Tag: WABC

WABC Promotes New Afternoon Lineup Featuring ‘GH’ Stars (VIDEO)

KABC featured on set interviews with the likes of Dominic Zamprogna (Dante), Sean Blakemore (Shawn), Jason Thompson (Patrick), Laura Wright (Carly), Ryan Paevey (Nathan) and executive producer Frank Valentini to promote the time slot switch of ABC's "General Hospital" back to 2:00 PM beginning Monday, September 8 in the Los Angeles market, while it's New York counterpart, WABC, has released several promos highlighting the sexy storylines and hot stars of the daytime drama…

‘GH’ Time Slot Switch: 7 ABC Owned Stations Returning Soap to Original Time

Seven of the eight ABC Owned and Operated (O&O) television stations will be returning "General Hospital" back to its 3:00 PM ET/2:00 PM PT slot beginning Monday, September 8, the network confirmed today. Those stations include WABC in New York, KABC in Los Angeles, WLS in Chicago, WPVI in Philadelphia, KGO in San Francisco, KTRK in Houston, WTVD in Raleigh-Durham and KSAT in San Antonio, which is the sole non-ABC O&O station making the change.

Top Rated ABC O&O Stations WABC and KABC Part of ‘GH’s’ Time Slot Move

With the new television season kicking off in just a few weeks, ABC stations that signed up to air the no longer in production daytime talker "Katie" in 2012, following ABC's decision to secede the 3:00 PM ET/2:00 PM PT network time slot to their affiliates in hopes that most of them would choose to pick up the talk show, has resulted in some of those stations deciding to move the network's "General Hospital" back to where it aired for more than 25 of its 51+ year…

Disney/ABC Announces Over 60% Station Clearance of ‘Katie’; Talk Show Scheduled to Replace ‘GH’ in September 2012

As previously reported, ABC soap opera "General Hospital" will lose its coveted 3:00 PM ET/2:00 PM CT/PT timeslot beginning in September 2012 when the network hands the hour back to its local affiliates. The move will leave ABC's daytime lineup with just three hours left to program with "The View" already secured in the 11:00 AM ET/10:00 AM CT/PT slot. New talk shows "The Chew" and "The Revolution" will go head-to-head with "General…

10 Years of Roxy: Ilene Kristen Reflects on the Past and ‘One Life’s’ Future

Ilene Kristen didn't debut as Roxy Balsom on ABC's "One Life to Live" until November 2001, but the actress did learn she had the job on September 10 of that year and began filming on September 27. Ten years later the actress reflects on the days after learning she had gotten the job, and what she is looking forward to when the soap transitions to Prospect Park in the coming months.

Ratings Surge in Jeopardy? ‘One Life to Live’ and ‘General Hospital’ Interrupted Again!

If you happened to be tuning into "One Life to Live" or "General Hospital" today and you lived in New York City or its surrounding areas, you may have noticed no shows! That's because both shows were preempted by WABC, the nations most watched station and ABC's flagship station in New York. If you don't have SOAPnet or access to the ABC.com Full Episode Player (if you are reading this you should), then you are out of luck when it comes to viewing today's episodes.