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Debut of Katie Couric's New Talker revealed as Sept 10th! The future of The Revolution & General Hospital remains in question!
Looks like Katie Couric’s new talk show, Katie is finally sharing some major production updates … one of which is the new afternoon series has it’s official launch date, September 10th, 2012. The soon-to-be live weekday show has already been cleared in 94% of the country. And so a programming decision will have to be made by the network concerning what series to cancel, The Revolution or General Hospital, since Katie has nabbed GH’s time slot on ABC-owned and operated stations around the U.S.
Katie, executive producer Jeff Zucker, in an internal webcast to television stations that will air the talker, unveiled the show’s logo, and announced additions to the senior production staff including Director Joe Terry, who has spent the last 14 years as Director for The Oprah Winfrey Show and Co-Executive Producer Kathy Samuels. Samuels is a producer with nearly 20 years of television experience, including live television and daytime talk show programming at NBC, Paramount Domestic, and CBS, and has been a part of several successful launch teams, including Rachael Ray and Access Hollywood.
The webcast was conducted from TV One at ABC’s Manhattan headquarters, which will serve as home to the Katie set. The studio itself has a rich history, having served as the backdrop to the Kennedy/Nixon Presidential debates. Katie will broadcast live, weekdays in front of a studio audience.
“Katie and I are thrilled to share these updates with our partners and Katie’s fans,” said Zucker. “We now have our studio, a great-looking logo that exudes all of the qualities that we want the show to convey, and a terrific team with a diverse background of experience. We couldn’t be more excited about September 10. It’s going to be a lot of fun.”
So as Katie makes her way into the daytime landscape arming herself with a powerful behind the scene teams, it would seem like a no-brainer for ABC to keep the surging General Hospital and cut their losses with low rated, The Revolution. But again, as we have all unfortunately learned, it does not matter how many loyal fans in the millions a soap has or the quality of the show. We hope the network may have learned from their mistakes.
However, remember Katie has come out and said she wants GH as her lead-in, not The Revolution! And clearly, there is a big built-in audience for her with the soap, which is surely lacking with The Revolution. Let us know your thoughts!
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‘General Hospital’s’ Dominic Zamprogna Shares He Was ‘Happy to Hear’ of The Triangle Storyline Developing Between Dante/Elizabeth/Ric
General Hospital’s Dominic Zamprogna (Dante Falconeri) opened up about the burgeoning love triangle forming between his Port Charles alter-go, Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) and Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) after recently aired scenes, plus his hopes for the future of a Dante and Liz pairing, during his appearance on the Sunday, April 23 edition of the That’s Awesome podcast with Steve Burton (Jason Morgan) and Bradford Anderson (Spinelli).
On last week’s episodes of GH, Ric has made the decision that he wanted to propose to his ex-wife, only when he showed up at Elizabeth’s front door, he misread the scenario he walked in with Liz tending to Dante’s injured leg from the softball game. From there, the legal eagle’s jealous streak is reemerging which may cause him to act out and do something unforgivable, or will he take the high road? Stay tuned.
Speaking with Steve Burton and Bradford Anderson about where Elizabeth stands in the annals of the long-running soap, Zamprogna said, “She’s up there with Steve and Maurice (Maurice Benard) as one of the most legacy-filled people on the show.”
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HOW DANTE AND ELIZABETH CAME ABOUT
Dominic jokes it’s a far cry for where Dante and Elizabeth previously, recalling, “We had some scenes together years ago and we were both laughing. Becky’s like, ‘Well, I guess we’re not going be paired up anytime soon.’ I remember we laughed immediately after they yelled ‘cut,”‘and said to each other, ‘Well, so much for that!'”
Fast-forward to early 2025 and as Zamprogna remembered it, “Elizabeth Korte (co-head writer, GH) came up to me at the General Hospital Christmas party, and I think it was a year and a half ago and she said, ‘We’re going to have you in scenes with Elizabeth,’ My internal monologue is going, ‘I’m not with Lulu (Alexa Havins) anymore and Sam’s (Kelly Monaco) gone, so maybe they want to see if this works.’ I didn’t want to get scenes with Becky and try to find the chemistry. I just wanted to play whatever honestly was written and came across for both of us and hope it was what people liked, and I don’t know if it is … or not.”
Knowing how beloved Elizabeth is to the GH faithfuls, Zamprogna added, “She got a big fan base with Ric … and a big fan base with with Jason … and you know, you’re going to piss somebody off. But, didn’t Ric drug Elizabeth and put Carly in a panic room?”
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DANTE AND ELIZABETH PAIRING COULD STIR UP STORY FOR OTHERS IN PORT CHARLES
In closing, Dominic felt that the wide-reaching tentacles of a Dante and Elizabeth relationship is something he is 100% down for. “The triangle thing; I was happy to hear it was with Ric and her, because I felt it’s important to have her the top of it as opposed to Dante, Lulu and Elizabeth.”
