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February 10

Reba McEntire, Reba, The Voice, #TheVoice

Reba McEntire is getting back into the comedy game.

NBC recently ordered a multi-camera pilot that will star the actress and country singer that also reunites her with former “Reba” executive producers Kevin Abbott, Michael Hanel and Mindy Schultheis, who will all serve as executive producers on the potential series alongside McEntire and Julie Abbott.

In a logline released by the network, McEntire will play a character named Reba who inherits her father’s restaurant and is less than thrilled to discover that she has a new business partner in the half-sister she never knew she had.

The United Reba McEntire Project is the first pilot ordered for the 2024-2025 broadcast television following the dual WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes that impacted Hollywood for over five months.

McEntire’s re-entry into scripted television comes a year after the cancellation of the ABC drama “Big Sky,” which ran for three seasons on the alphabet network. McEntire took over as the show’s lead, playing Sunny Barnes during season three and worked alongside real-life boyfriend Rex Linn, who played her character’s husband, Buck.

Outside of acting, McEntire is gearing up for her second consecutive season as a coach on NBC’s “The Voice,” which is set to premiere with its 25th season on Monday, February 26. John Legend and Chance the Rapper, with country superstars Dan+Shay joining the show as its first coaching duo.

From “2001-2007,” McEntire starred as Reba Hart in the hit comedy series “Reba,” which ran for six seasons across The WB and The CW, becoming among the highest-rated shows on both networks. In 2012, McEntire starred as Reba MacKenzie in ABC’s “Malibu Country,” another comedy series that did better than expected numbers as part of the network’s Friday night lineup.

Over the years, McEntire has appeared in numerous television shows, including a recurring role on “Young Sheldon,” “Baby Daddy” and Last Man Standing,” among others.

In 2023, she starred as Kim Wheeler in the Lifetime movie “The Hammer,” which followed an attorney later appointed as a judge for Nevada’s 5th district after the former judge’s death. The movie was inspired by the real-life story of Kim Wheeler, one of the last traveling judges in the United States.

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February 10

Kate Snow, Zinhle Essamuah, Morgan Radford, Vicky Nguyen, NBC News Daily, NBC News, NND, #NBCNewsDaily

During the week of January 29-February 2, 2024, the first half-hour of “The Price is Right (4.033 million), the second half-hour of “Let’s Make a Deal” (2.557 million), “TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (1.456 million) and “General Hospital” (2.097 million) were the only daytime broadcast shows to see improvement in the rounded and unrounded key sales demographics of Women 18-49 and Women 25-54 rating compared to their performances one week earlier.

Among Households and Total Viewers, “General Hospital” held steady with a 1.4 Household rating and lost just -18,000 viewers over last week, the least of all daytime broadcast shows. Conversely, the second half-hour of “The Price is Right” (4.536 million) dropped the most viewers, down -216,000 week-to-week. “General Hospital” was also the only daytime broadcast show to improve among Total Viewers compared to the same week in 2020 (pre-pandemic).

As for the afternoon network news programs, “NBC News Daily” (1.168 million) continues to outpace or tie “GMA3: What You Need to Know” (1.398 million) not only in the key women demos but also the Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54 demographics which are the sales categories for news programming.

For the week, “NBC News Daily” averaged 154,000 viewers among Adults 18-49 vs. 156,000 viewers for “GMA3” (0.12 rating, tie), while the NBC News show averaged 228,000 viewers among Adults 25-54 to 224,000 viewers for “GMA3” (0.19 rating, tie)

Among Total Viewers, “GMA3” beat both “The Talk” (1.273 million) and “NBC News Daily,” which marked the seventh consecutive week in which the ABC News program has done so.

What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows performed during the week of January 29-February 2, 2024 in Women 18-49 Rating, Women 25-54 Rating, Households and Total Viewers, including a look at their comparable performances in 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 (pre-pandemic), which provides readers with a clearer picture of how the shows are performing overall during a five-year period and/or the basis for an overall trend. A closer look at the daytime soaps, including their daily performance breakdown in the demos, will be posted shortly.

