ABC decided to air four classic episodes of General Hospital per week .
As a rationing strategy to extend first-run episode availability until production can resume , ABC announced that it would only air four new episodes of General Hospital per-week , and air classic episodes of the series on Fridays beginning April 3 ( beginning with an episode that aired exactly one year prior to mark the show 's 56th anniversary ) .
Impact of the 2019–20 coronavirus pandemic on television