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(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — Ratings Report for the Week of August 27-31, 2012

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Numbers are based on Live+Same Day ratings

(Compared to Last Week/Compared to Last Year)

Total Viewers
1. Y&R 4,339,000 (-166,000/-86,000)
2. B&B 3,111,000 (-173,000/+384,000)
3. GH 2,661,000 (+215,000/+175,000)
4. DAYS 2,571,000 (-200,000/+208,000)

Households
1. Y&R 3.4/11 (+.1/+.1)
2. B&B 2.4/8 (same/+.3)
3. DAYS 2.0/6 (same/+.2)
3. GH 2.0/6 (+.2/+.2)

Women 18-49 Viewers
1. Y&R 804,000 (-46,000/-27,000)
2. GH 626,000 (+52,000/-102,000)
3. B&B 600,000 (-45,000/+68,000)
4. DAYS 531,000 (-87,000/-113,000)

Women 18-49 Rating
1. Y&R 1.3/8 (same/same)
2. GH 1.0/6 (+.1/-.1)
3. B&B 0.9/6 (-.1/+.1)
4. DAYS 0.8/5 (-.2/-.2)

Women 18-34 Rating
1. Y&R 0.6 (same/same)
1. GH 0.6 (same/same)
3. DAYS 0.5 (-.1/-.1)
4. B&B 0.4 (same/+.1)

Men 18+ Viewers
1, Y&R 940,000 (-83,000/-105,000)
2. B&B 647,000 (-76,000/+70,000)
3. GH 572,000 (-66,000/+156,000)
4. DAYS 533,000 (-68,000/+21,000)

Day-To-Day Ratings – HH/Total Viewers

B&B
Monday: 2.4/3,297,000
Tuesday: 2.4/3,093,000
Wednesday: 2.5/3,250,000
Thursday: 2.4/3,044,000
Friday: 2.3/2,869,000

DAYS
Monday: 2.1/2,827,000
Tuesday: 2.0/2,671,000
Wednesday: 1.9/2,467,000
Thursday: 1.9/2,566,000
Friday: 1.8/2,327,000

GH
Monday: 2.1/2,812,000
Tuesday: 2.2/2,909,000
Wednesday: 1.9/2,724,000
Thursday: 1.8/2,508,000
Friday: 1.8/2,353,000

Y&R
Monday: 3.5/4,615,000
Tuesday: 3.6/4,668,000
Wednesday: 3.3/4,250,000
Thursday: 3.2/4,116,000
Friday: 3.2/4,047,000

For the SEASON September 19, 2011 through September 2, 2012

Households
1. Y&R 3.5
2. B&B 2.4
3. DAYS 2.0
3. GH 2.0

Women 18-49 Rating
1. Y&R 1.5
2. B&B 1.1
2. GH 1.1
4. DAYS 1.0

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Photo Credit: Ron Tom/ABC

Beginning Monday, September 10 ABC’s “General Hospital” moves to a new time period (2:00 PM ET/1:00 PM PT/CT) and in celebration the network is hosting a weeklong twitter chat with cast members of the drama series.

Fans of ABC’s hit drama “General Hospital” will be able to submit questions (#askgh) and receive real-time responses from fan favorites who will be on Twitter during the East Coast broadcast of the show 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET/11:00 a.m.- noon PT.

Scheduled to take part in the twitter chats include the following stars (talent subject to change):

• MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10 - Sebastian Roche (Jerry Jacks) - @sebroche
• TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11 -  Roger Howarth (Todd Manning) - @generalhospital
• WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 - Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos) - @MauriceBenardMB
• THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13 – Finola Hughes (Anna Devane) - @finolahughes
• FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14 – Kirsten Storms (Maxie Jones) - @teenystweeting

Help spread the word on social media with videos of your favorite “General Hospital” stars:

• Michael Easton: http://youtu.be/IEGTz7cbBmA
• Kelly Monaco: http://youtu.be/C0ypfXpwliM
• Dominic Zamprogna: http://youtu.be/wd2Jv26sxBI
• Nancy Lee Grahn: http://youtu.be/6uFc7uN949M
• Julie Berman: http://youtu.be/H7V32Yb5Nuc
• Jane Elliot: http://youtu.be/xLRsWySaU3k

Follow your favorite “General Hospital” cast and crew on Twitter:

• Bradford Anderson: @BfordAnderson
• Brandon Barash: @BrandonBarash
• Chad Duell: @duelly87
• Dominick Zamprogna: @dom_zamprogna
• Finola Hughes: @finolahughes
• Frank Valentini: @valentinifrank
• Ingo Rademacher: @IngoRademacher
• Jason Thompson: @MyJasonThompson
• Kelly Monaco: @kellymonaco1
• Kelly Sullivan: @kellysullicanny
• Kimberly McCullough: @whitewatercrew
• Kirsten Storms: @teenystweeting
• Kristen Alderson: krisalderson
• Laura Wright: @ldubs
• Leslie Charleson: @lesliecharleson
• Lisa LoCicero: @lisalocicerogh
• Maurice Benard: @MauriceBenardMB
• Nancy Lee Grahn: @NancyLeeGrahn
• Nathin Butler: @nathinbutler
• Ron Carlivati: @carlivatiron
• Scott Reeves: @reevesforreal
• Sebastian Roche: @sebroche
• Sonya Eddy: @TheRealSonyaEd
• Steve Burton: @1SteveBurton

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(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — Ratings Report for the Week of August 20-24, 2012

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Numbers are based on Live+Same Day ratings

(Compared to Last Week/Compared to Last Year)

Total Viewers
1. Y&R 4,505,000 (+194,000/+92,000)
2. B&B 3,284,000 (+213,000/+357,000)
3. DAYS 2,771,000 (+72,000/+331,000) *
4. GH 2,446,000 (-17,000/-22,000)

* Highest since the week of January 31-February 4, 2011

Households
1. Y&R 3.3/11 (+.1/+.1)
2. B&B 2.4/8 (+.1/+.2)
3. DAYS 2.0/7 (same/+.2)
4. GH 1.8/5 (same/same)

Women 18-49 Viewers
1. Y&R 850,000 (+26,000/-2,000)
2. B&B 645,000 (+19,000/+80,000)
3. DAYS 618,000 (+35,000/-15,000)
4. GH 574,000 (-17,000/-119,000)

Women 18-49 Rating
1. Y&R 1.3/9 (same/same)
2. B&B 1.0/7 (same/+.1)
2. DAYS 1.0/6 (+.1/same)
4. GH 0.9/6 (same/-.2)

Women 18-34 Rating
1. DAYS 0.6 (same/same)
1. Y&R 0.6 (same/+.1)
1. GH 0.6 (same/same)
4. B&B 0.4 (same/+.1)

Men 18+ Viewers
1. Y&R 1,023,000 (+102,000/+33,000)
2. B&B 723,000 (+53,000/+81,000)
3. DAYS 601,000 (+17,000/+43,000)
4. GH 506,000 (+9,000/+49,000)

Day-To-Day Ratings – HH/Total Viewers

B&B
Monday: 2.4/3,258,000
Tuesday: 2.3/3,168,000
Wednesday: 2.3/3,228,000
Thursday: 2.5/3,376,000
Friday: 2.4/3,389,000

DAYS
Monday: 2.0/2,703,000
Tuesday: 2.0/2,709,000
Wednesday: 2.2/2,859,000
Thursday: 2.0/2,719,000
Friday: 2.1/2,864,000

GH
Monday: 1.8/2,522,000
Tuesday: 1.7/2,410,000
Wednesday: 1.8/2,376,000
Thursday: 1.8/2,476,000
Friday: 1.8/2,448,000

Y&R
Monday: 3.4/4,619,000
Tuesday: 3.3/4,512,000
Wednesday: 3.3/4,558,000
Thursday: 3.2/4,371,000
Friday: 3.2/4,464,000

For the SEASON September 19, 2011 through August 19, 2012

Households
1. Y&R 3.5
2. B&B 2.4
3. DAYS 2.0
4. GH 1.9

Women 18-49 Rating
1. Y&R 1.5
2. B&B 1.1
2. GH 1.1
4. DAYS 1.0

Ratings Archive

TV Guide‘s Michael Logan pulls off another exclusive! In an interview with Steve Burton, the actor reveals that he has in fact decided to leave ABC’s “General Hospital” after two decades at the drama series. First joining the cast in 1991, Burton had portrayed the role of Jason Quartermaine turned Morgan. He left the series in 2000, but returned in 2002, and has remained at the show ever since. He’s also appeared on the “GH” spinoff, “General Hospital: Night Shift,” during the SOAPnet original series’ first season.

According to Burton, it was his contract coming up and his desire to move his family to Tennessee that resulted in him making this important life changing decision. “I’ve been through 21 years of ups and downs with ‘GH’ — regime changes, cast and crew changes, budget cuts, shakeups of one kind or another, and it’s been nothing but a huge positive in my life and for my family. I have no complaints, no negative feelings at all. But it’s time to go. I’m going to take some time off and do nothing but relax, just enjoy life a little bit with my wife and kids,” said Burton to TV Guide.

