One thing we'll soon find out is how much of an effect SOAPnet's demise will have on "General Hospital," if any at all. In a new promo touting the multi-platform availability of ABC's sole remaining daytime soap opera, the network wants to make sure its viewers have every opportunity of catching up with the latest happenings in Port Charles.
"Who are you, who are you, who are you? Why are you doing this to me?" says a frantic Dani to the man she thought was dead on The OnLine Network's (TOLN) "One Life to Live," which along with "All My Children" made its cable network debut on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network on Monday, July 15. For millions of potential viewers out there who have yet to view either soap on the internet via Hulu, Hulu Plus or iTunes, they are now being re-introduced to both soaps from…
According to ABC, "General Hospital" reached a six-week high in Total Viewers (2.79 million – since week of 2/18/13) and a five-week high in Women 18-49 (660,000/1.0 rating – since week of 2/25/13). The drama series also attracted its largest audience in Women 25-54 in more than a year-and-a-half (918,000/1.5 rating – since 9/26/11). On ABC.com, the anniversary week amassed 2.1 million page views, up by a massive 77% over the prior two weeks.
Missed the "20/20" special dedicated to ABC's "General Hospital"? ABCNews.com has uploaded the entire thing (broken into segments) for your viewing pleasure! If you prefer watching the entire thing straight through, ABC.com also uploaded the entire episode.
On Wednesday, March 28, the Disney/ABC Television Group and Nielsen Media Research announced they would begin measuring behavior in consumers using proprietary metering technology.
ABC's flagship station will likely leave some New York soap fans upset Monday when the affiliate pre-empts "The Chew" and "One Life to Live" for continuous coverage of the 67th Annual Columbus Day parade, relegating both shows to the early hours of Tuesday morning.
If you are like most "One Life to Live" fans on the east coast, you are probably wondering what scenes you missed during the six minute "technical glitch" which caused scenes from the previous day's episode of the soap to be aired nearly mid-day through Thursday's episode. In case you missed the corrected airing of the episode with the missing scenes in tact on SOAPnet and ABC.com, Soap Opera Network is ready to show you what you missed.
If you happened to be watching the east coast feed of "One Life to Live" today, you may have felt you were in a time warp and it was Wednesday, August 24, 2011 all over again after nearly thirty minutes into the broadcast. Turns out you weren't in a different dimension or anything more soapy, but you were witnessing a "technical glitch," an ABC rep confirms to Soap Opera Network.
If you're local ABC affiliate broke into "One Life to Live" and/or "General Hospital" today, you might have missed all or part of today's episodes due to a 5.9 magnitude Earthquake that hit the east coast just before 2:00 PM. Thankfully, SOAPnet and ABC.com are here to save the day for those markets affected by the quake.
While reports were stating Brandon Buddy is set to exit ABC's "One Life to Live" later this fall when his contract expires, Soap Opera Network was unable to confirm the news through proper channels, but sources have since confirmed that Buddy will in fact be leaving the soap in the coming months.
"General Hospital" and "The View" receive a special vote of confidence from the ABC Television Network as the two have been added to the network's popular ABC.com Full Episode Player lineup. The series join ABC's primetime programming including "Desperate Housewives," "Grey's Anatomy" and "Ugly Betty."