Zamprogna added, “When you get into relationships on a soap, things seem to fizzle out a little bit, The buildup is what’s the fun part, and the getting to know each other, and the people who are affected by this coming together. When with this case it’s going to affect: Ric, Sonny, Lulu. There’s so much more story here. To me, it’s going to be a fun story to play.”
You can check out Dominic’s visit to That’s Awesome with Steve and Bradford below.
Now weigh-in: Are you rooting for Dante and Liz, or Dante and Ric at this juncture of the story, or neither guy for Elizabeth? Let us know your thoughts and picks via the comment section.
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GH and OLTL Alum Patrick J. Gibbons Reveals the Story Behind Writing Trina’s Song on ‘General Hospital’ (Exclusive)
At the conclusion of today’s August 21 episode of General Hospital, Trina Robinson (Tabyana Ali) sings a lullaby to baby Dez, that went into a montage to close out the episode as her father Curtis Ashford (Donnell Turner) reports to Pentonville and winds up in his jail cell.
However, in a fun fact, the song entitled, “A Lonely Heart To Give” was actually written by none other than former One Life to Live and General Hospital actor, Patrick J. Gibbons.
Daytime fans first met Gibbons as Sam Manning on One Life to Live. At the time, when he started on the soap, he was just 5-years-old. Gibbons played the part from 2010-2013 on ABC and Prospect Park’s editions of the show. Fast-forward to 2018, Gibbons shows up on General Hospital as Wyatt Hoover, the scout who seemed always be injured, but in the thick of the drama. Patrick had appeared on GH multiple times as Wyatt including: 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023.
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FROM HIS GRANDMOTHER’S DEATH CAME THE INSPIRATION FOR HIS SONG
Now in 2026, General Hospital fans are getting to learn about another side of Gibbons’ talent as a songwriter and guitar player after “A Lonely Heart to Give” debuted today! Michael Fairman TV caught up with Patrick, who is now a senior at Penn State entering his final year as a finance major, to get the back-story of how his song wound up on GH!
Gibbons explained he wrote the song in honor of his grandmother who passed away a few years ago with whom he was, very, very close with. “Randomly, my grandmother had a downfall and passed away during the second semester of my sophomore year. I was in my dorm a lot and I was just playing with my guitar. And at the time, I was really into finger-style playing. I wrote the lyric and music to it (with a little help from my guitar teacher Lou), and my mom showed the rough demo to Frank Valentini (EP, General Hospital). He’s like an uncle to me. Frank loved it so much he said, “Finish that up. I want to hear the whole thing, and I want it on the show.”
MAKING MUSIC FOR GENERAL HOSPITAL
Gibbons and his parents took the next steps! “So now, all we needed was a female voice, because I thought that would fit the song well,” Patrick shared. “At the golf club we go to my parents were at a dinner. They liked the singer that was performing and spoke to her about the song, and she says she would like to bring it to her ‘boss’ who ended up being Eric Bazilian of the Hooters fame!” (Bazilian also wrote the smash hit song “One of Us” for Joan Osborne).
Next, “We went in the studio and recorded it and the song came together and it was beautiful. We loved it. They loved it at General Hospital and now they’re putting it the show and they are coming in with a piano, instead of a guitar. Paul Glass, the GH musical director, has been keeping us updated over the last six months of how it was coming along, and when it would air, and how GH put their own arrangement to it. I can’t wait to see and hear what they did with it.”
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PATRICK’S ONE LIFE TO LIVE FAMILY
Everyone knows that the One Life to Live extended family share a very tight bond, and Patrick said he does stay in touch with a few of his former One Life to Live co-stars, especially those from the Manning family! “I stayed in touch with Kassie DePaiva (ex-Blair) and sent her little videos here and there. She was like my second mom for five years. We keep in contact with Kristen Alderson (ex-Starr) over X the most, and she can’t believe how big I’ve gotten. Like, none of them can! (laughs). I also loved working with Roger Howarth (ex-Todd) and Trevor St. John (ex-Todd and Victor Jr.), and to me since I was so young, they were just my friends, ‘Roger and Trevor,’ not Todd Manning or Victor Jr.”
It was a trip to California and a visit to Port Charles that ultimately led to Gibbons second soap role of Wyatt Hoover. Patrick explains, “In 2016, Frank Valentini invited us out to Los Angeles to visit the set of General Hospital. I think he heard me say, ‘This is so much fun. I miss being on the set.’ He goes, ‘You should come out. I’ll bring you on the show. We can make you a character.'”
