Tabyana Ali’s The Heroine On General Hospital– And It Hasn’t Even Been Six Months! Soap opera fans can be incredibly loyal, as evidenced by continuing to watch a soap daily for decades on end. These fans can be the brutal critics as well- especially towards unfamiliar faces gracing their television screen. Actors playing new characters…Read more
Soap Opera Ratings: ‘Days Of Our Lives’ Final Week On NBC… in Chart Form!
The latest ratings for all four daytime soap operas.
In Wednesday’s episode of ABC’s ‘General Hospital’, Michael and Willow add horses to their list of approved non-Wiley-related conversation topics. Cody goes from Dante’s couch to Quartermaine’s stable (it’s still an upgrade, that horse’s house is sick), and Britt suffers more indignity. And that’s just the first part of this episode recap.
After 45 years playing Dr. Monica Quartermaine, Leslie Charleson may be retiring from ‘General Hospital’ in August.
General Hospital Wins Best Daytime Drama For Record-Breaking 15th Time! General Hospital won for Outstanding Daytime Drama for the 15th time- breaking the record it set by winning last year. GH has been nominated a grand total of 32 times for the top prize at the Daytime Emmy Awards. In the soap opera’s first ten…Read more
Nicholas Chavez Won Outstanding Younger Performer
‘General Hospital’ Wins Outstanding Directing Team
Jeff Kober Wins Outstanding Supporting Actor
Kelly Thiebaud Wins Outstanding Supporting Actress Jeff Kober Wins Outstanding Supporting Actor Nicholas Chavez Wins Outstanding Younger Performer GH wins its 15th Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Drama
2022 Daytime Emmy Awards Predictions Outstanding Younger Performer. Will #Sprina fans find joy or defeat? #GeneralHospital
2022 Emmy Awards Prediction: Outstanding Guest Performer (Okay, I’m Late.)
‘General Hospital‘ Theory: Even With Carly’s Help, Michael and Drew’s Plans For ELQ Are Doomed.Will That Matter Once The Truth About Willow and Nina Finally Comes Out? In their plan to regain control of ELQ, Michael and Drew unexpectedly found support from Carly. Sonny had expressed a desire to help Michael as well, despite their…Read more
General Hospital Theory: Ryan Is Hiding Esme’s Family Ties To Felicia & Mac! Ryan Chamberlain is pulling Esme’s strings because he’s her “daddy”. Ryan doesn’t care about family but he does like control. Could he lying to Esme to control her? And is this really all about Felicia and Mac? Is Esme their daughter? Ryan…Read more
What The F Is Up On GH With… Elizabeth Webber General Hospital is on five days a week, all year round so it can be hard to get a handle on what’s been happening to your favorite characters. Making things more difficult is that soap operas play fast and loose with things like historical cannon,…Read more
Port Charles Rewind is a look back at the classic General Hospital spin-off just in time for its 25th anniversary. The soap opera made changes to its format that could have revolutionized the genre. Here’s a look at the podcast that tackles everything about PC in an epic rewatch.
The young adults of Port Charles have a lot on their plate- and it’s must-see TV. By having Dex turn out to be Esme’s brother, could make this the soapiest summer of GH in years.
News broke last week that former General Hospital star Steve Burton will be making a return to daytime- but not in the role that made him famous. Burton won’t be coming back to the ABC soap he spent decades on as Jason Morgan- he’ll be appearing on the upcoming second season of the Days Of…Read more
Every Emmy-Award Winning Performer from General Hospital… Ever. Peter Hansen (Lee Baldwin), Outstanding Supporting Actor (1978) Jane Elliot (Tracy Quartermaine), Outstanding Supporting Actress (1981) Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer), Outstanding Lead Actor (1981, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2015) David Lewis (Edward Quartermaine), Outstanding Supporting Actor (1982) Kimberly McCullough (Robin Scorpio), Outstanding Younger Actress (1989,…Read more
Here’s a comical look back at the last few weeks of Spencer and Trina’s journey to celebrate #Sprina being back on track. Plus, I’m trolling the racist trolls back.
Y&R surged by nearly 200,000 viewers from last week to 3.601 million viewers. This was the hour-long CBS soap opera’s biggest audience since late January and the second-largest this year. Among women 18-49, Y&R was the only daytime drama not to show a week or week increase. However, the number one daytime drama was up 7 percent in the demographic of women 25-54 with a 0.65 rating.
B&B had the strongest week of any soap opera, especially in the demographics that advertisers are obsessed with. The half-hour CBS soap opera was up double digits in both categories, jumping from last week’s 0.31 rating in women 18-49 to a 0.36 rating. This was the second-highest-rated week of the year for B&B in the demographic. Even more impressive, the soap was up by 21 percent in women 25-54, climbing from a 0.47 to a 0.57 rating.
