I will not watch her show. Bring back AMC and OLTL.

If I remember correctly, Katie’s a soap fan herself.

So now abc will say that they did it because Couric wanted them to, thus taking the onus off of them…

I can just picture a meeting with Couric and the abc bigwigs figuring out a strategy that is beneficial to all of them.

Ive been trying to tell everyone this,I read it several weeks ago,katie couric is not a dumb woman,and she knows that us abc soap fans are doing everything we can to DESTROY abc daytime and she does not want us to destroy her talk show and loosing general hospital will do that.so someone is hearing us ,katie c or abc/disney,continue to fight for general hospital ,let abc/disney know we will not watch any of there shows daytime or prime time ,they canceled all my children and one life to live and they also are playing head games with general hospital,so continue the fight .

If this story is true, then it truly is a smart move on the part of Katie Couric and Jeff Zucker for two reasons – imo:
– As indicated above, having a stronger lead-in like GH, makes much more sense
– I am guessing Katie Couric and Jeff Zucker “might” also be thinking, heck, if we put it out there that we want GH to stay on the air, then “just maybe” the GH fans will want to watch our show too! They obviously see the strong support and dedication of the GH Fans.

Like I have said in other posts, whatever it takes to keep GH on the air, works for me, including Katie Couric and Jeff Zucker putting their support behind it!

NOW YOU ARE TALKING!!!!!!!!!!!!! I WISH YOUR OPINION WOULD HAVE HELPED ONE LIFE TO LIVE IT WAS MY FAVORITE SHOW WITH THE BEST ACTORS SINGERS WRITERS THATS WHY GH IS DOING BETTER ALL THE FANS ARE LICKING THEIR WOUNDS AND WATCHING A FEW OF OUR BELOVED STARS FROM OLTL ON GH I HOPE IT WORKS WE ALL HAVE BOYCOTTED ABC EXCEPT FOR GH BECAUSE OF THE CANCELLATION ON ONE LIFE TO LIVE AND ALL MY CHILDREN CHEW THIS!!!!!!!!!!

Why is ABC having another doctor show in development? I thought that concept had already failed with The Revolution.

It’s a no brainer, still won’t watch Katie but GH should move to the 2 pm timeslot.

If they replace the Revolution with General Hospital, I’ll gladly keep my TV tubed to Katie to help her ratings. GH is an icon . I’ve watched GH since 1982. If they take GH off, I’ll stop watching all ABC daytime TV including the View with I al oat always watch, and the Chew which I do like.

that would be great, altho that doctor show and game show in development makes me wonder if they’re talking about making those two half-hour shows… and where would they schedule those? hmmm?

If moving GH to the 2pm slot will keep it in the air I’m all for it as I have watched GH since Jessie, Phil, Steve, Audrey and Lucille. However I will never watch the Oprah wannabe. Ms. $20M Couric had nerve to demand GH’s 3pm slot.

I will only consider watching Katie as long as GH stays on. The minute GH leaves ABC airwaves, so does my viewership of ABC.

Could this be an effect of our boycott???? Could they be realizing they need us to succeed with ANY product on daytime so they need to listen to us? Or is this just a stop gap to get her started and then pull the plug?

Katie isn’t stupid. She needs an audience. How many talk shows can there be in a day? GH is her hope for survival. She already has one failure on her belt..CBS.

Todays Show:

Has anyone noticed that out of all past & presents actors that have been on opening credits this week, the only person who I haven’t seen is Maxie. (Old) Did I miss it, or am I right? Krissy was shown today.

Where is Aunt Dorian the Senator with her niece going thru such trauma?? Calling Aunt Dorian & Uncle David.

Too much OLTL?? WHO CARES! Its working people! CORENinthos! LMAO!
Ohh Todd you are priceless.

Alexis…few words, but her intertwine with Sonny Gotti is priceless. (sarcastic)

Mouthy Magget Maggie…can’t she get stuck in an elevator and KABOO..she is gone??

Robin?? That is what the show is lacking. CLosure to the storyling before new stuff brought on. Right?

Carly, Sonny, Blair & Todd.
How much better does it get??

I give today a b+

I don’t believe this story. Although it makes complete sense, ABC never does make ANY sense! I do not trust ABC, I do not trust any source connected with ABC, or any so-called ABC “insider.”

Some say it’s just for the publicity of Katie saying she doesn’t want GH canceled so she doesn’t get backlash when it is!

Hey, If she has the clout to keep GH on the air, I all for it! The Revolution was a HUGE mistake and the suits know it! The same goes for The CHUMP!

While I appreciate Katie’s effort, ABC will never admit they made a bad business move and will not bring back our soaps. 🙁 Give Agnes the rights back to her shows so that they can be produced somewhere else and be the success they have always been and make ABC/Disney look like the corporate greedy aholes they really are!

