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51 January 27th, 2012 Kristen Alderson tweets she has signed a 3-year deal with General Hospital!

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The former darling of One Life to Live, Kristen Alderson (Starr Manning) who is set to reprise her role on the lone ABC soap, General Hospital tweeted her excitement today after signing her official deal with the series! In the tweet the talented and popular Alderson revealed she has signed a three-year deal to stay put in Port Charles.

There are now all indications that should GH stave off the cancellation rumors that Alderson will be a permanent fixture in Port Charles for some time to come.

Alderson tweeted just a short time ago, “Just signed my General Hospital contract! 3 years! Here we go… You guys ready!? YAY”

Kassie DePaiva, Alderson’s on-screen mom, Blair responded with another tweet stating, “I’m so happy for you baby girl. Shine your light!!!! See you soon, Mama Kas”

So what do you think the plans are for Kristen and Starr once she hits Port Charles? Will her little girl, Hope be with her? Do you think her new romantic interest will be Chad Duell (Michael) or someone else? What will become of Cole? Let us know your thoughts! And congrats on the new gig and the contract Kristen from On-Air On-Soaps!

Tags: blair cramer, General Hospital, Kassie DePaiva, kristen alderson, One Life To Live, starr manning

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Torrey says:

January 27, 2012 at 7:54 pm

I don’t see how her signing a 3 year deal guarantees that the show won’t get cancelled. I’m happy for her and wish her the best, but as a OLTL fan, I would much rather see my stars in LLanview. I think that the cancellation of OLTL is still too fresh for me, to get behind this whole concept of OLTL stars joining the cast of GH. I still just don’t get why ABC cancelled OLTL. And does this mean they are bringing on Hope & Cole? I mean Starr can’t be there without her child……besides that, who are they going to pair her up with, because there aren’t too many Port Charles residents that are around her age. OH God, please don’t pair her up with Michael……she’ll be shot by some mobster, within a month.

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tim replied January 27th, 2012 at 10:05 pm
Hope will probably be recast and aged by a few years,as for Cole who knows.Maybe he’ll get killed saving Starr and Hope.

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david replied January 27th, 2012 at 10:58 pm
You are right: a signed contract means nothing. Wasn’t Frank Valentini given a three year contract just before the cancellation of OLTL was announced?

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Moviegal replied January 27th, 2012 at 10:59 pm
I would love Starr and Michael together. It would give her parents an opportunity to pop in occasionally – plus it would make for some really juicy scenes between Blair & Carly.

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Mo replied January 30th, 2012 at 7:23 am
It doesn’t guarantee the soap will be on. The article just says that if GH isn’t cancelled then Starr will be a fixture on the show for at least three years.

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chris replied January 30th, 2012 at 12:21 pm
I only watched GH and OneLife, so glad to see the move. Starr/Cole back before hope was born is what got my daughter to watch with me, she’s 11 and has been our tv time together. Now she gets her favorite on GH.

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lipstickcat replied January 31st, 2012 at 9:57 am
GH will not be on in 3 years! I’m sick of Starr anyway! All the great actors on OLTL & she gets a contract! It’s not fair!

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soapbaby says:

January 27, 2012 at 7:57 pm

UGH. Not that the show will last three years but signing this actress to play the same useless character does not give me hope that Ron Carvialti and Frank Valentini have ‘improvement’ in mind for GH. Why Starr for an extended period versus Blair or Todd is BEYOND comprehension.

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tim replied January 27th, 2012 at 9:57 pm
Maybe Kassie and Roger didn’t want to leave NYC and move to LA full time.

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Heather says:

January 27, 2012 at 8:30 pm

“Not that the show will last three years”

Really? How do you know that? Do you work for ABC?

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Heather replied January 27th, 2012 at 8:57 pm
“Not that the show will last three years”

Really? How do you know that? Do you work for ABC?

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Debi replied January 28th, 2012 at 9:27 am
THANK YOU HEATHER! I think you & I are the only 2 people that hasn’t received the memo that the show was cancelled!!