GH had its biggest audience in five weeks with 2.226 million viewers tuning in, up 109,000 from the previous week. The show celebrated 59 years since its premiere this past week with a small increase in women 18-49, moving up to a 031 rating in the demographic. The ABC soap had a bigger increase among women 25-54 as it jumped 10 percent to hit a 0.46 rating.
Despite being in fourth place across the board, DAYS had reason to celebrate for the second week in a row. The NBC soap opera was up 2 percent in overall viewers with 1.663 million people tuning in this past week. The trend continued in women 18-49 with an increase of 7 percent which brought DAYS to a 0.29 rating just slightly behind third-place GH. The show also managed a 3 percent increase in women 25-54 which sent it over the 0.40 mark in the demographic
The women of General Hospital have never truly been given their due. For the soap opera’s 59th birthday, here’s the beginning of a list of some of the great women who have made a mark on GH over the years. Please save your tomatoes for the end and remember that the list is in no specific order
‘General Hospital’: Tabyana Ali Was On Fire In Debut As Trina Robinson’s Storyline Explodes. Sydney Mikayla signed off last month after three years on GH -and she will be missed. Thankfully, ABC chose to carry on her legacy with Tabyana Ali taking on the role of Trina Robinson.
Sydney Mikayla broke ground as Trina Robinson, but her legacy on GH will be much greater than that.
GH has a new bad girl named Esme. She has connections to Ryan Chamberlain and is dating Spencer Cassidine. Who could Esme’s parents be? Could Ryan be her father?
February Sweeps came to close as the invasion of Ukraine impacted the schedules of all four soaps The final week of February had the potential to shake up the rankings with continued soccer-preemptions for the CBS soaps, the return of Days Of Our Lives from its two-week hiatus on NBC and a long-awaited death on…Read more
Jack Wagner, Winsor Harmon and Susan Flannery will return for the 35th anniversary episode of ‘Bold And The Beautiful’.
Reflections on Sydney Mikayla’s Exit, the Casting of Tabyana Ali and the Future of Both Trina Robinson and the #Sprina Movement As Told By Twitter User @RealMac545
UPDATE: Sydney Mikayla Confirms Exit from ABC’s ‘General Hospital’ UPDATE: There it is, folks. Soap Opera Digest confirms what we all hoped was a mistake. Sydney Mikayla has made the decision to exit ‘GH’ . The actress, who was dropped to recurring this past fall, a move that coincided with her first semester at UCLA….Read more
This week marked the second full week of the Olympic Games on NBC, as well as soccer preemptions of the CBS soaps on the West Coast. Last week, I posited that General Hospital might steal second place because of the fact that it would be the only daytime drama airing in some parts of the…Read more
Updated: Stephanie Erb will be stepping into the role of Alexis Davis while Nancy Lee Grahn recovers from her surgery. Fans of General Hospital may be seeing a little less of Alexis Davis on the soap opera. Actress Nancy Lee Grahn took to Twitter to thank the soap opera’s executive producer Frank Valenti for making a major scheduling change upon her request.
The 2022 Winter Olympics on NBC replaced Days of Our Lives this week, but were no match for the soap operas in total viewers. The Olympics ranked in fourth place behind ‘Young and The Restless’ and ‘Bold and The Beautiful’ on CBS and ‘General Hospital’ on ABC.
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10 Black Characters That Need To Come Back to ‘General Hospital’ in 2022 ‘General Hospital’ has added many characters of color to the cast in the past few years but diversity is always a continued work in progress. The 59-year-old soap opera has a rich history with many great Black characters with stories left to…Read more
10 Black Characters That Need To Come Back to ‘General Hospital’ In 2022: #9. Dr. Lainey Winters
Black Characters That Need To Come Back to ‘General Hospital’ in 2022: Dr. Andre Maddox
If you follow the soap opera industry like I do, you probably know that the four remaining soaps are almost permanently glued to their ranking in total viewers. CBS holds the top two spots with ‘Y&R’ in first place and ‘B&B’ in second, ABC’s ‘General Hospital’ is third and ‘Days of Our Lives’ on NBC…Read more
Spencer and Trina are having a moment on #GH and #Sprina fans are making an impact on General Hospital’s ratings.
