“General Hospital” is the only soap opera left on the ABC Daytime schedule and is also the longest running dramatic series in the networks history. Unfortunately, the soap is facing the same cancellation danger that its former network counterparts (“All My Children” and “One Life to Live”) faced just over a year ago before ABC officially announced the two would go off the air in a press release. Before any decision on the future of “GH” is ultimately made, the drama series is showing an uptick in key demos and viewership.

Ratings Report for the Week of February 20-24, 2012

Ratings Report for the Week of February 13-17, 2012

Ratings Report for the Week of February 6-10, 2012

Ratings Report for the Week of January 30 – February 3, 2012

Ratings Report for the Week of January 23-27, 2012

Ratings Report for the week January 16-20, 2012

Ratings Report for the Week of January 9-13, 2012

Find out how the the last five canceled daytime soap operas fared in the Nielsen ratings during their final weeks on television, including “One Life to Live.”

Just before we post the dailies, which will provide a clearer picture of “One Life to Live’s” final week on television, ABC has revealed that the 43-year old soap ended its run as daytime’s 5th most watched program in total viewers (3,120,000), while ranking a strong second in Women 18-49 viewers (784,000) for the week of January 9-13, 2012. Only 94,000 Women 18-49 viewers separated “One Life to Live” from tying “The Young and the Restless” in that category. In Women 18-49 rating “OLTL” had a 1.2 compared to “Y&R’s” 1.4. The canceled ABC soap beat its former network and studio sibling “The View” in all key ratings categories except total viewers.