[Toups]

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Numbers are based on Live+Same Day ratings

Ratings for the week January 12-16, 2009

(Compared to Last Week/Compared to Last Year)


Total Viewers
1. Y&R 5,423,000 (+93,000/-176,000)
2. B&B 3,735,000 (+31,000/-360,000)
3. DAYS 2,982,000 (+100,000/+19,000)
4. GH 2,867,000 (+111,000/-267,000)
5. ATWT 2,690,000 (-54,000/-417,000)
6. AMC 2,635,000 (-80,000/-92,000)
7. OLTL 2,603,000 (-51,000/-164,000)
8. GL 2,179,000 (+133,000/-307,000)


HH
1. Y&R 3.9/13 (+.1/-.2)
2. B&B 2.7/9 (same/-.2)
3. DAYS 2.1/7 (same/-.1)
3. GH 2.1/6 (same/-.4)
5. AMC 2.0/6 (same/-.2)
5. OLTL 2.0/6 (same/-.2)
5. ATWT 2.0/6 (same/-.3)
8. GL 1.6/5 (+.1/-.3)


Women 18-49 Viewers
1. Y&R 1,332,000 (+73,000/+125,000)
2. GH 990,000 (+41,000/-83,000)
3. DAYS 924,000 (+2,000/-92,000)
4. B&B 888,000 (+65,000/-36,000)
5. AMC 800,000 (-84,000/-112,000)
6. OLTL 798,000 (-48,000/-163,000)
7. ATWT 711,000 (-18,000/-135,000)
8. GL 600,000 (+25,000/-158,000)


Women 18-49 Rating
1. Y&R 2.0/12 (+.1/+.2)
2. GH 1.5/9 (+.1/-.1)
3. DAYS 1.4/8 (same/-.1)
4. B&B 1.3/8 (+.1/-.1)
5. AMC 1.2/7 (-.1/-.2)
5. OLTL 1.2/7 (-.1/-.3)
7. ATWT 1.1/6 (same/-.2)
8. GL 0.9/5 (same/-.3)


Girls 12-17 Viewers
1. DAYS 44,000 (+8,000/+17,000)
2. OLTL 34,000 (-3,000/+6,000)
3. Y&R 30,000 (-12,000/-12,000)
3. AMC 30,000 (-1,000/+12,000)
5. GH 26,000 (-2,000/-26,000)
6. ATWT 13,000 (-25,000/-13,000)
7. B&B 9,000 (-17,000/-27,000)
8. GL 4,000 (-17,000/-6,000)


Women 18-34 Rating
1. Y&R 1.5/9 (+.2/+.4)
2. DAYS 1.2/7 (+.1/same)
3. GH 1.1/6 (+.2/+.1)
4. B&B 0.9/5 (same/+.1)
4. AMC 0.9/5 (-.1/+.1)
6. OLTL 0.8/4 (+.1/same)
7. ATWT 0.7/4 (-.1/same)
8. GL 0.6/3 (+.1/same)


Men 18+ Viewers
1. Y&R 1,346,000 (same/-116,000)
2. B&B 894,000 (-17,000/-109,000)
3. DAYS 721,000 (+57,000/+89,000)
4. ATWT 588,000 (-31,000/-111,000)
5. AMC 544,000 (+5,000/+10,000)
6. GH 520,000 (+16,000/-85,000)
6. OLTL 520,000 (+17,000/-38,000)
8. GL 519,000 (+36,000/-23,000)

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Day-To-Day Ratings - HH/Total Viewers

AMC
Monday: 2.0/2,807,000
Tuesday: 1.9/2,551,000
Wednesday: 2.1/2,706,000
Thursday: 1.9/2,471,000
Friday: 2.0/2,603,000

ATWT
Monday: 2.1/2,792,000
Tuesday: 2.1/2,676,000
Wednesday: 2.0/2,644,000
Thursday: 1.8/2,579,000
Friday: 1.9/2,742,000

B&B
Monday: 2.8/3,878,000
Tuesday: 2.7/3,754,000
Wednesday: 2.8/3,738,000
Thursday: 2.6/3,584,000
Friday: 2.6/3,671,000

DAYS
Monday: 2.2/3,110,000
Tuesday: 2.1/2,903,000
Wednesday: 2.2/3,043,000
Thursday: 1.9/2,689,000
Friday: 2.2/3,166,000

