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General Hospital New Archives: 2002
Here are some of the news stories posted on soapcentral.com during the 2002 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.


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January 2002 Online Rumors Question York's Future There are rumors abound that John J York (Mac Scorpio) might make a jump to CBS's The Bold and the Beautiful. The show is said to have recently put out a casting call for a character that shares similar traits to York.

January 2002 Sarah Webber Returning to Port Charles Despite a statement by a General Hospital spokesperson last month to the contrary, soapcentral.com has learned that Elizabeth's sister, Sarah Weber, will be returning to Port Charles.

January 2002 Former Head Writer Rejoins Writing Team Former head writer Michele Val Jean has returned to the General Hospital writing team as a script writer.

January 2002 DAYS Extends Inquiry to Nichols There's no official word yet, but Stephen Nichols (ex Stefan Cassadine, General Hospital) could very well be returning to Days of our Lives.

February 2002 Benard Repeats As Big Winner For the second consecutive year, Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos) was the most-honored performer in the General Hospital edition of the Soap Opera Central awards.

February 2002 Two Former GHers Tie the Knot Congratulations to Tyler Christopher (ex Nikolas Cassadine, General Hospital) on his recent wedding.

February 2002 Stavros Back From the Abyss Robert Kelker-Kelly (ex Stavros Cassadine) will has quietly returned to the General Hospital studio and taped several additional episodes.

March 2002 Richards Out; Maxie to Be Recast In a stunning turn of events, eight-year General Hospital veteran Robyn Richards (Maxie Jones) has been let go.

April 2002 Burton To Once Again Return to GH Soap Opera Central has confirmed that Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) will be returning to General Hospital later this spring.

April 2002 McTavish Steps Down; GH Names New Head Writers The rumors have been swirling for months - whether they were right all along or just a case of coincidence and wishful thinking by dissatisfied fans remains to be seen. Megan McTavish has stepped down as head writer of General Hospital.

April 2002 GH Airs 10,000th Episode Set the VCRs, GH fans. General Hospital will air its 10,000th episode on Wednesday, April 17th. The episode will feature many special flashbacks.

April 2002 Brown Not Returning to GH Despite rumors to the contrary, Sarah Brown (Ex Carly Corinthos) is not returning to General Hospital.

April 2002 Herbst Not Leaving GH Contrary to reports on some Internet web sites, Rebecca Herbst (Liz Webber) is not leaving General Hospital.

May 2002 Uninvited: No Nurses' Ball On GH This Year Though details are still sketchy, an ABC spokesperson has confirmed that the Nurses' Ball will not be shown on-air this year.

May 2002 Francis Could Exit GH By Summer's End According to online reports, Genie Francis (Laura Spencer) will leave General Hospital when her contract expires later this year.

July 2002 Newman, Laine Out; Marcil Returning With a new writing regime in place at General Hospital, shakeups to the cast were inevitable. Now, in the first batch of changes, two newcomers are out and one veteran actress is making a much anticipated return.

July 2002 Sarah Recast Not Certain As previously reported by soapcentral.com. Sarah Laine (Sarah Webber) has been let go from General Hospital. The actress joined the cast of General Hospital in January.

July 2002 Richards Returning As GH's Maxie Robyn Richards (ex Maxie Jones) will return to General Hospital later this summer. Richards, who originated the role of Maxie in 1993, was dismissed earlier this year when the show decided to age Maxie. In March, Richards was replaced by Danica Stewart.

July 2002 Martinez Will Leave GH The Internet rumblings that A. Martinez (Roy DiLucca) will be exiting General Hospital when his contact expires in September are apparently true. The actor has announced plans to leave daytime... eventually.

July 2002 Francis Exit Confirmed For Early Fall Genie Francis (Laura Spencer) will exit General Hospital later this year. The announcement comes on the heels of weeks' worth of speculation about the actress' future with the show.

August 2002
ABC Daytime Names Shapiro Successor

ABC Daytime has announced that Brian Scott Frons will succeed Angela Shapiro as President of ABC Daytime.