'All My Children' Replacement 'The Chew' Has Been Canceled

After seven seasons, ABC's All My Children replacement, The Chew, has been canceled. The Chew will cease production at the end of this season but will continue to air as planned until September with all-new episodes airing in June.

ABC News' Emmy Award-winning morning show, Good Morning America, will expand to three hours. The new third hour of the program will air at 1 p.m. EDT, noon CDT/PDT.

"Over the past six years 'Good Morning America' has solidified its place as America's No. 1 morning show," said Ben Sherwood, co-chairman, Disney Media Networks, and president, Disney|ABC Television. "We believe there is great opportunity for viewers and advertisers in expanding to a third hour."

'The Chew's' Carla Hall to Guest Star on 'General Hospital'

The Chew host Carla Hall will be guest-starring on ABC soap opera General Hospital. The show revealed the news in tweets on Tuesday. Check them out below.

This is gonna be fun! @thechew's @carlahall is making her #GH debut and we couldn't be more excited. What might @valentinifrank have in store for these two? @lisalocicerogh #GH55 pic.twitter.com/kgs7oyGYts

— General Hospital (@GeneralHospital) April 17, 2018

... and another one, because we can't even. Just wait until you find out who @carlahall is playing. Stay tuned. #GH55 pic.twitter.com/bg3SmTQVDz

— General Hospital (@GeneralHospital) April 17, 2018

ABC Announces 'Spooktacular' October Programming for 'General Hospital' and More

ABC has announced special Halloween ‘spooktacular’ programming for daytime drama General Hospital and the networks's entire roster of primetime comedies, The Chew, and more. Other highlights include the holiday classic It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, celebrating its 50th anniversary. All times listed are EDT.

Monday, October 17
The Chew - Week of October 17-21 –Every day this week, The Chew kicks off the season with frightfully fabulous recipes or devilishly delightful tips for entertaining. In addition, celebrity guests this week include Hilary Duff (Younger) on Monday, October 17; Victoria Justice (The Rocky Horror Picture Show) and HGTVs’ Chip & Joanna Gaines (The Magnolia Story) on Wednesday, October 19; and Wanda Sykes on Thursday, October 20. (1:00–2:00 p.m.) (Check local listings)

Wednesday, October 19
It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown - Celebrating its 50th anniversary, the 1966 half-hour animated special It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown has the Peanuts gang celebrating Halloween, with Linus hoping that he will finally be visited by The Great Pumpkin. Cast members include Peter Robbins ("Charlie Brown”) and Christopher Shea ("Linus”). (8:00–8:30 p.m.)

'General Hospital' Soars to Over 1-Year High in Total Viewers and Multi-Month Highs in Target Women Demographics

General Hospital surged to an over 1-year high in Total Viewers (3.186 million) and over 8-month highs in Women 18-49 (665,000/1.0 rating) and Women 25-54 (889,000/1.5 rating) – since the weeks of 1/6/14 and 6/9/14, accordingly – ranking as the week’s No. 2 drama in daytime in Women 18-49.

Monday’s show stood as the series’ most-watched telecast in over 1-year in Total Viewers (3.421 million), in close to 1-year in Women 18-49 (804,000/1.3 rating) and over 8-months in Women 25-54 (1.016 million/1.7 rating) – since 1/28/14, 3/25/14 and 6/9/14, respectively.

Meanwhile, The Chew registered a 3-month high in Total Viewers (3.042 million) and 10-week highs in Women 18-49 (497,000/0.8 rating) and Women 25-54 (656,000/1.1 rating) – since the weeks of 11/24/14 and 12/8/14, respectively.

Monday’s telecast – featuring surprise guest cook Tracee Ellis Ross of black-ish and Robin Roberts – qualified as the series’ No. 2 show on record in Total Viewers (3.689 million), its No. 5 telecast of all time in Women 18-49 (659,000/1.0 rating) and was the 2nd-most-watched airing in over 8-months in Women 25-54 (810,000/1.3 rating), behind only 2/2/15 and since 6/5/14.

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Barbara Walters Says Goodbye to Daily Television with her Final Co-Host Appearance on 'The View' May 16

The special weeklong event "ABC: A Barbara Celebration" kicks off live on Monday as The View honors the broadcast legend during her final days as co-host. Follow the conversation all week long #celebratebarbara.

“Everyone at The View is honored to be part of Barbara’s final week as co-host and we recognize how fortunate we are to be witnessing television history,” said executive producer Bill Geddie. “If there’s one thing I’m sure of it’s that the stars will never align to create another Barbara Walters. She is irreplaceable,” Geddie added.