The actor also revealed that his next career move will be working on a project with James Franco (ex-Franco) and Jill Farren Phelps (former executive producer of “GH,” now at the helm of “Y&R”). “Jill went off and did that telenovela ‘Hollywood Heights‘ [at Nickelodeon] and James did a day’s work there. Suddenly he decides he wants to make one of his own novelas through his production company and we’re like, ‘Huh?’ So the three of us collaborated on an idea and came up with a really good one. Jill will EP it, I’ll produce and star in it and so will James. We’ll be able to get a lot of great cameos and guest stars because of James’ connections. It’ll be a fun show to do.”

As for rumors of him possibly joining “Y&R,” Burton says, “Jill is one of my dearest friends. [Laughs] I’m never going to say never because , as soon as I do, I’ll be popping up over there! Here’s the thing: As cool as it was to know I had a nice, cushy place to go every day with ‘GH,’ I think it’s going to be just as cool to not have a nice, cushy place to go every day. I like not knowing what’s next for a change. I’m jumping off a cliff in a total leap of faith.”

Burton is expected to complete filming at “General Hospital” on Tuesday, September 25, but he has informed the show that, if necessary, he would be willing to stay on little longer to help wrap his characters storyline. Whatever the case may be, look for the actor to air through at least the end of October or sometime in November.

UPDATE, 4:40 PM ET: Ian Buchanan is in fact portraying Duke Lavery. In an interview report with TV Guide‘s Michael Logan, Valentini says, “We will eventually find out that the Duke Lavery we saw die all those many years ago was an impostor. This is the real Duke.” So yes, we’re in for one of those storylines, folks.

“In the interim, Luke and Anna will find themselves in a new place with their romance and they will be very surprised by the intensity of it,” said Valentini to Logan. “Anna will, of course, be shocked and conflicted, she’ll run the whole gamut of emotions when she finally comes face-to-face with Duke. She’s going to want a lot of answers and Duke is really going to have to prove himself.”

Buchanan will not be seen on the show again for at least another next five weeks, according to TV Guide.

PREVIOUS, 4:22 PM ET: After promising that today’s episode of “General Hospital” was “not to be missed” as the series has “been keeping a huge surprise under wraps,” executive producer Frank Valentini got some good news today as the big reveal began trending worldwide (see images below) just a short time ago.

While live tweeting along with thousands of others, fans of the daytime drama series learned that actor Ian Buchanan had returned to the ABC soap after a 23-year absence. Of course, Soap Opera Network broke the story on Thursday, August 23.

When we last saw Buchanan on the drama series, it was 1989. His character, Duke Lavery, the love of Anna Devane’s (Finola Hughes) life faked his death and entered the witness protection program only to return to the series with a new face as portrayed by actor Greg Beecroft within the same year. The character was killed off in 1990.

A “General Hospital” representative was unavailable for comment at press time. It is currently unclear as to whether Buchanan is in fact portraying a once again alive Duke Lavery. If he is, does that mean Duke faked his death again? If not, who really died? The Tale of Two Duke’s indeed!

Buchanan had just completed his run on NBC’s “Days of our Lives” on Wednesday, August 22 as Ian McAllister, although the series films three months ahead of airdate, which enabled “GH” to snap the actor up quickly for this “secretive” plot twist.

Photo Credit: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images

Florencia Lozano will once again be reprising her role of Téa Delgado on ABC’s “General Hospital,” only this time she’ll be popping up in Llanview.

Soap Opera Network has learned that while Lozano is back for an unknown number of episodes, the actress will once again appear on the drama series after an unexpected visitor pays her character a visit on the Friday, September 7 episode.

Lozano’s return is said to coincide with a major cliffhanger the soap has planned that will help entice viewers to tune in for the Monday, September 10 episode, which is when the soap kicks things off in its new timeslot – a slot that was previously held by “One Life to Live” up until it aired its final episode nearly nine months ago to the day.

“General Hospital” moves to 2:00 PM ET/1:00 PM PT/CT beginning Monday, September 10, on ABC. The show will not experience a timeslot shift on SOAPnet.