Seriously why you people watching GH with all your negativity??
The show has sucked to hell for the past year.
We finally see a change, a positive change, and people still can’t accept the positive.
Stop watching. I for one, am excited with this news. The news is telling me that GH has hope that they will remain on tv. So much hope that they are signing 3 year contracts. If they were 100% sure the show was over, they wouldn’t sign a contract like this. They will have to pay her once the show goes off. Why would they willingly do that? Will the show be cancelled?? Maybe. But it hasn’t yet, nor is anyone aware it has been cancelled. Apparently GH has an idea to keep going. Get on the train and enjoy what is to come, or stop watching the show. Geez if I hated something soo much I wouldn’t waste all my energy on negativity. I would stop what was turning me into the negative person. It is what it is on GH.

barbara t replied January 28th, 2012 at 3:50 pm
I didnt get a memo either and I hope WE dont , so its 3 people who havent heard that general hospital has been canceled .hey 1loveabcsoaps,what do you think?you havent been around,and there has been alot of news ,abc is bringing the soap bubbles to prime time ,star got a 3 year contract,2 weeks now since any of us have been in landview.some kid is going to glee ,I dont watch that kind of stuff ,I thought michael was playing a joke on us ,but then I read he is a soap star going to glee,anyway Im glad star has a 3 year contract,it does give us some hope,I cant wait to see what will happen to general hospital now that we have real writers there again,its been a long time,maybe now I wont fall asleep at 3 oclock because I was so bored,oh yeah,ron and frank are getting rid of the newbes to ,yes let the new stories begin.

soapbaby replied January 27th, 2012 at 9:20 pm
Heather – Dial it back a bit. ABC clearly wants out of the soap game, having dismantled their soap lineup (canceling AMC and OLTL) and allowing GH to tank creatively at this critical time. So, it’s my guess that GH will not last another three years.

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aria replied January 27th, 2012 at 10:30 pm
no one cares for your pridiction, so zip it.

Heather replied January 28th, 2012 at 1:23 am
I’m not saying that it will or will not last 3 years. I’m just saying let’s enjoy it while it’s there and let’s stop speculating about its death regardless if its in 9 months or in 9 years.

vik replied January 28th, 2012 at 3:39 am
Yes, it’s very strange that she signed a three yr. contract..when the rumor is the show is going off in SEPTEMBER of this yr. for Katie Courics show.
If ABC could take off the amazing OLTL then why would we think that GH is going to stay? No matter who crosses over or is writing for it. All soaps are going and TOO SOON

lipstickcat replied February 8th, 2012 at 10:15 am
I agree! They are doing the same thing they did with AMC & OLTL! Viewers are stupid if they can’t see that & are being fooled again! ABC sucks & are liars!

Heather replied February 8th, 2012 at 10:52 am
And I think that you’re stupid to attempt to predict the futture when you’re not a fortune-teller

Moviegal replied January 30th, 2012 at 1:18 pm
Heather, this is the same network that denied they were cancelling AMC and OLTL for months and months, let the actors put their necks on the line and make total fools of themselves – and then pulled the rug out from under them. Why on earth would anybody think they wouldn’t do the same thing to GH. Fool me once, shame on you – fool me twice, shame on me. When, exactly, do you think GH would air – as Michael Fairman has reported here, 93% of US markets have signed on to Katie for GH’s time slot? The Chew is on first, then the Revulsion, then Katie…and the next hour belongs to the affiliates.

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Heather replied January 30th, 2012 at 4:06 pm
“Why on earth would anybody think they wouldn’t do the same thing to GH?”

Because GH is GH, AMC is AMC and OLTL is OLTL. What happened to AMC/OLTL may or may not happen to GH. But last time I check, you don’t work for ABC so how would you know what will happen to GH?

“When, exactly, do you think GH would air – as Michael Fairman has reported here, 93% of US markets have signed on to Katie for GH’s time slot?”

General Hospital can still air on The Revolution’s time slot should that show fail.

Moviegal replied January 30th, 2012 at 4:46 pm
Heather – how do you know I don’t work for ABC? GH’s ratings are lower than OLTL’s were when they were cancelled last year. ABC has said that the time for daytime dramas is over – how much clearer do they have to make it? The Chew’s ratings are higher than we anticipated that they would be. If The Revolution does tank, they move GH to that spot long enough to get another non-scripted program into production-6 months tops-and that’s it. Going thru life with blinders on will not make what you want to happen occur, nor will they make what you don’t want to happen disappear. It’s time to be realistic here.

Heather replied January 30th, 2012 at 5:23 pm
Again, I never said that it couldn’t get canceled. If it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t happen, then it doesn’t happen. But I just can’t understand everybody’s fascination of speculating the demise of General Hospital.

Heather replied January 30th, 2012 at 5:41 pm
“ABC has said that the time for daytime dramas is over – how much clearer do they have to make it?”

CBS’s Leslie Moonves also said the exact same thing after he axed ATWT and GL. But that doesn’t stop Y&R and B&B from still airing on the network. True GH fans would never incessantly anticipate its death . People who are consistently reminding us weeks after weeks that GH will get canceled are most likely jealous OLTL fans who still can’t accept the fact that GH was chosen over their soap.