It's "Deja View" when, for the first time in television history, all 11 co-hosts of The View, past and present, will share the same stage, live, Thursday, May 15 to celebrate the show’s creator Barbara Walters. Journalist Meredith Vieira, lawyer Star Jones, comedian Joy Behar, television personality Debbie Matenopoulos, journalist Lisa Ling, comedian Rosie O’Donnell, and talk show host Elisabeth Hasselbeck will join Sherri Shepherd, Jenny McCarthy, Whoopi Goldberg and Walters for this momentous, once in a lifetime television event. Follow the conversation at #theviewreunion.

Highlights for the celebration include:

Sean Blakemore, Tyler Christopher, Roger Howarth, Kelly Monaco & Jason Thompson Visit THE CHEW on October 24th

Five stars from GENERAL HOSPITAL (Sean Blakemore, Tyler Christopher, Roger Howarth, Kelly Monaco and Jason Thompson), Hayden Panettiere (NASHVILLE), Tori Spelling (BEVERLY HILLS, 90210), STAR TREK alum George Takei and Tyler Blackburn (ABC Family's RAVENSWOOD) are among the guests featured next week on THE CHEW (1:00-2:00 p.m. ET) on ABC.

For the week of October 21-25:

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21 – “HOW ‘BOUT THEM APPLES” – Hayden Panettiere (ABC’s NASHVILLE) helps Clinton Kelly make a Roasted Pork Tenderloin with Apples and pulls a hilarious prank on the co-hosts. Matt and Ted Lee, authors of Lee Bros. Charleston Kitchen, make a scrumptious, apple-studded Huguenot Torte, and Carla Hall makes Crispy Peanut Butter Caramel Apples.

ABC Celebrates Halloween with a Spooktacular Lineup of Shows

October is spooktacular on ABC, as the network gets into the spirit of things (literally!) with Disney·Pixar's first special for television, Toy Story OF TERROR!, daytime's THE CHEW, THE VIEW and GENERAL HOSPITAL, featuring frightfully entertaining celebrations, ABC comedies airing ghoulishly-good Halloween-themed episodes, GREY'S ANATOMY featuring a spooky storyline, and even SHARK TANK getting into the swim of the scary holiday. Also on Halloween night, the network will air the beloved classic IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN, CHARLIE BROWN, and JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE will host a Halloween party. Following are details of "ABC's Halloween Spooktacular" programming airing in October.

[SPOILER ALERT]

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16

DAYTIME RATINGS: THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS Up, GENERAL HOSPITAL Tops Women 18-34

The daytime Nielsen ratings are in for the week of September 30-October 4, 2013. Y&R was up in total viewers and women 18-49 and 18-34. GENERAL HOSPITAL remained #1 with 263,000 female viewers 18-34.

From SON:
Total Viewers (versus previous week/versus same week last year)
1. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS 4,752,000 (+24,000/+334,000)
2. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 3,521,000 (-44,000/+332,000)
3. GENERAL HOSPITAL 2,731,000 (-71,000/+17,000)
4. DAYS OF OUR LIVES 2,426,000 (-200,000/+27,000)

DAYTIME RATINGS: GENERAL HOSPITAL Tops Women 18-34 Demo For 6th Consecutive Week (Updated)

GENERAL HOSPITAL spiked to another 5-month high in Total Viewers for the week of September 23-27, 2013, and ranked as Daytime's #1 program for the 6th consecutive week in Women 18-34. Check out what ABC had to say about their daytime lineup below:

GENERAL HOSPITAL: (2:00 – 3:00 p.m.)

Fresh off its best season in 5 years, this week GENERAL HOSPITAL surged to a 5-month high in Total Viewers (2.80 million) – since week of 4/8/13 – posting double digit increases over the year ago week across all core categories.

Notably, GENERAL HOSPITAL ranked as the #1 program in daytime for the 6th consecutive week in Women 18-34 (262,000/0.8 rating), and placed a solid #2 in Women 18-49 (730,000/1.1 rating) and Women 25-54 (954,000/1.6 rating).

DAYTIME RATINGS: GENERAL HOSPITAL Hits Five-Month High In Total Viewers, DAYS OF OUR LIVES Up

The daytime Nielsen ratings are in for the week of September 16-20, 2013. Fresh off its most watched season in five years, GENERAL HOSPITAL hit a five-month high in total viewers for the week of September 16-20, 2013.

From SON:
Total Viewers (versus previous week/versus same week last year)
1. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS 4,616,000 (-84,000/+327,000)
2. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 3,506,000 (-77,000/+367,000)
3. GENERAL HOSPITAL 2,777,000 (+2,000/+549,000)
4. DAYS OF OUR LIVES 2,495,000 (+29,000/+183,000)

DAYTIME RATINGS: GENERAL HOSPITAL Hits 5-Month High In Total Viewers

The daytime Nielsen ratings are in for the week of September 9-13, 2013. GENERAL HOSPITAL continued to rise reaching a 5-month high in total viewers.