A few years later, Patrick’s dream became a reality! “Then, by the summer of 2018, I was playing Wyatt, the scout, and shared scenes with Wes Ramsey (Peter August), and the best was when I shared a scene with Roger Howarth and Michael Easton (ex-John, OLTL and ex-Silas, Finn et al, GH), it was like chemistry from the old days.”
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IT’S ALL IN THE NUMBERS
As to his future aspirations, it’s a career in the finance game that has piqued Gibbons’ real-life interest. But never say never to a return to acting. Patrick explained, “I’ve always enjoyed numbers. And on top of that, one of the biggest parts of finance is being personable and outgoing.”
He continued, “That’s one of the greatest skills I developed growing up. I really love the markets. I’m super interested. I’m never going to close the door to acting. I’m always open to that because I just love it so much. It’s such a great art.”
Take note! If there are any investment bankers or private equity folks among the GH faithful looking for a young analyst next year, Patrick’s DMs are open. You can find him on X at @PatrickJGibbons.”
So, what did you think of the song sung by Trina on today’s GH that was written by Patrick J. Gibbons? Did you enjoy Patrick’s performances as One Life’s Sam and GH’s Wyatt? Would you like to see him back on GH at some point? Let us know via the comment section.
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‘General Hospital’ Alum Chad Duell Admits That He Didn’t Expect the Role of Michael Corinthos to be Recast, and Would Consider Working on Another Soap (Exclusive)
Chad Duell, the Daytime Emmy-winning actor, who stepped away from the pivotal role of Michael Corinthos on General Hospital, opened up about: his previous decision to leave the series after nearly 15 years, where’s he’s at now after time away from the demands of a daytime soap opera, and took a stroll down memory lane with some of Michael’s most-acclaimed storyline during his run, during a livestream chat on August 19 on You Tube’s Michael Fairman Channel.
Viewers last saw Duell on-screen as Michael in January of 2025, and with his successor in the role, Rory Gibson making his debut at the GH Nurses’ Ball in episodes that aired later in May. It was clear that during the conversation, Chad was a bit surprised that the GH brass decided to recast him when he thought he was just taking some much needed time off.
Burn-out of the daily grind of being on a soap was definitely a part of Chad’s decision to take a break. Duell explained “People know when you’re doing something for so long or your character is kind of in the same place for so long or doing the same stuff over and over again, you do get a a little burnt out, you get a little stiff, stale, a little stiff at times. I didn’t want that to be any sort of lasting impression. I have 15 years of a body of work of I’ve done on that show, which is fantastic.”
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WHILE CHAD WAS AWAY GH RECAST MICHAEL CORINTHOS WITH RORY GIBSON
Chad shared, his mindset when leaving GH was, “I’m taking some time away, we’ll see what happens.” Then he added, “Obviously, they decided to go in a different direction with Michael when I was gone. I didn’t think they were going to bring somebody back in my place. But you know, it’s the business. You never know what can happen.”
Duell also shared he has not watched a single episode of General Hospital since he left the series, but now feels he reenergized following the loss of his father and stepping away from the GH, “I’m in a place now mentally, where I’m ready to sink my teeth into it again.”
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Even though he is no longer Michael on GH, Chad was very happy with his final storyline where Michael was set on fire when a bomb exploded at Sonny’s (Maurice Benard) penthouse. “It was fun to put him in a dangerous situation, because I was wanting Michael to be in something scary instead of trying to be a hero character or just things happening around him, but to be the center point of tragedy happening to him. (I always saw) Michael as the heart of the (Corinthos) family.”
When Michael was badly burned the show chose not burn his face, which normally a soap does when they are recasting role and switching actors. Chad weighed-in, “They didn’t burn my face because I told Frank Valentini (EP, GH) I’m willing to come back. It was just a little bit of a break. So, I assumed that if they would have burned my face, they could have brought somebody back looking different than me… if that’s what their plan was.”
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MEMORABLE MICHAEL STORYLINES
One of Chad’s most memorable performances was the in the storyline of Michael’s rape while he was sentenced to prison in 2010 and the confession of it in 2011. “It was so well-written and I was very nervous,” recalled Chad. “When I get really nervous about something, it ends up being really good when I do it, because it just means I care a lot about it”
“I have to put a lot of effort and work into it, and I really want it to be good. I was working with Dominic Zamprogna (Dante) and Steve Burton (Jason) a lot during those scenes, and Laura Wright (Carly). It was great working with Steve and Dominic, especially, during that storyline.
A NEW SOAP ROLE FOR CHAD?
As to a future soap opera role, Chad is open to the idea and would love to jump back in to a juicy role, “I know people over at The Bold and the Beautiful, and The Young and the Restless. They know that if they’re interested, I would love to come in for a screen test or something, and they can see what I’m doing.”
