'General Hospital' Hits Over 1-Year High in Total Viewers

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.

'General Hospital' Star Jason Thompson Appears on 'The Chew' (Video)

General Hospital Emmy nominee Jason Thompson (Dr. Patrick Drake) appeared in Thursday's episode of The Chew on ABC. Watch below:

'General Hospital' Star Jason Thompson Appears on 'The Chew' October 23

Jason Thompson plays Dr. Patrick Drake on ABC's General Hospital.

During the week of October 20–24, ABC's The Chew welcomes guests Padma Lakshmi (Top Chef); Chef Fabio Viviani ("Fabio's Italian Kitchen); Kris Jenner ("In The Kitchen With Kris"); Hannah Hart (author: My Drunk Kitchen); Mark Consuelos (All My Children) and Jason Thompson (General Hospital).

Highlights of the week include:

Monday, October 20 – "Globe-Trotting Grub" – Padma Lakshmi (Top Chef); recipes for spicy pork meatballs in lettuce cups, and Singapore noodles with shrimp and shitake mushrooms; "Your Freaky Front Door" Part One featuring witch legs.

'General Hospital' Sets a 21-Week High in Total Viewers and 8-Week Highs in Women 18-49 and Women 25-54

For the week of June 2, 2014, ABC swept as the #1 network in daytime across Women 18-34 (188,000/0.6 rating), Women 18-49 (576,000/0.9 rating) and Women 25-54 (753,000/1.2 rating), generating across the board double digit growth year to year.

ABC was the only broadcast network registering year to year increases across all target demos: +15% in Total Viewers (3.0 million vs. 2.6 million), +25% in Women 18-34 (188,000 vs. 150,000), +25% in Women 18-49 (576,000 vs. 459,000) and +19% in Women 25-54 (753,000 vs. 631,000).

General Hospital ranked as the week’s #1 program in daytime among Women 18-49 (680,000/1.1 rating – tied on rating) and placed an ultra-competitive #2 in Women 25-54 (909,000/1.5 rating), rising to 8-week highs in the target demos – since week of 4/7/14.