Of couse Katie wants General Hospital as a lead in for her show. GH was a lead in for Oprah in the eighties and look where it took her!!! Where is Oprah’s network with out GH as a lead in???? Her network is in the toilet!!!! If Oprah’s big hope is to pull in viewers by interviewing Whitney’s daughter you know how desparate she is in the ratings race. Katie does need General Hospital to survive. In my opinion , she is a has been just like Oprah. Katie could not even spark up the news. Katie and Oprah’s 15 minutes of fame have passed. Katie’s team is smart to want General Hospital as a lead in for her show. It will be the only way she will survive. If they cancel GH, she will sink faster than the Titantic!!!

BIG phoney she is. Big head with nothing to offer.

Oh, well then, listen! –We can all just relax….almighty Katie has spoken!

Puhhhhlease.

(she’s probably been reading our comments around here!)

ABC has messed up soooo badly, NOTHING they do will impress me.

Their daytime afternoon scheduling is forever marred IMHO.

No matter how they tweak or “fix” it ….what they’ve done ?
…will ALWAYS stink.

Hey! –Maybe over at CBS and NBC , they’re taking note of this daytime fiasco?

Naw…………

I predict THEY will be making some equally stupid moves too, before too long.

Anyone wanna bet?

As a viewer I was upset when they cancelled OLTL. Then they said they were going to put it on the internet, it was a lie. A lie to make the fans happy until the last minute.

If either NBC or CBS were to buy OLTL and put it back on the air, I would be there. Don’t let them cancel GH too.

Also, Dorian needs to come to Port Charles, what a hoot

I do not watch the CHEW or the REVOLUTION. What makes you think I would watch her show if GH is cancelled?

By God, it’s about time Katie Couric speak up loud and clear that she really want GH to stay on forever and 5 stoogies can go back where they came from(Tim Gunn from Bravo’s Project Runaway and other 4 different people from what the hell they came from???) All I do care about one of greatest Soap Opera of all time.. I used to watch in GH started in 1981 with Scorpios clans,Conthinos clans. Morgan clans and Quatermaine clans. Luke Spencer lost his kids except LuLu who married to Dante Falconic (Sonny’s little boy). I do have lot of memories of adventures of Scorpio family,Drake Family and Conthinos Family. Our Hero,Jason Morgan Quatermaine save the day 🙂 Yay!! wait until get loaded of this guy named John McBain from OLTL is gonna to be easy way out to get Sonny and rest of mobs behind of bars for good. It’s good to see Robin’s spirit goes off to Heaven for now after she talked with her daddy,Robert last week. I feel sad to see Robin becomes vanished forever. Off you go,Robin,Off you go

Unfortunately I dont think Katie has the power to save GH. I believe she’s intelligent and she wants no part of the conflict surrounding the soap cancellations.But I think in the end Disney’s bottom line is to save production money. Despite GH’s rising ratings I think Disney’s point is that soaps cost too much to produce and they want to cut those costs. And if the Revolution and the Chew continue to tank in ratings Disney will just cut its losses and return the 1+ 2pm time slots to the local affiliates. They will scramble to fill the time with infomercials or local programming.
Disney wont care because they still wont have to spend production money. But this would really negatively effect Katie’s show. I hope they compromise and leave GH as a lead in for Katie. But Disney is greedy and cheap these days so I wont hold my breath. We should all enjoy GH while we can and continue to fight to build a demand for a cable station that would be willing to buy the rights to GH and take it elsewhere. Trying to do business with Disney is futile.

No fan of Katie C here. She has plenty of money. Let her retire or work primetime.
However, you can’t blame Katie for soaps dying!!
You also can’t blame Katie for not turning down a deal that abc made to her.
If not Katie, it would be someone else.
The writing is on the wall for the most part.

Would be great for me to have GH on at 2. Now I see the last half and watch the 1st half on Soapnet or online. I will only watch GH day or night. I hate ABC and refuse to do even one thing for them because they don’t really care what I think! I can’t see ABC execs doing anything that makes sense! I am now watching DOOL, although I am not too motivated about watching that since I saw how disgusting Lisa Rinnai look and acts! I also watch other nighttime dramas from other networks on “on demand”

There’s no way the ratings for The Chew can be any better. They should ax that as well. I unfortunately had to suffer through part of it when I was waiting for an appointment one day – they had it on the television in the waiting room. I cannot for the life of me understand why this show full of annoying “hosts” is still on! Mario B is just plain unkempt looking. Top Chef Carla is annoying when she speaks. Daphne O – hmmmm, did she get the job cuz of daddy-o? Clinton seems uncomfortable and uneasy. And that other guy – another annoyance.

