GENERAL HOSPITAL December 2012 Episode Count

17 Episodes

1. Kristen Alderson (Starr Manning) - 11

* Roger Howarth (Todd Manning)- 11

* Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) - 11

* Tristan Rogers (Robert Scorpio) - 11

* Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri) - 11

6. Ian Buchanan (Duke Lavery) - 10

* Chad Duell (Michael Corinthos) - 10

* Sean Kanan (A.J. Quartermaine) - 10

* Kirsten Storms (Maxie Jones) - 10

* Kelly Sullivan (Kate Howard) - 10

11. Julie Marie Berman (Lulu Spencer) - 9

* Brandon Barash (Johnny Zacchara) - 8

* Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos) - 8

* Teresa Castillo (Sabrina Santiago) - 8

* Laura Wright (Carly Jacks) - 8

16. Bradford Anderson (Damien Spinelli) - 7

* Kathleen Gati (Dr. Orbecht) - 7

* Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis) - 7

* Kelly Thiebaud (Britt Westbaud) - 7

* Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake) - 7

* Emily Wilson (Ellie Trout) - 7

22. Michael Easton (John McBain) - 6

* Marc Samuel (Felix DuBois) - 6

24. Sean Blakemore (Shawn Butler) - 5

* Jane Elliot (Tracy Quartermaine) - 5

* Lynn Herring (Lucy Coe) - 5

* Lisa LoCicero (Olivia Falconeri) - 5

* Haley Pullos (Molly Lansing Davis) - 5

* Tequan Richmond (TJ Ashford) - 5

30. Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth Webber) - 4

* Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall)- 4

* Lindsey Morgan (Kristina Corinthos Davis) - 4

* Erik Valdez (Trey Mitchell) - 4

34. Carolyn Hennesy (Diane Miller) - 3

* Anders Hove (Cesar Faison) - 3

* Kimberly McCullough (Robin Scorpio Drake) - 3

* John J. York (Mac Scorpio) - 3

* Jaxson/Jacob (Daniel Mogan) - 3

39. Leslie Charleson (Monica Quartermaine) - 2

* Bergen Williams (Alice) - 2

41. Derk Cheetwod (Max Giambetti) - 1

* Drew Cheetwood (Milo Giambetti) - 1

* Robin Christopher (Skye Quartermaine) - 1

* Kassie DePaiva (Blair Cramer) - 1

* Sarah Johnson (Josslyn Jacks) - 1

* Florencia Lozano (Tea Delgado) - 1

* Scott Reeves (Steve Webber) - 1

* Sebastian Roche (Jerry Jax) - 1

* Brooklyn Rae Silzer (Emma Drake) - 1

* Constance Towers (Helena Cassadine) - 1

* Meredith Viera (Bree) - 1

* Kristina Wagner (Felicia Jones) - 1

53. Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer) - 0

Edited January 2, 201312 yr by jcar03

GENERAL HOSPITAL EPISODE COUNT 2012

251 Episodes (-1)

1. Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos) – 175 (+2)

2. Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall) – 168 (+5)

3. Laura Wright (Carly Jacks) – 153 (-15)

4. Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) – 152 (-34) LAST AIRED 10/30

5. Kelly Sullivan (Kate Howard) – 148 (+108)

6. Brandon Barash (Johnny Zacchara) – 143 (+43)

7. Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri) – 134 (-45)

8. Chad Duell (Michael Corinthos) – 122 (-29)

9. Julie Marie Berman (Lulu Spencer) –121 (-30)

10. Kristen Alderson (Starr Manning) – 113 (n/a) FIRST AIRD 02/24

11. Roger Howarth (Todd Manning) – 112 (n/a) guest 03/06-03/13/uncredited 05/09-12/10

12. Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth Webber) – 110 (-11)

13. Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis) – 109 (+23)

14. Bradford Anderson (Damien Spinelli) – 106 (+12)

15. Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) – 106 (n/a) RETURNED 02/14/CONTRACT IN MAY

16. Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake) – 100 (-40)

17. Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer) – 93 (+15)

