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Bulk Editing for General Hospital

Hello! Wanted to see if there is an easier way to bulk edit general hospital episodes. GH has been 36 or 37 minutes long since at least 2010 and has the ratings change happens exactly on March 22, 2005 from TV-PG to TV-14 Thanks!

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I’m just going to utilize the features on the main page.

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General Hospital was not rated TV-PG from its first episodes. It debuted in 1963. An American television ratings system was not instituted until January 1, 1997. Episodes prior to that date had no content ratings.

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Ah! Thanks for correcting me. I know the ratings change happened on March 22, 2005 but just assumed it was TV-PG since the beginning since the first episode was rated TV-PG during the Soapnet 50th anniversary reruns.

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Sorry. I should have pointed out that of course any extant episodes that have been rebroadcast subsequent to the ratings implementation in the 1990s would indeed be rated. General Hospital was recorded from its inception, but ABC wiped the tapes for reuse until the late 70s. However various kinescopes of those wiped episodes have been found and digitized for broadcast. Certainly those rebroadcast episodes should have ratings certification data.