Meanwhile, Chad has been busy putting out new music under the moniker Duelly and during the interview he explains how he creates his EDM tracks and much more. You can stream his latest single, Static in the Quiet Room on Spotify, Apple Music and You Tube Music.
You can check out the full conversation with Chad Duell below.
Now let us know: what show would you like to see Chad cast on down the line? BTG, DAYS, B&B, Y&R, or a new role on GH? What did you think of his thoughts on the casting switch while he was away in the role of Michael? What was your favorite Michael storyline during Chad’s 15-year run on the ABC soap opera? Let us know via the comment section.
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If ABC cancels GH with the ratings The Revolution have recently shown, I will never ever watch ABC.
I won’t either, not even primetime.
Agree, will give up GMA, View, Greys, Priv Prac, DWTS, Castle, Sunday A.M. George, WN Diane, OUAT, BOP, and more. ABC has already made the worst business decision possible by cxld AMC and OLTL, if they cut GH there will be no reason at all for me to watch anything on ABC ever again. I’m done with them for good if they cancel GH.
ditto!
ABC Daytime will be dead to me if they cancel GH.
It makes me SOMEWHAT hopeful this wont occur if Katie prefers GH to be the lead in to her show. It may mean she’ll pick up a fan base of grateful soap fans in the process!!!
Love the timing though….just learned today that Ricki Lakes’ show also starts in Sept, and FYI, she’s cleared for 96% of the market she’s in. I think they might be in compting time slots in some market, but not positive.
TV viewing is gonna get VERY interesting in the Fall!!!
I really feel Katie is the only person standing between GH and cancellation and that she has kind of gone from network to network and really has not caught on with viewers, and I really think this is her best oppurtunity to create a good relationship with a lasting audience, and i think she is smart enough to realize that.
I would consider watching Katie’s show only if GH is not canceled. Without GH I have no reason to turn on ABC during the daytime.
I agree. Come on, Katie. Please help us save General Hospital! Daytime viewers are the most loyal viewers out there!
Yeah,I agree with you,Jennifer… I’m big fan of GH for 31 before Robin Scorpio’s debut in 1985. Come on,Kate,don’t let us down or shut us down.. I did email to Paul Lee and told him our heart goes to General Hospital crew,writers,and famous great cast like Marice,Anthony(Luke) Geary and other great cast to put up good show and storyline are fantastic,too YAY!!!! 🙂 I told him let soap fans speak out to him or ABC, what’s their head and be smarter thing to do.
If Katie can persuade them to keep GH, I might watch her show, other than that, after GH is gone, NO MOUSE IN MY HOUSE, EVER AGAIN!!! Including Disney and any affiliations with the RAT CHANNEL!!!
I agree with Tammy, if they keep GH, maybe I would stay to watch Katie. If she had interesting guests on. Otherwise not interested, not really into news programming talk shows.
But once GH is gone, so is any loyalty or reason to watch ABC
biggest mistake abc did was let the rat channel buy them,I will never change my mind about katie couric I just dont like her.since they cancelled all my children and One life to live I have been boycotting abc/disney and I will continue to do so ,I watch general hospital at 3 then as soon as it is over that channel gets changed quickly.
hey barbara… remember when ABC was thee channel to watch?
Sunday was ABC Sports – the agony and defeat. Daytime was soaps, game shows… Dating Game, Newlywed Game, Let’s Make a Deal, $10,000 Pyramid, Password, Match Game
AMC, Dark Shadows, OLTL, Ryan’s Hope, Edge of NIght…
Remember their after school specials and how about those School House Rocks!
And years of great primetime shows – shows that stayed on for many, many seasons…. it’s all gone!
wikipedia’s outline for ABC includes this: 1965-1969: Success 1969-1985: Rising to the Top… and few years later, 1996-2003: Disney purchase and network decline and 2007-present: the writer’s strike and loss of steam
yeah – they need to put out bait and rat traps and get rid of what’s ruined them!
and did you know this — “In March 2010, Disney has considered spinning ABC off into an independent broadcasting company because, “it doesn’t add a lot of value to Disney’s other divisions.” um, excuse me, mr. IGOR, but you rats haven’t added any value to ABC!
Wiki says – They entered advanced negotiations with two private equity firms to sell ABC; however, the sale was canceled because of an attempted insider trade to the FBI by an ex-employee. What?
so from 2010 to present – do you think they’re tanking ABC on purpose?