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(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — Ratings Report for the Week of August 13-17, 2012

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NOTE: DAYS #s compared to three weeks ago

Numbers are based on Live+Same Day ratings

(Compared to Last Week/Compared to Last Year)

Total Viewers
1. Y&R 4,311,000 (-3,000/+203,000)
2. B&B 3,071,000 (-97,000/+102,000)
3. DAYS 2,699,000 (+218,000/+203,000)
4. GH 2,463,000 (+147,000/-235,000)

Households
1. Y&R 3.2/10 (same/-.1)
2. B&B 2.3/7 (same/+.2)
3. DAYS 2.0/6 (+.2/+.2)
4. GH 1.8/5 (+.1/-.1)

Women 18-49 Viewers
1. Y&R 824,000 (+25,000/-60,000)
2. B&B 626,000 (+8,000/+83,000)
3. GH 591,000 (-8,000/-199,000)
4. DAYS 583,000 (+43,000/-84,000)

Women 18-49 Rating
1. Y&R 1.3/9 (+.1/same)
2. B&B 1.0/6 (same/+.2)
3. GH 0.9/6 (same/-.3)
3. DAYS 0.9/6 (+.1/-.1)

Women 18-34 Rating
1. DAYS 0.6 (+.1/same)
1. Y&R 0.6 (+.1/-.1)
1. GH 0.6 (same/-.1)
4. B&B 0.4 (same/same)

Men 18+ Viewers
1. Y&R 921,000 (+10,000/-2,000)
2. B&B 670,000 (-25,000/-2,000)
3. DAYS 584,000 (+55,000/+60,000)
4. GH 497,000 (+61,000/+49,000)

Day-To-Day Ratings – HH/Total Viewers

B&B
Monday: 2.5/3,307,000
Tuesday: 2.3/3,134,000
Wednesday: 2.3/3,030,000
Thursday: 2.0/2,862,000
Friday: 2.4/3,019,000

DAYS
Monday: 2.1/2,906,000
Tuesday: 2.0/2,676,000
Wednesday: 2.0/2,649,000
Thursday: 1.9/2,578,000
Friday: 1.9/2,686,000

GH
Monday: 1.7/2,375,000
Tuesday: 1.8/2,490,000
Wednesday: 1.8/2,485,000
Thursday: 1.8/2,577,000
Friday: 1.7/2,388,000

Y&R
Monday: 3.3/4,431,000
Tuesday: 3.1/4,144,000
Wednesday: 3.4/4,531,000
Thursday: 3.2/4,369,000
Friday: 3.1/4,081,000

For the SEASON September 19, 2011 through August 19, 2012

Households
1. Y&R 3.5
2. B&B 2.4
3. DAYS 2.0
4. GH 1.9

Women 18-49 Rating
1. Y&R 1.5
2. B&B 1.1
2. GH 1.1
4. DAYS 1.0

Ratings Archive

Photo Credit: Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images

Frank Valentini (Executive Producer, “General Hospital“) is promising that the Monday, August 27 episode of the drama series is “not to be missed” as the series has “been keeping a huge surprise under wraps.” The producer tweeted the message to his 12,000 followers earlier today.

From what we know about Monday’s episode Anna (Finola Hughes) learns the identify of a mystery patient, Jerry makes his demands clear to the people of Port Charles. Joe Jr. promises to protect Tracy and John questions Alexis about what she can remember about the night she was injected.

In possibly related news, Vanessa Marcil (ex-Brenda Barrett) just tweeted a picture to her followers that said “Got Brenda?” Also, “All My Children‘s” Rebecca Budig (ex-Greenlee Smythe) was the first one to respond to Valentini’s above mentioned tweet. The actress said “I’ll be watching!”

The things that make you go hmmm…

“General Hospital” moves to a new time period beginning Monday, September 10 (2:00 PM ET/1:00 PM PT/CT). The network promises to thrill audiences in the days leading up to the timeslot switch with lives hanging in the balance and shocking revelations hitting Port Charles. Who survives and who thrives? You’ll just have to tune in to find out!

ABC has released the first pictures of the cast of stars taking part in the upcoming “Dancing with the Stars: All Stars” season, scheduled to premiere on Monday, September 24 at 8:00 PM ET. As previously reported, Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall, “General Hospital“) is heading back to the dance floor for a third go around (she won the first season in the Summer of 2005 and was later challenged into a “dance off” with runner-up John O’Hurly two months later). She’s being paired with Valentin Chmerkovskiy, who returns for his third season.

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Five years after being taken off contract and placed on recurring status, Jacklyn Zeman (ex-Bobbie Spencer, “General Hospital“) has opened up to Soap Opera Digest in its newest issue about the circumstances surrounding her unexpected departure from the ABC daytime drama series.

“It was like a grieving process when I left the show because it was such a part of my life for so many years. I mean, I played Bobbie for over 30 years, pretty much five days a week. So when Jill Phelps [former executive producer, now EP of 'Y&R'] decided to get rid of the character, I was one totally unprepared and two, totally shocked, because I just assumed that Bobbie would always be there. I had this commitment to the network and I felt that the commitment worked both ways,” reveals Zeman.

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