SA/CVE's first 400 Episodes: Top 50 Actors & Characters

[ghfan96]

Hi all! Yesterday marked the 400^th episode under the writing regime of Shelly Altman and Chris Van Etten. As I did with the last regime, here are the top appearing characters for the team between the dates of October 9, 2017 and May 16, 2019. Names in bold are characters introduced by this regime.

Let me know if you have any questions – Enjoy!


TOP 50 APPEARING ACTORS IN SA/CVE’S FIRST 400 EPISODES

1. Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) – 258
2. Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos) – 255
3. Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall) – 231
4. Laura Wright (Carly Corinthos) – 229
5. Billy Miller (Drew Cain) – 213
6. Maura West (Ava Jerome) – 177
7. Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis) – 176
8. Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth Baldwin) – 171
9. Roger Howarth (Franco Baldwin) – 169
10. Finola Hughes (Anna Devane-168/Alex Marick-4) – 168
11. Chad Duell (Michael Corinthos) – 165
12. Michelle Stafford (Nina Reeves) – 161
13. Kirsten Storms (Maxie Jones) – 158
14. Donnell Turner (Curtis Ashford) – 152
15. William deVry (Julian Jerome) – 151
16. Emme Rylan (Lulu Falconeri) – 150
17. Michael Easton (Dr. Hamilton Finn) – 149
18. Wes Ramsey (Peter August) – 148
19. Jon Lindstrom (Ryan Chamberlain-77/Dr. Kevin Collins-78) – 140
20. Tamara Braun (Dr. Kim Nero) – 137
21. Matt Cohen (Dr. Griffin Munro) – 133
22. Josh Swickard (Harrison Chase) – 127
23. James Patrick Stuart (Valentin Cassadine) – 124
24. Garren Stitt (Oscar Nero) – 119
25. Eden McCoy (Josslyn Jacks) – 116
26. Genie Francis (Laura Webber) – 104
27. Chloe Lanier (Nelle Benson) – 102
28. Vinessa Antoine (Jordan Ashford) – 87
29. Hayley Erin (Kiki Jerome) – 86
30. Max Gail (Mike Corbin) –81
31. Briana Nicole Henry (Jordan Ashford) – 80
32. Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri) – 75
33. Lexi Ainsworth (Kristina Davis) – 65
34. Elizabeth Hendrickson (Margaux Dawson) – 62
35. Kathleen Gati (Dr. Liesl Obrecht) – 60
36. Vernee Watson (Stella Henry) –54
37. William Lipton (Cameron Webber) – 53
38. Tristan Rogers (Robert Scorpio) – 51
39. Parry Shen (Brad Cooper) – 51
40. Coby Ryan McLaughlin (Shiloh Archer) – 50
41. Lisa LoCicero (Olivia Quartermaine) – 49
42. Leslie Charleson (Dr. Monica Quartermaine) – 48
43. Wallace Kurth (Ned Quartermaine) – 47
44. Katelyn MacMullen (Willow Tait) – 47
45. Kin Shriner (Scott Baldwin) – 47
46. Ryan Paevey (Nathan West) – 39
47. Ryan Carnes (Dr. Lucas Jones) – 38
48. Sofia Mattsson (Sasha Gilmore) – 38
49. Kristina Wagner (Felicia Scorpio) – 38
50. Jacklyn Zeman (Bobbie Spencer) – 35

[Friz4ever]

could the reason gh is in ratings trouble be the emphasis on the top four characters. Just asking.

[SusanDare]

could the reason gh is in ratings trouble be the emphasis on the top four characters. Just asking.

Why blame them and not numbers 8 and 9? You can't pick and choose based on your favorites.

[december rose]

Oct 2017 was the start of the 2 Jason's storyline. Drew was on a lot during the first 6-9 months of that story

[sd3]

Because 8 and 9 have a fraction of the time of 1 and 2?

Thank you. They're barely on. They disappear for weeks at a time and when they are on, their scenes are extremely short. Nothing like the first four and other pets/characters they're trying damn hard to make happen.

[december rose]

Barely on? RoHo is in the top ten in appearances and is on two days a week as he wants to be so he can go home to NY in between

The difference between him and SB is one day a week (44% vs 64%)

[ghfan2001]

The show's "lead actors" are going to be on more than half the time. Those counts are very fair and there's nothing wrong with them. Even with 229 episodes out of 400, Carly still manages to have no story and get absolutely nothing out of these appearances. There's no "value for money" in these appearances. Carly appearing gives me no satisfaction when there's nothing of substance to it. She's currently in the midst of a difficult pregnancy and there's nothing to it, there's nothing there. That's a problem. People always talk about all the stories Carly gets and I just don't get it. It's not there. High appearances don't equate to quality, stories, or POV.

[ghfan96]

While Carly floundered for years under RC (she seemed to just be dumb with Johnny and Franco), I really took to her gaslighting by Nelle last year and Ferncliff. It seemed the first Carly-centric story in a while.

[ghfan96]

It was, but I was specifically mentioning stories under RC, so 2012-late 2015. The panic room was in 2003.

[Wendall Wilcox]

Why blame them and not numbers 8 and 9? You can't pick and choose based on your favorites.

Because their on more. Thats all there is to it. Unless we have a list in terms of minutes and screentime this list is all we can go by. I dont think that poster is wrong in their assessment that the people on the most should carry blame for whatever problems the show has or atleast a part of the blame.

[GM Incognito]

So that would mean without 1, 2, 3, and 4 the ratings will go way up. I don't think so. The writing has to be there.

[Wendall Wilcox]

GM Incognito

We may never know lol

[GM Incognito]

My point is it's not any specific characters. If you don't have compelling believable stories you aren't going to have high ratings no matter who is front and center.

[december rose]

Why blame them and not numbers 8 and 9? You can't pick and choose based on your favorites.

True, you also need to take a look at the counts of some of the newbies

Shiloh has been on for 50 episodes. When was his first appearance- February? That would put his percentage up there with the top 4.

Willow and Sasha too, (47 and 38)Considering that Sasha is really only part of 1 story

[ghfan96]

Shiloh’s first appearance was the last day of 2018. Willow has been on since October, and Sasha since September.

[december rose]

Thank you ghfan96 for checking the start dates.

For Shiloh, he has been on less than 5 full months, at 50 episodes, he has been on more than half the episodes. That is alot for a newbie.

[regalbeagle]

1. Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) – 258
2. Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos) – 255
3. Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall) – 231
4. Laura Wright (Carly Corinthos) – 229

These numbers make me wonder if keeping Jason/Sam and Sonny/Carly together and rock solid is making GH stale.

The show is built around two couples whose relationships are not volatile any more.

[december rose]

The show is definitely not built around Jason and Sam being a couple. If so, their relationship would be shown more. And their story since Jason has been back has not been about the two of them.

[regalbeagle]

If they weren't a rock solid couple, maybe we wouldn't have to see them on non-relationship stuff so often.

I think that might be one reason the writers' treament of them post-reunion has some critics among JaSam fans. The stuff they're shown doing, like tricking Shiloh (Sam) and resisting the urge to kill Shiloh (Jason), is a little blah.

[jujubees]

Why blame them and not numbers 8 and 9? You can't pick and choose based on your favorites.

Everyone blames the characters they don't like. Lol. Me, I blame the writing and I blame the way things are today. With internet, a 1000 different channels, Hulu and all the streaming networks, viewers are spread out pretty thin.

[heddalee]

Only twelve characters averaged two or more days a week. Interesting.