Week of January 29-February 2, 2024 Rankers

Women 18-49 Rating (Rounded)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2023	2022	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.5	0.6
— The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.5
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
— TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5
— Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4
— The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
— Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
— TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4
9. General Hospital (ABC)	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4
— The View (ABC)	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3
— The Talk (CBS)	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
— NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3*	0.3*	0.4*
13. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3*

Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day)

Women 18-49 Rating (Unrounded)*

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2023	2022	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.42	0.45	0.55	0.53	0.50	0.55
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.41	0.40	0.49	0.46	0.42	0.50
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.34	0.35	0.37	0.40	0.42	0.49
4. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.30	0.30	0.38	0.40	0.48	0.51
— Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.30	0.29	0.37	0.36	0.31	0.39
6. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.29	0.30	0.37	0.35	0.39	0.39
7. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.25	0.25	0.33	0.32	0.26	0.35
— TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.25	0.24	0.31	0.32	0.35	0.42
9. General Hospital (ABC)	0.24	0.21	0.31	0.35	0.37	0.38
10. The View (ABC)	0.21	0.22	0.31	0.31	0.38	0.34
11. The Talk (CBS)	0.18	0.20	0.20	0.21	0.22	0.27
12. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.15	0.16	0.20	0.27*	0.34*	0.39*
13. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.12	0.15	0.18	0.25	0.33	0.26*

Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day)

Women 25-54 Rating (Rounded)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2023	2022	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.8	0.8	0.8
— The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.8
— TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8
5. General Hospital (ABC)	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6	0.6
— The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6
— Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
— TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.6
— Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5
— The View (ABC)	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.6	0.6
11. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4*	0.5*	0.6*
12. The Talk (CBS)	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4
— GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.5	0.4*

Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day)

Women 25-54 Rating (Unrounded)*

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2023	2022	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.60	0.63	0.78	0.80	0.78	0.77
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.57	0.57	0.71	0.70	0.67	0.70
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.51	0.51	0.63	0.66	0.73	0.78
4. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.49	0.49	0.56	0.60	0.66	0.75
5. General Hospital (ABC)	0.43	0.39	0.49	0.54	0.63	0.60
6. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.41	0.42	0.59	0.57	0.65	0.62
— Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.41	0.40	0.51	0.53	0.51	0.53
— TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.41	0.37	0.45	0.47	0.50	0.63
9. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.37	0.37	0.45	0.47	0.46	0.48
10. The View (ABC)	0.35	0.35	0.46	0.44	0.60	0.55
11. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.25	0.25	0.29	0.42*	0.49*	0.59*
12. The Talk (CBS)	0.23	0.28	0.31	0.33	0.36	0.41
13. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.22	0.25	0.30	0.39	0.49	0.41*

Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day)

Households

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2023	2022	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	2.8	3.0	N/A*	3.2	3.1	3.5
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	2.5	2.6	N/A*	2.8	2.8	3.2
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	2.1	2.2	N/A*	2.4	2.3	2.6
4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	1.8	1.9	N/A*	2.0	2.1	2.2
5. The View (ABC)	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	2.1	2.1
— Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	1.6	1.7	N/A*	2.0	2.1	2.3
7. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	1.4	1.5	N/A*	1.8	1.8	2.0
— General Hospital (ABC)	1.4	1.4	N/A*	1.5	1.6	1.6
9. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	1.3	1.4	1.5	0.0	1.7	1.8
10. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	1.0	1.0	1.2	0.0	1.2	1.5
11. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.9	1.0	N/A*	1.2	1.3	1.2*
12. The Talk (CBS)	0.8	0.9	1.0	1.1	1.1	1.6
— NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.8	0.8	0.9	1.3*	1.3*	1.3*

Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day)

Total Viewers (In Millions)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2023	2022	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	4,536	4,752	N/A*	4,973	4,740	4,822
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	4,033	4,127	N/A*	4,408	4,147	4,398
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	3,188	3,308	N/A*	3,584	3,344	3,485
4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	2,733	2,761	N/A*	2,942	2,948	2,891
5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	2,557	2,705	N/A*	3,204	3,066	3,032
6. The View (ABC)	2,364	2,461	2,402	2,478	2,856	2,571
7. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	2,170	2,310	N/A*	2,754	2,632	2,693
8. General Hospital (ABC)	2,097	2,115	N/A*	2,212	2,152	2,069
9. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	1,947	2,047	2,256	0,000	2,334	2,454
10. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	1,456	1,478	1,759	1,774	1,568	1,920
11. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	1,398	1,515	N/A*	1,804	1,767	1,519*
12. The Talk (CBS)	1,273	1,354	1,521	1,662	1,529	1,994
13. NBC News Daily (NBC)	1,168	1,223	1,311	1,850*	1,782*	1,787*

Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day)

The numbers above are calculated using Live+Same Day viewing and DVR playback, defined as 3:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m. and are courtesy of Nielsen. Household ratings are the percentage of TV homes in the U.S. tuned into television, each of which represents 1,250,000 homes as of the 2023-2024 television season.