From SON:
Total Viewers (versus previous week/versus same week last year)
1. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS 4,700,000 (+85,000/+484,000)
2. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 3,583,000 (-88,000/+419,000)
3. GENERAL HOSPITAL 2,775,000 (+23,000/+247,000)
4. DAYS OF OUR LIVES 2,466,000 (-158,000/+169,000)

GENERAL HOSPITAL's "Clash of the Condiments" Begins Today

GENERAL HOSPITAL meets THE CHEW today in a "Clash of the Condiments" between AJ's (Sean Kanan) Pickle-Lila and Tracy's (Jane Elliot) Pickle-Eddie. Will you be watching?

WATCH: ONE LIFE TO LIVE's Tuc Watkins on THE CHEW

ONE LIFE TO LIVE star Tuc Watkins was a guest on THE CHEW on Monday. Watch his segment in the two videos below:

THE CHEW Comes To GENERAL HOSPITAL May 13-14 [Spoiler Alert]

Tracy and A.J. have been battling it out over the Pickle-Lila relish recipe on GENERAL HOSPITAL for months. Not only has the story inspired laughs from fans, THE SOUP took notice, airing a couple of funny segments about GH's relish obsession. Now the hosts from THE CHEW are getting involved.

[SPOILERS BELOW]

THE CHEW Prop Supervisor Ivan Giovanettina Shot & Killed During Robbery Attempt In Brooklyn

Friends and colleagues are mourning the untimely death of a 41-year-old man gunned down two blocks from his home in Brooklyn. Ivan Giovanettina, a prop supervisor on the daytime talk show THE CHEW, was found with a bullet wound to the torso at around 9:30 p.m. Thursday on Macon Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, police said. He previously worked on SOAP TALK.

Giovanettina was the victim of a street robbery, police said. Witnesses saw two men fleeing the scene, 1010 WINS’ Al Jones reported. He was rushed to Kings County Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.

WATCH: GENERAL HOSPITAL's Nancy Lee Grahn On THE CHEW

GENERAL HOSPITAL star Nancy Lee Grahn appeared on THE CHEW on Thursday to give a backstage look at the soap. Watch it below:

ABC Daytime Ratings: No. 1 Network Across Target Women 18-34, Women 18-49 and Women 25-54

ABC sent out a press release celebrating the network's ratings for the week of September 17-21, 2012.

ABC IS DAYTIME’S NO. 1 NETWORK ACROSS W18-34, W18-49 AND W25-54

Fringe Ratings Report: Daytime Programming -- Week of Sept. 17, 2012 

ABC Ranks as Daytime's #1 Network Across Target Women 18-34, 

Women 18-49 and Women 25-54

"The View" and "General Hospital" Are the Week's Top 2 Programs in 

Daytime in Women 18-34, and Rank #2 in Women 18-49

"The View" Levies 11-Week Highs in Women 18-49 and Women 25-54, 

and 9-Week Highs in Total Viewers and Women 18-34

WATCH: GENERAL HOSPITAL On THE CHEW - Julie Berman and Ingo Rademacher

This week THE CHEW is running a four-part series next week entitled “Behind the Soap Screen” featuring an in-depth look into the lives of GENERAL HOSPITAL stars Julie Berman (Lulu), Finola Hughes (Anna), Ingo Rademacher (Jax) and Erik Valdez (Trey). The stars are opening their homes for a glance into their private, off-screen lives, sharing recipes and hobbies.

Watch the segments that have aired for Berman and Rademacher below:

THE CHEW Goes "Behind the Soap Screen" With GENERAL HOSPITAL

GENERAL HOSPITAL star Ingo Rademacher mentioned taping an appearance on THE CHEW recently on Twitter and now ABC has revealed all the details of a "Behind the Soap Screen" series on ABC Daytime food/talk show in a new press release:

Beginning MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 fans of “General Hospital” have another reason to celebrate as “The Chew” pays house calls to some of the popular drama’s most celebrated stars. “General Hospital” airs at 2:00 p.m., ET/1:00 p.m., PT, immediately following “The Chew” on ABC.

Katie Couric To Guest On THE CHEW's Season Premiere

ABC's THE CHEW returns for its second season Monday, September 10 (1:00-2:00 p.m. ET), as the new lead-in for GENERAL HOSPITAL.  According to an ABC press release THE CHEW's new season brings "with it a smorgasbord of exciting guests, culinary creations and tips and tricks to make life healthier, easier and, frankly, a whole lot more fabulous."