Susan M. replied February 9th, 2012 at 7:23 am
Abc S-c-s!!!!!!!!!!!! There are always other T.V. channels other than abc like CBS!!

Moviegal replied January 30th, 2012 at 8:30 pm
Heather – you are comparing apples to oranges here. ABC owns and produces their soaps – CBS does not, they lease them from the production companies. Y&R and B&B are #1 and #2 for the network in daytime, respectively. Also, you are probably not aware that Julie Chen, the co-host for The Talk, is Mrs. Les Moonves. That rampant nepotisim, along with poor ratings and P&G’s decision to withdraw from all their affiliations outside of their bread-and-butter niche, led to the demise of GL and ATWT. CBS does not rely on demographics as ABC and NBC – they approach prospective advertisers w/total viewership numbers – and both Y&R and B&B have the raw numbers. The concept of “jealous” OLTL fans is absolutely preposterous – they’re just old enough and wise enough to see when the writing is on the wall, and will no longer allow themselves to be blindsided. Those who think that are the first ones that will be crying in their beer (if they’re old enough to buy it, that is) when ABC makes it announcement after February sweeps.

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Heather replied January 30th, 2012 at 10:16 pm
What does nepotism has to do with this? CBS didn’t even know with what they were going to replace the soaps with when they canceled them, let along that Julie Chen was going to be in one of the replacement shows.

But you still don’t get the point that me and other GH fans are trying to make which is why are you making such a fascination about the demise of General Hospital? If the show is ending in September as you keep on saying, would you enjoy it for the little time it it has left on the air instead of obsessing about its death.

And no, I won’t be crying if General Hospital gets canceled. Even if I have watched it on and off for 30 years, it remains just a TV show, nothing more.

Moviegal replied January 30th, 2012 at 11:18 pm
Heather – you’re flat out wrong, and apparently have no knowledge of how the TV industry works. I’ve watched GH since the ’70′s, so your 30 years is really not that impressive to me. When GL was cancelled, The Price Is Right had already been cast, tested, focused grouped – and was ready to go. The replacement was announced less than a week after the cancellation. Barbara Bloom, who was then VP of Daytime Programming at CBS, was the one that cancelled GL. Les Moonves did not make his statement until The Talk, starring Julie Chen, had also been vetted in the way listed above…and it was also announced immediately after ATWT’s cancellation was announced. Not doing your homework or naivete, either way, negates your own argument. I’ve studied film and media melodrama and society for over 40 years, and I actually am working on a PHD on that very subject. Nobody – and I mean nobody – is eager to see GH go. You’re the one not getting the point, which is that blind faith on your part isn’t going to change the inevitable. If you want to drink the Koolaid again than knock yourself out. I’ve watched GH longer than you have, and I certainly have no desire to see it go, once again your basing opinions on value judgments and assumptions – which have no basis in fact. You also appear to be entirely missing the point that this is more than “just a TV show” – it’s the dismantling of an entire genre of storytelling and programming. For the networks, it’s putting thousands of people out of work and replacing them w/low budget “non-scripted” shows that results in huge profits for the networks at the expense of quality entertainment.

Heather replied January 31st, 2012 at 5:12 pm
Your level of ignorance is so high that I’m questionning if you’re for real or if you’re just trying to get some attention.

“When GL was cancelled, The Price Is Right had already been cast, tested, focused grouped – and was ready to go. The replacement was announced less than a week after the cancellation.”

CBS canceled GL in April 09. It’s only in August 09 that CBS revealed that the replacement would be Let’s Make a Deal (yes Let’s Make a Deal is the name of the show, not The Price is Right). So what are you talking about with your “less than a week after the cancellation”?

“Les Moonves did not make his statement until The Talk, starring Julie Chen, had also been vetted in the way listed above…and it was also announced immediately after ATWT’s cancellation was announced.”

Are you for real? CBS canceled ATWT in December 09. The pilot for The Talk began in early 2010 and Chen only joined the cast later in April 10. After auctionning several shows (including a remake of the game show The Pyramid), CBS announced in July 2010 that The Talk had been retained as the show to replace ATWT. In case you do know how to count, that makes it 7 months after the cancellation of ATWT.

“I’ve watched GH since the ’70′s, so your 30 years is really not that impressive to me”

And your point is? You want a candy with that?

“Nobody – and I mean nobody – is eager to see GH go.”

Then why are you keep repeating that it’s going to get canceled? To acknowledge once or twice that GH may end this year is one thing (all GH fans have acknowledged that) . But to keep repeating it over and over makes me wonder that 1) you don’t watch GH at all and are making this story about having watching it since the 1970s and 2) that you actually want GH to get canceled. Seriously why would someone repeat over and over that a show will get canceled unless that person actually wanted for the show to get canceled. ?