From the supportive best friend to one-half of a potential super couple, Trina is having her moment on ‘General Hospital’. Here’s everything that happened to Trina right up until she met Spencer Cassidine. Trina Robinson was initially played by Tiana Li beginning in 2017. Trina appeared sporadically, with the character appearing in just five episodes…Read more
Latestratings/Soap opera update for Young and The Restless
Ratings For Every ‘Bold And The Beautiful’ Episode So Far This Season (9/20/21 to 1/28/22)
There was good news for all four soap this week. ‘Young And The Restless’ continued its undefeated streak at number one in all three categories while posting large increases compared to a year ago although ‘Bold And The Beautiful’ did lose viewers from last week and last year. ‘General Hospital’ had a big bounce week-to-week…Read more
Here’s a look at how every episode of ‘Days of Our Lives’ performed this season. Overall, ‘DAYS’ is averaging 1.7 million viewers overall with a 0.26 rating in women 18-49 and 0.38 in women 25-54. Highest and Lowest Rated of the Season in Women 18-49 The highest rated episode of ‘Days of Our Lives’ in…Read more
The Ratings for Every Episode of ‘General Hospital’ So Far This Season (9/20/21 to 1/28/22)
#SPRINA fans got let down thanks to a whole lot of bad writing by #GeneralHospital writers. The Spencer, Trina, Esme, Cameron, Joss Cabin trip was a disaster.
‘Bold And The Beautiful’ & ‘General Hospital’ Add Viewers, All Soaps Fall In Demographics in Latest Soap Opera Ratings: Week of 1/28/2022
General Hospital and #Sprina fans deserve better. Educate yourself on the impact of the recent episodes of GH.
DAYS Hits Season High, CBS Soaps Bounce Back, GH Slips Slightly Here’s how each of the four daytime soap operas performed this week: Week of 1/17-1/21/22 Total Viewers(in millions) (+/-)Last Week (+/-) Last Year Young and The restless 3,672,000 (+83,000)+2% (+385,000)+12% Bold andthe beautiful 2,955,000 (+73,000)+3% (+77,000)+3% General Hospital 2,184,000 (-125,000)-5% (+169,000)+8% Days of ourlives…Read more
The littlest soap opera that could, keeps on chugging along. ’Days of Our Lives’, that had the most impressive week of all four soaps, up 119,000 viewers week-to-week. ’DAYS’, hit a season high with a massive 1.909 million viewers tuning in to see Johnny possessed by the Devil. That was an increase of 7 percent…Read more
Spencer and Trina, the couple known to GH fans as #Sprina are having a moment. Here’s why they are special.
2021-2022 season-To-Date (Weeks #1 to 17) Here’s how each of the four soap operas currently airing in daytime have performed every week so far this season. The season highs so far this season are highlighted in green and the season low are highlighted in red. 2021-2022 season-To-Date (Weeks #1 to 17) Compared to 2020-2021 (Weeks…Read more
ABC Daytime Has Not Been Great To BIPOC Sprina Has Potential, Fans Do Not Want To Be Let Down Sprina has the potential to make changes- at least as a first step. The potential for this couple to have a positive impact on ’GH’ as a whole can’t be overstated. While I am not a…Read more
Spencer and Trina are a potential super couple. #Sprina
Soap Opera Ratings for the week of January 7, 2022
Television In Transition The average American doesn’t watch television like they once did, that is, if they even watch TV at all. The days of viewers reliably tuning in to the networks during primetime from Labor Day through Memorial Day are a thing of the past. However, the media conglomerates that owned the networks eventually…Read more
Latest Soap Ratings: Final week of 2021
Diversity on GH: Mary Mae Ward, played by Rosalind Cash
Dr. Simone Revelle-Hardy ABC Breaks Ground with Dr. Simone Hardy- In More Than One Way By the late 80s, Black America was on full display all over primetime television. While viewers had come to know and love series like ‘Good Times’ and ‘The Jeffersons’ in the 70s, both had been spun-off from shows with a…Read more
Latest Soap Opera Ratings for Young And The Restless on CBS. Every week in each category and how it performed compared to last year.
CBS Soaps Get Coal For Christmas Last week was a snoozefest in the ratings for this soap opera fan- but man, the week of Christmas brought the excitement. It may be halfway through January, but it feels like Christmas to me! Both ‘GH’ and ‘DAYS’ made Santa’s list for their networks, who are sure to…Read more
Soaps have a slow week heading into XMAS This was not the worst week for the four remaining soap operas- not by a long shot. Although there were some declines for every soap opera, these shows have seen worse. Compared to last year, every show is either building or maintaining its overall audience to some…Read more
Television lost a legend this weekend with the passing of Betty White. Arguably the funniest and most beloved actress of the last century, she passed away just weeks before marking 100 years on this earth. Betty White, known for her primetime roles on sitcoms like the Golden Girls and The Mary Tyler Moore Show, also…Read more
Latest soap opera ratings for the week of December 6th 2021. DAYS, Y&R, B&B and GH included