October 27-31, 2008

[Angela]

If you're going to copy/paste, please link. Thank you.

Numbers are based on Live+Same Day ratings

Ratings for the week October 27-31, 2008

(Compared to Last Week/Compared to Last Year)

Total Viewers

1. Y&R 4,704,000 (-285,000/-810,000)

2. B&B 3,344,000 (-176,000/-521,000)

3. GH 2,909,000 (+282,000/-35,000)

4. DAYS 2,707,000 (+51,000/+363,000)

5. OLTL 2,641,000 (+2,000/+95,000)

6. AMC 2,581,000 (-162,000/+160,000)

7. ATWT 2,470,000 (-273,000/-592,000)

8. GL 2,036,000 (-90,000/-510,000)

HH

1. Y&R 3.4/12 (-.3/-.7) <--------- ties low rating

2. B&B 2.5/8 (-.2/-.4)

3. GH 2.2/7 (+.1/-.1)

4. DAYS 2.0/7 (same/+.1)

4. AMC 2.0/7 (-.1/+.1)

4. OLTL 2.0/7 (same/same)

7. ATWT 1.8/6 (-.3/-.5)

8. GL 1.5/5 (-.1/-.4) <------------ ties low rating

Women 18-49 Viewers

1. Y&R 987,000 (-64,000/-270,000)

2. GH 983,000 (+121,000/-11,000)

3. OLTL 842,000 (+24,000/+20,000)

4. DAYS 833,000 (-100,000/+41,000)

5. AMC 771,000 (-95,000/+93,000)

6. B&B 689,000 (-85,000/-200,000)

7. ATWT 608,000 (-104,000/-180,000)

8. GL 511,000 (-73,000/-219,000)

Women 18-49 Rating

1. Y&R 1.5/10 (-.1/-.4) <------- ties low rating

1. GH 1.5/9 (+.2/same)

3. OLTL 1.3/8 (+.1/+.1)

3. DAYS 1.3/8 (-.1/+.1)

5. AMC 1.2/7 (-.1/+.2)

6. B&B 1.0/6 (-.2/-.3) <--------- ties low rating

7. ATWT 0.9/6 (-.2/-.3)

8. GL 0.8/5 (-.1/-.3) <---------- ties low rating

Girls 12-17 Viewers

1. GH 44,000 (+32,000/+1,000)

2. OLTL 41,000 (+16,000/+21,000)

2. Y&R 41,000 (-1,000/+8,000)

4. AMC 36,000 (+7,000/+12,000)

5. DAYS 32,000 (-18,000/+15,000)

6. GL 24,000 (+7,000/-3,000)

7. ATWT 23,000 (-13,000/+8,000)

8. B&B 17,000 (-9,000/same)

Women 18-34 Rating

1. GH 1.1/7 (+.2/+.1)

1. DAYS 1.1/7 (-.1/+.3)

3. Y&R 0.9/6 (same/-.1)

4. AMC 0.8/5 (-.1/+.2)

4. OLTL 0.8/5 (-.1/+.1)

6. B&B 0.6/4 (same/-.1)

7. ATWT 0.5/3 (same/-.1)

8. GL 0.4/2 (-.1/-.1)

Men 18+ Viewers

1. Y&R 1,161,000 (-96,000/-218,000)

2. B&B 732,000 (-5,000/-108,000)

3. DAYS 605,000 (+72,000/+163,000)

4. AMC 505,000 (-6,000/-27,000)

5. GH 502,000 (-67,000/-40,000)

6. ATWT 474,000 (-70,000/-162,000)

7. OLTL 458,000 (-3,000/-54,000)

8. GL 437,000 (-59,000/-105,000)

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Day-To-Day Ratings - HH/Total Viewers

