Why Is ‘General Hospital’ Not Airing Today, January 7th?
Why is General Hospital not airing today, January 7th, 2025? This is not a good time for daytime fans as Chad Duell’s character of Michael Corinthos was officially killed off. So, what is the cause of the schedule change and when will the show return? Keep reading for more details.
Why Is General Hospital Not Airing Today, January 7th?
General Hospital kicked off this week with an explosion viewers saw coming but did not want to happen. A few months back, Chad Duell, who plays Michael Corinthos, shared he was leaving. He has played the character since 2010 but decided it was time to go. Of course, fans and co-stars were not ready for this and felt he was the only one to play the part. On top of this, the hit soap opera had just lost Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall) as she was fired. They killed her off so that was a heartbreaking blow to the actress and fans.
When Chad shared that he was leaving, viewers begged him not to meet the same fate. It appeared that he would be safe, and it also seemed that Michael would not be recast. Frank Valentini noted that no decisions had been made about Michael’s future, but fans just needed time to breathe and process. Unfortunately, it was leaked that Chad’s character would suffer the same fate as Kelly. He would be killed off but he would perish in a fire. It disturbed viewers so much and this all went down on Monday, January 6th.
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Jason Morgan and Sonny Corinthos walked in as Michael was stumbling around, engulfed in flames. The trauma from the scene won’t be forgotten but fans will have to wait to see how this transpires. General Hospital will not be shown on January 7th due to coverage of President Jimmy Carter’s funeral. The GH Instagram page noted that this was planned news coverage. Therefore, it just so happened to coincide with one of the biggest storylines of 2025.
Fans Are Ready To Cry & Rage
The promo clip that General Hospital put out to let fans know the show would not be on was very triggering. They were deeply saddened by how the show chose to let Chad Duell go and what would happen to his character:
- I can’t believe you chose to do this. You could have just recast the role.
- I know I’m going to cry like nobody’s business and I’m avoiding this weeks episode 💔this is worse than Sam’s
- These writers have issues, come on couldn’t come up with a better storyline for Michael’s exit. Heartbreaking and not why we watch soaps😩
- I am annoyed the did michael dirty like this.
Some have said that this had to happen so Michael could come back with a new face. Yet, right now, most are just livid with how he was written off. The show will return on Wednesday, January 8th.
Are you upset the show is not on today or do you need a breather from the drama? Let us know in the comments below.
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Being burnt alive is horrific & I feel the show’s writers could’ve shown more tack to accomplish this beloved character’s exit. You have just lost a 15 year avid fan.
Being burnt alive is horrific & I feel the writers could’ve shown more tack and compassion to end this beloved character’s exit. You have just lost a 15 year avid fan‼️
I believe we are witnessing the death of this medium called soap opera. I fault this generation of writers. they have NO IMMAGINATION. General Hospital was the only show that still had threads you could follow. Now, it’s wilting just like the others.
Too bad, in all of Hollywood and New York City, studios can’t scrape together groups of men and women that can write decent understandable, humerous, drama?
If nothing else, have your writers go back 15 years and read old scripts to get some ideas or here’s another thought read some books!!!
mouth dropped wide open! horrible fate for such a beloved character. So sorry Chad suffered the loss of his father. I just lost my father and mother within one year of eachother. 22 and 23 our family will forever grieve so we feel his pain. move on Chad if that’s what YOU needed. Just know you will be truly missed and great job!! We all loved Michael!
Sue McCarthy
None of this makes any sense right now. The way they got rid of Micheal, Sidwell buying Spoon Island when it can’t be sold, it’s owned by a minor Ace under the Casdidine estate. Not Ava so it couldn’t be sold. If they are supposedly bring the actor that played Morgan are they doing that as he is Michael with a new face. This is all so wrong. I have watched for over 50 years.
Well, good thing Ava wasn’t there ’cause she would have lit up like a Christmas tree seeing the amount she drinks!
I have been watching General Hospital for the last 57 years, since I was 10. I used to watch it with my mom when I was sick at home. I now tape it everyday so I don’t miss an episode. It seems with so many characters getting killed off that you are setting it up to end the soap soon. I sure hope that isn’t the case, I would really miss watching it everyday. I love this show!
I am a long time GH fan for 61 years. yes I started watching when I was 5. you have always replace a character when they wanted to leave and replaced them. you had actors fill in for Chad and were pretty good. you of thought this out better. since Sam. and Dex was just was killed off. you could of replace Chad, by being burn severely and put a new character in his place. it leaves the door open for Chad to come back. how many you replace. don’t kill off the character, it’s a bad move.
I Stopped watching when Steve Burton left the show during Covid. Started watching again when he returned. I was really enjoying it till all these old characters are being killed off. It makes me not wanna watch it. Hopefully they will recast michael’s character. How can Willow cheat on him if he’s dead?
What a terrible send-off for Michael! I was hoping that they would leave it so that he could return in the future. Also I was hoping they would have kept Kelly Monaco. It does seem like they are trying to end the soap….I’ve never seen so many characters leave or get killed off and to hire new actors instead of rehiring the actors who played the roles before. It has become so depressing….hardly any couples left. I am not a fan of Willow and Drew. I don’t like the storylines and the continuity is terrible. What happened to Scotty? The storyline had him relocated temporarily by Jason…where is he now? I thought the Cassadines bought Wyndemere….now Sidwell is the new owner? They were building up Sasha and Cody and they had chemistry and then decided to make them cousins? Joss and Dex had great chemistry too….not sure why they would get rid of Dex. Fans were curious about his back story…who his parents were.