“You’re the one not getting the point, which is that blind faith on your part isn’t going to change the inevitable.”

You’re the one who’s blinded because you’re the one that is automatically declaring that GH will end. I, on the other hand, am down the earth. I realize that GH may or may not get canceled. That is the realistic and mature scenario regarding GH at this moment.

“I’ve studied film and media melodrama and society for over 40 years, and I actually am working on a PHD on that very subject.”

Well, now would be a good time to reconsider that doctorate you’re doing in movies while it’s not too late. That could save you a lot of money. Because your studies in theatre obviously aren’t doing you any good in the topic.
cathy trinque says:

January 28, 2012 at 7:01 am

This does bring some hope. But I want to see more OLTL.
Sure hope the revolution doesn’t last much longer. Signing a three year deal doesn’t mean that GH will stay. ABC/D throws money away everyday. They would rather be
right than admit a mistake anyways. Cancelling OLTL was a big stupid mistake by ABC and they should admit and put OLTL back on! Imagine how much money has already been wasted on the Spew and the Revulsion?!

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toscanti says:

January 28, 2012 at 7:42 am

I’m gonna have faith in the new writer/executive producers. ABC clearly has made a huge mistake with the Chew and especially the Revolution, rating are tanking. With all of us pissed off soap fans boycotting the new shows, I predict GH will move to the 2:00 time slot when Revolution is cancelled which could be a win win for the Chew and as a lead in to Katie at 3:00. I won’t watch the Chew or Katie but some may. As for Starr, she and Michael would be good together if the new powers that be tone down this mob non-sense. Makes one wonder if Jill Farren Phelps wasn’t a Mafia princess in her youth. Looking forward to the new material coming down the road for GH.

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Another Michael says:

January 28, 2012 at 7:55 am

I too don’t see how her signing a three-year contract really says much of anything about the future of GH. Like most (if not all) soap contracts, hers will have an “out” every 13 weeks, in case they cancel GH, or just decide Starr doesn’t fit in to Port Charles after all.

Re: why Kristen and not Kassie/Roger H., I agree that I’d much rather see Blair and Todd, but I don’t find it beyond comprehension. Two things occur to me: (1) Kristen is undoubtedly making much, much less, and (2) I’m wondering if they are particularly concerned about the ratings among young people and think that Kristen will help them in that department more than Kassie/Roger (they’d probably be wrong, but it wouldn’t be the first time they’ve misread what makes young people tune in–I think they’ve been getting that wrong for the better part of two decades, on all three networks).

By the way, I suspect these decisions are coming from ABC and not Ron and Frank.

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barbara t says:

January 28, 2012 at 9:22 am

ok am I the only one here that likes hearing this news?we dont know what abc is going to do ,they like to play head games with us soap fans ,they have been doing it for a long time ,abc also likes playing headgames with the people who work for them ,how they told the cast writers and everyone the shows were done ,shows they have alot of heartless bastards working there ,alot and I will say that again alot of people lost jobs over this stupid move by abc ,because they want to line there sleezy pockets with more money.and at the same time there lining there pockets there programing has gone to hell in a handbasket,the cheep shows they replaced the soaps for ,they are for idiots,I would rather shut my t v off then ever watch garbage like abc is throwing at there audience ,its nauseating.I am happy my star is staying with g h ,I hope many people from o l t l moves to port charles ,so for me I couldnt be happier .and to ron and frank good luck ,and good move on getting rid of the neebies,I will be watching and looking forward to a new and improved general hospital.

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Jared says:

January 28, 2012 at 10:12 am

OK, Starr: show them how it’s done! Long live ONE LIFE TO LIVE.

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Wendy says:

January 28, 2012 at 1:03 pm

I’m happy for you, loved OLTL, but also looking forward for you on GH
Good luck on your contract,makes time pass for us old folks

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Wendy replied January 28th, 2012 at 1:04 pm
Me again,

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Jenna says:

January 28, 2012 at 2:22 pm

I think everyone gets “three-year” deals. Back on Y&R there was that chick that helped Nick rehabilitate and she was supposed to be on for three years. The fans didn’t care for her and she was gone in less than a year. Melody Thomas Scott just signed a three-year deal, but Y&R hasn’t been renewed (yet) for that third year of her contract.

Contracts do not seem to mean anything. Giving someone a three-year deal suggests that the show will be on that long, and that is a good thing, but it is no guarantee. I hope the new team can bring GH around so it will be here for the next three years and beyond.

