Last season, once again, ABC didn’t announce if General Hospital would return for another year. They haven’t cancelled the show either so, as long as it stays on the air, perhaps no news is good news. Will GH survive to see a 56th season (2018-19)? How will it do in the ratings? Stay tuned.
Debuting on April 1st of 1963, General Hospital revolves around the loves, lives, and deaths of the people of Port Charles, New York. The current season’s cast includes Vinessa Antoine, Maurice Benard, Steve Burton, Matt Cohen, William deVry, Chad Duell, Michael Easton, Hayley Erin, Genie Francis, Nancy Lee Grahn, Rebecca Herbst, Roger Howarth, Finola Hughes, Chloe Lanier, Lisa LoCicero, Billy Miller, Kelly Monaco, Anthony Montgomery, Ryan Paevey, Emme Rylan, Michelle Stafford, Kirsten Storms, Donnell Turner, Robert Palmer Watkins, Maura West, Laura Wright, and Dominic Zamprogna.
The ratings are typically the best indication of a show’s likelihood of staying on the air. The higher the ratings, the better the chances for survival. This chart will be updated as new ratings data becomes available. You can see how the ratings for the four soap operas compare here.
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Note: ABC aired reruns on August 29, 30, and 31. The lower ratings for those airings were included in the demo average for the week of August 27 so we are omitting it so as not to throw off the season average.
For comparisons: The 2016-17 season of General Hospital averaged a 0.66 rating in the 18-49 female demographic with 2.55 million total viewers.
Raw data courtesy Soap Opera Network.
What do you think? Do you still like General Hospital TV series? Would you like to see it cancelled or renewed for additional seasons?
Time for a cancellation they have totally destroyed the core of some of the characters wasting their actors talent
Please leave General Hospital. I record t every day and enjoy watching it every day after work. I have watched since high school. I am now 63.
Please keep General Hospital on TV forever. I have watched since I was a little girl. Will be 56 in December. Love General Hospital ❤
Keep General Hospital. I wouldn’t watch ABC if they get canceled!
Please keep GH on air I have watched almost my whole life! It was created the year of my birth!! It was a joy in High School in fact we skipped school to watch it on the day Reagan got shot!!( the new interrupted GH) If I had any advice it would be USE The HISTORY get away from the MOB! Go back to old soap opera story telling ie long lost children, Carly needs a older daughter that hates her! Bring hateful Brenda back to stir the pot. Sonnys first wife really survived the explosion. Elizabeth finds out Lucky… Read more »
I hope they never cancel! It’s my favorite show and have watched it since I was four! From first episode. I love it and even when it’s Corny I laugh hysterically! Even if it’s predictable. Even if it’s odd. The best show ever made.
Am enjoying general hospital. After as the world turns got canceled I said I would never watch another. Well cAring for my elderly mother she made general hospital our special show. Now she is gone. But I enjoy watching this show with both sets of eyes. Oh and I have never purchased a proctor and gamble product since they canceled my story. If they cancel general hospital I will never watch an abc show again.
This is my favorite Daytime Drama of all time! PLEASE DO NOT CANCELL!!
Please do not cancelled as i watch every day n if im gone i record n faithfully watch
Please renew GH! I’m 36 and I grew up watching this show. I record it on my DVR so I never miss an episode.
Keep General Hospital Love the show
Please don’t cancel Gen. HOSPITAL, it’s been a big part of my life since I was in H.S. one thing I look forward to everyday.Dont know what I’d do without it
Please. Keep general Hospital going. I look forward to it every day.
Keep General Hospital coming, I look forward to it every day
Please keep this show going!!!!!!!
I guess I’m totally out of the loop & why is this show just gone with no warning????? I like to watch this after I get home from work on dvr. Keep this show & get rid of the multiple boring talk shows that are just no good. This is the only show I would watch if I was Home other than maybe news. Sorry, but talk shows are over done!!