By Marlena De Lacroix Today Georgie Jones becomes the victim of a serial killer on General Hospital. We mourn not just because we're losing a very intelligent, good-hearted teenager we've known from birth who could have grown to be a major heroine show anchor, like Jessie or Bobbie were in their day. We mourn because we're losing a delightful … [Read more...]
Genie Francis Shows’em in The Note
December 9, 2007 by 10 Comments
By Marlena De Lacroix For the first hour of the Hallmark Channel's Christmas movie The Note, I felt kind of bored and uncomfortable as Genie Francis played a frumpy (though definitely thinner) middle-aged newspaper columnist who seems to be in need of a stylish makeover or at least a spiked eggnog. Did I really want to watch a slow-paced … [Read more...]
Would You Die For Love?: General Hospital’s Alarming Sweeps Slogan
October 25, 2007 by Leave a Comment
By Marlena De Lacroix "Would you die for love?" That's ABC Daytime/SoapNet's slogan for November sweeps on General Hospital. It bridges four major storylines, including one in which the major young heroine will die on the show, mistakenly murdered by her own pre-poisoned ex-husband/current boyfriend during a gala ball. How can ABC be so … [Read more...]
General Hospital Night Shift: Good Night and Good Riddance
October 11, 2007 by Leave a Comment
By Marlena De Lacroix General Hospital: Night Shift broadcast its final episode last week and I fear because its first episode was so highly rated the entire show will go down in soap history as a hit instead of the incoherently written and produced mess that it was. Same sets, same writers as daytime GH. ABC Daytime should have learned its … [Read more...]
