Casting News: Jonathan Jackson's GH Exit, Paige Quits Summer House And More

Nine months after his celebrated Port Charles homecoming, Jonathan Jackson is once again exiting ABC's General Hospital and the role of Lucky Spencer.

The five-time Daytime Emmy winner's final airdate is sometime next week.

"We were so glad Jonathan was able to reprise the role of Lucky, even if it was for a limited time," GH executive producer Frank Valentini said in a statement. "We wish him nothing but the best and the door is always open for Jonathan to return." 

Setting the stage for Lucky's latest sendoff was longtime love Elizabeth's (Rebecca Herbst) turn-down of his marriage proposal in Thursday's episode, knowing that he wouldn't be content to stay put in li'l old Port Charles. (Read the full recap at sister site SheKnows Soaps.)

In other recent casting news.....

*Paige DeSorbo is moving out of Bravo's Summer House after seven seasons. "Being part of this show has been one of the most rewarding chapters of my life," she shared on Instagram Thursday (see below). "The friendships, the drama, the giggles... all unforgettable.... But like all good things (and some bad decisions), its time for this chapter to close."

* Season 2 of Hulu's Paradise has added Raymond Cham Jr. (The Big Leap, Sort Of) in an undisclosed recurring role, Variety reports.

* Leslie Odom Jr. (Person of Interest) has boarded Apple TV+'s Imperfect Women, which is is based on the Araminta Hall novel of the same name and counts Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid's Tale), Kerry Washington (Scandal), Kate Mara (House of Cards), Joel Kinnaman (The Killing) and Corey Stoll (The Strain) among its cast, Variety reports.

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