Heck, neither one of them knew it even happened because when they woke in the hospital, they could see again.

We waited and waited for Jason ( Steve Burton) and Drew ( Billy Miller) to finally go blind, and when it did, we couldn’t experience it with them. Spoiler Alert: Monday's plot twist is about to be revealed. But most ended up watching on Hulu.'Īccording to the fan site SoapHub, General Hospital fans who couldn’t view the show Monday didn’t miss much. 'On our page, people were mostly confused, not mad,' said David Lally, one of the administrators of the Facebook fan page General Hospital Snark in a Facebook message to me. A Nielsen spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.

It isn't clear if Nielsen will have to adjust its ratings for General Hospital to account for the difficulties fans experienced in viewing the soap opera. ET, many viewers record the show on their DVRs and watch it later or stream the soap opera on their smartphones and other devices. At the time, the Walt Disney-owned network said General Hospital was “safe for the time being.” Since then, the daytime drama has held its own.Īccording to Nielsen, General Hospital has averaged a bout 2.6 million viewers during the current TV season. Since the show airs at 3 p.m. It is one of four soaps left on network television having survived ABC’s 2011 shake-up of its daytime lineup that resulted in the cancelation of All My Children and One Life To Live after multi-decade runs. General Hospital has been on the air since 1963 and is one of the longest-running shows on television. # GeneralHospital #GH,” wrote Twitter user Ninergrl. For the first time in forever, there are several storylines I actually care about. “ Was GeneralHospital on today? My DVR didn't record it.

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