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''[[General Hospital]]'' is the longest running American television serial drama, airing on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref name="GH">{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/general-hospital/about-the-show|accessdate=April 7, 2016|work=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC.com]]|publisher=[[Disney–ABC Television Group]]|title=about general hospital}}</ref> Created by [[Frank and Doris Hursley]], who originally set it in a [[District General Hospital|general hospital]] (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city was named [[Port Charles, New York (fictional city)|Port Charles, New York]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/Tv-Towns-Stephen-Tropiano/dp/1575001276|last=Tropiano|first=Stephen|year=2000|title=TV Towns|location=[[New York City]], [[New York]]|publisher={{noitalic|TV Books L.L.C.}}|isbn=1-57500-127-6}}</ref> The series premiered on April 1, 1963.<ref name="GH"/> The following is a list of characters that have appeared on the soap opera in 2016, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by executive producer [[Frank Valentini]] and head writers [[Jean Passanante]] and [[Shelly Altman]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://daytimeconfidential.com/2015/07/24/ron-carlivati-out-at-gh |title=ABC Replaces ''General Hospital'' Head Writer Ron Carlivati With Jean Passanante and Shelly Altman |publisher=[[Daytime Confidential]]|first=Jamey |last=Giddens |date=July 24, 2015 |accessdate=October 31, 2015}}</ref> |
''[[General Hospital]]'' is the longest running American television serial drama, airing on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]].<ref name="GH">{{cite web|url=http://abc.go.com/shows/general-hospital/about-the-show|accessdate=April 7, 2016|work=[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC.com]]|publisher=[[Disney–ABC Television Group]]|title=about general hospital}}</ref> Created by [[Frank and Doris Hursley]], who originally set it in a [[District General Hospital|general hospital]] (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city was named [[Port Charles, New York (fictional city)|Port Charles, New York]].<ref>{{cite book|url=http://www.amazon.com/Tv-Towns-Stephen-Tropiano/dp/1575001276|last=Tropiano|first=Stephen|year=2000|title=TV Towns|location=[[New York City]], [[New York]]|publisher={{noitalic|TV Books L.L.C.}}|isbn=1-57500-127-6}}</ref> The series premiered on April 1, 1963.<ref name="GH"/> The following is a list of characters that have appeared on the soap opera in 2016, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by [[executive producer]] [[Frank Valentini]] and head writers [[Jean Passanante]] and [[Shelly Altman]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://daytimeconfidential.com/2015/07/24/ron-carlivati-out-at-gh |title=ABC Replaces ''General Hospital'' Head Writer Ron Carlivati With Jean Passanante and Shelly Altman |publisher=[[Daytime Confidential]]|first=Jamey |last=Giddens |date=July 24, 2015 |accessdate=October 31, 2015}}</ref> |
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'''Griffin Munro''' is an [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]], played by [[Matt Cohen (actor)|Matt Cohen]] |
'''Griffin Munro''' is an [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]], played by [[Matt Cohen (actor)|Matt Cohen]] and a colleague of [[Lucas Jones]] ([[Ryan Carnes]]) and the son of [[Duke Lavery]]. |
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==Hamilton Finn== |
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| name = Hamilton Finn |
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| series = General Hospital |
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| portrayer = [[Michael Easton]]<ref name="Easton">{{cite web|last1=Fairman|first1=Michael|title=News - Soap Buzz 25 March 18th, 2016 Michael Easton’s New GH Character Name Is …. Hamilton Finn!|url=http://michaelfairmansoaps.com/news/michael-eastons-new-gh-character-name-is-hamilton-finn/2016/03/18/|website={{noitalic|[[On-Air On-Soaps]]}}|publisher=Michael Fairman Soaps, Inc.|accessdate=April 7, 2016|location=United States|date=March 18, 2016}}</ref> |
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| years = 2016– |
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| first = March 21, 2016 |
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| creator = [[Jean Passanante]] and [[Shelly Altman]] |
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| introducer = [[Frank Valentini]] |
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| classification = [[General Hospital cast members#Main cast|Present; regular]] |
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| occupation = [[Infectious disease (medical specialty)|Infectious disease doctor]] |