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R = Repeat	S = Special	P = Premiere
NR = Not Rated	N/A = Not Available	* denotes further information

Note*: Officially, the demo ratings are sorted by the rounded figures released by Nielsen. “NBC News Daily” 2022, 2021 and 2020 figures are compared to the performance of “Days of our Lives,” which moved to Peacock exclusively beginning September 12, 2022. “GMA3: What You Need to Know” 2020 (pre-pandemic) figures are compared to “GMA3: Strahan, Sara & Keke.”

Year-to-year comparisons (2024 vs. 2023) for most daytime broadcast shows among Households and Total Viewers will be unavailable for the foreseeable future due to figures being unavailable to Soap Opera Network during that period.

**Notable Preemptions/Schedule Changes

“NBC News Daily” was retitled to “NBC News Daily-ND” on Friday, February 2, 2024. The episode was, therefore, excluded from the show’s weekly and season averages. The show’s weekly is based on four days (Monday through Thursday).

Note: The post Daytime Broadcast Ratings for the Week of January 29-February 2, 2024 appeared first on the Soap Opera Network website.

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February 10

Thanks again for all the info @janea4old.

Although the UEFA games are not in the same league as NFL games in terms of ratings on CBS, the male demographic is the one CBS is trying to reach during periods without the NFL, which explains why they are hellbent on seeing the games stay on the network through 2030, and why we are getting preemptions on the West Coast in particular on Tuesdays/Wednesdays.

Between the male demo, being a male-dominated sport, and high-income households watching, "this is the way" is the phrase most appropriate for why the network continues with UEFA even though not one American team is competing.

February 10

1 hour ago, janea4old said:

This is the third year in a row they've done this.

According to this, the deal has been extended to 2030:
Article dated August 2022 from Fortune (archived):
https://web.archive.org/web/20230329101012/https://fortune.com/2022/08/19/paramount-renews-us-rights-champions-league-valued-at-1-5-billion/

"Paramount is betting the sport will continue to gain popularity in the U.S. The Champions League final between Real Madrid and Liverpool attracted 2.8 million viewers on its CBS network in May, the largest U.S. audience ever for a final game broadcast on English-language television. It also was the largest streaming audience for a match on Paramount+. "

The Champions League final aired on CBS-TV on Saturday May 28, 2022, so that's what they're basing this August 2022 article on.
So I guess based on that Saturday rating of the final, they decided to continue the annual Tuesday/Wednesday matches on CBS-TV.

The 2023 final aired on CBS-TV on Saturday June 10, 2023, and I don't know the numbers/ratings on that.

According to the much missed site ShowBuzzDaily, the June 10, 2023 broadcast of the UEFA Champions League Final started at 3:01 p.m. and averaged 2.183 million viewers, of which 1.049 million were in the Adults 18-49 demographic. The airing did a 0.99 Household rating. The game was between Manchester City and Internazionale Milano football clubs.

The game was also broadcast on Univision and something called TUDN, which is an American Spanish-language sports network that apparently is the successor name to Univision Deportes.

https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekly-sports-tv-ratings-6-5-6-11-2023.html

https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/showbuzzdailys-saturday-6-10-2023-top-150-cable-originals-network-finals.html

As for the May 28, 2022 game you mentioned, it had 2.761 million viewers which rounded up to the 2.8 million cited by Fortune. In Adults 18-49 viewers, the game did 1.299 million, and in households, it had a 1.11 rating. As cited, the game was between Liverpool and Real Madrid.

https://showbuzzdaily.com/articles/skedball-weekly-sports-tv-ratings-5-23-5-29-2022.html

February 9

Elvis Cordero, Amanda Kloots, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Bold & the Beautiful, Bold and the Beautiful, Bold & the Beautiful, Bold and Beautiful, Bold & Beautiful, B&B, #BoldandBeautiful

On the Wednesday, February 21 episode of “The Bold and the Beautiful,” a familiar face from “The Talk” will make her soap opera acting debut.

Soap Opera Network has learned that Amanda Kloots, co-host of “The Talk,” and her real-life son Elvis Cordero, will be appearing in the episode which sees Lucy (Kloots) bringing her son Danny (Cordero) for a play date with Kelly Spencer (Sophia Paras), the daughter of Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton).

While things might appear innocent initially, there’s more to the story.

Kloots officially joined “The Talk” as one of the show’s five co-hosts in January 2021. Before that, she appeared as a guest co-host on the daily talk show, which now includes a diverse lineup of personalities, including the addition of two male co-hosts. In late 2021, Kloots participated as a contestant on “Dancing with the Stars.” She and her professional dance partner, Alan Bersten, placed fourth in the competition.

