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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. Will General Hospital survive to see a 58th season for the 2020-21 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, William deVry, Chad Duell, Michael Easton, Genie Francis, Max Gail, Nancy Lee Grahn, Briana Nicole Henry, Rebecca Herbst, Roger Howarth, Finola Hughes, William Lipton, Katelyn MacMullen, Sofia Mattsson, Eden McCoy, Kelly Monaco, Wes Ramsey, Emme Rylan, Kirsten Storms, Josh Swickard, 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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Note: The ratings for the week of January 27th aren’t included because there were major preemptions due to the impeachment trial.
Note: ABC ran out of original episodes with week 35 due to the COVID-19 production shutdown. New episodes resumed with week 46.
For comparisons: The 2018-19 season of General Hospital averaged a 0.53 rating in the 18-49 female demographic with 2.30 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?
I love General Hospital! My daughter and I watch every day when she gets home from work. The characters are like family to us and many other fans. PLEASE do not take it off the air. Please.
Leave GH on the air do not cancel, love this show been watching since the early seventies.
yes i love it wait to get home from work and watch it
I still enjoy watching it and hope it remains.
Please keep general hospital. I watch it every day
Please don’t cancel General Hospital
Na, don’t CANCEL General Hospital it’s the ONLY REMAINING soap opera LEFT on ABC & it had I think 4-5 operas NOW it’s ONLY 1 LEFT & it FILLS an HOUR
Should be canceled oow it’s become boring
Not boring!
Really don’t watch GH anymore, the story lines just do not change or fit into our lives..Too much mob wars, too many old timers. would prefer not to age with them. When Anthony Geary left things went down hill. I wish they would have sent Laura back to Paris, and Jane with Luke then, and moved onto a younger generation with new story lines and things that fit into our lives to day. They need younger writers with younger people also.
Gee, I hate to break it to you, but not everyone is a Millennial. I and many others started watching GH in 1963 and still love it. You do not have to watch if it doesn’t “fit into your life”! Just as I never could stand Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, or other of those sitcoms, I simply DID NOT WATCH THEM.
Stop watching a long time ago
It would be amazing if ABC could somehow put all the past episodes when Luke first came on until he left. I loved watching him and Laura. Even though he’s gone I hope I’d they ever do cancel it they bring back Luke and he and Laura run off together. How amazing would that be. ABC please do consider putting out box sets of what I mentioned..it would be amazing and I’d be the first to run out and buy them.
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Hi, l still love to watch GH. I started watching with my mom back in the 60’s. I record to watch later. Is it possible to update the cast &crew so we can get info on the current actors? Some of those people haven’t been around for years.
Thanks, Pat
I love general hospital been a fan since 1978 I work during the day I record it when I done get home in time. please renew contract it will surly miss. thank you
I hope and pray they never cancel General Hospital for over 20 years! No matter how goofy the story lines get I still love watching everyday! My heart was broken when All My Children was cancelled!
Love it and do not want to see it ever get canceled!!
I haven’t watched GH in years. I used to race home from school in the late 90s to early2000s. I loved the writing and storylines. I tried again from 2007 to 2009 and gave up. I check periodically online to stay updated, in case I try again but that seems unlikely. This is the longest I’ve gone without GH since I was in middle school. GH has gone too woke for me. You know what “they” say, “Get woke, go…” . I really did love it and still read fan fiction from my favorite storylines that GH butchered.