General Hospital Favorites Adam Huss & Ted King Join Forces: What’s Coming?

Adam Huss talked about how he and Ted King are starring in a new baseball drama called Heavy Hitters.

General Hospital's Adam Huss revealed his new baseball series with co-star Ted King.Photo bySoap Hub

Between working on his horror film Peek-A-Boo and his ReelShort movie Pregnant By My Ex’s Dad and several other projects when he’s not playing Nikolas on General Hospital, Adam Huss has been ridiculously busy. He has a new TV series where he co-stars with GH alum Ted King.

Inside Baseball

Heavy Hitters is Huss’ new show which revolves around the drama in professional baseball. Starring with Huss and King is Catherine Mary Stewart, who starred in 1984’s cult classic movie Night of the Comet and originated the character Kayla on Days of Our Lives in 1982, among many other projects. Soap Opera Digest reported on the new show, quoting a press release that stated, “Packed with fierce emotion, intense rivalries, and high-stakes drama, Heavy Hitters promises to deliver a fresh perspective on America’s favorite pastime.”

Huss told the outlet that his character is Coach Rob Mitchell, a gruff man who will stop at nothing to get his team to succeed. He also remarked that King plays Slater Smith, who runs an intense combine to help train the players and hopefully send them off to the big leagues. Of his soap colleague, Huss said, “Working with Ted King has been great,”

Instant Chemistry

King and Huss’ characters clash over how the combine should be structured, and Huss was happy to work with him. Rob plays off of Slater’s intense nature, and the two create instant drama in their ongoing conflicts, so it will be fun to see their chemistry in action. Huss also explained that King is good friends with GH executive producer Frank Valentini because the two worked together when he was on One Life to Live.

“He loved his time there,” Huss said of King’s time playing Luis and Lorenzo Alcazar on GH, continuing, “and talked highly of all the actors and the level of craft the actors bring on that show.”

While King has only sporadically been on The Bold and the Beautiful as Jack and Huss’ GH character Nikolas is in prison, limiting his screen time, fans can get a double dose of soapy goodness when they watch the new show. (Check out the OLTL reunion.)