‘General Hospital’ Season-to-Date: Live+Same Day vs. Live+7 Ratings Performance

A breakdown of how "General Hospital" has performed in the ratings in Live+Same Day vs. Live+7 Days (delayed viewing) so far this season (2020-2021).

Errol Lewis

Tuesday, January 12, 2021 4:04 PM

"General Hospital"
ABC

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For the first time ever, Soap Opera Network is releasing the individual Live+Same Day versus Live+7 Days (delayed viewing) ratings performance numbers for “General Hospital.”

These numbers compare the show’s reported performance shown in our regular weekly ratings reports versus the show’s performance season-to-date when factoring in delayed viewing.

In this report, we’ll be showing you how the show has performed thus far during the 2020-2021 television season in the categories of Total Viewers, Women 18-49 Viewers and Women 25-54 Viewers. We’ll also present how the show has performed in Men 18+ Viewers and Adults 18-49 Rating.

Note: Season-to-date figures are known in the industry as “most current,” meaning the numbers are intermixed with final delayed viewing (Live+7) figures and Live+SD numbers that have not yet been finalized. This means the latter two weeks shown at the bottom of each category only includes the Live+SD numbers. Additionally, averages are based on each week’s total number unrounded up/down. Differences reflect an increase between the averages of Live+SD and Live+7. All numbers are tallied by The Nielsen Company.

General Hospital / Total Viewers

Network	Week of	Live+SD Viewers _{in millions}	Live+7 Viewers _{in millions}	Live+7 Change _{in thousands}	Live+7 Change _{in percent}
ABC	09/21/2020	2,068	2,383	+315	+15%
ABC	09/28/2020	1,666	1,867	+201	+12%
ABC	10/05/2020	2,026	2,359	+333	+16%
ABC	10/12/2020	1,920	2,226	+306	+16%
ABC	10/19/2020	1,976	2,315	+339	+17%
ABC	10/26/2020	2,054	2,382	+328	16%
ABC	11/02/2020	2,125	2,439	+314	+15%
ABC	11/09/2020	2,109	2,429	+320	+15%
ABC	11/16/2020	2,032	2,302	+270	+13%
ABC	11/23/2020	2,139	2,398	+259	+12%
ABC	11/30/2020	2,244	2,501	+257	+11%
ABC	12/07/2020	2,185	2,475	+290	+13%
ABC	12/14/2020	2,179	2,466	+287	+13%
ABC	12/21/2020*	2,175	2,175*	NC	NC
ABC	12/28/2020*	2,241	2,241*	NC	NC
	AVERAGE	2,084	2,359
	DIFFERENCE			+275	+13%

*Most Current = Live+SD 9/21-01/01/2021; Live+7 9/21-12/18/2020

General Hospital / Women 18-49 Viewers

Network	Week of	Live+SD Viewers _{in thousands}	Live+7 Viewers _{in thousands}	Live+7 Change _{in thousands}	Live+7 Change _{in percent}
ABC	09/21/2020	254	305	+51	+20%
ABC	09/28/2020	189	218	+29	+15%
ABC	10/05/2020	243	303	+60	+25%
ABC	10/12/2020	226	278	+52	+23%
ABC	10/19/2020	225	279	+54	+24%
ABC	10/26/2020	230	269	+39	+17%
ABC	11/02/2020	246	305	+59	+24%
ABC	11/09/2020	237	300	+63	+27%
ABC	11/16/2020	214	261	+47	+22%
ABC	11/23/2020	265	304	+39	+15%
ABC	11/30/2020	241	284	+43	+18%
ABC	12/07/2020	264	316	+52	+20%
ABC	12/14/2020	234	273	+39	+17%
ABC	12/21/2020*	252	252*	NC	NC
ABC	12/28/2020*	275	275*	NC	NC
	AVERAGE	240	285
	DIFFERENCE			+45	+19%

