GH Alerts: Week of August 29 Edition

Just what is “General Hospital’s” Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis) up to? The actress has been giving subtle teases that she’ll be surprising fans with a little something special for weeks now, and her latest mystery tweet really has tongues wagging!

Ratings Report for the Week of August 25-29, 2014 NOTE: Please do not copy and paste the entire ratings.  Thank you. Numbers are based on Live+Same Day ratings (Compared to Last Week/Compared to Last Year) Total Viewers 1. Y&R 4,425,000 (-43,000/-193,000) 2. B&B 3,463,000 (-27,000/-129,000) 3. GH 2,872,000 (+92,000/+199,000) 4. DAYS 2,247,000 (-143,000/-172,000) Households 1. Y&R 3.3/11 (same/same) 2. B&B 2.6/9 (same/same) 3. GH 2.2/7 (+.1/+.1) 4. DAYS 1.8/6 (same/same)

The chemistry between “Days of our Lives’” Hope and Aiden started out as a slow burn, but its since built into an inferno of flames searing through television sets across America. Never one to miss a hot story, Soap Opera Network sat down with portrayers Kristian Alfonso and Daniel Cosgrove, who opened up about the storyline and their real-life professional connection in their first joint interview ever! Read on to get the scoop — which they reveal in between plenty of jokes and laughter!

Antonio Sabato Jr. (ex-Dante Damiano, “The Bold and the Beautiful;” ex-Jagger Cates, “General Hospital”) has just recently been announced as a contestant on the 19th season of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars,” but that’s not all that’s been keeping the former “Melrose Place” actor busy: He also has a brand new syndicated home improvement show debuting next week!

Season 19 of ABC’s “Dancing With the Stars” will be hot, hot, hot! This season’s cast was announced today, and in addition to the many well-known celebs putting their hat in the ring for the popular mirror ball award are two former soap stars who will be hitting the dance floor, as well!

It’s been merely a hot rumor for several months, but yesterday, whispers that Billy Miller (ex-Billy Abbott, “The Young and the Restless”) will be taking over the role of “General Hospital’s” Jason Morgan became official. Fans seem quite supportive of the casting announcement, but what about his future soapmates? Seems some are quite ecstatic, as well!

It’s been the hottest rumor of the summer, but now it is official, Billy Miller (ex-Billy Abbott, “The Young and the Restless”) is joining the cast of ABC’s “General Hospital” in the contract role of Jason Morgan.

Ratings Report for the Week of August 18-22, 2014

During the Jason Thompson and Dominic Zamprogna “General Hospital” Fan Club Weekend event earlier this month, Jeffrey Vincent Parise (Carlos Rivera) stopped by and started a revolution when he began chanting, “Free Carlos!” Looks like the show heard him loud and clear as he’s set to appear on the Friday, August 29 episode, per a preview clip aired at the end of today’s episode. In it, Carlos is visited in prison by Sabrina Santiago (Teresa Castillo), who reveals that she knows who was responsible for the accident that killed her son with Patrick (Thompson). In an interview with Soap Opera Digest in its newest issue, on sale tomorrow, Parise tells the publication it was a great day when he got the call to return. “I was excited. I felt like a boxer in training who gets the word that there’s a fight coming up!”

With the final days of summer upon us, many across the nation are gearing up to head to the beach or have one last BBQ before returning to the office or school to tackle responsibilities of the mind next week, with Labor Day being the official holiday of rest for the working class in America. Unfortunately, for those staying home on Monday, September 1, in order to catch up on their favorite soaps, you’ll either be seeing a repeat of “General Hospital” on ABC or no soaps at all on CBS and NBC.

Since it was first announced that Alison Sweeney would be departing NBC’s “Days of our Lives” after more than 22 years portraying Sami Brady on the daytime soap opera, Sweeney has made it clear that she’d always welcome a return visit to Salem when the timing is right. Well, she’s back!

He played the very sexy Jagger Cates on ABC’s “General Hospital” and SOAPnet’s “General Hospital: Night Shift,” but is ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” getting ready to welcome Antonio Sabato Jr. to the dance floor? That’s what E! Online is reporting.