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General Hospital-related news from 2003
It's impossible to keep up with all of the twists and turns from the world of soaps. Luckily, Soap Central has archived all the General Hospital news from 2003.
Here are the news stories posted on Soap Central during 2003 that focus on General Hospital or past and present GH performers. To read any of the articles listed below, simply click on the appropriate link. To access articles from other years, click here.
January 2003
January 2003
Ending the "is she coming back?" speculation, General Hospital co-head writer Robert Guza, Jr. had announced that the show does plan to bring Emily Quartermaine back to the canvas. And yes, the role will be recast.
January 2003
January 2003
Vanessa Marcil (Brenda Barrett) will once again be leaving General Hospital. According to published reports, Marcil and executives at ABC were unable to come to terms on a new contract. Marcil returned to the fictional town of Port Charles last year after a four-year absence.
February 2003
February 2003
Veteran actor Jack Wagner has been signed to a contract with The Bold and the Beautiful. For much of the 80s and 90s, Wagner appeared on ABC's General Hospital as Frisco Jones.
March 2003
In an usual move, a General Hospital performer that had been taken off contract has been bumped back up from recurring status. Long-time GH veteran
John J. York (
Mac Scorpio) has been given another long-term contract with the show.
March 2003
After nearly twenty years as General Hospital's
Felicia,
Kristina Wagner has decided to call it quits. The actress has already made her final General Hospital appearance.
March 2003
Contract talks between
Coltin Scott (
Nikolas Cassadine) and General Hospital have broken off and Scott will leave the show when his contract expires this summer.
April 2003
April 2003
After over a year break from General Hospital,
Stephen Nichols will return to the GH canvas this spring, thereby squashing rumors of his impending addition to the ATWT cast.
May 2003
May 2003
There are online murmurings that General Hospital may be recasting the role of
Felicia Jones in the near future.
July 2003
It would appear at least on the surface that the rumors of
Finola Hughes' (
Anna Devane) impending exit from All My Children were right. A spokesperson for All My Children has confirmed that the actress will be leaving the show when her contract expires later this year.
August 2003
A spokesperson for Guiding Light has now confirmed that
Jordi Vilasuso (
Tony Santos) will leave the show when his contract expires this summer. The role of Tony Santos will be recast with Coltin Scott.
August 2003
Finola Hughes (
Anna Devane) will exit from All My Children this fall. Online fans are now wondering if the actress will make a return to General Hospital.
August 2003
ABC has now confirmed that
Kelly Monaco (
Livvie Locke,
Port Charles) will be joining the cast of General Hospital. The actress has been touted as a possible recast for ATWT's Nikki Munson.
September 2003
September 2003
September 2003
Fan-favorite Jane Elliot (
Tracy Quartermaine) is headed back to Port Charles - and this time it's for more than just a few appearances. ABC has now confirmed that the Emmy-winning actress has been signed to a long-term contract with General Hospital.
October 2003
After several months away from Pine Valley, Adam Chandler Jr. (played by ex-Lucky, Jacob Young) has returned home -- with a new look and a new attitude. But why did AMC head writer Megan McTavish opt to bring the character back to the canvas now? The scribe says that JR's return return is set to touch off a wave of new story.
November 2003
November 2003
Long-time General Hospital veteran,
Anna Lee (
Lila Quartertmaine) has been taken off contract. While being taken off contract usually equates to real-world terms of being fired, a spokesperson for ABC states that the actress will still be seen on a recurring basis.
November 2003
As reported last month by Soap Central,
Anna Lee (
Lila Quartermaine) has been let go from General Hospital. Lee has played Lila, the matriarch of the venerable Quartermaine family, for the past 25 years. Lee's contract with General Hospital expires this month.
December 2003
December 2003
December 2003
December 2003
December 2003
The days of
Linda Dano's (
Gretel Rae Cummings) ABC soap hopping are just about at an end. The veteran soap opera actress will exit One Life to Live in early 2004.
