question: How often is this magazine covering American daytime soap operas published that hailed Nikolas Cassadine as "Best New Male Character" in 1996?
answer: weekly
context: Title: Soap Opera Digest
  Passage: Soap Opera Digest is a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas.  It features onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, and related promotional information.  Founded in 1975, the magazine has historically included certain prime time soap operas in its coverage as well.
  Title: Billie Allen
  Passage: Billie Allen (January 13, 1925 – December 29, 2015) was an American actress, theater director, dancer and entertainer.  Allen was one of the first black actors and performers to appear on television and stage in the United States, at a time when those venues were largely closed to African Americans.  During the 1950s, Allen became one of the first black entertainers to have a recurring role on network television when she was cast on CBS' "The Phil Silvers Show", beginning in 1955.  She was one of the first African Americans to appear on television commercials in the U.S.  She was also one of the earliest African American actors on daytime soap operas as she appeared in the mid-1950s as the character Ada Chandler on the popular daytime soap opera "The Edge of Night".  Allen assumed the character of Ada Chandler, after yet another Broadway veteran and groundbreaking actor Micki Grant left the role as the original character "Ada Chandler."  Allen was also known for her work on and off Broadway.
  Title: Soap Opera Weekly
  Passage: Soap Opera Weekly was a weekly magazine covering American daytime soap operas.  It featured onscreen and offscreen news about the series, interviews with and articles about performers, storyline summaries and analysis, and related promotional information.  Launched in November 1989 by News Corporation with Mimi Torchin as editor-in-chief, "Weekly" began as a sister magazine to "Soap Opera Digest".  News Corporation sold the magazine to K-III in 1991.  K-III was renamed Primedia, and sold its magazines to Source Interlink in 2007.
  Title: Nikolas Cassadine
  Passage: Nikolas Cassadine is a fictional character from "General Hospital", an American soap opera on the ABC network.  Originated by actor Tyler Christopher in 1996, he left the show on July 14, 1999.  Due to Nikolas' importance on the soap, he was immediately replaced by Coltin Scott on July 20, 1999.  Scott left the role on April 16, 2003, as Christopher made his return on April 21, 2003.  Christopher vacated the role on July 28, 2011, after he was let go from the series.  Christopher once again reprised the role on a recurring basis in honor of the soaps' fiftieth anniversary; he was later upgraded to a series regular.  Actor Nick Stabile took claim of the role in June 2016 in Christopher's absence.  Created by head-writers Robert Guza, Jr. and Karen Harris and introduced by executive producer Wendy Riche in 1996 as the illegitimate son of Laura Spencer, the character was immediately popular with audiences.  Hailed by "Soap Opera Digest" as the "Best New Male Character" in 1996, Nikolas's arrival immediately implodes the happy life of supercouple Luke and Laura.
  Title: Tyler Christopher (actor)
  Passage: Tyler Christopher (born Tyler Christopher Baker; November 11, 1972) is an American actor.  He is best known for his role as Nikolas Cassadine (1996–1999, 2003–2011, 2013–2016) and Connor Bishop (2004–2005) on the ABC soap opera "General Hospital".  In August 2017, it was announced that Christopher would be joining the cast of the NBC soap opera "Days of Our Lives".  Co-executive producer Greg Meng said of Christopher's role in September 2017, "It's an organic fit, but it's a new character.  And it doesn't come out of left field."
citations: Soap Opera Digest Nikolas Cassadine