You will not see Rogers on the screen for several months. "GH" head writer Ron Carlivati was blindsided by the news. He tweeted "I had no idea he was leaving. Now I have a day to write a great write-out for the character." Rogers was a non-contract player at "GH." No word on the terms of his "Y&R" contract.

Rumors about Luke (Tony Geary) and Laura's (Genie Francis) status on "GH" continue to swirl. As for Francis, it appears she has checked out of "GH." Carlivati says it was not his choice to end her stay at "GH." "The decision for Laura to leave town was because of negotiations between Genie and the network." As for multi daytime Emmy award winner Geary, set siders are saying that he is not happy with the salary cut he has been asked to take. Neither the actor nor the show is commenting.

Another rumor has Billy Miller (Billy on "Y&R") having come to a standstill in his negotiations with the show. Hopefully, the splendid actor will sign a new contract. There have been reports that the casting call from "Y&R" is using phony names for a Billy re-cast. If it is true, it is not an unheard of contract ploy. When the late great "Ryan's Hope" was looking to replace the actor playing Frank, Ryan was headed for a re-cast. Michael Hawkins, who played Frank, did not realize he was doing audition scenes with actors that were testing to take over his role. By the way, Hawkins is Christian Slater's dad. Slater's mom was "RH" casting director, Mary Jo Slater. Christian played troubled D.J. LaSalle on "RH."

While the male actors are being quiet about the demise of "AMC," their female counterparts are being vocal. Jill Larson (Opal) joins Debbi Morgan (Angie) and Cady McClain (Dixie) in lamenting the stopping of the show's reboot. She says that everyone form Prospect Park, the company producing the reboot to cast and crew, did everything they could to make the production last. It's strange that Netflix was reborn when it offered us the original drama "House of Cards." So far, Netflix has not revealed how many people have watched "House of Cards." It seems to be enough for Netflix to order another season of the Kevin Spacey-starring political drama. Several independent soap operas are thriving as Internet shows.

Sean Carrigan (Stitch on "Y&R") has signed a contract with the show. Carrigan was a non-contract player when he came on the show to play Dylan's (Steve Burton) wartime pal. Burton seems to bring out the best in non-contract players. Bradford Anderson (Spinelli) came on "General Hospital" for a few weeks as a computer geek that drove Jason (Steve Burton) crazy with his quirky behavior. He was signed to a contract and his character became and remains a focal point of the show.

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