GH
Monday: 2.1/2,880,000
Tuesday: 2.2/3,012,000
Wednesday: 2.1/2,832,000
Thursday: 2.1/2,713,000
Friday: 2.2/2,864,000

GL
Monday: 1.6/2,215,000
Tuesday: 1.7/2,199,000
Wednesday: 1.7/2,125,000
Thursday: 1.5/2,158,000
Friday: 1.5/2,195,000

OLTL
Monday: 1.9/2,616,000
Tuesday: 2.0/2,579,000
Wednesday: 1.9/2,629,000
Thursday: 1.9/2,502,000
Friday: 2.0/2,626,000

Y&R
Monday: 4.1/5,637,000
Tuesday: 4.0/5,418,000
Wednesday: 3.9/5,276,000
Thursday: 3.8/5,386,000
Friday: 3.8/5,399,000

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For the SEASON September 22, 2008 through January 18, 2009

HH
1. Y&R 3.7
2. B&B 2.7
3. GH 2.3
4. DAYS 2.1
4. OLTL 2.1
6. ATWT 2.0
6. AMC 2.0
8. GL 1.5

Women 18-49 Rating
1. Y&R 1.8
2. GH 1.5
3. DAYS 1.4
4. B&B 1.3
4. AMC 1.3
4. OLTL 1.3
7. ATWT 1.1
8. GL 0.9

This post has been edited by Toups: 23 January 2009 - 06:34 PM

[Rakesh]

I'm so happy for GL & Y&R.

[Zendall Fan]

LOL looks like AMC didn't go up. GO Y&R

[amazing7]

Your prediction was dead on. AMC are still getting the same horrible ratings when B&E were writing for AMC and the storylines are even worst. They are getting what they deserve, but I feel bad for the actors.

I predict AMC will have stayed the same or have gone down.

Same for OLTL. GH probably went up

[Reddi]

Y/R getting the desired demo with a story featuring an 80 year old.. I love it! ABC take note. Younger viewers don't want the Disney Youth Shows, they want good acting with good characters and they LIKE the older characters in a good story.

AMC is holding... not as bad as when B/E were there at the end, but not rising... a little bit up, a little bit down. A shame because the show is better. Not as strong as the first two or three months after Pratt took over .. it's slipped just a bit. But it's definitely better than it was.

I think AMC viewers want a little humor and a little more lightness to counter the dark stories.

This post has been edited by Reddi: 23 January 2009 - 06:25 PM

[Zendall Fan]

Pratt only does dark 24/7, he doesn't know how to write romance, or friendships. The ratings aren't any better than B&E's, heck even their ratings for sweeps were better than anything Pratt has done.

[Toups]

Y/R getting the desired demo with a story featuring an 80 year old.. I love it! ABC take note. Younger viewers don't want the Disney Youth Shows, they want good acting with good characters and they LIKE the older characters in a good story.

I'm loving it too. An 80 year old is taking control of the young demos!!! Go Jeanne Cooper!!

Someone should email Brian Frons these young demos along with his quote on old people.

[dmarex]

One 4.1 for Y&R? Am I in heaven?

[Zendall Fan]

Someone should email Brian Frons these young demos along with his quote on old people.

BWAH! I was just thinking that Toups, it'd be so many kinds of awesome if someone did.

Heck I would if someone has the quote

[Rakesh]

I'm loving it too. An 80 year old is taking control of the young demos!!! Go Jeanne Cooper!!

Someone should email Brian Frons these young demos along with his quote on old people.

ITA! You have no idea how much I'm loving Katherine and Murphy. Since I'm a guy, I don't think they would give a [!@#$%^&*]. lol

[LeClerc]

For me AMC is much better than it was under B&E, but yeah the ratings are no better.

I think Pratt will be AMC's last headwriter, unless he gets a pilot he worked on picked up and has to leave. I can't see ABC making another change and thinking it will have any positive effect.

Honestly, and I never thought I'd say this, at this point I'd be willing to see what Megan McTavish could do for the show. Maybe give her a 6 month deal... nothing more than a year. Again, I'm not unhappy with Pratt but maybe McTavish could come in with a good story (she is usually decent for a few months) and actually do something for the numbers.

This post has been edited by LeClerc: 23 January 2009 - 06:50 PM

[UKBoi]

I'm excited to see GL rise steadily like this. Hopefully the creative resurgence the show has undergone in recent weeks can continue and the return of Philip can build on this momentum and keep the 'Light' on the air.

