'General Hospital' Airing Reruns Until September 4

For the next four weekdays, ABC soap opera General Hospital will not be airing new episodes. Network executive Nathan Varni explained the repeat episodes to concerned fans on Twitter.

"You shouldn't be worried, it's been planned for months," Varni wrote. "Last yr we didn't have to take additional encores because Trump interrupted the show so much. This year, with less interruptions, we needed to take some some extra days off based on the # of new eps we produce for you."

This would be a great opportunity to air wonderful classic episodes from GH's 55 year history. Instead, the reruns are from January and February of this year.

Wednesday, August 29
Sonny and Jason arrive in the nick of time; Carly appears useful; Finn gets in deeper; Anna shares her news; Lulu gets an idea.
(originally aired January 26, 2018)

Thursday, August 30
Anna has questions; Jason is determined; Jordan is deceived.
(originally aired January 29, 2018)

Friday, August 31
Valentin's tender moment; Anna makes a surprise move; Jason is interrupted.
(originally aired January 30, 2018)

Monday, September 3 (Labor Day)
Valentin stays by Nina's side; Franco has a moment with Obrecht; Peter's curiosity is piqued; Dante offers his support; Lulu is stunned.
(originally aired February 9, 2018)

'General Hospital' Promo: Alexis & Julian's Wedding

Nancy Lee Grahn and William deVry star as Alexis Davis and Julian Jerome on General Hospital.

ABC offers a sneak peak at Alexis and Julian's wedding in the latest promo for daytime soap opera General Hospital. According to network executive Nathan Varni, "We're leading up to Julian and Alexis' wedding event of the year! Will the wedding go off without a hitch?"

Watch here.

ABC Exec Nathan Varni Previews What's Ahead on 'General Hospital'

Nathan Varni joined ABC eight and a half years ago in current programming. Two years ago, he began overseeing General Hospital for ABC, in addition to working with primetime series The Middle and Once Upon a Time. On Thursday, Varni was a guest on podcast Daytime After Dark, where he talked about his career and previewed what's ahead on GH, whose new head writers Shelly Altman and Jean Passanante started at work this week.

Varni addressed the online discussion, good and bad, of GH in recent weeks.

"It proves that General Hospital fans are very passionate," Varni said. "My boss (Vicki Dummer) said the same thing recently in an interview. Regardless of whether they're people are hating or loving it, at least people are talking about the show, and that gives us a lot of exposure."

"We're trying to get back to the emotional storytelling for the show ," Varni added. "Just a lot more romance, and really kind of honing in on our core characters, and making it the show everybody has loved over the years. I feel like we got off course just a little bit over the last year or so, but we're really trying to bring the focus back to our core central characters. We do have a lot of characters but I think you can tell stories in a way that characters are coming and going, and the stories are relevant. I think you'll miss people as much as fans have missed people in recent months. Our goal is not to tell stories then drop stories. Our goal is to tell really detail emotional type stories with our main characters, and bring the families together. Shelly [Altman] and Jean [Passanante] have a lot of work to do."