By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a Connie Passalacqua HaymanI watched the premiere of Good Afternoon America today with cold fear in my heart: Will this show be good enough to replace (and thus cancel) General Hospital if it really catches on this summer after this nine-week experiment?I got the heebee jeebees right away. Hosts Josh Elliot and … [Read more...]
More General Hospital: Outrageously the “M” Word
June 19, 2012 by 17 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanWhen Moose came home from work yesterday, he thought he'd have to dump a bucket of cold water over my head. I couldn't stop yelling, over and over again,"No, they really didn't do this!" General Hospital had a scene where Carly and Todd flirted/talked, and Todd was bare-chested. But … [Read more...]
General Hospital: Cuddly but Problematic
June 13, 2012 by 7 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanWith all the cancellations these past few years, this old soap enthusiast is thankful to have at least one soap to look forward to, and yes, cuddle up to in my afternoons. That soap is General Hospital, a doomed show I really want to see live on. I watch The biggest soap opera of all is … [Read more...]
General Hospital Update: Understanding Itself, Misunderstanding Viewers
April 25, 2012 by 10 Comments
By Ed MartinIt's been two months since executive producer Frank Valentini and head writer Ron Carlivati took control of ABC's General Hospital - long enough by any measure for a creative team to make its mark on a soap opera and make clear what they intend to do with it.Now, I don't want to start right in with the complaints, because … [Read more...]
General Hospital Update: Is it Still on Life Support?
March 28, 2012 by 11 Comments
By Ed Martin I'm not sure what to make of the big surprise on "General Hospital" this week - but then again, I haven't known what to make of GH in a very long time (years, actually). Robin Scorpio is alive - and looking very tanned and rested, I might add, even if she is being held hostage in something resembling a hospital room.Seeing … [Read more...]
General Hospital Until the Bitter End
March 22, 2012 by 14 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a Connie Passalacqua HaymanBefore I start my review of the new General Hospital (Frank Valentini executive producer, Ron Carlivati, headwriter) I have three things to say:1. I agree with everything my good friend Ed Martin says in the column below ("Can General Hospital Be Saved?") Do a Gloria Monty, gut the show … [Read more...]
General Hospital: Can This Show Be Saved?
March 2, 2012 by 14 Comments
By Ed MartinWatching General Hospital these last two weeks, as the energetic efforts of One Life to Live veterans Frank Valentini and Ron Carlivati to save the show from almost certain doom begin to play out, it occurs to me that my time as a fan of this once-formidable serial has come full circle. I began watching GH in 1978, shortly … [Read more...]
“General Hospital” Madness: Why Kill Jake? And What Have They Done to Luke?
March 30, 2011 by 11 Comments
By Ed MartinAnyone who is still wondering why broadcast soap operas are disappearing before our eyes need only review recent episodes of ABC's General Hospital. Don't blame shrinking audiences. (Viewers aren't really going away. They're just harder to count.) Don't blame competition from other media. (Overall media consumption is on the The … [Read more...]
Ban James Franco from Daytime!
August 11, 2010 by 12 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix Publicity whores! Marlena hates them! I'm so sorry that my otherwise carefree, wonderful summer was interrupted by my rants to friends visiting our summer cabin about how James Franco has taken over the daytime world this year. Not just with his repeated visits to General Hospital as Franco, but his egotistical appearances … [Read more...]