They should ax both Chew and Revolution. Let Agnes Nixon do a reboot – maybe an AMC/OLTL combo? And leave GH where it is.

Couric – well, she’s a business woman. She (and her publicists) wouldn’t want the wrath of the soap community boycotting her show or the show’s sponsors. That’s all it is. And I’m sure her team is watching the ratings on GH which is why she is suddenly trying to be perceived as the “great defender” of GH.

If abc is interesting in two new shows we can say goodbye to gh abc is trying to be buckle slick abc we don’t. Need no more doctor shows we have the doctors and dr oz come on don’t be stupid I’m very intelligent I know what you all are up to that’s not fair Vicki drummer you all said your three strongest shows. You let Jill phelps and Brian from destroy gh in the first place if. Gh goes so do i

Whatever…… I still dont understand the fuss. For years it was:
AMC
OLTL
GH
OPRAH
NEWS

Why does GH have to be moved to another time slot for Kati? Rather the Revolution stays or goes, all that has to be done is place Katy on at 4pm where Oprah was, and put the News back on at 5pm. Why hasn’t anyone thought of this? There has never been News in the History of ABC at 4pm. Why do we need THREE and a HALF hours of News from 4pm until 7pm. That’s over-kill regardless of Revolution staying or going. It could be as simple as this:

THE CHEW
REVOLUTION OR…… ( OTHER )
GENERAL HOSPITAL
KATI COURIC
NEWS

I thought the News was a ( filler) for when Oprah went off the air at 4pm in May of 2011, but a “show ” would replace the News for the Fall line-up of 2011.
What is the BIG DEAL? Just take the News OFF….! The News has started in every market at 5pm for 25 years, and it can go back to doing so. That’s the very simple solution without disturbing GH time slot, rather Revolution “stays or goes”, and Kati can go on at 4pm. Noone needs three in a half hours of News!

The Powers the be READ THIS: It’s not all that complicatied.

I’m still not going to be a faithful viewer to her show, even if she calls herself saving GH. There is a bad stinch in my mouth BC of how it all went down with AMC, OLTL and Prospect Park, and the introduction with Kati coming on board with abc. I’m not supporting any Reality/Talk shows that are/have closed down other “quality ” programming. I watch the Bachelor and Dancing with the Star’s and thats before this Realty Television became so popular and blew up! I can’t even remember to put on American Idol anymore and I am a music LOVER………..!

She’s smarter than Oprah.

Very sad for her. No matter where they put her she will not make it on ABC. They had better keep GH. At least she has some brains because the powers that be at ABC do not.

Well maybe she’s a little smarter than I thought because she is right we will boy-cott the hell out of her if they cancell GH. So Katie girl you better pull it off. Better yet you take the time slot and leave GH’s alone.

I agree with the person who said that Katie is simply trying to save her OWN ass, and could give less than a damn about GH. Whether GH would be a lead in, or not, I still will not watch KC’s show! Why would I? She has nothing to say that I care about hearing. So sick of reality shows, talk shows, competition shows, and the like.

GH has always been on at 3pm where I live, and I want to keep it that way. They already took our other 2 soaps, so LEAVE GH ALONE!!! Screw KC, AND her show, nobody wants to see it!

Get rid of The Spew, and the Revolt-lution, and give us back our soaps dammit!!!
ABC is going to find themselves a DEFUNCT network soon, because I don’t think they realize how loyal soap fans are! Everybody is not as hopped up about them changing their program, as they are. WISE UP ABC!! This is just 20 million down the drain, and next year, at this same time, they will be looking for a new show, because Katie’s will have tanked by then too!! Good riddance!!!

Katie only wants to save GH to help herself. I’m quite sure she personally doesn’t care about it or the actors or the production people who work there among many others.

I think it’s stupid for put General Hospital at a different time slot. and Katie on 4pm. Why can’t they just do the right thing.
The View 11am
All My Children 12pm
One Life To Live 1pm
General Hospital 2pm
Then Katie 3pm

I miss All My Children and One Life To Live. If NBC and CBS bring AMC and OLTL back on air, I’m threw with ABC. I will only watch General Hospital that’s it. I miss Matthew and Destiny on OLTL, the kinda like Starr and Cole. I also miss more characters of OLTL: Vicki, Clint, Roxy, Rex, Gigi, Shane, Tea, Dani, Nate, Bo, Nora, David, Dorian, Shun, Vivian, Mr. and Mrs. Evans, Bree, Jessica, Ryder, Liam and Baby Drew.
AMC: Ericka, Greenlee, Colby, Jr., Angie, Jessie, David, Cara, Tad and rest of the cast of All MY Children.

