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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?
Love General Hospital it’s just something I have been watching for as long as I can remember. Hopefully I can continue to watch please leave GH on channel 6 for more years to come
I have been watching General Hospital since it started in 1963. I am now 73 years old and watching the show is the highlight of my daily routine. Please don’t cancel my favorite soap opera….. you will make me very sad.
I love this show! Please do not take it off the air!
I’ve been watching General Hospital for 40 years. It should definitely be renewed.
I love General hospital and have been a fan for over 15 years!! The storyline is wonderful and the cast exceptional!!
I have been watching General Hospital for well over 25 years. Please do not cancel it confined to where they live in 20 of them live in pretty and
Please don’t take too this off the air! I love this show, they are part of my life!♥️
Please don’t take it off the air! I love this show!!they are part of my life!
Please don’t cancel the show!
I’ve been watching it since I was about 10 and I’m 46 now!
LOVE the show and LOVE the characters!
Please keep general hospital I have watched since I was a child I am 55 DO NOT CANCEL
Please keep General Hospital on the air. This is my main source of entertainment and I love it. I am a steady watcher for the last 40 years.
I love general hospital I would be so mad if it got cancelled. The actors are amazing and the writers really have you on the edge of your seat waiting to see when secrets are revealed. Please keep it on the air
I have been watching general hospital for 47 years every sence I was5 years old I would watch it with my mother u need 2 leave it on 4 a very long time I enjoy the show now I watch it with my daughter witch she is 29 years old so it’s been a family show 4 us
I have also watched it since I was a young girl. I would come home from school and watch GH with my mother and sister. I was upset when they cancelled AMC and a OLTL. I currently watch GH, Y&R and B &B. They are my escape for a few hours and would be lost without them. Every comment I read from long time fans is very relatable to me.
I agree with Joan. I have been watching General most of my life. I record the shows and usually watch the next morning so I guess I do not show up in the ratings. In this crazy world, GH gives me an hour of forgetting everything else in life. We all need a distraction and this is mine. If it goes off the air I would be so sad, like missing people that have been in my life for decades suddenly disappearing.
I still love the show. I think your demographics are incorrect though. I am in my mid-60s. I’ve been watching the show forever and I believe there’s a lot of people in my age range who have done the same. I think the numbers are also off because in my area, and I’m sure others, the show is often
Preempted today COVID-19 news. So I watch it later on ABC via my phone or iPad. I so hope it’s not going off the air it’s just this chill enjoyment for an hour each day.