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| residence = [[Port Charles (fictional city)|Port Charles]], [[New York]] |
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'''Hamilton Finn''' is an [[Doctor of Medicine|M.D.]], played by [[Michael Easton]]<ref name="Easton"/> and a colleague of [[Monica Quartermaine]] ([[Leslie Charleson]]). |
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On February 2, 2016, [[executive producer]] [[Frank Valentini]], posted that he asked Easton back to ''General Hospital''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/michael-easton-his-gh-return|title=MICHAEL EASTON ON HIS GH RETURN|date=February 2, 2016|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|agency=[[American Media (publisher)|American Media, Inc.]]|accessdate=April 7, 2016|location=United States}}</ref> Easton was originally scheduled to appear on March 18, 2016. Due to the death of former First Lady [[Nancy Reagan]] and her funeral airing that day, it was pushed back to March 21, 2016.<ref name="GH Pre-emption">{{cite news|author1=SOD|title=GH PRE-EMPTED TOMORROW|url=http://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/gh-pre-empted-tomorrow|accessdate=April 7, 2016|work=[[Soap Opera Digest]]|agency=[[American Media (publisher)|American Media]]|date=March 10, 2016|location=United States}}</ref> |
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[[General Hospital characters (2016)#Griffin Munro|Griffin Munro]] has an idea that [[Tracy Quartermaine]] ([[Jane Elliot]] has an [[Infectious disease (medical specialty)|Infectious disease]]. Hamilton Finn is contacted by [[Monica Quartermaine]] ([[Leslie Charleson]]) to treat Tracy after chief of [[neuropathology]], [[General Hospital characters (2016)#Matthew Mayes|Matthew Mayes]], confirms that Tracy does not have cancer. Finn comes to General Hospital to treat Tracy. He immediately clashes with [[Chief of staff#Civilian|chief of staff]][[Liesl Obrecht]]. When Finn and Munro are conferring about Tracy's biopsy, Mayes is displeased that they chose to look at his patient's chart without his permission. Finn diagnoses Tracy with having ingested worms. The worms are attacking her brain. Finn wants to put Tracy on medication, but Obrecht refuses since he is not on the hospital stall. He has Monica fill the prescription. While walking Tracy around the hospital, she has another seizure. Finn tells the [[Quartermaine family]] that she needs surgery. |
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Revision as of 02:14, 8 April 2016
General Hospital is the longest running American television serial drama, airing on ABC.[1] Created by Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a general hospital (hence the title), in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city was named Port Charles, New York.[2] The series premiered on April 1, 1963.[1] The following is a list of characters that have appeared on the soap opera in 2016, by order of first appearance. All characters are introduced by executive producer Frank Valentini and head writers Jean Passanante and Shelly Altman.[3]
Matthew Mayes
| Matthew Mayes | |||||
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| General Hospital character | |||||
| Portrayed by | Matt Riedy | ||||
| Duration | 2016– | ||||
| First appearance | January 11, 2016 | ||||
| Classification | Present; recurring | ||||
| Created by | Jean Passanante and Shelly Altman | ||||
| Introduced by | Frank Valentini | ||||
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Matthew Mayes is an M.D., played by Matt Riedy chief of neuropathology.[4]
Storylines
When Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot) has a seizure in early January, Mayes starts treating her. He believes that she has brain cancer. Mayes orders a biopsy. Griffin Munro does not believe that Tracy has cancer. When the biopsy reveals that she does not have cancer, Mayes does not know the cause of her seizures. Mayes and Munro argue over what direction Tracy's treatment should be. Monica Quartermaine (Leslie Charleson) contacts Hamilton Finn (Michael Easton), an infectious disease doctor. When Mayes sees Munro and Finn conferring with each other about Tracy's biospy, he tells them that he will see that they will not practice medicine as they went behind his back.
Griffin Munro
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| Portrayed by | Matt Cohen[5] | ||||||||||
| Duration | 2016– | ||||||||||
| First appearance | February 5, 2016 | ||||||||||
| Classification | Present; regular | ||||||||||
| Created by | Jean Passanante and Shelly Altman | ||||||||||
| Introduced by | Frank Valentini | ||||||||||
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Griffin Munro is an M.D., played by Matt Cohen and a colleague of Lucas Jones (Ryan Carnes) and the son of Duke Lavery.
