According to the NY Post, ABC is considering a reality show version of General Hospital. The show would revolve around the personal and professional lives of doctors and nurses who work at a Los Angeles hospital (rather than fictional Port Charles, New York).
The new show is apparently in the very early stages of development and filming has quietly begun at UCLA Medical Center. ABC is said to be considering this new “General Hospital” show for the daytime schedule.
The crazy thing is that 50-year-old General Hospital could end up being replaced by a reality show version of itself. Though the soap opera has been performing well this season — reportedly rising 18% in total viewers year-to-year (2.37 to 2.81 million) — the network is still on the look out for ways to expand their audience and cut costs.
What do you think? Is ABC considering replacing General Hospital with a reality show version? Would you check it out?
I won’t watch it … I hate ABC… This is crazy amd I will spread the word
I would not watch a reality show–I’ve seen enough of those. I like the real General Hospital with all it’s people.
NO! I would not watch. I would also stop watching ABC altogether. As it is now…I don’t even turn the TV on until GH comes on. If GH goes away….I won’t watch daytime TV at all.
I have no interest in any reality show. Yuk! Is ABC/D that stupid that they think a reality show will get the same audience as General Hospital?! They really are not learning from their mistakes. Keep General Hospital and revive One Life To Live and see what the ratings are then!
No, I will not watch a reality show – on ABC or any other network. Sick to death of that! They are not “real”….what moron would believe they are??? I believe Disney actually wants ABC to fail. Why else would they be cancelling successful shows left & right??? I no longer watch ABC at all except for GH – not even local news. Disney is banned – grandkids Christmas wish list had to be revised but I don’t care. I will not spend my money supporting Disney in any way.
I definately would not watch it and it would sink to the lowest level. Are they insane????
What does it take to become clear and understanding that we are not interested in any of ABC’s reality bull. We want our soaps AMC, OLTL and GH and thats it!!
I guess ABC just doesn’t learn from their mistakes the people want drama not reality
I hope the morons go bankrupt, we have told them repeatedly how we fill. I won’t even let my husband leave the TV on ABC for 30 seconds during daytime without going beserk on him. ABC is not allowed on in my house before 6 pm period. They took AMC, then OLTL, now this. They didn’t learn from their mistake the dumb@$$e$!
If ABC wants to expand their audience, get rid of the cooking and talk shows currently infecting their daytime lineup. And NO MORE reality, that’s been done to death.
I HAVE BEEN WATCHING GENERAL HOSPITAL WITH MY MOTHER FOR YEARS NOW SHE IS GONE BUT I FEEL HER AND I ARE TOGETHER EVERY DAY AT 3 WATCHING
I won’t watch a reality based version of GH. General Hospital is the only show that I watch on ABC, now. My tv was on ABC all day when AMC AND OLTL were still on. I don’t watch nitetime shows either. Very disappointed in their programming.
Go ahead ABC … shoot yourself in the foot yet again. Youhave become a HUGE failure ever since those hacks (Frons & Sweeney) ruined you. OLTL has been a major part of my life since 1992 and the Biily Doulgas homophobia storyline literally saved my life. I can only imagine what other storylines did for people, such as Viki’s cancer / heart transplant… Shane Morasco’s bullying; the list goes on and on. These actors aren’t like amily. They ARE family! We miss them terribly whether it be OLTL or AMC. I’ve become faithful to GH since you murdered our soaps.… Read more »
I was also a huge OLTL fan and remember the Billy Douglas story well. That is what great television is. Not this stupid reality show that ABC is hoping to peddle in place of their last daytime drama. I’m furious that they think this is acceptable. I do not watch anything other than GH on ABC and I have no problem completely nixing them from my television if they cancel their last soap!
Turning GH to a realty show sounds stupid, what are these people thinking it’s bad enigh they took OLTL and AMC off. I watch only GH because I banned abc from my house and if they do this I would never watch abc…not even they stupid show
This is crap…so sick of reality shows. We have enough. The best shows are the ones written by great writers. Just like a great movie. The reality of something made up is much more entertaining.
ABC will never learn! NO one wants to watch another reality show, especially one that would replace GH. They don’t get that GH is like reading a long novel. The stories can change and evolve as needed. I could care less about the comings and goings of Nurses and Doctors from UCLA or any hospital.