General Hospital RENEWED!

Last week, ABC-Disney made the much anticipated announcement that General Hospital would remain on their daytime lineup. The show who ended up on the chopping block to make way for Katie Couric's fall talk show? The Revolution. The ratings dud which debuted in January replacing the beloved One Life To Live will air until July. It seems Anne Sweeney kept her word and the show with the highest ratings remained on the schedule. A big congratulations to all who worked so hard to keep GH on the air. But we still have much to do if we want to ensure the show stays where it is past April 2013. We must continue to WATCH!!! Ratings are our only ally at this point. We urge everyone who is a GH fan to watch no matter what and help our soap beat Katie in the ratings once her show debuts in September. We also want fans to contact their affiliates to let them know that GH is the only ABC daytime show they watch and only advertisers during GH will be seen by viewers.

GH News: Comings and Goings!!!

Just a day after ABC/Disney announced the firing of embattled General Hospital executive producer Jill Farren Phelps, news that ABC Daytime president Brian Frons would be gone after his contract expired in January 2012 hit the web. The two ousters were met with a resounding cheer from ABC soap fans who blame Brian Frons for the "death of ABC soaps". Long-time GH fans were thrilled to hear of Phelps' firing. Former One Life to Live executive producer Frank Valentini will be replacing Phelps and OLTL head writer Ron Carlivati will replace GH head writer Garin Wolf. Wolf will remain with the show for the foreseeable future.

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In other news, fan favorites Kimberly McCullough, who portrays Robin Scorpio Drake, and Jonathan Jackson, who plays Lucky Spencer, announced their departure from the soap they both joined as children. Jackson filmed his last scene as Lucky on November 17th and his last air date was Friday, December 16th. McCullough, who became a soap legend when she was given the monumental task of playing an HIV+ teen, will remain with the show through February. It appears that Frank Valentini and Ron Carlivati wish to have both Jackson and McCullough remain with the show. Time will tell if they can be persuaded to do so. Fans of the two legacy characters were saddened to hear of the decision by both actors to leave the show, but considering the environment they worked in during 2011, their wish to leave is not completely without merit. Let us all hope the new regime can infuse life into GH and bring back these core characters with the respect they deserve.

Join the "SAVE GH" Campign!!!

Join our "Save GH" Campaign and help us find a new home for GH after cancellation.

The "rumor with legs" (from legitimate sources who initially warned us of AMC and OLTL's cancellation) is that ABC will announce General Hospital's cancellation in January after One Life To Live's final air date. It would then air until sometime in May or June. The question is "What will happen to GH after its' final air date on ABC?" Will it go to Prospect Park as its sister shows did or will it end forever? Better yet, would another network and production company take over GH and give it new life?

It is our belief that General Hospital's best chance at survival beyond ABC is finding a new home on another network. At this point we feel NBC is the best option for GH given the way NBC has embraced Days Of Our Lives and supports the existence of the soap genre on network television.

The first phase of our "SAVE GH" campaign is to BOMBARD NBC, Sony Pictures Television and KenCorday Productions with calls, emails and tweets PLEASE!!! Call the NBC comment line, email NBC and Ken Corday, and tweet NBC and Sony Pictures EVERY MONDAY between 1 - 3pm (est). CLICK HERE for all the tel#, emails and addresses you'll need to help with the campaign. This is our way of getting their attention and hopefully open a dialogue with the network and production company. Together we can do our part to SAVE GENERAL HOSPITAL!!!

Our goal is to show the NBC network and Sony Pictures Television (SPT) that GH fans are loyal and will follow GH wherever it goes after ABC/Disney.

ABC/Disney and General Hospital Executives You Should Know



Ann Sweeney, Brian Frons, Jill Farren Phelps

Wonder who are the people respnsible for making the decisions that affect who comes and goes on General Hospital? Well take a look at these faces. They belong to the three most important executives at ABC/Disney and General Hospital.


From left to right:

Ann Sweeney: Co-Chair of Disney Media Networks and President of Disney-ABC Television Group.
Brian Frons: President of the newly-created Daytime, Disney-ABC Television Group
Jill Farren Phelps: Executive Producer, General Hospital