Casting
In January 2016, ABC Soaps In Depth reported that Cohen would be hired as a series regular.[5]
Storylines
In late January 2016, Munro is contacted by Lucas Jones (Ryan Carnes) as Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) is in need a of a new neuropathologist since Patrick Drake (Jason Thompson) moved to Berkeley, California with his family. Looking over Sonny's chart, he realizes that Sonny can walk. Sonny asks him to keep silent. In mid March, Griffin decides to follow Anna Devane (Finola Hughes). Anna, thinking she is being stalked, asks what he is doing, but before he can tell her why, he is summoned to General Hospital by Dillon Quartermaine (Robert Palmer Watkins). Dillon wants him to look over his mother's (Jane Elliot) chart. Munro has a difference of opinion with Matthew Mayes (Matt Riedy) over Tracy's diagnosis. Mayes believes Tracy has cancer, however, Griffin thinks otherwise. When Anna meets Griffin, he tells her that he is the son of Duke Lavery. He gives Anna test results confirming that he is Duke's son. Tracy takes a turn for the worse which makes him ask Brad Cooper (Parry Shen) to give him a peak at Tracy's biopsy. When it is confirmed that Tracy does not have cancer, Monica Quartermaine (Leslie Charleson) contacts Hamilton Finn (Michael Easton), an infectious disease doctor. In early April, Tracy's health worsens. Finn tells the Quartermaine family that she needs surgery. When asked who she would like to have the surgery performed by, Tracy picks Munro.
Hamilton Finn
| Hamilton Finn | |||||
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| Portrayed by | Michael Easton[6] | ||||
| Duration | 2016– | ||||
| First appearance | March 21, 2016 | ||||
| Classification | Present; regular | ||||
| Created by | Jean Passanante and Shelly Altman | ||||
| Introduced by | Frank Valentini | ||||
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Hamilton Finn is an M.D., played by Michael Easton[6] and a colleague of Monica Quartermaine (Leslie Charleson).
Casting
On February 2, 2016, executive producer Frank Valentini, posted that he asked Easton back to General Hospital.[7] Easton was originally scheduled to appear on March 18, 2016. Due to the death of former First Lady Nancy Reagan and her funeral airing that day, it was pushed back to March 21, 2016.[8]
Storylines
Griffin Munro has an idea that Tracy Quartermaine (Jane Elliot has an Infectious disease. Hamilton Finn is contacted by Monica Quartermaine (Leslie Charleson) to treat Tracy after chief of neuropathology, Matthew Mayes, confirms that Tracy does not have cancer. Finn comes to General Hospital to treat Tracy. He immediately clashes with chief of staffLiesl Obrecht. When Finn and Munro are conferring about Tracy's biopsy, Mayes is displeased that they chose to look at his patient's chart without his permission. Finn diagnoses Tracy with having ingested worms. The worms are attacking her brain. Finn wants to put Tracy on medication, but Obrecht refuses since he is not on the hospital stall. He has Monica fill the prescription. While walking Tracy around the hospital, she has another seizure. Finn tells the Quartermaine family that she needs surgery.
References
- ^ a b "about general hospital". ABC.com. Disney–ABC Television Group. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- ^ Tropiano, Stephen (2000). TV Towns. New York City, New York: TV Books L.L.C.. ISBN 1-57500-127-6.
{{cite book}}: templatestyles stripmarker in|publisher=at position 1 (help) - ^ Giddens, Jamey (July 24, 2015). "ABC Replaces General Hospital Head Writer Ron Carlivati With Jean Passanante and Shelly Altman". Daytime Confidential. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
- ^ "Matt Riedy". Soaps She Knows. United States: SheKnows Media. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|1=(help); templatestyles stripmarker in|website=at position 1 (help) - ^ a b Eades, Chris (January 16, 2016). "EXCLUSIVE: GENERAL HOSPITAL Casts Matt Cohen As New Doctor". ABC Soaps In Depth. United States. Bauer Media Group. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- ^ a b Fairman, Michael (March 18, 2016). "News - Soap Buzz 25 March 18th, 2016 Michael Easton's New GH Character Name Is …. Hamilton Finn!". On-Air On-Soaps. United States: Michael Fairman Soaps, Inc. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
{{cite web}}: templatestyles stripmarker in|website=at position 1 (help) - ^ "MICHAEL EASTON ON HIS GH RETURN". Soap Opera Digest. United States. American Media, Inc. February 2, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- ^ SOD (March 10, 2016). "GH PRE-EMPTED TOMORROW". Soap Opera Digest. United States. American Media. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
