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General Hospital, GH, GH60, GH ABC, #GH, #GH60, #GeneralHospital "General Hospital" premiered April 1, 1963 on ABC. The series airs weekdays on ABC. Anytime on Hulu.

RATINGS: ‘GH’ Attracts Largest May Sweeps Audience in Seven Years in Total Viewers

For the just concluded May Sweeps ratings period, ABC's "General Hospital" attracted its largest audience in seven years in Total Viewers (3.068 million) and best performance in three years in Women 18-49 (747,000/1.2 rating) and Women 25-54 (999,000/1.6 rating) – since May Sweeps 2007 and 2011, respectively. The soap ranked as the #1 daytime show in Women 18-49 (tied in rating). Further, "GH" stood as the #1 program in Women 18-34 (252,000/0.7 rating), hitting a 4 year…

Disney-ABC Developing New Syndicated Talker With Tyra Banks As Host

Disney-ABC Domestic Television announced today that it has a new new daily lifestyle syndicated talk show in development for 2015 with supermodel, business woman, producer, and media mogul Tyra Banks as host and executive producer. Produced by Disney-ABC’s Summerdale Productions and distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television, the yet-to-be named nationally syndicated show will broadcast from Los Angeles. This marks Banks' return to daytime television after hosting "The Tyra Banks…

Manager To The (Soap) Stars Michael Bruno On David Tom Firing: ‘Shouldn’t He Be The First One To Know Before Everyone Else Knows?’

Michael Bruno, who manages several daytime soap stars past and present, including Amelia Heinle, who portrays Victoria Newman on "The Young and the Restless," appeared on the Thursday, May 29 edition of the Lilly Melgar ("General Hospital," "The Bay") and Martha Madison ("Days of our Lives," "The Bay") hosted radio show "Soap Box with Lilly and Martha" to discuss several soap related topics. One of which was the recent news of David Tom…

NAME THAT BABY: Watch as Patrick and Sabrina Settle On a Name For Their Son

For the first time since his rocky early birth, Sabrina (Teresa Castillo) feels hopeful about her and Patrick's (Jason Thompson) future with Gabriel Drake Santiago, the name the duo chose for their newborn son after he's spent several weeks in the hospital fighting for his life. Before naming their child, Sabrina and Patrick shared an emotional moment with Emma (Brooklyn Rae Silzer) after she gave Sabrina her koala bear as a friend for Gabriel.

PROMO: ‘I’m Back’ Featuring Michelle Stafford on ‘GH’

As previously reported, Michelle Stafford is returning to daytime on Tuesday, June 3 playing a new character on a soap not named "The Young and the Restless," where she played Phyllis Summers off and on for 16 years. In a newly released promo for ABC's "General Hospital," where she'll portray the contract role of Nina Clay, Stafford is seen in character proclaiming, "After 20 years, I'm back to reclaim my life. My family betrayed me, my husband deserted…

CENTER STAGE: ‘Home & Family’s’ Mark Steines On Soap Operas, Love Scenes and Getting Slammed By Oprah!

Hallmark’s beloved talk show “Home & Family” has featured so many soap star guests, it’s a wonder it’s not up for Outstanding Drama Series in this year’s Daytime Emmy race. With everyone from “Days of our Lives’” Deidre Hall (Marlena Evans) to the “Young and the Restless’” Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott) and Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) dropping by, it’s pretty much par-for-par with Salem, Port Charles and Genoa City. Though, as former “Entertainment Tonight” personality and current “Home &…

Gina Tognoni Is ‘Y&R’s’ New Phyllis Summers

Now that Michelle Stafford has signed on to portray the contract role of Nina Clay on ABC's "General Hospital," it was only a matter of time before CBS' "The Young and the Restless" opted to recast her Daytime Emmy Award winning role. Earlier this month the soap announced they were doing just that after putting out a casting call for the role, which was recently landed by soap veteran Gina Tognoni.

RATINGS: Including Ties, ABC Leads Daytime in Key Sales Demos; ‘GH’ Tops in Women 18-34; Barbara Walters ‘View’ Send Off Strong

For the week of May 12-16, 2014, ABC Daytime ranked #1 in Women 18-34 (199,000/0.6 rating) and Women 25-54 (784,000/1.3 rating) and tied for #1 in Women 18-49 (610,000/1.0 rating), per newly released Nielsen Media Research ratings data. The network hit a 10–week highs in Total Viewers (3.2 million) and Women 18-34, and 7–week highs in Women 18-49 and in Women 25-54 – since weeks of 3/3/14 and 3/24/14, respectively.

GIVEAWAY: Win Tickets to Meet ‘Y&R’s’ Joshua Morrow at the ‘Tentacle 8’ LA Film Screening!

"The Young and the Restless'" Joshua Morrow (Nicholas Newman), of the hit independent film, “Tentacle 8,” — which also stars Bruce Gray (ex-Mark Wilcox), Teri Reeves (ex-Megan McKenna, "General Hospital"), and “All My Children’s” John Callahan (ex-Edmund Grey) and Matthew Borlenghi (ex-Brian Bodine) — will be appearing at Laemmle’s NoHo7 theater in Los Angeles for a special film screening on Tuesday, May 20, and guess what? Soap Opera Network has partnered with the…

WATCH: ‘GH’s’ Rick Springfield Receives Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

On Friday, May 9, actor and rock and roller Rick Springfield (ex-Noah Drake, "General Hospital") received one the the highest honors an entertainer could ever hope to attain: a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Joined by former "GH" co-star Jason Thompson (Patrick Drake) and "The Young and the Restless'" Doug Davidson (Paul Williams), the hour long ceremony included speeches by Hollywood Chamber of Commerce President & CEO Leron Gubler, Thompson and…