{"id":3179,"date":"2026-06-29T04:07:05","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T04:07:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3179"},"modified":"2026-06-29T04:07:05","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T04:07:05","slug":"john-oliver-to-guest-star-on-general-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3179","title":{"rendered":"John Oliver to Guest Star on \u2018General Hospital\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<!-- do not apply CSS styles to this element! --><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n\tLate-night host John Oliver is headed to daytime.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe \u201cLast Week Tonight\u201d host will guest star on the long-running daytime soap opera \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d in a three-episode storyline, which will air July 2, 3 and 6.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3178\">Jesse Eisenberg on Turning Down Mark Zuckerberg Role in \u2018The Social Reckoning\u2019: \u2018I\u2019m Moving in Different Directions in My Life\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\tOliver announced the casting on the June 28 episode of \u201cLast Week Tonight\u201d after previously voicing his interest to star in the daytime drama back in March.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cWhen John Oliver publicly threw down the gauntlet and said he wanted to appear on a soap, we didn\u2019t hesitate for a second. He was everything you\u2019d hope he\u2019d be: prepared, professional, funny and genuinely kind to everyone on set,\u201d \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d executive producer Frank Valentini said in a statement. \u201cHe plays an integral character in the story, and I can\u2019t wait for fans to see who he crosses paths within Port Charles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAiring weekdays on ABC and streaming on Hulu, \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d is on its 64th year, making it both the longest-running scripted American drama and longest-running American soap opera currently in production. The series has also earned the most Outstanding Daytime Drama award wins, receiving the Daytime Emmy Award 18 times.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3176\">James Norton to Play Hamlet in London West End Production Directed by Thomas Ostermeier<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201c\u2019General Hospital\u2019 was everything I hoped it would be. It\u2019s a true honor to be a small stain on the history of this illustrious show,\u201d Oliver said.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe soap was created by Frank and Doris Hursley. Frank Valentini serves as the executive producer, with Elizabeth Korte and Chris Van Etten as the co-head writers.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\u201cLast Week Tonight with John Oliver\u201d is currently on its 13th season, airing Sundays on HBO and is available to stream on HBO Max. The HBO Original has earned 32 Emmys, three Peabody Awards, two GLAAD Media Awards, nine Writers Guild Awards and nine PGA Awards.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/relocationobserver.com\/?p=3174\">Stephen Poliakoff to Return to Major TV Drama With Epic Historic Political Thriller \u2018The Order\u2019 (EXCLUSIVE)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Oliver will guest star in \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d across a three-episode storyline, which will air July 2, 3 and 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[643,1082,1083],"class_list":["post-3179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tv","tag-general-hospital","tag-john-oliver","tag-last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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