Monday in Port Charles

Tweet from last night: Nancy lee Grahn: Re GH changes; Am sad, happy, worried, confident, helpless, hopeful, nervous, unruffled, frustrated, & encouraged. Just like every other day.

TODAY (and it landed on SOD's website) 
Tweets by Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis) seem to indicate just that. This morning, the actress said: "I hear that Sam is Preggers. I guess me and Danny Devito (explains Sam's height) are gonna be Grandparents. Oh joy!" And "I hear the baby will look exactly like @1steveburton but have Franco's career." A spokesperson says, "We do not comment on storyline." Grahn then added: "Please ignore all morning tweets. I was just kidding...or drunk..or menopausal...or ...in so much trouble... quick someone hide me!"

Chrissie Fit tweeted that "Mercedes" will be seen in about 4 weeks or so!  

Hillary B. Smith: On a plane heading home to pack up the dressing room. So sad. It will feel permanent! I don't think I can go to the floor and look at it. Miss my crew! Needles? Where are you??

INGO RADEMACHER (Jax) is on Hawaii 5-0 tonight at 10pm!! 

OLTL: WOOT! Gigi is gigi...thank god the doc could tell she didn't get surgery. Everything else was pretty boring.

House o' Pain

GENERAL HOSPITAL:  I still like my Lady in White idea with Helena being her! She's not going to talk for how  long I wonder??
Scrubs angst-- interesting. Paddy thinks they did it! Or one of them..
Liz going off on Luke. Little too late? Wasn't she ok with him? That was a huge melt-down. Guess that's what gets her in Shadybrook.
MAXIS!! And Mac has more than 3 lines today! JJY must have gotten his script and fainted lol. Nancy got in a "Democrat" quip as well.  Nice scene.
FREEKIN' LULU ugh...god, she's as  annoying as Carly lately. They keep having the same conversation over  and over and over. Is it supposed to be ironic that Lulu worries about Dante as much as Sonny-Jason Bots worry about them? She drinks on the boat that's a murder scene. Uh.. what.??
Luke's going on another vacation!!

Naughty Mama

WHO SAW Boardwalk Empire last night? eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee! wowza. I was yelling NONOnononooOOOOOOOOO   So much going on, and so naughty and dark!! Next week is the finale. Can't wait.

BUT my new fave show is: BREAKING BAD! I watched seasons 1-3 like an obsessive troll on NetFlix. Now I have to watch Season 4 when it re-runs on AMC starting Sunday. It's probably the best written show I've ever, ever seen--and you know I've seen THEM ALL! lol AMAZING. No spoilers, but if you watch it let me know!!

The Lady In White: The Wub Story

With all the fairy tale shows on right now, how about a taste of that for GH? I think that the Lady In White should be: Helena Cassadine!

You see, she's been finding virgins and sucking the life out of them just to get their youthful essence. (aka Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed)  She's now so young, she appears to Ethan as "The Lady In White" (name? Alaina). Of course, her natural  nastiness will eventually come out, horrifying all of Port Charles.

I love it! You know this is my story....not the reality but still...one can dream can't one??
Mirror Mirror on the Wall, who's the most evil of them all??! 

LukeSon Ritas for the Holly-Days!

• 1 lime wedge
• Coarse sea salt for rim
• Ice
• 1 ounce of tequila, preferably Cuervo
• 1 ounce Grand Mariner
• 2 splash of Burbon (JD is Luke's fave)
• 1-1/2 ounce fresh lime juice
• 1/2 ounce sour mix
• 3/4 ounce blood orange juice
• 1 lime wheel
• 1 blood orange wheel optional

Named after Luke and Sonny's friendship back when the "Lazy Lobster Pub" was up and running during the early days of the Wubs Net. We all need a dang drink lately!!

Sunday Surgery: Crash Cart

My hubby calls what's happening at GH  a "re-org"...they have them at Xerox all the time. Managers and VPs switch around, take over--change things hoping for for a new outcome. 
Well, welcome to our re-org. 

You know I'm a champion of the greatest soap I see right now on TV: OLTL. You also know I love the  writing of Ron C. To have him come over WITH the same EP that did that soap? :THUD: I can't quite wrap my head around it. Guza,  JFP, Frons and  Co. had a hold on GH for so long it's not fathomable what could happen. ANYTHING can happen. ANYTHING.
Ah, that so intrigues me!! There's been a boys-town attitude at the show forever. Women are shrews, abused and shoved into stupid situations daily. Yes, OLTL has their share of strippers, gold  diggers and victims but they somehow have a brain and great character. I can only hope it translates to GH. Don't let FV's statement fool you, he doesn't want to alienate the fans of GH by suggesting huge changes now. They'll work with the frame and then tweek.  I'm also not a fool, to save GH it's going to take a giant act of mother nature. Period-- with Couric coming? We can only hope one of the newer shows in the daytime fails.

 There is also going be endless speculation on who's staying and going. Will any OLTL characters be brought over (or actors)??  Wishlists will be all over. I'm sure I'll have mine-- but my biggest wish? That GH gets back to constant, fluid, great STORYTELLING. Everything else? Window decoration. We know there are awesome actors at the ready. Let's get cooking on some great stuff. 

