daytime drama series. “Hey, guess what? It’s a two-year contract,...
“Obviously, they are going for clickbait because nothing they’re posting is even remotely true,” Burton pointed out to Anderson, his “General Hospital” co-star, who also recently returned to the show, albeit on a recurring basis, as Damian Spinelli.
“They said that I only signed a three-month contract, and then I’m dying,” said Burton, summarizing discussions across various Facebook fan groups about his status on the daytime drama series. “Hey, guess what? It’s a two-year contract,...
- 3/15/2024
- by Errol Lewis
- Soap Opera Network
General Hospital has been on ABC for more than 60 years and legions of devoted fans definitely don’t want to see it go anywhere.
The show technically hasn’t been renewed yet, but an ABC exec is making it sound like the show will be safe for a while.
Keep reading to find out more…
Soap Hub spoke to Disney Television Group’s president Craig Erwich during the Television Critics Association press tour.
“[Gh is] absolutely a tremendous pride for us,” he said. “The show’s been on for 60 years. That is a remarkable achievement. And the great thing about General Hospital is that it’s on daily. It’s an opportunity for us to delight, entertain, and surprise people on a daily basis. The joy is to have an audience who has watched the show for 60 years; they’re now watching with their kids and grandkids.”
He continued, “Because the stories are on,...
The show technically hasn’t been renewed yet, but an ABC exec is making it sound like the show will be safe for a while.
Keep reading to find out more…
Soap Hub spoke to Disney Television Group’s president Craig Erwich during the Television Critics Association press tour.
“[Gh is] absolutely a tremendous pride for us,” he said. “The show’s been on for 60 years. That is a remarkable achievement. And the great thing about General Hospital is that it’s on daily. It’s an opportunity for us to delight, entertain, and surprise people on a daily basis. The joy is to have an audience who has watched the show for 60 years; they’re now watching with their kids and grandkids.”
He continued, “Because the stories are on,...
- 2/13/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Two years after leaving General Hospital, Steve Burton is returning to the ABC soap as mafioso hitman Jason Morgan, the role he first began playing in 1991. “This is a character that I love,” he says. The Daytime Emmy–winning star made the surprise announcement of his comeback on the primetime special General Hospital: 60 Years of Stars & Storytelling, and reports that he had an emotional trip to the set to film it. “Everybody was so excited and welcoming,” Burton enthuses. “It just really touched me, and it was a great day. It was fun seeing everybody.” (Credit: ABC/Craig Sjodin) Burton left the show in 2021 over the network’s Covid vaccine mandate and was quickly snapped up by Days of Our Lives to play Harris Michaels, who was under the sway of troublemaker Megan Hathaway, a role he settled into comfortably. “I didn’t have any plans for leaving Days,...
- 1/24/2024
- TV Insider
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