General Hospital Comings And Goings: Fan Favorite Is OUT, Another Favorite Back On Set, Brand New Head Writers Settle In

General Hospital (GH) spoilers for the week of January 29, 2024, tease that there is a flurry of coming and going to talk about for the fictional town of Port Charles, New York.

This week a bad guy we thought we had seen the last of pops back up and there is news about a front burner character’s departure.

But first let’s talk about a monumental shift going forward for the ABC daytime drama. Last week it was announced that head writers Chris

Van Etten and Dan O’Connor are no longer with the show and have been replaced by current GH script editor Elizabeth Korte and veteran soaper Patrick Mulcahey (GH, Santa Barbara, Guiding Light).

There will be some changes on the horizon no doubt and it will be interesting to see how the show evolves under the new writing regime.
General Hospital spoilers: The week of January 29, 2024 Brings News of Spencer’s Departure

TVLine reports that the last airdate for Nicholas Alexander Chavez as Spencer Cassadine is January 31. Chavez is taking a hiatus to star in Season 2 of Ryan Murphy’s Netflix anthology Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story in which he’ll play one of the infamous Menéndez Brothers who butchered their parents.

Chavez began shooting Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story last month and he will be gone from the screen for several months according to reports. We don’t know how the show will explain the absence of the Daytime Emmy winner.

What we do know is that Sprina fans will have to wait a while before seeing their fave couple in action. Last week he and Trina (Tabyana Ali) arrived in Paris where she will study at the Sorbonne.

GH Spoilers: The Week Of January 29, 2024, Brings Casting News

Chavez is joining Season 2 of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menéndez Story where he plays butcher brother Lyle Menéndez opposite Cooper Koch, with Javier Bardem and Chloë Sevigny as the murdered parents, Jose and Kitty Menéndez.

GH Spoilers: The Week Of January 29, 2024, Finn’s Trial Judge

Last week the malpractice suit against Dr. Hamilton Finn (Michael Easton) began with Warren Sweeney as Judge Arnold. He will be seen again along with Annie Tedesco who is portraying the victim’s widow Mrs. Muldoon.

General Hospital spoilers: The week of January 29, 2024 Brings News of a Return

Temp recast Courtney Fulk has finished taping in the role of Josslyn Jacks and Eden McCoy is back on set.

General Hospital Spoilers: The Week Of January 29, 2024, A Bad Guy Returns

On Tuesday, January 30 fans will see Charles Mesure again as slimy John Brennan, the former WSB director. He was busted after nearly killing Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) in December and fans thought we had seen the end of him.

This week Brennan is interviewed by Anna Devane (Finola Hughes) and Jordan Ashford (Tanisha Harper).

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