In 2022, Kloots starred in the CBS original movie “Fit for Christmas,” which she wrote and executive produced. The TV movie also stars Paul Greene, Stephan Miers and Rebecca Budig (“All My Children”).

In January, Kloots co-hosted “The 26th Annual Family Film and TV Awards” alongside “The Talk” co-host Akbar Gbajabiamila. The two also appeared as presenters at “The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards” in December.

Eagle-eyed soap fans will note that the appearance of Lucy on the soap was first teased via a script shown in an Instagram video published by Kimberlin Brown (Sheila) last month, wherein she captioned the post saying, “Are you ready for it? It’s coming!” She used the hashtags “drama,” “daytime drama,” and “What The” with the song “…Ready for It?” by Taylor Swift, overlaying the video.

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Check out photos from Kloot’s and her son’s upcoming appearance on “The Bold and the Beautiful” below, along with pictures of those they’ll appear in scenes with.

Amanda Kloots

Amanda Kloots, Elvis Cordero, Sophia Paras, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood

Amanda Kloots as Lucy, Elvis Cordero as Danny and Sophia Paras as Kelly Spencer, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Bold & the Beautiful, Bold and the Beautiful, Bold & the Beautiful, Bold and Beautiful, Bold & Beautiful, B&B, #BoldandBeautiful — Matthew Taplinger/CBS

Amanda Kloots, Elvis Cordero, Sophia Paras

Amanda Kloots as Lucy, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Bold & the Beautiful, Bold and the Beautiful, Bold & the Beautiful, Bold and Beautiful, Bold & Beautiful, B&B, #BoldandBeautiful — Matthew Taplinger/CBS

Kimberlin Brown

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Elvis Cordero, Amanda Kloots, Scott Clifton, Sophia Paras

“The Bold and the Beautiful” airs Weekdays on CBS. You can stream the series Live and On Demand on Paramount+.

Note: The post ‘The Talk’ Co-Host Amanda Kloots and Her Son Elvis Cordero to Appear on ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ appeared first on the Soap Opera Network website.

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February 9

Thanks for this. I was checking recently on the scheduling but the CBS sports website only listed Paramount+ for airing the games. That said, looks like The Talk will be preempted on both coasts and so will Let's Make a Deal, particularly in markets where the show airs after The Talk.

February 9

8 hours ago, janea4old said:

Burton talks about his first day on set which was Tues Feb. 6. He said he discussed his storyline with Korte. Didn't say what the storyline is. No mention of changes. All he says is that he talked with Korte. (and that he liked what she said).

To clarify, Burton's first day back was Monday, February 5 (my birthday ).

February 9

I spoke to my aunt earlier today, who has been a soap watcher for decades. Of the four soaps still on the air, the one she still watched was Days of our Lives. That is, until it moved to Peacock. She hasn't watched it since. I don't know how many people are watching Days of our Lives currently, but it's definitely nowhere near the same amount as those who watched when it was still on broadcast television.

February 9

Lauren Koslow, Kate Roberts, Days of our Lives, DAYS, DOOL, #DAYS, #DOOL, #DaysofourLives

“Days of our Lives” star Lauren Koslow (Kate Roberts) recently announced that she is a first time grandmother.

In a post on Instagram, Koslow shared the first pictures of her granddaughter, Sistine, saying in the caption, “Welcome to this wondrous world, sweet Sistine. I’m your grandmama and I’ve been waiting to meet you for such a long, long while.”

It was back in October 2023 when Koslow revealed in a separate Instagram post that her daughter Millikate was pregnant and expecting a daughter.

In that post, Koslow said, “I love you to the moon and stars and back again!!! Forever and always! Happy birthday my beautiful daughter – enjoy every moment of this most fabulous next trip around the sun . Congratulations my soon -to -be little mama.”

In response to Koslow’s happy news about the birth of her first grandbaby, several of her current and former co-stars chimed in, including Kristian Alfonso, Mary Beth Evans, Melissa Reeves, Thaao Penghlis, Jen Lilley, Valerie Wildman and Blake Berris, among others.

“Beautiful Beauty just like her momma and Grandmama,” commented Alfonso. “Soooo beautiful!!! Happy grandmahood,” boasted Evans. “Lauren!!!!!! So excited for you and your family,” noted Reeves. “So precious!!! Congratulations to you and your loved ones. Sending love,” stated Wildman.

Check out the Instagram posts below for photos of the newborn and a collage of milestones featuring Koslow’s daughter, Millikate.

