Jason Thompson, Kimberly McCullough and Brooklyn Rae Silzer said goodbye to Port Charles and their fans, last week on “General Hospital,” when Patrick, Robin and Emma headed to California to start a new life together. But guess what? There was more to the memorable episode than actually made it on air, and ABC decided to share the extended cut with GH fans.

Here’s what’s coming up on “General Hospital” the week of January 11 to 15, 2016

It’s out with the old and in with the new on January 13, when Jason Thompson debuts as Billy Abbott on “The Young and the Restless.” Thompson replaces Burgess Jenkins, who joined the soap in June 2014 replacing David Tom. But let’s face it, he’ll be judged by whether or not he measures up to Billy Miller’s portrayal of the popular character.

Brooklyn Rae Silzer, who plays Emma Drake on “General Hospital,” exits the soap, today, and admits she’s “very sad” to be leaving. Unfortunately, the child star became a casualty, when her TV dad Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake) opted to leave the soap and head over to “The Young and the Restless” to take over the role of Billy Abbott.

From Port Charles cop to dog show judge? Yes, that’s the assignment for “General Hospital’s” Ryan Paevey (Nathan West), who stars in the Hallmark Channel original movie “Unleashing Mr. Darcy,” airing Saturday, January 23 at 9p.

A pair of former “General Hospital” stars are collaborating on a new business venture. Jonathan Jackson (ex-Lucky Spencer; Avery Barkley, “Nashville”) and Steve Burton (ex-Jason Morgan; Dylan McAvoy, “The Young and the Restless”) are opening Jack and Jameson’s Smokehouse, a barbecue restaurant and concert venue in Franklin, Tennessee.

It’s taken years, but Scrubs fans are finally getting their wish, this week on “General Hospital.” Newly reunited Patrick (Jason Thompson) and Robin (Kimberly McCullough) are getting remarried, and this time they’re going to live happily ever after.

Ratings Report for the Week of December 21-25, 2015

Here’s what’s coming up on “General Hospital” the week of January 4 to 8, 2016

In a recent blog post on her website recapping 2015 as she personally experienced it, “General Hospital’s” Kimberly McCullough (Robin Scorpio) revealed that after learning she would become a first time mother to a baby girl the unthinkable happened: she suffered a miscarriage.

Nearly a year after alleged network mandates reportedly forced the four remaining daytime soaps to trim some of the fat in their casts throughout 2015, word has it that at least one soap is about to make another round of “budget-dictated” cast cuts.

“The Bold and the Beautiful’s” Heather Tom (Katie Logan) is joining fellow daytime actresses Alison Sweeney (ex-Sami Brady, “Days of our Lives”), Kimberly McCullough (Robin Scorpio, “General Hospital”) and even former colleague Susan Flannery (ex-Stephanie Forrester) from in front of the camera to behind-the-scenes: The soap star directed the Tuesday, January 5 episode of the CBS daytime drama series!

In the January 4, 2016 issue of Soap Opera Digest, on newsstands now, “Days of our Lives” executive producer Ken Corday revealed the reasons behind the soap’s decision to bring back actor Brandon Beemer (ex-Owen Knight, “The Bold and the Beautiful”) to the role of Shawn Douglas Brady, the eldest child of Hope (Kristian Alfonso) and Bo (Peter Reckell), so soon after the blink-and-you-missed-it return and departure of original adult portrayer Jason Cook.

In the current issue of TV Guide, on newsstands now, the magazine examines the four remaining daytime soaps consisting of “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Days of our Lives,” “General Hospital” and “The Young and the Restless” and how FOX’s “Empire” may have influenced a push for more diversity in 2015 during love in the afternoon.

Ratings Report for the Week of December 14-18, 2015

After reporting how daytime stacks up when looking at the Adults 18-49 demo as used by primetime advertisers, one has to wonder what daytime looks like in the actual key sales demo of Women 18-49 when it comes to the season-to-date rankings. What’s surprising is how poorly “The View” does overall, and how well “General Hospital” is actually doing when factoring in the Live+7* numbers vs. the traditionally reported Live+SD** numbers seen here on Soap Opera Network each week.

As we prepare to publish another week’s worth of ratings covering the daytime soaps “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Days of our Lives,” “General Hospital” and “The Young and the Restless,” we felt it was worth noting the difference between daytime and primetime when it comes to demographics as part of a year-end report.

It was in 1996 when Tori Spelling broke out of her shell as Donna Martin on the popular FOX hit “Beverly Hills, 90210” with the NBC original movie, “Mother, May I Sleep with Danger?” As the TV movie approaches its 20th anniversary, Lifetime announced today that it is remaking the classic with a story by “General Hospital’s” James Franco (ex-Franco), who will also executive produce.

Former “General Hospital” actress Jaime Ray Newman (ex-Kristina Davis) is heading to A&E’s “Bates Motel” for a major recurring role in the upcoming fourth season of the hit series, reports Deadline.

As a result of President Barack Obama addressing the nation for his last press conference of 2015, ABC was forced to pull an original episode of “General Hospital” today, which was all but set to air until Nathan Varni, Manager, Current Series, Scripted, announced plans to pull it citing the importance of the current storyline. The episode will now air on Monday, December 21 and an original episode will air on Christmas Eve (Thursday, December 24) in place of a previously scheduled encore.