Can anyone trump the Rat and resuscitate ABC?
like i said in other posts that i wrote. decision time in april for general hospital. there will be an annoucement and we have to take a really deep breath. hope for the best. if they cancel general hospital im done with abc for good. now its getting really good. picking up steam. abc listen to us please for once. please pick up general hospital for at least 2 or 3 years more. and its ratings will get bigger and bigger. cancel that horrible dreadful revolution. the worst show and horrible hosts. all gh fans like me and every else lets see what abs does. if they cancel our soap. there will be angry people including me. lets pray they renew our soap. katie couric get a life missy. you have enough money to live on. you are so annoying katie. i was a fan of katie when she was on the today show. when she left to go to cbs news everything changed for me. she got greedy and i was allergic in whatching her on cbs. big rumour right now. hopefully its true. jackie zeman could be back as bobbie spencer sooner than later. michael fairman love your interviews and im a big fan of yours.
” katie couric get a life missy. ” Lmao!
Bob Igler made a statement earlier. IMO (and I have really stayed positive) this show is over unless it gets picked up elswehere. He made excuses for The Revolution stating it will take time to pick up.. He isn’t giving up on getting rid of his final soap show. Personally, I think he is afraid to make the official announcement GH is cancelled until after May sweeps.
WHEN will we know if GH continues?????? THis waiting is a big, royal pain. I’m not a Katie Couric fan so I’m not going to be tuning in. I want soaps, not talk shows!!!!
Too many talk shows on already with even more on the way! They’re cheap! We need more scripted shows but they cost more so there won’t be as much $$$ left for the jerks running the networks who don’t care what we want!
I would hope that by now they have learned that Soap fans are serious when they say they will or will not watch something. Keeping GH on the air means Katie gets us as possible viewers.
Congrats, Katie on having one of the only shows that will have 6-month heads-up on a boycott before it even debuts. No one will watch this. ABC Daytime is a vast wasteland. When GH is off the air, I’ll tune out for good.
whoopie doo!! go home katie…no one wants another humdrum B~O~R~I~N~G talk show..theyve been rammed down our throats enuff…we have more news than ALL the worlds newspapers combined! Give it a rest…your ABC stole our Americana n we as a grp and as fans of Soaps…will never stop until true TV is returned…or brought to CABLE where our $$ paid stations give us what we pay for. ABC/Dismaldisney have ruined the ratings for themselves..boycott all the way…dare take GH off n ABC will b a ghost town…you alone cant have a gazillion followers to save abc…retirE from abc hunny….youll thank us later on! SOAPS NOT DOPES!
If Jeff Sucker is stupid enough to cancel GH and not The Revolution he should be fired. And as for Katie, I certainly hope she fights for a GH lead-in. I’m not a big fan of hers, but think she is smart enough to know that she will make some enemies of viewers if GH is cancelled, her fault or not.
We will not watch ABC anymore if they cancel General Hospital!! We have enought talk shows on tv, if they want to put on another one then cancel the Revolution and put katie there. DO NOT take the place of General Hospital!!!
I hate the waiting. If GH gets cancelled then I will never have another reason to watch ABC again.
ABC is the channel I watch the most: General Hospital, Modern Family, Happy Endings, The River, and so on. But I swear I’ll drop them all if they cancel GH over The Revolution. It would be worst than a slap to the face; it would be saying: “we’d rather take the worst show ever with the worst ratings ever than to keep a soap” and that would be bad business. I won’t encourage a sinking ship if that’s the mentality behind ABC and Disney.
Anne Sweeney, keep your words, you said you’d keep the most successful shows around, and lo and behold, that happens to be GH. So tough luck, try cancelling next year if you find better by then.
ABC WAS the channel I watched the most… see above how good ABC used to be…
i’m preparing to be disappointed – again – by Disney execs in charge
i’ll be heartbroken of course – OLTL was my all time favorite, GH was 2nd to me… but to lose again so soon after the other – like a nail in the soap opera coffin! and to me… that would be the final nail in any viewing of anything on ABC until Disney doesn’t run them anymore, and they get someone who cares about fans back in charge, and until they put soap operas into production…. cold day?
but I’d be thrilled if they decide to keep GH on tho!
but I’m prepared to watch CBS or NBS for a good soap – or I”ll just watch old OLTL and GH episodes (I have gobs) over and over, til i’m too old to figure out my dvd remote! ha!
you sure do your homework,I remember when abc was a class network,sad where it stands today,this is a reply from march 16 9:54 pm.Ive been boycotting abc/disney will continue to do so If they cancel general hospital I will be done .its sad that the soaps were destroyed because of money but what really bothers me is abc/disneys prime time shows ,ther will be alot of so called soaps on ,why couldnt they have just put one life to live and all my children on in the evening ?to bad they cared so little for us soap fans ,and as someone else said here not once did they thank us .
