General Hospital Inks New Deal With Kentucky Fried Chicken

By now, many daytimes and primetime television viewers are used to seeing plenty of product placements in their favorite shows. Seeing soap opera characters using their favorite brand of shampoo, enjoying a name-brand wine or wearing a certain clothing line is nothing new.

Well, it looks like you can add favorite fast food hot spot to the growing list of brands that will be featured on daytime television, as Kentucky Fried Chicken has just inked a new deal with General Hospital.

That’s right: Port Charles residents will be casually eating chicken wings and tenders from Kentucky Fried Chicken in the coming weeks, thanks to a new content pact deal that was brokered between Disney ABC and Kentucky Fried Chicken.

LOVE GH? SUBSCRIBE TO OUR GENERAL HOSPITAL NEWSLETTER, HERE!

Apparently, the Colonel himself will be appearing on a storyline promoting KFC’s Pickle Fried Chicken with characters Maxie Jones West (Kirsten Storms) and Lulu Spencer Falconeri (Emme Ryan), according to one reliable source.

If that weren’t enough, Kentucky Fried Chicken has also been tweeting about the show on their official social media account. The fast food chain has been commenting about Kiki’s current storyline along with all of Nelle’s shenanigans.

Insiders say that fans can also expect to see legend George Hamilton make an appearance as Colonel Sanders in an upcoming General Hospital arc. Here’s hoping it will be a finger-licking good time. Is anyone hungry yet?

General Hospital airs weekdays on the ABC network. Check your local listings for times. In the meantime, let us know what you think by leaving us a line with your thoughts in our comments section below.

And as always, don’t forget to check back with Soap Opera Spy for all the latest news, updates and spoilers on General Hospital and all of your favorite daytime television shows right here!

As always, more detailed spoilers and a full collection of pictures for the week in question will appear here on Soap Opera Spy, where there will be more clues and hints over exactly what’s going on.

General Hospital airs weekdays on the ABC network.

Want up-to-the-minute soaps news, spoilers, and gossip on your social feeds? Just hit ‘Like’ on our Soap Opera Spy Facebook page and ‘Follow’ on our @soapoperaspy

Joanna Mazewski

Joanna Mazewski is a writer and editor who is happily married with two children and their rescue pup. She first began her career as a PA for one of the original James Bond screenwriters, Kevin McClory. These days she spends her time traveling to all corners of the globe, shopping online and hiding her secret stash of different flavored Kit Kat bars from her kids.