General Hospital Makes Yet Another Change To Its Head Writing Team
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General Hospital (GH) spoilers suggest that storylines and content are about to change once again in the land of Port Charles.
Soap Opera Digest (SOD) is reporting that Chris Van Etten has been appointed to the role of co-head writer, alongside the current Co-Head Writer, Elizabeth Korte.
The soap also confirmed additional changes to their writing team. More details on this story, down below.
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General Hospital Spoilers – More Information On The Changes To General Hospital’s Writing Team
This past May, the soap announced that Patrick Mulcahey had stepped down as co-head writer, a role he had alongside Korte since January of this year.
Content written by Mulcahey and Korte was scheduled to air for the majority of the summer.
Along with Van Etten’s announcement, Cathy LePard, GH Script and Breakdown Writer has been promoted to associate head writer.
LePard’s credits before GH include Seventh Heaven, Safe Harbor, and The Fix.
The first show written by the new GH writing team is set to air on Thursday, August 8.
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GH’s EP, Frank Valentini issued the following statement to SOD:
“No one knows General Hospital and its history more than Elizabeth and Chris. Cathy joined the show in 2023 and her talent and love for the genre has been a tremendous asset to this team. We look forward to this dynamic writing combination continuing the legacy of the show and giving our fans much to look forward to.”
A long-time soap fan, Van Etten landed his first daytime drama writing gig at One Life to Life (OLTL), working under Ron Carlivati, who recently left Days of Our Lives.
Van Etten would follow Carlivati and Valentini to GH in 2012 after OLTL was canceled.
In July 2015, Shelly Altman and Jean Passanante replaced Carlivati (who was head writer there at the time) and in July 2017 Van Etten was paired with Altman and named co-head writer.
When 2019 hit, Dan O’Connor, who had worked on OLTL at the same time as the others, came to GH and replaced Altman after she retired.
Fast forward to this past January, and both the co-head writers left their positions when Mulcahey took over with Korte as his co-head writer.
The new writing team is kicking off during a pivotal time on the soap, as Kristina Corinthos-Davis’s (Kate Mansi) accident, and the subsequent loss of her baby has shaken and touched so many different characters.
There’s also the bombshell dropped this week, where Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) was at his breaking point and it was finally revealed that his medication had been tampered with, and he was taking placebos.
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Finally storylines with some meat to them!
[…] Recently, he opened up about the emotional toll Sonny’s mental health struggles have taken on him, describing the experience as ‘challenging; he found it particularly tough to portray such intense scenes. […]
If Alexis does decide to drink due to circumstances surrounding her life now, hope the story line is played realistically and not like the removal of Finn from canvas, as one drink would not set her back to being a full blown alcoholic. Violet does not need to go through any type dark side. Charlotte turned dark and that is enough interfering with the kids personalities on GH. Some viewers may enjoy the kids being dark, but I for one would just like to see them growing up being children. There are enough dark things going on with the adults without including the children.
[…] She told them that she didn’t touch Kristina at all, but the cops have photographs that prove otherwise. She’s already been arrested and it seems likely that the cops will have an entirely different crime to charge Ava with. […]
[…] Craig reveals he got to the set and went through the typical events to get ready for Morgan’s special show. […]
I certainly think I’m speaking for a lot of the fans. We are tired of the long drawn out storylines that last from 6 months to over a year like Sonny and Nixon Falls. That was absolutely a mistake for the fans. I personally would like to see Morgan return and I know LuLu has been recast so please explain why. Emme was willing to come back and so many fans wanted her. GH made a huge mess with the Molly and Kristina recast please don’t put us through that again. There are still many who are not happy with them, me for one. Also please fix the mess GH made with all the personality changes. Give us back the characters we have known and grew to love. I think GH has done a huge injustice to Violet, her mother is not coming back because she is now on BB(another recast) and firing Finn was a big mistake. GH has left this sweet little girl with any parent at all. I think Finn is now on OLTL and no chance he’s coming back. How does GH plan to explain to Violet that her dad is gone for good. Well I guess I have vented enough for all the good it will do.