AMC

Monday: 2.1/2,795,000

Tuesday: 2.1/2,796,000

Wednesday: 2.0/2,662,000

Thursday: 1.9/2,395,000

Friday: 1.7/2,256,000

ATWT

Monday: 1.8/2,425,000

Tuesday: 2.0/2,571,000

Wednesday: 1.9/2,506,000

Thursday: 1.7/2,456,000

Friday: 1.8/2,389,000

B&B

Monday: 2.4/3,281,000

Tuesday: 2.7/3,501,000

Wednesday: 2.5/3,290,000

Thursday: 2.5/3,400,000

Friday: 2.3/3,247,000

DAYS

Monday: 2.0/2,843,000

Tuesday: 2.0/2,725,000

Wednesday: 2.0/2,615,000

Thursday: 2.0/2,718,000

Friday: 2.0/2,636,000

GH

Monday: 2.1/2,895,000

Tuesday: 2.4/3,033,000

Wednesday: 2.3/3,008,000

Thursday: 2.2/2,973,000

Friday: 2.1/2,634,000

GL

Monday: 1.3/1,831,000

Tuesday: 1.7/2,186,000

Wednesday: 1.6/2,123,000

Thursday: 1.5/2,059,000

Friday: 1.5/1,979,000

OLTL

Monday: 2.0/2,814,000

Tuesday: 2.1/2,835,000

Wednesday: 2.1/2,824,000

Thursday: 1.9/2,497,000

Friday: 1.8/2,234,000

Y&R

Monday: 3.5/4,924,000

Tuesday: 3.4/4,653,000

Wednesday: 3.4/4,634,000

Thursday: 3.4/4,729,000

Friday: 3.2/4,581,000

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For the SEASON September 22, 2008 through November 2, 2008

HH

1. Y&R 3.6

2. B&B 2.6

3. GH 2.2

4. ATWT 2.0

4. DAYS 2.0

4. OLTL 2.0

4. AMC 2.0

8. GL 1.5

Women 18-49 Rating

1. Y&R 1.7

2. GH 1.5

3. DAYS 1.4

4. B&B 1.2

4. OLTL 1.2

4. AMC 1.2

7. ATWT 1.1

8. GL 0.9

[Y&RWorldTurner]

GH certainly came back strong, and looks like AMC is headed back to its pre-Tornado territory.

[Angela]

Thanks for posting Y&RWT, after starting the thread the system wouldn't allow me to put the information in a different post in the thread.

Total Viewers

Days of Our Lives 2,710,000 (+54,000)

Women 18-49 Rating

1.(1) The Young & the Restless 1.5 (-.1)

1.(3) General Hospital 1.5 (+.2)

3.(5) One Life to Live 1.3 (+.1)

3.(2) Days of Our Lives 1.3 (-.1)

*5.(3) All My Children 1.1 (-.2)

Women 18-49 Viewers

1.(1) The Young & the Restless 987,000 (-64,000)

2.(4) General Hospital 983,000 (+121,000)

3.(5) One Life to Live 842,000 (+24,000)

4.(2) Days of Our Lives 833,000 (-100,000)

*5.(3) All My Children 775,000 (-91,000)

Women 18-34 Rating

1.(2) General Hospital 1.1 (+.2)

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4.(2) One Life to Live 0.8 (-.1)

4.(2) All My Children 0.8 (-.1)

*Estimate from averaging, rank could be lower/number could be slightly different

ABC Daytime Programming Week of October 27, 2008

For the First Time in the Show's 12 Year History, "The View" Ranks as Daytime's No. 1 Program in Women 18-49, and Extends its Streak as a Top 3 Player in Total Viewers to Six Straight Weeks

Driven by "The View's" Record Performance, ABC is Daytime's No. 1 Network in Women 18-49

Once Again Demonstrating it's the Show to Watch This Election Year, for the Second Consecutive Week "The View's" Delivers the Series' Largest Total Viewer Audience on Record

"The View" Sets Another Record as Every Telecast This Week,Delivering More Than Four Million Total Viewers

Mirroring Last Week's Results, Monday's and Wednesday's Telecasts Rank Among "The View's" Top 10 Most-Watched Ever in Total Viewers

Powered by Record Deliveries in the Past Two Weeks, Season to Date "The View" Widens its Lead Over Year-Ago Levels to 14% in Total Viewers ABC Daytime

* For the first time in the show's 12 year history, "The View" ranked as Daytime's No. 1 program in Women 18-49 (1.5 rating/963,000 - tied on rating), and extended its streak of placing among the Top 3 programs in Total Viewers to six straight weeks (No. 3 - 4.33 million).

* Driven by "The View's" record performance, ABC stood as Daytime's No. 1 network in Women 18-49 (1.3 rating/890,000 - tied on rating).

* For the second consecutive week, "The View" delivered its largest Total Viewer audience in the show's history (4.33 million).

* Mirroring last week's outcome, Wednesday's (4.47 million) and Monday's (4.43 million) telecasts rank among "The View's" Top 10 most-watched ever in Total Viewers.

* "The View" set another record, as every telecast this week delivered more than four million Total Viewers: Monday (4.43 million), Tuesday (4.21 million), Wednesday (4.47 million), Thursday (4.15 million) and Friday (4.37 million).

* Powered by record deliveries in the past two weeks, season to date "The View" widened its lead over year-ago levels to 14% in Total Viewers, or by an substantial 500,000 (4.03 million vs. 3.53 million).

* In Women 18-34, all ABC programs placed among Daytime's Top 5: "General Hospital" (No. 1T - 362,000/1.1 rating), "The View" (No. 3 - 347,000/1.0 rating), "One Life to Live" (No. 5T - 284,000/0.8 rating) and "All My Children" (No. 5T - 267,000/0.8 rating).

