General Hospital

GH PREEMPT ALERT: Port Charles on Hold as Baseball Takes Over ABC Daytime

GH fans face a shortened week with only two or three episodes due to MLB Wild Card Series coverage. Find out when!

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8 months ago

September 30, 2025

Amber Sinclair

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FANS DISAPPOINTED AS BASEBALL COVERAGE REDUCES EPISODES THIS WEEK

TL;DR: GH fans face a shortened week with only two or three episodes due to MLB Wild Card Series coverage. Tuesday and Wednesday will for sure have interruptions while Thursday and Friday depend on baseball game outcomes.

GH Takes a Baseball Break

Port Charles drama is taking a backseat this week as General Hospital faces schedule disruptions due to Major League Baseball postseason coverage. ABC TV executive Nathan Varni confirmed the news on X (formerly Twitter), posting:

“Due to MLB daytime games this week, new episodes of #gh will air Monday, Thursday & Friday. Thursday is tentative based on Wed’s game results. Sorry for the interruptions, have a great week!”

Due to MLB daytime games this week, new episodes of #gh will air Monday, Thursday & Friday. Thursday is tentative based on Wed’s game results. Sorry for the interruptions, have a great week! https://t.co/GKdLE2pr1M
— Nathan Varni (@nathanvarni) September 29, 2025

What’s the Schedule This Week?

Fans can expect only two to three new General Hospital episodes this week. Monday’s episode is confirmed to air. Thursday and Friday depend on how the Padres-Cubs Wild Card Series plays out.

If one team sweeps the first two games, GH returns Thursday. If the series is tied after Wednesday, a third game delays GH‘s return until Friday. This means viewers get either two episodes (Monday and Friday) or three episodes (Monday, Thursday, and Friday).

Schedule disruptions aren’t new for soap fans. Sports coverage has a long history of preempting daytime dramas. While frustrating for dedicated viewers, these interruptions are temporary, and Port Charles drama will resume by week’s end.

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Author

Amber Sinclair
Amber Sinclair — Editor-in-Chief
Amber Sinclair is the Editor-in-Chief of Soap Opera Magazine, appointed in February 2026. She oversees editorial strategy, content development, and daily coverage across all major daytime dramas including The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, Days of Our Lives, and Beyond the Gates.
With more than a decade in the soap opera industry and over 25,000 published articles to her name, Amber has pretty much lived and breathed daytime television for as long as she can remember. Before taking the helm at Soap Opera Magazine, she served as Managing Editor at SoapHub, Editor-in-Chief at Daily Drama, and Senior Editor at Soap Shows. She's hosted podcasts, gone toe-to-toe in interviews with daytime's biggest stars, and covered more red carpets than she can count.
When she's not crafting headlines that drip with drama or deep-diving into the latest storyline twists, Amber can be found in Ontario, Canada — probably rewatching a classic episode and taking notes. Want to share your wildest soap theories? She actually reads every email at [email protected] — and yes, she will reply if your take is unhinged enough.
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