I’m sure, you will,Christy. I still taping everyday until Sept. 7. I love GH all my life since I was 16 years old kid becomes 47 years old man who like to watch quite adventure of Robert Scorpio and Frisco Jones!!! 🙂 not kiss or smooching stuff.. yucky(lol)
They better cancel The Revolution that show has been crap the very day it started…No one likes it and will never like it…. It makes sense to cancel The Revolution… But, ABC has no common sense!!!!!!!!!! They better make the right deceision with this one..And keep GH on abc…………..I have alway’s watched the soaps on abc for years…..Had no interest in changing…, ABC has 2 stikes on them already… I hope they are not stupid enough to make it three strikes!!!!!!! I am pissed off with them already because of OLTL….Never watched Katie Couric and I’m not going to start………..I stick to my guns about not watching Katie Couric…Keep GH on daytime where it BELONGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Again, they better make the right deceision & keep GH on over The Revolution CRAP SHOW !!!!!!!! That show sounds soooooooo BORING.. The whole concept is BORING.. (making wallpaper from children’s art))) . GIVE ME A BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!! It insullts your intelligence…………..It’s that DUMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keep GH on the T. V. ABC or prepare for WAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
i’ll watch katie if GH is still on, but chances of me tuning in to see katie are zero chance if its after the Revulsion. and i’ll give up the view too.
this katie couric stuff has me so upset I changed my daily e mail to abc/disney ,telling them to stop the head games and spit it out ,I want to know one way or the other if general hospital is gone,Im sure while I am writing this they are sending me my daily e mail telling me how much they care (THEY DONT) and how many letters they receive and cant answer them all,same thing every day well I wont give up. I do believe they should make up there minds just do it or dont.just respect us soap fans a little bit ,we have a right to know one way or the other,I hate abc/disney.
If GH goes so do I. No more ABC in my house, nothing. If Katie is smart she will make sure GH stays or the backlash is going to be ugly.
If those ABC/Disney executives have any brains at all they will dump that revolting Revolution and leave us General Hospital, If they want to slit their throats for the 3rd and final time, they might as well kiss ABC goodbye, look at the ratings now, THEY WILL GET WORSE, THAT IS INEVITABLE, LOOK AT THE NIELSENS now overall, they are one from the bottom already!!!!!
thats the problem with abc/disney they dont have any brains,there ratings are low ,I love that there doing bad in prime time to.I will never watch abc/disney again ,I watch general hospital thats it ,if that goes ,I wont have to worry about anything on that network.there programming is going downhill fast,when they choose to get rid of all my children and one life to live it shows they lost any class they ever had.money over the classic soaps ,you bet there isnt anyone at abc/disney with any brain power.
I think you should leave on GH since it has bee on much longer than the Revolution, Its has a much better following. Don;t take all the entertaonment from us older folks.
Sincerely Barbara
Maybe this is why Katie said to cancel The Revolution and keep General Hospital. As a soap fan, especially One Life To Live, I am not ready to sacrifice one show for another. I still want One Life To Live back. I don’t watch General Hospital, but I do keep it on to support the genre. But I don’t want to sacrifice one for another either. I hope that ABC brings back One Life To Live. I will NEVER watch anything that goes in it’s time slot. I don’t care what it is. Won’t watch!
There is no reason to cancel GH…give us a break. You have a 4pm time slot to fill so fill it with Katie. Have some loyality and consideration to the loyal fans of GH. We have been supporting the show for 40 years now show us some respect and consideration. ABC needs to listen up and understand that your ratings are dropping because of shows like the revolution, the chew and now katie, not because of GH or OLTL. Stop the nonsense and save GH. Theres enough to worry about in life and its nice to come home to relax infront of your tv to watch a fictional storyline from great writers. Enough with reality tv and keep airing fantasy tv like GH!!!!!
If ABC has ANY hope to stay alive, they will keep GH. If they make this HUGE mistake and cancels GH..then for me, they are done. I will eliminate all of ABC on all my remotes for all my TVs. ABC will be cancelled. just sayin’….
One of the worst days of my life was watching the last episode of “Another World” on June 25th, 1999 because I had been watching it for over 25 years, every day..without fail. I don’t think people who don’t watch soaps quite understand the ones that do. Watching a soap is unlike watching anything else, period. You adopt a whole bunch of characters into your life as family. You see them interact with each other every day, for 5 hours a week, that’s way more than any other scripted 1-hour weekly shows. You forge a bond with these people and among other things, it gives you something to look forward to every single day. Let’s face it, life is quite chaotic and sometimes downright painful. But many people find solace in turning on their favorite soap opera every day. I’ve never forgiven NBC for cancelling my all-time favorite show AW to make room for the stupid and totally ridiculous show “Passions”, which never picked up any kind of audience and was quickly canned. I have also been watching GH now for over 30 years and I swear to God I will never watch one single minute of any ABC or Disney-related programming if the almost 50-year old show gets cancelled to make room for another needless talk show! People need getaway and fantasy in our world today. We need an escapade to a different place where people come back from the dead, where fairy tale weddings take place, where interesting family dynamics of diverse characters keep us tuning in for more every day. I very firmly feel that if GH gets cancelled this year, it will cause a major uproar from decades-long viewers, and ABC, still reeling from the backlash of the demise of OLTL and AMC, will collapse, and perhaps rightfully so. I would sure love to know if any petition has been started to keep GH on the air.
i watched OLTL from the beginning and same with GH… thank god I’ve taped so many shows and kept them, I’ve got some of my old friends to watch whenever I miss them!
