“General Hospital: Night Shift” gets new doctors for second season

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on July 14, 2008M at 11:18 am

Network News Release …

   Award-winning actors Antonio Sabato, Jr. and Tristan Rogers will reprise the roles they created for “General Hospital” of Jagger Cates and Robert Scorpio, respectively, for the second season of “General Hospital: Night Shift” (SoapNet Photo of cast at right).
   The SOAPnet series (channel 170 on Cox Digital Cable, 188 on Dish Network, 262 on Direct TV) begins its second season at 10 p.m July 22. It follows the lives of doctors, nurses and patients as they embark on journeys of self discovery, love and heartache.
   In other casting news, Billy Dee Williams (Touissant Dubois), Kimberly McCullough (Dr. Robin Scorpio), Jason Thompson (Dr. Patrick Drake) and Sonya Eddy (Epiphany Johnson) will be back for the show’s sophomore season. Other members of the cast include Adam Grimes as Dr. Kyle Julian, Carrie Southworth as Dr. Claire Simpson, Ethan Rains as Dr. Leo Julian (he is taking over the role from his real-life brother, Dominic, who was unavailable for Season 2) and Azita Ghanizada as Dr. Saira Batra.
   This season, Jagger will return to Port Charles after a 13-year absence with his five-year-old son, Stone, in tow. He will reconnect with Robin (McCullough), meet some new residents – including Robin’s boyfriend Patrick (Thompson) – along the way and, most importantly, face a difficult internal struggle as he grows emotionally as a man and a father. As for Scorpio, the super spy will have to face the fact that he is getting older and his health is failing. Upon his arrival in town, he’ll check into the hospital as a patient where his daughter, Robin, will be providing his care. Father and daughter will struggle to figure out their relationship as grown adults.