GH Ratings Rewind: 1978

Ratings Rewind is where the weird ratings nerd in Jay (that’s me) gets to nerd the F🤬CK out over soap opera ratings from years past.

Jay spends a good amount of time researching soap opera history- which is a lot harder than it looks. But Jay doesn’t regret one minute spent on this stuff- as long as somebody finds it interesting.

He does however, regret speaking in the third person from time to time.

This edition of Ratings Rewind takes us all the way back to 1978, which would turn out to be a fateful year for General Hospital.

Major events of 1978 that impacted General Hospital.


Month	Week	HH Rating
January	01-02-1978	7.9
	01-09-1978	7.5
	01-16-1978	8.3
	01-23-1978	7.9
February	01-30-1978	8.0
	02-06-1978	7.8
	02-13-1978	7.7
	02-20-1978	7.3
March	02-27-1978	7.7
	03-06-1978	7.5
	03-13-1978	6.6
	03-20-1978	no data
	03-27-1978	6.9
Apr	04-03-1978	6.1
	04-10-1978	no data
	04-17-1978	no data
	04-24-1978	no data
May	05-01-1978	6.4
	05-08-1978	6.5
	05-15-1978	6.2
	05-22-1978	6.8
Jun	05-29-1978	6.4
	06-05-1978	7.1
	06-12-1978	7.1
	06-19-1978	6.9
	06-26-1978	6.9
Jul	07-03-1978	7.6
	07-10-1978	7.3
	07-17-1978	7.2
	07-24-1978	no data
Aug	07-31-1978	8.0
	08-07-1978	7.8
	08-14-1978	8.4
	08-21-1978	8.7
	08-28-1978	no data
Sep	09-04-1978	7.7
	09-11-1978	8.5
	09-18-1978	8.3
	09-25-1978	8.1
Oct	10-02-1978	7.1
	10-09-1978	8.1
	10-16-1978	7.7
	10-23-1978	8.4
Nov	10-30-1978	7.8
	11-06-1978	8.3
	11-13-1978	8.3
	11-20-1978	7.3
	11-27-1978	8.5
Dec	12-04-1978	8.3
	12-11-1978	8.8
	12-18-1978	8.6
	12-25-1978	8.0
Average Yearly HH Rating		7.6