ABC used to be a great channel. Disney has changed that for sure! Aren’t there any relatives of Walt’s around that we could write to? and boy would they get an earful!
If General hospital is dropped, Katie will fail.
and this general hospital fan will help katie fail ,If general hospital is canceled ,there will be no reason for me to watch that network ever again.I dont get it ,I will never understand why abc/disney wants a women who brought the ratings down for the cbs news,if katie was a cute as she thinks she is the nightly news would have been no problem for her ,she was a disaster and they had no choice but to keep her for 3 long,boring years,shes a joke and she was paid good and now the rat channel will pay her 20 million, that 20 million could have gone to the soaps,because she is not worth that amount of money.I hope abc/disney looses big time in there choice of daytime programming.
I have only started watching GH since the integration of the OLTL characters. And I’m still beyond angry with ABC for canceling OLTL and AMC (even though I didn’t watch it). For over 30 years I’ve watched one soap or another (including The Doctors, AW, DOOL, Sunset Beach, Port Charles, OLTL and now GH). I love the soaps and I agree with so many who’ve already posted how wonderful it is to ESCAPE reality and delve into our fictional world. It is so very sad that the soap opera genre seems to be slowly dying, despite the large fan base. What is wrong with these networks? Oh, that’s right – they don’t care about us.
Dear ABC,
Don’t be completely stupid and make another terrible decision. DO NOT CANCEL GH!!!!!!! And while you’re at it – bring back OLTL and AMC. The Spew and The Revulsion are dreadful shows. I am truly embarrassed for you that you would cancel a high quality show like OLTL for such drivel as The Revulsion.
Yes, I know you won’t bring OLTL back. But please do not cancel your last remaining soap opera. Well, not unless you want a few million LESS viewers. If that’s the case, then go for it. With Cable and Satellite and the plethora of channels available these days – not to mention all the shows available to watch online – you can rest assured that if you do cancel GH, you will LOSS a substantial amount of viewers. COMPLETELY.
So, the choice is yours.
Choose wisely. (Hint: Soap opera fans are some of the most loyal fans around!!!)
Poor Walt must be rolling over in his grave at some of these business decisions made by Disney. Katie and others certainly can’t be feeling good about the hemorrage of soap viewers after the cancellation of OLTL. This information does not bode well for the debut of her show. Talk shows are struggling too (bye bye Rosie, Nate; Anderson is hanging on by a thread) and she can’t afford a weak leadin.
Here’s the bottom line for me. IF GH is cancelled, I will no longer watch ABC programming. IF GH is spared, I will give Katie’s show a fair try and I will watch the primetime shows I like (Revenge and Greys). Sorry ABC, I will never, ever, ever watch The Spew or Revultion.
Why don’t we fans, organize a News Conference in April; start planning it, giving people planning time to travel by train, motor cycle, plane etc…. We need to take our voices on camera LIVE. We can’t WAIT until aabc cancels GH, we have to GET STARTED now…… ! It will be broadcaste across the country to all the stations, local and affiliates and it will surely dampen Katie’s chances even more of other affiliates picking up her show. The Powers That Be, they HAVE TO start HEARING us and SEEING…….. us. We need to head to New York for a OPEN PROTEST.
Go away talk shows!! How many more are you gonna put on tv?!? We have enough already!! Katie has proven she cannot keep a steady job..enough of her! and all the other talk shows. Maybe soaps aren’t the answer either, but in our everyday crazy lives they are a nice way to focus on the fantasy world. The old commercial “calgon, take me away” is what soaps do for some of us..they take us away for just a little while so we can forget our problems for a half hour or an hour..what a nice escape! If I want therapy, I’ll watch a soap, not another talk show..And, yes, I too will be done with ABC and I have never cared for Katie, and if you’ve seen one talk show, you’ve seen them all!!
Hey ,I’d be the first person to say I like Katie – but Isn’t she a night time anchor ?
How much of a market share does she need to have?
Cancel that ridiculous Revolution and keep GH.
