"Save Our Soap"

For months many fans of ABC's General Hospital have been voicing their concerns and displeasure with what was once the network's flagship soap opera through emails and letters to soap magazines and ABC/Disney executives, and in online postings on various General Hospital and ABC Message Boards. The common themes among the complaints center around character destruction, unbalanced storylines, promotion of excessive immoral and detrimental ideals and behaviors, underutilization of long-term characters in favor of bringing on new characters or bringing back old characters for short 'stunt' periods, and the complete void of any long-term romantic pairings and familial interactions. As their voices have not been heeded, members of several fan bases have joined forces to organize the SOS/Save Our Soap! General Hospital Campaign. This campaign, kicking off across North America in June, is a joint effort by those fans to make an appeal to ABC/Disney to help save what was once their favorite soap opera. As ratings continue to surpass all time lows almost monthly, these fans fear that General Hospital will suffer the same fate that the long-running soap opera Guiding Light has recently--cancellation. The SOS/Save Our Soap! General Hospital Campaign is an attempt to voice theses concerns as a united voice to those in charge of making changes.Throughout the month of June, fans of Sonny and Kate, Jason and Elizabeth, Patrick and Robin, and Jax and Carly, are joining forces through the SOS/Save Our Soap! General Hospital Campaign to express their concerns. These large fan bases feel that General Hospital is not only worth saving but also believe ratings can be brought back up by utilizing and emphasizing these four compelling, romantic, and dynamic couples more. Thousands of fans from the United States and across North America are sending an SOS to ABC/Disney executives Robert Iger, Anne Sweeney, Zenia Mucha, Brian Frons, Robert Guza and Jill Farren Phelps.Over 12,000 postcards with this plea are being mailed, and ratings information is being FAXed, to ABC/Disney executives in an effort to save General Hospital. The fans involved in this campaign want General Hospital to be a success, and are thereby hoping that ABC/Disney willlisten to its loyal customersand takesteps to improve itsproduct. The goal of this campaign is to work with ABC/Disney towin back viewers and restore GH to the position it onceheld. It's clear to these fans of General Hospital that, if the issues identified above are addressed and positive changes are made, General Hospital would not only stay afloat, but rise to the top again! For further information regarding the SOS/Save Our Soap! General Hospital Campaign, please contact saveoursoapgh@gmail.com