The new team is officially coming in January, meaning by Feb sweeps we'll see the big changes. In the meantime, there are going to be a lot of anxious actors on the set of GH.  Old favorites might not be getting the 78,000 hours of airtime as they have in the past. On OLTL the character integration is phenomenal.  There's going to be a lot of budget cutting and fat-trimming as well. It's almost like we'll be watching and waiting for 2 whole months knowing it all could be changed or gone. 

FRONS is out!! . In a span of 7 months Guza, Jill and now Frons have left the ABC daytime canvas.  Why it didn't happen a couple of years ago is beyond me. We know the damage that's been done. I don't even think GH is slated to be on a lot of fall schedules. Then again, if a miracle happens and it gets ratings rivaling Y&R?? Who knows... we could all hunt down the Nielson boxers and force them to watch.  

SCENES OF THE WEEK: I had to go with two...Robin on the bridge and Monica's freak out with Pat, Steve then  Luke.  Kim was stellar and Leslie was back in her bitchy Monica days. Ah, it was glorious to watch.

 

NOT the SCENE OF THE WEEK: ugh.. Carly blabbering her mouth off to Shawn about..well, absolutely nothing. 

 EVEN Shawn wanted her to shut up:

Bitch, please.

The whole SKate in the hotel, out of the hotel..in the hotel stuff was boring too. I loved how they left and then came back to talk about it-- we never saw ANY of it!! LOL.. Tomorrow Sonny will be inside his House O'Pain!! We know Maurice will be great, but revisiting this so far along when it's been done, done, done and without Mike Corbin? Oy.
In the Future: Looks Like LuLu and Dante are getting hitched the week of Dec. 19th with Olivia and Sonny looking on. Awwww. Think Luke will make it? Anyone from Lulu's side? Ethan is going to get trapped in Wyndemere. Liz will be wandering around Shadybrook. Franco should get shot by Jason. 
Have a good one! I am hoping this week is a bit calmer on the soapie front. I could use the rest!

Saturday Soapie Shenanigans & Ratings

Just had to write some thoughts down today. Tomorrow's Sunday Surgery will be filled with all the changes and from what I gather, GH will be a whole lotta shaken-up. Even the actors are anxious, excited and just plain confused right now. I don't hear from many anymore but yesterday? There was a lot of interesting stuff in my inbox, and a few from old PR friends. All saying WHAT!!?? LOL. 

Jason Thompson tweeted this "pre-scene" photo last night...at least Robin is still alive, right? Who knows if JJ and KMc will leave/go now.  We'll have to patiently wait for all the changes to roll through. 

If you are on Facebook and get the chance today, please vote for Buzzworthy Radio's Na'Vell. He could win a trip to the People's Choice Awards! You know he'll represent Daytime!! VOTE HERE

My job as spoiler-gatherer will be interesting for awhile. It feels like a lot isn't going to even MATTER until Feb. I have some new ones up on the WUBS NET. Hit a sponsor please so I can keep going. Full time jobs are hard to come by-- looks like I'm here for awhile anyway. At least things are getting exciting!! 

One little rumor... Raven has a pic up of Bree Williamson from OLTL with this haircolor and hints at her coming to GH. All I can speculate is she's being cast as Gina Soleto-- that mobular princess we heard about. This is just a speculation/rumor at this point.  Interesting hair color,  no? She looks like Natalie now. LOL 

RATINGS: OLTL had a smashing Thanksgiving week!! GO TO SON to see them all! GH Sucked big time: 

Households
1. Y&R 3.4/11 (same/same)
2. B&B 2.4/7 (+.1/+.3)
3. OLTL 2.1/6 (+.1/+.3)
4. DAYS 1.9/6 (+.1/+.1)
4. GH 1.9/5 (+.1/+.1)

Hope you all have a great weekend. Our final Christmas decor is going up-- all my shopping is done (I start in summer) but I have a lot of baking to do. 

GH's Brandon Barash is Engaged!!

Our "Johnny' popped the question to his girlfriend Natalie (Colby of AMC) last night and she obviously said YES!! Congrats to the happy couple. What a gorgeous ring!!

GH Actors React to New Deal

Lisa LoCicero: Love Jill Phelps. She's been like a den mother a dear friend and a fearless leader all at once...Will be forever grateful to her..
Have also had the pleasure of knowing and working under Frank Valentini. Guy's a force of nature, and if anyone can make GH work, he can..

 VMG at the airport!

Vanessa Marcil:  HOLY SHIT! Today is a good day. Make sure you treat EVERYONE the way that you would want to be treated. cause clearly GOD is back from lunch.

Nancy Lee Grahn: My life is flashing before my eyes. 

Kim McCollough:  Oh the times, they are a-changin"


James Franco: (which is hard to read because it's actually hysterically funny)
Jill is a pro.  She is experienced, innovative and loving.  I had nothing but great experiences with her for two years.  She was open to experimenting on General Hospital in ways that I have not found on any other film or television project.  Jill helped create daring story lines that blurred the line between fiction and reality — she allowed us to do a special episode at MoCA in LA for which they won day time Emmys, she was always open to taking the show in unexpected directions.  She and I plan to work together in the future because we enjoy collaborating so much.  Anyone in Soaps would be a fool not to want to work with her.