*Most Current = Live+SD 9/21-01/01/2021; Live+7 9/21-12/18/2020

General Hospital / Women 25-54 Viewers

Network	Week of	Live+SD Viewers _{in thousands}	Live+7 Viewers _{in thousands}	Live+7 Change _{in thousands}	Live+7 Change _{in percent}
ABC	09/21/2020	387	465	+78	+20%
ABC	09/28/2020	284	336	+52	+18%
ABC	10/05/2020	348	442	+94	+27%
ABC	10/12/2020	343	422	+79	+23%
ABC	10/19/2020	356	438	+82	+23%
ABC	10/26/2020	347	412	+65	+19%
ABC	11/02/2020	367	449	+82	+22%
ABC	11/09/2020	366	446	+80	+22%
ABC	11/16/2020	316	391	+75	+24%
ABC	11/23/2020	376	438	+62	+16%
ABC	11/30/2020	391	458	+67	+17%
ABC	12/07/2020	368	446	+78	+21%
ABC	12/14/2020	351	407	+56	+16%
ABC	12/21/2020*	357	357*	NC	NC
ABC	12/28/2020*	380	380*	NC	NC
	AVERAGE	357	426
	DIFFERENCE			+69	+18%

*Most Current = Live+SD 9/21-01/01/2021; Live+7 9/21-12/18/2020

General Hospital / Men 18+ Viewers

Network	Week of	Live+SD Viewers _{in thousands}	Live+7 Viewers _{in thousands}	Live+7 Change _{in thousands}	Live+7 Change _{in percent}
ABC	09/21/2020	470	533	+63	+13%
ABC	09/28/2020	425	476	+51	+12%
ABC	10/05/2020	461	524	+63	+14%
ABC	10/12/2020	421	476	+55	+13%
ABC	10/19/2020	445	515	+70	+16%
ABC	10/26/2020	464	532	+68	+15%
ABC	11/02/2020	489	553	+64	+13%
ABC	11/09/2020	490	554	+64	+13%
ABC	11/16/2020	477	530	+53	+11%
ABC	11/23/2020	472	529	+57	+12%
ABC	11/30/2020	505	563	+58	+11%
ABC	12/07/2020	486	548	+62	+13%
ABC	12/14/2020	526	599	+73	+14%
ABC	12/21/2020*	501	501*	NC	NC
ABC	12/28/2020*	527	527*	NC	NC
	AVERAGE	478	535
	DIFFERENCE			+57	+12%

*Most Current = Live+SD 9/21-01/01/2021; Live+7 9/21-12/18/2020

General Hospital / Adults 18-49 Rating

Network	Week of	Live+SD Rating	Live+7 Rating	Live+7 Change _{in rating}	Live+7 Change _{in percent}
ABC	09/21/2020	0.29	0.34	+0.05	+17%
ABC	09/28/2020	0.23	0.26	+0.03	+13%
ABC	10/05/2020	0.27	0.33	+0.06	+22%
ABC	10/12/2020	0.24	0.29	+0.05	+21%
ABC	10/19/2020	0.25	0.30	+0.05	+20%
ABC	10/26/2020	0.26	0.29	+0.03	+12%
ABC	11/02/2020	0.28	0.34	+0.06	+21%
ABC	11/09/2020	0.27	0.33	+0.06	+22%
ABC	11/16/2020	0.25	0.29	+0.04	+16%
ABC	11/23/2020	0.29	0.33	+0.04	+14%
ABC	11/30/2020	0.27	0.32	+0.05	+19%
ABC	12/07/2020	0.29	0.34	+0.05	+17%
ABC	12/14/2020	0.28	0.32	+0.04	+14%
ABC	12/21/2020*	0.28	0.28*	NC	NC
ABC	12/28/2020*	0.31	0.31*	NC	NC
	AVERAGE	0.27	0.31
	DIFFERENCE			+0.04	+15%

*Most Current = Live+SD 9/21-01/01/2021; Live+7 9/21-12/18/2020