18. Michael Easton (John McBain) – 92 (n/a) FIRST AIRED 03/13

19. Jane Elliot (Tracy Quartermaine) – 86 (+25)

20. Lisa LoCicero (Olivia Falconeri) – 81 (+1)

21. Scott Reeves (Steve Webber) – 80 (-11)

22. Nathin Butler (Ewen Keenen) – 78 (+66) on contract to 07/27; recurring beginning 07/30/Last aired 09/05

23. Jen Lilley (Maxie Jones) – 68 (+37) on contract until 02/10; recurring 02/13/Last aired 08/10

24. Robin Mattson (Heather Webber) – 66 (n/a) FIRST AIRED 04/02/LAST AIRED 11/21

25. Erik Valdez (Trey Mitchell) – 60 (n/a) FIRST AIRED 06/07

26. Lindsey Morgan (Kristina Corinthos-Davis) – 58 (n/a) FIRST AIRED 05/25

27. John J. York (Mac Scorpio) – 55 (+22)

28. Jason Cook (Matt Hunter) – 51 (-30) LAST AIRED 06/11

29. Sean Blakemore (Shawn Butler) – 47 (-53)

30. Haley Pullos (Molly Lansing Davis) – 45 (-3)

31. Richard Steinmetz (Joe Jr) – 44 (n/a) AIRED 07/02-10/23

* Bruce Weitz (Anthony Zacchara) – 44 (-37) LAST AIRED 07/26

33. Leslie Charleson (Monica Quartermaine) – 41 (+14)

34. Kimberly McCullough (Robin Scorpio Drake) – 40 (-104) Contract ended 03/27/Return guest 07/19-07/27, 11/06-

35. Kirsten Storms (Maxie Jones) – 39 (-34) RETURNED 09/05

36. Ian Buchanan (Duke Lavery) – 35 (n/a) RETURNED 08/27

37. Rebeka Montoya (Delores Padilla) – 31 (+6) LAST AIRED 08/07

38. Sean Kanan (A.J. Quartermaine) – 30 (n/a) RETURNED 10/26

* Florencia Lozano (Tea Delgado) – 30 (n/a) AIRED 05/09-06/08; 09/06-12/03

40. Sonya Eddy (Epiphany Johnson) – 29 (-5)

41. Brooklyn Rae Silzer (Emma Drake) – 26 (+17)

42. Emily Wilson (Ellie Trout) – 25 (n/a) FIRST AIRD 09/14

43. Nathan Parsons (Ethan Lovett) – 24 (-69) LAST AIRED 03/07

* Tristan Rogers (Robert Scorpio) – 24 (n/a) AIRED 02/29-03/08, 11/15-

45. Teresa Castillo (Sabrina Santiago) – 23 (n/a) FIRST AIRED 09/19/FIRST CREDIT 12/17

* Ingo Rademacher (Jasper Jacks) – 23 (-50) EXITED 01/23/RETURNED 08/23-09/26

* Sebastian Roche (Jerry Jax) – 23 (n/a) RETURNED 08/03-09/12, 12/18

48. Kristina Wagner (Felicia Jones) – 21 (n/a) RETURNED 04/27

49. Kodi Kitchen (Maggie Wurth) – 18 (+3) LAST AIRED 05/11

* Ronnie Marmo (Ronnie Dimistico) – 18 (-12) LAST AIRED 05/08

* Kelly Thiebaud (Britt Westbourne) – 18 (n/a) FIRST AIRED 09/19/Contract 11/29

52. Carolyn Hennesy (Diane Miller) – 17 (-13)

* Alyshia Ochse (Cassandra) – 17 (+9) LAST AIRED 02/27

* Bergen Williams (Alice) – 17 (+14)

55. Drew Cheetwood (Milo Giambetti) – 14 (+2)

56. Derk Cheetwood (Max Giambetti) – 13 (-11)

* Sarah Johnson (Josslyn Jacks) – 13 (n/a) FIRST AIRED 08/10

58. Constance Towers (Helena Cassadine) – 12 (+4) AIRED 01/11-02/29, 11/30-

59. Tequan Richmond (TJ Ashford) – 11 FIRST AIRED 08/16/Contract 11/16

60. Robin Christopher (Skye Quartermaine) – 7 RETURNED 11/21-12/02

61. Anders Hove (Cesar Faison) – 7 AIRED 11/12-12/12

62. John Ingle (Edward Quartermaine) – 6 LAST AIRED 09/11/LAST CREDIT 11/29

* Minae Noji (Kelly Lee) – 6

* Emma Samms (Holly Sutton) – 6 AIRED 02/28-03/08

* Marc Samuel (Felix DuBois) – 6 FIRST AIRED 12/04

66. Blake Gibbons (Coleman) –5

* Lynn Herring (Lucy Coe) – 5 FIRST AIRED 12/17

68. McKenna and Karleigh Larson (Josslyn Jacks) – 4 LAST AIRED 04/13

69. John Bolger (Pres Floyd) – 3 LAST AIRED 01/06

* Jason David (Aiden Spencer) – 3 FIRST AIRED 08/03

* Wally Kurth (Ned Ashton) – 3 AIRED 11/21-11/27

* Rick Springfield (Noah Drake) – 3 AIRED 03/20-03/22

* Braden Walkes (Cameron Webber) – 3

74. Richard Fancy (Bernie) – 2 LAST AIRED 10/22

* James Franco (Franco) – 2 LAST AIRED 01/13

76. Stuart Damon (Alan Quartermaine) – 1 AIRED 11/05

* Chrissie Fitt (Mercedes) – 1

* Titus Jackson (Aiden Spencer) – 1 LAST AIRED 05/14

Link to Google Database: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AjiJGLptq4o7dFI1N0NSZkZoV2ljNEhETDRKcldoaGc

Edited January 2, 201312 yr by jcar03

I'm just gonna leave this post and pretend I didn't see that December list. I think that's best...

