(courtesy GH Facebook)
As has become the norm, ABC didn’t announce if General Hospital had been renewed for another year but the show wasn’t cancelled either. They just kept it on the air. The network did cancel The Chew (which replaced All My Children in 2011) so they could expand the Good Morning America brand with GMA Day. Clearly, the ABC execs aren’t afraid to shake up the status quo again. Will General Hospital survive to see a 57th season for the 2019-20 broadcast season? 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 Maurice Benard, Tamara Braun, Steve Burton, Matt Cohen, William deVry, Chad Duell, Michael Easton, Hayley Erin, Genie Francis, Nancy Lee Grahn, Elizabeth Hendrickson, Briana Nicole Henry, Rebecca Herbst, Roger Howarth, Finola Hughes, Lisa LoCicero, Eden McCoy, Billy Miller, Kelly Monaco, Emme Rylan, Michelle Stafford, Kirsten Storms, Donnell Turner, Maura West, and Laura Wright.
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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For comparisons: The 2017-18 season of General Hospital averaged a 0.61 rating in the 18-49 female demographic with 2.56 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?
Vickie in New Orleans: Please don’t cancel, first thing I do when I get home from work is turn on the television and watch what I recorded, love,love,love the show, have been watching the show since the 80’s – there are too many talk shows on anyway, we need a few good soaps
PLEEEEEEEEASE DON’T CANCEL GH. IVE WATCHED SINCE I WAS 3 WITH MY MOM AND IM ALMOST 50. IT’S JUST WRONG TO DO PEOPLE THAT WAY WHEN THIER SO LOYAL AND ADDICTED LOL . DONT DO US LIKE YOU DID WITH AMC & OLTL!!!! WE WOULD HAVE NOTHING LEFT. KEEP GH PLEASE
I like the show but it seems to drag things out to much get on with something more than the same stuff
I feel new watchers are influencing the rating. Please for God sake don’t cancel GH. It’s a part of my life and have faithfully watched it since 1969. It’s as good as it’s ever been. I will do anything to keep this program on. Please let us know what we can do to help.
If ABC cancels GH, vierwers will have a digital revolution. Those 2.5 million viewers a day are some of the most loyal, vocal tv fans in existence. I will boycott the entire network and start a campaign myself if i have to. Scripted drama with talented actors, the closest thing there is to live theater on television, is a genre that must be preserved. If the networks worked together, NBC should air Days of Our Lives at 2PM, and ABC should move GH (if they haven’t already) to 3PM. Soaps shouod not compete against each other, but help each other… Read more »