Come on ABC do the right thing, go to youtube and look at AMC and OLTL viewers. I really don’t know why they pick Starr and Cole to general hospital and Matthew and Destiny have more viewers than Cole and Starr on youtube. even the last episode of OLTL. Starr and Cole: 8,825 Matthew and Destiny: 21,451. If you don’t believe me look on youtube. and I got a page for Matthew and Destiny on facebook called “Matthew and Destiny join General Hospital” if you love Mestiny so much, please join my page. So far, I have104 likes. I really miss Matthew Buchanan and Destiny Evans on my tv. I would do anything to bring them back.

I supposed it’s been said, but why not put Couric in the Revolution timeslot and leave GH where it is? The Revolution was only ordered for about 200 episodes which will take it into September (convenient?) Guess I’ll just have to wait and see

I was telling my girlfriend that they may move GH to the 2:00 p.m. time slot of KC takes over for 3:00 pm. She said noooo!!!! Her 14 yr old high school daughter said a bunch of girls rush home to see it after school. I’m happy w/any time slot as long as they keep GH on, but I don’t see a diminishing audience. I’m 42 yrs old & I couldn’t help but to recall when i ran down numerous flights of stairs once that bell rang for me in high school. I was 14 too and my friends knew (not to hold me back, couldn’t hang out), I bolted and booked to get home. Traveled from Manhattan to Queens, to bust through the doors and watch GH!!!! I would always hope I didn’t skip a step in my hurry and bust my a*** and I never did:) So soaps have and will be a great tradition that all types and ages can enjoy/talk about the next day. W/all this upheaval it was nice to know somethings never change. Made me feel real good about Soaps.

Well Good for Katie taking up for us soapers!

Ms. Couric ,

I appreciate being a fan of oltl and of course gh. I want to thank you . If you and your producer can help keep gh at its orginal time slot, it would great for the fans.

By the way I was and still am a big fan of The Today Show.

Quit putting MORE reality shows on. Enough is enough. Give us our soaps. We have been loyal for many, many years to them, and ABC. I will not watch ABC EVER until they are back on. I do watch GH, but online. It doesn’t matter I have to wait a day. And there are less commercials.

We have been good customers to all the sponsors for YEARS!!! I am 57, watched them in grade school and through all these years. Shame on you ABC. The Revolution and The Chew just stink.

Katie, is looking out for herself no matter how you look at it. If ABC wants me to watch ANYTHING other than GH they better bring back my
soaps !
They put Brian Fronz ( a man who hated daytime programming) in charge of it, he wanted to become the IT guy, so he slowly made the soaps worse ( rushed writing etc) then w/ out trying other options first ( I would have paid a monthly fee, shorter show, 17 weeks per show, product placement…etc.) he stabbed loyal viewers in the back cancelled my shows and created this new cheap crap. Sure, he since lost his job, but ABC still won’t own up to this disaster and make things right! Until they do , they can leave me where they left me …. on the side lines !!!!

oh, and if they are so confident in their decision to have her “great talk show “save daytime for them, let her be the lead-in to GH and help it’s ratings go up…LOL Young “After school” viewers prefer soaps to talk shows anyway.

I just want OLTL and AMC and I won’t be watching the Katie show

Just to add, what she is not realizing is that she is destined to fail already because she will be on ABC. She is already as good as boycott.

I agree with Katie and her team. I am hoping that the lousy replacement show ” The Revolution Show either gets canceled by September of this year, or gets canceled before her show goes to ABC, and I hope that GH takes that 2:00 time slot away from That stupid revolution show, and that Katie’s show can still air at three o’clock as or GH stays on at three and Katie’s shows airs at 2:00

SIGNED: A VERY LOYAL G.H. FAN!!!

Let Katie go on at 4 like Oprah (the dopra) did. Why should GH move. Put OLTL back at 2. Better than canceling gH to put it at 2, but GH fans are used to 3. And I don’t really buy Katie’s concern, but figure she wants a good lead in. Put Katie at 2?
Right now I would say I would not watch her. I don’t want Dr. Oz canceled he gives better info than Oprah ever did, and I don’t trust Katie anymore dr. oz is much better.

I will never watch Katie Couric in the place of General Hospital. I’m just surprised on how ABC is treating its loyal viewers. Like we don’t matter. We are making a point with the ratings of General Hospital. We want General Hospital to stay on air. ABC show us the fans that you really care about us.

Everyone that LOVES General Hospital If ABC replaces GH for Katie Couric Everyone lets BOYCOTT Katie Couric show. She’s a fake anyway acting like she cares about GH. For her sake she better hope GH stays on the air because if it does not evey