[Zendall Fan]

If Pratt is AMC's last hope, I say just kill it now and let it die with what little dignity it has left.

LeClerc given what we've been given since McTavish left, I would be open to a short term return, she couldn't do any worse than the Bears and Prattfall

[Rakesh]

I've been checking in on AMC lately and I liked what I saw. Just can't come to like Zach... there is just something about him. I really like Annie. She's one of my favorites.

[marceline]

For me AMC is much better than it was under B&E, but yeah the ratings are no better.

I think Pratt will be AMC's last headwriter, unless he gets a pilot he worked on picked up and has to leave.

I think that's true for all of ABC's headwriters: Pratt, Carlivati and Guza. Unless Frons gets his walking papers. OLTL and GH have found their core audience i.e. the people still watching are the ones happy with the show and everyone else has already walked away. In another six months AMC will shake off all the people who don't like Pratt's vision and the same will be true for them. Then they'll just go on until cancellation.

I really need to figure out the right way to structure a dead pool thread...

[LeClerc]

LeClerc given what we've been given since McTavish left, I would be open to a short term return, she couldn't do any worse than the Bears and Prattfall

In the short term, I agree (and I don't normally subscribe to "it can't get any worse" belief when it comes to AMC). If she stuck around a while I'm sure she would do considerable damage again, but in the short-run she might be able to do what she did when she came back in 2003/2004.

[LeClerc]

I think that's true for all of ABC's headwriters: Pratt, Carlivati and Guza. Unless Frons gets his walking papers. OLTL and GH have found their core audience i.e. the people still watching are the ones happy with the show and everyone else has already walked away. In another six months AMC will shake off all the people who don't like Pratt's vision and the same will be true for them. Then they'll just go on until cancellation.

I really need to figure out the right way to structure a dead pool thread...

I think with Pratt there is the possibility of him leaving for a primetime project. But in that case Frons would probably just promote Tracey Thomson to replace him (I found an article recently where Frons singled her out as the rising star in ABC daytime's stable of writers), and she's probably just a younger female version of Pratt and Guza.

[CarlD2]

I think every single person who has written for AMC over the past 5 years could have done a good job with proper supervision. I've seen great writing and great stories from McTavish, I've seen her use vets other headwriters barely touched, I've seen her breathe new life into characters turned into cartoons. I've seen Pratt do some good work with Erica, with Opal, with Annie, with Krystal. B&E did a great job with Angie and Jesse.

None of them have the guidance they needed to control their excesses. Or they were trapped by the excesses of Brian Frons.

Nearly all of AMC now is violence, murder, trauma, pain, insanity. This has gone on for years and years, and seems to be getting even worse. I'm surprised viewers have even held on as long as they have.

I'm glad GL had a slight increase. I know 1.8 is supposedly the number to avoid cancellation. I hope they can have more increases.

[marceline]

I think with Pratt there is the possibility of him leaving for a primetime project. But in that case Frons would probably just promote Tracey Thomson to replace him (I found an article recently where Frons singled her out as the rising star in ABC daytime's stable of writers), and she's probably just a younger female version of Pratt and Guza.

I agree. Pratt could easily jet for greener pastures. The other two are out of options.

[Jess]

I think that's true for all of ABC's headwriters: Pratt, Carlivati and Guza. Unless Frons gets his walking papers. OLTL and GH have found their core audience i.e. the people still watching are the ones happy with the show and everyone else has already walked away. In another six months AMC will shake off all the people who don't like Pratt's vision and the same will be true for them. Then they'll just go on until cancellation.

I really need to figure out the right way to structure a dead pool thread...

This is what I think too. I think OLTL, and possibly GH, will drop another point in the next week or twoto compensate for students returning to school. Otherwise, they are where they are going to be. You know, I think AMC might inch up. It is the one show that I think people do want to return to, right now.

I also think Pratt will go nightime and do just fine. I don't see that for the writers at the other two ABC soaps.

On a very positive note, good job Young and Restless.

[MarkH]

I'm loving it too. An 80 year old is taking control of the young demos!!! Go Jeanne Cooper!!

Someone should email Brian Frons these young demos along with his quote on old people.

Can you remind me? What was Frons' quote on old people?

One 4.1 for Y&R? Am I in heaven?

Let's see...but I am getting CAUTIOUSLY optimistic for a small upward trend. My joy would be a 4.5 again that HOLDS for a long time. I realize this is a foolish dream.