There was so much balance in December, but I could do without Kristen Alderson being on top. *pukes*

I'm not sure what's problematic with KA being on top (via default of her last name starting with an A), since she shared the same episode count with RH, FH, TR, and DZ.

Furthermore, I'm glad that someone posted the yearly episode count, as it proves how baseless the 'OLTLers takeover' truly was.

It FELT balanced, and while no one hugely monopolized December, the counts themselves are a surprise.

GENERAL HOSPITAL December 2012 Episode Count

1. Kristen Alderson (Starr Manning) - 11

I'm not sure what's problematic with KA being on top (via default of her last name starting with an A), since she shared the same episode count with RH, FH, TR, and DZ.

Furthermore, I'm glad that someone posted the yearly episode count, as it proves how baseless the 'OLTLers takeover' truly was.

I know she was tied, but I honestly can't stand the character. I'd rather her episode count be 0.

Sam was SEVERLY backburnered. With DWTS done, I hope it means she will start to being utilized again

I'm not sure what's problematic with KA being on top (via default of her last name starting with an A), since she shared the same episode count with RH, FH, TR, and DZ.

Furthermore, I'm glad that someone posted the yearly episode count, as it proves how baseless the 'OLTLers takeover' truly was.

The first part is cause it's KA lol

The 2nd I say yep, all that blustering and people looked like fools now for it lol

1. Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos) – 175 (+2)

2. Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall) – 168 (+5)

3. Laura Wright (Carly Jacks) – 153 (-15)

4. Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) – 152 (-34) LAST AIRED 10/30

5. Kelly Sullivan (Kate Howard) – 148 (+108

This is why ratings were in the crapper for most of 2012

Sam was SEVERLY backburnered. With DWTS done, I hope it means she will start to being utilized again

I hope it means she stays on the BB, she's such a bore of a character, I'd rather see more Liz. I wish KeMo would get a permanent vacation

Edited January 2, 201312 yr by dragonflies

Furthermore, I'm glad that someone posted the yearly episode count, as it proves how baseless the 'OLTLers takeover' truly was.

Just the episode count doesn't tell the whole story though. Two characters can have the same amount of episodes, but whereas one of them has five minutes of screentime and one line per episode, the other can be on screen more than half the episode, and when he/she is off-screen everything still revolves around his/her character.

I'm not saying that's the case here, I'm just saying that simply going by episode count isn't enough.

Edited January 2, 201312 yr by JellicleCat

I hope it means she stays on the BB, she's such a bore of a character, I'd rather see more Liz. I wish KeMo would get a permanent vacation

less Sam doesn't equate to more Liz. It's not as if Sam takes away from her counts bc Liz didn't exactly see an increase in airtime with her 4 episodes

You have to include todays episode in totals if you want an accurate list since the show was delayed one day due to 'connecticut massacre.

I know she was tied, but I honestly can't stand the character. I'd rather her episode count be 0.

The first part is cause it's KA lol

Well, forget you both. I'll just wait for MissLlanview to traipse into this thread to defend the honor of the firstborn child of my favorite OLTL couple.

The 2nd I say yep, all that blustering and people looked like fools now for it lol

Pretty much, but these folks would never admit that that they - as opposed to those who didn't mind/were for the OLTL crossover - were the ones that overhyped it to high heaven.

Just the episode count doesn't tell the whole story though. Two characters can have the same amount of episodes, but whereas one of them has five minutes of screentime and one line per episode, the other can be on screen more than half the episode, and when he/she is off-screen everything still revolves around his/her character.

I'm not saying that's the case here, I'm just saying that simply going by episode count isn't enough.

I have to disagree, as I've found that it is a great indicator of who the airtime hogs are on this show. Although MB was backburnered significantly in the last months of last year, I think that it is telling that he has clocked in the top 5 of the GH episode count since 1994 (barring his failed attempt to parlay his daytime success into primetime in 1997-1998). Even DZ's high post count (of which I hadn't minded, as I do like Dante 85% of the time) in 2010-2011 was reflected in the many storylines that he was shoehorned in to justify it.

At the end of the day, although 2012 doesn't reflect how balanced GH was in its prime, I do appreciate the fact that the vets - especially Finola Hughes - got more airtime in the last six months than they would've ever gotten in the previous regime. I hope that seeing the likes of Anna, Robert, Mac, Felicia, Duke, Luke, Faison, Lucy, Tracy, and Monica clock in the top 10 is something that Cartini will follow through on in 2013.

You have to include todays episode in totals if you want an accurate list since the show was delayed one day due to 'connecticut massacre.

That episode is airing in 2013. I include only episodes that air between January 1st, 2012 to December 31st, 2012. There were other last minute preemptions during the year as well so that would end up being a complete mess.