Seriously? OMG! WTF?

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The Soap World is shocked today because Soap Opera News is reporting that Kelly Monaco has been fired from General Hospital and her character Sam McCall will be killed off in the Fall.

A source told the site, “Monaco was ‘blindsided’ upon learning of the decision.”

Monaco has been on temporary leave, and the role of Sam is being played by Lindsay Hartley. This is not the first time she has been on leave from the series in recent years.

Could that be why GH is parting ways with one of their more popular characters?

The actress has been a fan favorite since she joined the Daytime Drama in 2003.

General has welcomed back Rena Sofer, Jonathan Jackson, Rick Hearst, and Emma Samms this year. Now, they are saying goodbye to Monaco.

With new writers in place, I am sure she will not be the only one saying goodbye to Port Charles.

Write to me and tell me how you feel about Monaco being written off of the Soap Opera.

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General Hospital has been bringing back a lot of famous residents to Port Charles. And they are not the only Soap Opera doing this.

Today, we found out that Alison Sweeney will reprise her role as Sami Brady in the new year on  Days of our Lives. However, she is filming her episodes now.

It has been two years since the actress watched the sands in the hourglass. “We were all trying to figure out how long it’s been; no one could remember!” she told TV Insider. “I remembered Sami’s grand exit storming out of the DiMera mansion. I was interested to hear how and why they were bringing Sami back to town. With Sami it could be anything.”

Over at CBS, a Soap legend made her debut on The Bold and the Beautiful today. Rebecca Budig is playing Dr. Taylor Haynes. who was previously played by Krista Allen. The character of Taylor is best known for being a compassionate psychiatrist, mother to Steffy and Thomas Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood and Matthew Atkinson), her on-and-off romance with Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) and longtime rivalry with Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang).

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General Hospital is bringing back the past by asking fan favorites to reprise their roles. In the last few weeks, Jonathan Jackson and Rick Hearst have said yes. Today, Variety revealed that Emma Samms will be joining them as Holly Sutton.

Samms has been playing the role on and off since 1982. However, you would not know it by looking at the 63-year-old actress who looks better now than she did then. And she has always been a beauty.

Her first appearance in Port Charles will be in September, and we will have to wait until then to find out why she is back.

Who else do you want to see return? I think we are getting closer and closer to Anthony Geary’s return from the dead.

General Hospital keeps getting some of our favorite stars to return to Port Charles. So far, John J. York and Jonathan Jackson have announced their returns, and now we are learning that Rick Hearst will reprise his role as Ric Lansing.

Hearst, who hasn’t been on the Soap Opera for 8 years, was not expecting the phone call. But casting director Mark Teschner reached out to the actor every way he could to get Lansing back.

Why now? He is there to support his daughter, Molly (Kristen Vaganos), with Alexis (Nancy Lee Graham).

Since he doesn’t watch the show like he used to, or at all, he told TV Insider, he has been doing his research. “I’ve been trying to catch up and see what’s happening and I see that there’s a situation where Kristina (Kate Mansi) is being a surrogate for Molly,” he said. “And while I don’t know what that turns into, I have a feeling there’s going to be some friction by virtue of the fact that one daughter is parented by Alexis and Sonny (Maurice Bernard), and the other daughter is parented by Alexis and Ric. That alone is enough to create a mad amount of drama of who’s going to side with who. And it’s going to be entertaining.”

Hearst begins filming on Monday, and his first appearance will be on August 19th.

 

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There is some big news in the Soap world today! Jonathan Jackson is returning to General Hospital this summer. This is the first time he has played this role since July 2015.

Jackson originated the role of Lucky Spencer, Luke and Laura’s son, in 1993. He stayed with the role until 1999. He took a ten-year hiatus and returned for two more seasons. He left again in 2011 to star in Nashville. However, he appeared for a short time in 2015.

According to Deadline, he will be around for a while.

The actor is looking forward to working with his TV mom, Genie Francis, again. Who knows, maybe Anthony Geary will come out of retirement to say hi to his TV son. And yes, I know they killed off Luke. But is anyone truly dead on Soap Operas as long as the actor is alive?

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