The official "General Hospital" Twitter account was quick to inform fans that a new episode of the soap wouldn't air on October 6. The post read, "Due to ongoing breaking news coverage, today's scheduled episode of General Hospital will now air tomorrow." The problem most fans were quick to point out underneath the status update is that there didn't seem to be any breaking news on ABC when it came time for the show to air. In fact, the rerun was able to resume during its normally scheduled time.
This didn't sit well with many fans, who took to the social media platform to voice their disdain for the rerun. You see, "General Hospital" has a tendency to end on cliffhangers, so fans wait on bated breath to see what transpires next. A delay only makes the tension worse, so you end up with people like @Andy_Parsons39 writing, "Can someone please tell me why in the hell General Hospital is a rerun today? It is the middle of the week, and it is not a holiday. I do not understand this."
Others tried searching for some kind of explanation, like @sassysdreams: "I turned on MSNBC to see what was going on. It's really terrible. Every time GH is preempted by news here we have to watch it on computer later or on demand late at night. Now it's not preempted by news and they air a rerun." It may have only been delayed by one day, but when it comes to witnessing Jason (Steve Burton) and Carly (Laura Wright) prepare to admit their feelings for one another, a single day can feel like an eternity.