ABC/Disney Company if you will not bring back AMC and OLTL to their loyal fans you should at least let us have General Hospital to enjoy. We like the temporary escape this type of programming gives us. We have been loyal for decades! Why oh why do you want to turn away the most faithful audience you will ever have. We may not be the demographic group you want the most but you may be surprised at the purchasing power the little bit older audience! Grandparents and Aunts, Great-Aunts etc.etc… buy many of the products that your sponsors advertise to provide $$$ for your programs. Be smart and give us what we want to watch and you will get your most loyal viewers back. your sponsors and your television affiliates and you all will make more of a profit! It would be a win/win situation!!! All involved would truly be winners!!!
ABC/Disney Company, I was so disappointed when you took away OLTL……my favorite soap. I hope you will let GH continue (even in another time slot) as they have some awesome acting and greagt storylines. I know a lot of people agree withj me.
They can put ANOTHER new TALK SHOW anywhere they want. I WON”T be watching anyway.
I will never understand the decisions ABC is making about the daytime schedule. Taking a part of the modern day American fabric from loyal viewers was a huge mistake and they seem to be paying for that mistake. They are already suffering because of it’s bright decisions, and if they cancel GH, I would imagine they would lose even more viewers. I only watch GH now on that network. I don’t like being “handled” or “trained” and I don’t think this Katie thing is going to fly. How many networks has she been on?
I have already stopped watching ABC programming, other then now watching GH. I was a fan of Desp Housewives, but I stopped watching it. There was not much else on ABC that I did watch but they have had a few new shows this past season that looked like they would have been enjoyable but…sorry ABC… I did not even give them a second glance. It does not matter since there are sooo many options on TV now with the other cable channels. It irritates me that they have given up on their soaps yet they now want to launch a new night time drama about Texas… I would rather watch the show Dallas comin to TNT. Lets not kid ourselves… drama..? Just because it is on at night..it is still a soap. You just are playing it less and make less shows. They could have done that with OLTL. Put it on Sat or Fri when they have less viewers so I could record ti still.
definitely cancel The Revolution… leave GH alone..
I firmly believe that the Revulsion will be the one cancelled. AbC has gone down the tubes thanks to the boycotting and I will never watch anything on their network again except GH. Every show that they put on the air has some kind of boycotting going on. Why the hell do they put such horrible shows on tv?
Please do not cancel our only soap left!!!!! We need GH to stay!!! It’s been getting better and better. Cancel some other show but leave GH alone!!!
No thanks. Until Disney releases All My Children and One Life to Live back to Agnes Nixon, I won’t be watching Katie or anything else except for General Hospital and Nathan Fillion (formerly of OLTL) in Castle. I support my soap stars – ONLY!!!!!!
Looks like katie c will be on good morning america for a week,why couldnt abc/disney hire her to do there stupid morning show and leave our daytime soaps alone?I cant stand this woman all she is ,is another blabber mouth that I am not interested in what she has to say In the morning,before or after general hospital doesnt matter I wont watch.
OH, Poor katie couric and abc/disney ,she didnt do so well ,kc’s presence on the good morning america show not as good as the rat channel expected ,just wait mickey mouse if you kill general hospital there goes katies show what is it called again?Nope it wont do well in the 3 oclock hour or any hour ,I love hearing this, revenge is sweet .hey, if abc/disney didnt cancel all my children and one life to live and threaten to kill general hospital and replacing soapnet with another kid show I dont think they would be running into any ratings problems I would still be watching .not the talk shows ,but I wouldnt have a problem watching or trying out all your new prime time soaps,You know soaps that no one watches anymore,Is that what frons said?
No lead in pls I”ll miss days of our lives in our city keep gh in it’s time slot and put Katie in that stupid good afternoon America slot!!! I’m tired of the stupid talk shows! Enough already as it stands now I’m DONE WITH ANYTHING DISNEY!!! Over priced theme parks, radio, tv all of it! Soaps are tradition I used to watch with my grandma, mother,mother-in-law aunties everyone! When Luke and Laura got married I was in college and it seemed like everyone besides me worked their school class schedule around general hospital and especially that episode!! I think the guys in charge were not even born or very young to understand how important soaps are to many people! How much we like to take that time to escape into our favorite soaps… Not some STUPID talk show! If I have one more talk show stuffed in my face I will make sure my friends and family boycott all that is Disney also!! I know how to cook plus that all or most of them I see enough on food network I know how to dress myself! If I want to lose weight I will don’t need to be told how eat right and exercise HELLO!!! My self esteem is fine thanks.. And we have enough Hollywood shows on the air already! (Good afternoon America) Good morning America is enough already!! Knock it off already!! Are you people STUPID or you just don’t give a rats ass about the people who watch your day time line up!!! Not enough bitchin out about amc or oltl when you took them off? I guess you guys are STUPID!!!