Maurice Benard: Last News

General Hospital,” the longest running scripted show currently in production, turns 60 on April 1, and to commemorate that momentous occasion, Variety gathered five of its iconic stars together. Here, Genie Francis, Maurice Benard, Kin Shriner, Kristina Wagner and Tristan Rogers discuss the ABC’s soap opera’s loyal fandom, and reminisce about its heyday, when supercouple Luke (Anthony Geary) and Laura (Francis) — creations of then-executive producer Gloria Monty — lifted the show into the pop culture stratosphere. “General Hospital,” one of only four remaining daytime dramas, keeps breaking its own Emmys records — having won Outstanding Daytime Drama 15 times. Frank Valentini, its executive producer and showrunner since 2012, says incorporating the show’s legacy characters with new cast members is key to its longevity. “We’re not focusing on the history,” he says. “We’re moving forward with the history.” It helps that viewers see the cast as family: “For a large part of the audience, it is an incredibly nostalgic, familiar show that they love to check in on,” Valentini says.

Maurice Benard is spilling the secret on "General Hospital's" success as the soap opera celebrates its 60th anniversary. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Benard – who stars as Sonny Corinthos – says that "General Hospital" fans are one of a kind. "Let me tell you, the fans of ‘General Hospital,’ there are no fans like those fans," he said.

A big anniversary party is in the works for the folks of Port Charles. General Hospital will celebrate its 60th this spring with a stage dedication on the Prospect Studios lot, a tribute to the late Sonya Eddy, and the return of the popular Nurses Ball.

One of the longest-serving stars of “General Hospital” is thinking about his eventual exit.

Maurice Benard, who has starred on General Hospital for close to 30 years, is opening up about when he might retire from the soap, and acting in general.

Chad Duell is opening up about his split from ex-wife Courtney Hope and he says that they were never really married.

On Tuesday, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the nominees for the virtual 48th Daytime Emmy Awards, which air June 25 on CBS.ABC's General Hospital dominated with 21 nods while rival soap operas The Young and the Restless and Days of Our Lives scored 11 and The Bold and the Beautiful got nine.General Hospital star Maurice Benard received his ninth nomination for playing Sonny Corinthos and he shared a video of himself reacting on Tuesday alongside his farm animals.

Twenty years ago, "General Hospital" star Maurice Benard revealed he was bipolar. In a new memoir, he's opening up about one particular episode in which he was convinced that Michael Jackson was singing to him and that his friend's wife was the "devil."