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Here's a look at General Hospital spoilers for the upcoming week...

• Trevor denies having anything to do with Anthony's illness.

• Robin (Kimberly McCullough, pictured ) agrees to go on a date with Patrick.

• Claudia (Sarah Brown) and Carly argue over Sonny.

• Sparks fly between Johnny and Lulu.

It’s been 45 years since General Hospital began dispensing heavy doses of drama to TV viewers. Since 1963, ABC’s longest-running daytime series has documented the trials and tribulations of Port Charles’ citizens, carving an unprecedented television niche with intrigue and illness — long before ER, House and Grey’s Anatomy.

“You don’t get to 45 years just because you’re lucky,” executive producer Jill Farren Phelps said as the cast and crew celebrated GH’s April 1 birthday with punch and cake on the show’s hospital set at ABC’s Prospect Studios.

Leslie Charleson and Jane Elliot reminisced about playing feuding sisters-in-law Monica Quartermaine and Tracy Quartermaine for over 30 years.

Since 1977, Charleson’s cardiologist character has given up a child for adoption, become a hit woman, been held hostage and battled cancer.

General Hospital characters have been through it all — often more than once.

“We have such history,” Elliot said. “Births, deaths, marriages, divorces, birthdays, that we’ve shared. When we look at each other on camera, you sometimes can’t tell if Monica and Tracy are responding to each other or if Jane and Leslie are responding to each other. It’s not the characters but the history that’s there.”

“The two of us had a fight scene the other day, and there was a gentleman who was there to serve us papers,” said Charleson, who’s been on the show for 31 years. “He informed us as we were standing there that he had done exactly the same thing 17 years ago to the two of us. You don’t get a history like that anywhere else.”

Stars such as Demi Moore, John Stamos, Ricky Martin and Rick Springfield got their start on General Hospital. A-list fan Elizabeth Taylor famously guest-starred as the malicious Helena Cassadine at supercouple Luke and Laura’s wedding in 1981, one of television’s most popular moments, attracting 30 million people.

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• Claudia and Johnny (Brandon Barash) join forces against Trevor and their father.

• Monica (Leslie Charleson, pictured) makes a confession Jason.

• Tracy confronts Luke.

• Carly (Laura Wright) gives Lulu a mission.

Here's a look at what viewers can look forward to on General Hospital next week...

• Johnny (Brandon Barash) saves Michael's life.

• Carly (Laura Wright, pictured) barely clings to life.

• Johnny and Lulu come to a painful realization: there can be no future for them.

• Trevor (Steven Macht) and Anthony form a deadly alliance.

This week on General Hospital, Carly finally reunites with her son Michael. The mother learns why he disappeared in the first place.

"He tells Carly how he dropped his gun and it went off and shot Kate. Then he just ran," Laura Wright told Soap Opera Weekly.

If that's not enough, there's an explosive turn of events by the week's end. For more, pick up the March 18 issue of the aforementioned magazine now!

We know you're itching for them. So, without further delay, here are a series of General Hospital spoilers for next week...

• Nikolas (Tyler Christopher) is rushed to the emergency room in critical condition.

• Trevor discovers where Johnny (Brandon Barash, pictured) is being held.

• Robin pushes Patrick away.

• Sonny takes out his frustration on Jason.

Here's a glance at General Hospital spoilers for the week ahead...

• Nikolas and the TMK face off!

• Kate (Megan Ward, pictured) can't forgive Sonny for sleeping with the enemy.

• Liz (Rebecca Herbst) is finally free from danger.

• Lucky overhears Liz's confession.

Today on General Hospital, The Text Message Killer tries to kill Elizabeth and Sam, but Jason shoots him - and then Nikolas finishes the job, sending this murder to his grave.

"Nikolas overpowers Diego with sheer brute strength," Tyler Christopher (Nikolas) told The New York Daily News with a laugh. "I guess he's fueled by anger and revenge for Diego having killed Emily."

Earlier this week, of course, Diego was revealed to be the dreaded Text Message Killer; now he has to be stopped.

"The fight stuff is actually really good," said Christopher. "We had stunt guys, coordinators, the whole nine."

After Diego is shot, Nikolas and Nadine head for where his body fell to make sure he is dead - but the pair gets separates and Nadine finds Diego very much alive. He immediately attacks her.

Nikolas goes looking for Nadine and "stumbles onto Diego and his little office space. He's got apparatus set up in a warehouse."

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Yesterday, Rick Springfield appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

The General Hospital star took the stage as an audience filled with screaming women welcomed the 58-year-old singer/actor.

On the show, Springfield decided to surprise Dawn, a hospital employee who claimed to be one of Springfield's biggest fans. Upon seeing the soap actor standing right in front of her, Dawn was stunned.

"She's vibrating!" the General Hospital actress said of Dawn.

"I'm sorry, I'm in shock that you're actually sitting in my office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin," Dawn told Springfield."

Hey, we understand, Dawn. If Rick showed up here in Boston tomorrow, we'd feel the same way.