ABC’s General Hospital will present not one but two episodes live. The special broadcasts will air Friday, May 15, and Monday, May 18, just as the May sweeps rating period is drawing to a close.
Just a short two years ago, General Hospital was staring down the barrel of cancellation as ABC took away its long-time 3 p.m. slot for the pricey new Katie Couric talk show. Now Katie is facing a demise, set to end its rocky two-season run in May, while General Hospital has been thriving. ABC does not officially renew its soaps but Deadline has learned that, not surprisingly, General Hospital will continue next season.
NEW YORK (AP) – A few years ago, ABC’s “General Hospital” was in trouble. “All My Children” and “One Life to Live” had been given their series’ end dates and […]
Today marks an extraordinary broadcast milestone: the 50th anniversary of ABC’s General Hospital. Given all the excitement surrounding this event, it is somewhat sobering to note that just last year ABC seemed ready to cancel this still-vital series.
NEW YORK (AP) — An actor who for two decades played a scheming patriarch on the daytime drama “General Hospital” has died in Los Angeles. ABC says John Ingle was […]
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NBC’s Today show won as best morning show and the syndicated Jeopardy was named best game show at the annual ceremony Saturday. Live with Regis and Kelly was saluted as best entertainment talk show.
The soap opera is set to have its 50th anniversary next April. However, the network announced that the daytime talk show The Revolution was being canceled.
Could General Hospital Move To Primetime?
There may be life after daytime for ABC’s last remaining soap opera, General Hospital, which is likely to get the ax later this year to make room for Katie Couric’s new syndicated talk show. One scenario being discussed has the drama continuing as a short-run primetime summer series, similar to Spanish-language networks’ telenovelas, says an ABC insider.
ABC has cleared the way for Katie to air in more than 60% of U.S. homes, sparking rumors that the longtime soap may be pulled from the lineup.
PBS and ABC led the field with 57 nominations and 56 nominations, respectively. Among programs, ABC’s General Hospital landed 21 noms. followed by CBS’s The Young and the Restless (20) and PBS’s Sesame Street (16).