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Moviegal replied January 30th, 2012 at 8:34 pm
This is true – 3 years is the standard “long term” contract duration in the industry. As a matter of fact, Terri Conn had just signed a 3 year deal less than two months before ABC announced it’s cancellations of AMC/OLTL.

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auotb says:

January 29, 2012 at 4:31 am

when does the new and improved GH start because this present storyline is terrible Johnny is Claudias son CRAZY bring back humor and romance!

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lisa says:

January 29, 2012 at 7:42 am

I’m glad for Kristen that she signed a three year contract…..but that doesn’t mean GH will last last long.
Didn’t her OLTL (daddy) Roger Howarth sign a 3 year deal with OLTL and then a week later they announced the cancellation.

Things aren’t always what they seem…..but good luck kid !!

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todd says:

January 29, 2012 at 8:11 am

I love the character of Starr…..or should I say loved. I will tune in for her if she is trying to become a pop star. That was awful. She is a bright girl, can’t she go to school for veterinary medicine…..with an emphasis on reptiles or something? I want to support her, but I can’t stand to watch her sing really uninspired insipid songs. The 3 year contract is not surprising. Frank and Ron were signed to 3 year contracts for OLTL too. The possible cancellation would not be a factor in a contract negotiation. It is a sign of good faith for her character, but honestly any actor can be terminated after any given 3 month cycle.

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Mo says:

January 30, 2012 at 7:26 am

Hope she’s got a backup plan because a contract is no guarantee the show will be on for three years. When is GH’s contract with the network up?

I hope GH is on for more than three years, even though I don’t watch the show.

Good luck to her.

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Sean says:

January 31, 2012 at 7:29 pm

I am also very happy for Kristin, i hope General Hospital does continue in some way for a while. I’ve had a great time watching Kristin grow up on One Life. “My little star.” I wish her all the best and maybe her brother will show up some how down the line as Matthew or someone else. We watched him grow up too, just not with as many storylines.

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mandi says:

February 1, 2012 at 10:19 pm

It would nice to see Starr go to Port Charles with her little family! What I want to know is if Cole does go GH with Starr if It will be Brandon Buddy (the first Cole) I hope so because he was better lookin I want to see how Hope goes up and so I hope they do come with Starr!

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Crystal replied February 3rd, 2012 at 4:31 pm
Unfortunely I doubt ABC will ever ask Brandon to reprise the role again due to his reported legal issues. I can’t see them giving him his job back when they fired Nathaniel Marston after he got into trouble with the law.

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mandi says:

February 2, 2012 at 9:22 am

i hope starr and cole and hope go with Starr to GH i would be cool! I just hope if Cole goes to GH with Starr that it is Brandon Buddy i like him better!

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Marla says:

February 3, 2012 at 3:26 am

I believed Raven Beauty when she warned us all that OLTL & AMC were going to be canceled and it came to pass and I believe her warnings now when she said that..ABC is again yanking fans chains and that.”GH is set to wrap in July to be off the air by September 2012″ .Ugh,, Why do you think their having all the old timers back?? Their wrapping up story lines.

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Paula Kate Prince-Meserole says:

February 3, 2012 at 5:05 pm

I realized a long time ago that there are no guarantees in this life.

In view of what indeed has happened to OLTL and AMC …I just don’t want to step back into the dark waters of rumors of GH’s possible demise , and while I am doing my part to help save the soaps I am trying so hard to keep a good thought about GH .

Like OLTL and AMC I have been watching GH since the very first week back in April 1963.

I believe that there is a lot to be said for positive thinking…so I am choosing to look at the news of the 3 year contract for KA as something positive.

For some inexplicable reason I still believe that somehow this whole thing is going to work itself out and our soaps will return even if they end up on another network.

I just want to look for and see any positives I can find and be thankful for what we have right now.

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Neynerrz says:

February 6, 2012 at 7:39 pm

I personally believe that GH will be around for at least another year considering The Revolution is paying people to sit in their audience and their ratings are terrible. Abc had a huge backlash for canceling AMC and a even bigger one for canceling OLTL, I don’t think they are stupid enough to take away the last and greatest of them all it would be like blackballing themselves.

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Joyce says:

February 9, 2012 at 1:35 pm

I think Starr will show up in Port Charles in hiding. She will be the only one to have escaped a plot to kll the entire Thornheart family. Cole, his mom dad and Hope will have all perished. She’s afraid to return to Llanview so she ends up in Port Charles afraid to trust anyone!

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Lynne says:

February 10, 2012 at 12:27 pm

I am looking so forward in seening Starr again, but i do miss OLTL alot!

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