‘General Hospital’ New Head Writers Should Bring Back the Fun – GH’s Carolyn Hennesy Says More Diane Miller

Ratings are in the dumpster at “General Hospital” so they’ve brought in a new team of writers. Fans and many of the actors are hoping this means a drastic change of direction for the show. And one key thing that GH is missing is FUN. Other than whatever screen time that Franco [Roger Howarth] and Dr Obrecht [Kathleen Gati] occupy, there is no fun in Port Charles anymore. We do know that General Hospital honchos monitor social media channels, so now is the time to tweet for change.

For one, we need to get Diane Miller [Carolyn Hennesy] back in Port Charles. She had such a fun chick-mance (like a bromance, but with girls) with Alexis Davis [Nancy Lee Grahn]. And who wouldn’t love to see more on-screen smoochy face action between Diane and Max Giambette [Derk Cheetwood]? Every episode of the soap doesn’t need to be heavy – we need some drama, admittedly, but it doesn’t have to be life or death every episode.

The best TV shows and movies are those that make us laugh AND make us cry – not those that have us feeling awful and sort of sick watching them. So can Jean Passanante and Shelly Altman inject some life back into our favorite ABC soap? Here’s hoping. In Anthony Geary’s (aka Luke Spencer) blistering final interview with TV Insider, the actor put Ron Carlivati on blast for sloppy writing and tired, regurgitated plots.

He specifically called out the under-use of Tracy Quartermaine [Jane Elliot] and said: “I think they’re being foolish not to let her lead GH, make her the head of the mafia or something.” Now when you think Tracy, fun might not be the first name in Port Charles that springs to mind, but she could be. Her new BFF-ship with Sabrina Santiago [Teresa Castillo] is intriguing and shows a new side of her. Why can’t she and Nikolas Cassadine [Tyler Christopher] co-CEO at ELQ?

That would leave us with lots of tension and there are opportunities to set each other up to fail that could be fun rather than bloody. Some fans have called for more teen stories, but that may likely be a misstep as well. Teens are more dramatic and fussy than fun. What we need is a solid ensemble of actors from mid-20s to mid-40s that are fun, sexy and can interact, flirt and fool around. And no more unexpected pregnancies for a while, okay?

It’s sort of insulting to think that in a show centered around a medical facility, no one can get condoms or birth control pills. And with more and more people putting of child-bearing into their late 30s and 40s, it’s not something we need to see that much of – more sex, less breeding, okay? And more romance please. Romance, sexiness and the some sex, but it doesn’t need to be late night cable level fooling around. We don’t need nudity on daytime, that takes things from fun to sketchy fast.

There’s also a ‘General Hospital’ spoiler that both Franco and Ava Jerome [Maura West] will be shot in an upcoming mob shooting. Please, please don’t kill off Franco – he’s the only fun male on GH now that Luke is leaving. Michael Quartermaine [Chad Duell] acts like he’s 50 – all he needs is a receding hairline and a paunch. And Morgan Corinthos [Bryan Craig] is just washboard abs over a layer of angst. Not fun.

So here’s an appeal to Jean Passanante, Shelly Altman, Frank Valentini and everyone with a stake in running General Hospital over at ABC – please save our show but do it in such a way that it’s fun to watch. Engage us without enraging us. Thanks!

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