* In Women 18-49, ABC owned 3 of Daytime's Top 5 programs with "General Hospital" (No. 1T - 983,000/1.5 rating), "The View" (No. 1T - 963,000/1.5 rating), "One Life to Live" (No. 4T - 842,000/1.3 rating).

Following are the Daytime Lineup averages, plus Top 5 Programs Ranks - Week of October 26, 2008:

Daytime Rank:

Total Viewers Women 18-49 (Rtg/000s)

No. 1 CBS 3.38 million No. 1 ABC 1.3/890,000

No. 2 ABC 3.11 million No. 1 NBC 1.3/833,000

No. 3 NBC 2.71 million No. 3 CBS 1.0/687,000

Top 5 Daytime Programs in Women 18-49 (rank based on rating):

Program Net Rtg/000s

The Young & the Restless CBS 1.5/987,000

General Hospital ABC 1.5/983,000

The View ABC 1.5/963,000

One Life to Live ABC 1.3/842,000

Days of Our Lives NBC 1.3/833,000

[sacha]

2.6 for b&b I' m sure

[Soapsuds]

Looks like GH had a good week. It will probably be back at $3. AMC went back down. I guess people didnt stay tuned in to AMC.

[dragonflies]

LOL AMC is reaping what it has sewn, you DESERVE bad ratings for bad writing

Not surprised, stunts like this usually have no long term effects on ratings, and with the bad writing, they're lucky they didn't lose even more viewers

[rangethatrover]

I thought everyone was raving about AMC's writing recently-

I knew the stunt would not pay off...

It was GH style "event" that will be perfect for emmy consideration...

[GregNYC]

Ratings increases from stunts are temporary at best.

[SteveFrame]

The ratings don't matter one bit to me as far as AMC. I am enjoying the show for the first time since - well it has been so long I forgot. That is all that matters to me.

And the writing is better. Stunts always bring in a few viewers that don't stick. It even brings in viewers these days who quit their regular show just to check out the stunt. They never stay.

I know of many people who are back and I know many people on many different boards who are loving AMC again. In fact just about the only people that I know who are not liking AMC right now are the couple fan bases. It is the same people who are not liking Days right now too for the most part. I hear more general fans who are in love with Days and AMC right now.

AMC for the first time in a long time is not about just one couple and is not just about 6 or 7 people. It is more like old Agnes Nixon AMC than it has been in a long time.

Ratings don't go up overnight - that just don't happen anymore. And ratings are never a clarification of quality. The truth for AMC will come in the coming months not by this stunt.

Just like the last few weeks have finally seen a rise for OLTL. Good consistent writing pays off in the long run and not in the short term. You don't alienate the fans of a show and expect them to come back and trust you overnight. That takes time. They have to learn to trust again.

[Soapsuds]

Where is Toups??

[c0rinne]

I've learned that even if a select group of people "rave" about things online, there's no accounting for everyone's tastes.

Perfect examples: Jeffrey/Reva fans, Liar Webber and Jason Moron fans, fans of OLTL and Ron C.'s writings.

[Reddi]

I'm also enjoying AMC. I wonder what the actual numbers will be. Hope it goes back up next week. I'm disappointed we didn't keep more folks post 'event'.

[sonyab1974]

[quote name='Y&RWorldTurner' date=and looks like AMC is headed back to its pre-Tornado territory.

What does that mean?

[SteveFrame]

I would like to see it go up but I doubt that it will. All that matters to me as I said is I am enjoying it. I am actually finding enjoyment watching Zendell who I ahve never been able to stand before. As much as I hate Zach right now I can see the love between him and Kendall and for me to say that says alot because I still think they are one of the worst couples ever to grace daytime.

I am really loving Pratt's Erica Kane. She is more like Erica than she has been in a longgggggggggggggggggg time.

One thing I forgot to say before is that AMC feels like a community again. That has been missing from AMC for a long time.

It is not perfect. Ruth needs to be there but that is a problem that has not been addressed for a long time. It is time for AMC to either pee or get off the pot and do something with Ruth. All the excuses for her not being there are stupid.

I have sat through and enjoyed many a show through the years with bad ratings. Many times they were better quality shows than the ones on top. Ratings are not a measure of quality. I said that when people were using them to say Ron C. was a bad writer. Many great writers have produced quality shows that never got good ratings.

AMC's ratings are not going to sky rocket or level out overnight. It will take many months of consistency before you see a rise that sticks. People may tune in sporadically for awhile and once they feel that they can trust the show again they will stay but not until that point comes will you get them to stay.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

Meaning, it looks like the bump AMC got for the tornado died down and the show is headed back to where it was before the tornado.

But that's to be expected with these stunts, they never have any long-term impact on the ratings.