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February 8

Ken Corday, Arianne Zucker, Nicole Walker, Days of our Lives, DAYS, DOOL, #DAYS, #DOOL, #DaysofourLives

In response to a lawsuit filed by former “Days of our Lives” actress Arianne Zucker early Wednesday at the Superior Court of the state of California, wherein she alleges claims of sexual harassment and retaliation, the show’s producer Corday Productions, Inc. and former co-executive producer Albert Alarr have formally issued statements on the matter.

According to a spokesperson for Corday Productions, “The allegations in Ms. Zucker’s lawsuit are without merit. Corday Productions offered to renew Ms. Zucker’s contract including offering her a pay increase. Rejecting Ms. Zucker’s counteroffer does not constitute retaliation.” The show’s statement further noted, “Complaints about Mr. Alarr’s on-set behavior were promptly investigated. Corday Productions fully cooperated with the impartial investigation and subsequently terminated Mr. Alarr.”

Albert Alarr, Days of our Lives, DAYS, DOOL, #DAYS, #DOOL, #DaysofourLives — **Albert Alarr**
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As for Alarr, his attorney, Robert M. Barta, released a statement to TMZ, saying, “As Albert said when Ms. Zucker first leveled these outrageous claims through the press last year, her baseless allegations were examined in a detailed and entirely independent investigation that lasted for two months. Dozens of individuals cooperated and every claim was thoroughly looked into. At the end of that process, the decision was made that Albert should continue in his role as Co-Executive Producer of ‘Days of our Lives.’

“As Ms. Zucker’s own lawsuit all but admits, at a time of industry-wide cutbacks, she was aggressively seeking a significant personal pay increase and additional influence on the show. Having failed in those attempts, she is now – again – trying to exploit vile stereotypes to denigrate and demean a Black man who was in a position of power.”

In addition to Corday Productions, Inc. and Albert Alarr, “Days of our Lives” executive producer Ken Corday is himself also named as a defendant in Zucker’s lawsuit.

In her complaint for damages, which also includes a demand for a jury trial, Zucker’s lawsuit outlines the following:

Discrimination in Violation of Statute (California Government Code § 12490, et. seq.)
Harassment in Violation of Statute (California Government Code § 12490, et. seq.)
Retaliation in Violation of Statute (California Government Code § 12490, et. seq.)
Failure to Prevent Discrimination, Harassment and Retaliation in Violation of Statute (California Government Code § 12490, et. seq.)
Violation of California Labor Code § 1102.5
Violation of California Labor Code § 1197.5
Negligent Hiring, Supervision and Retention
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress
Wrongful Termination In Violation of Public Policy
Breach of Implied Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
Violation of California Business & Professions Code § 17200, et. seq.

Zucker’s contract with Corday Productions, wherein she’s played the role of Nicole Walker DiMera on and off “Days of our Lives” since 1998, expired last month, four months after she alleges she entered into contract negotiations with the production company. She alleges she was given a “take it or leave it” offer. Without a new deal in place, she was effectively without a job.

You can read Zucker’s full complaint by clicking here.

Note: The post Corday Productions and Albert Alarr Respond to Lawsuit Filed by ‘Days of our Lives’ Actress Arianne Zucker appeared first on the Soap Opera Network website.

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February 8

Melody Thomas Scott, Peter Bergman, The Young and the Restless, The Young & the Restless, Young and the Restless, Young & the Restless, Young and Restless, Young & Restless, Y&R, #YR, #YoungandRestless

With the exception of “The Young and the Restless” (3.308 million) and “GMA3: What You Need to Know” (1.515 million), every other daytime broadcast series was down compared to one week earlier among Total Viewers, according to Nielsen figures released for the week of January 22-26, 2024.

News shows were the hardest hit, particularly NBC’s lineup consisting of TODAY 3rd Hour” (2.047 million; down -386,000 viewers), “TODAY with Hoda & Jenna” (1.478 million; down -291,000 viewers) and “NBC News Daily” (1.223 million; down -216,000 viewers).

Among Women 18-49, “The Young and the Restless,” “The Bold and the Beautiful” (2.761 million) and “The Talk” (1.354 million) were the only shows to see some improvement in either the rounded or unrounded category week-to-week. Meanwhile, in Women 25-54, “The Talk” and “GMA3: What You Need to Know” were the only shows to see week-to-week improvement in rounded or unrounded.

Compared to the same week last year, “The View” (2.461 million) was up +64,000 viewers, and for the week remained the most watched and highest rated among all network and syndicated daytime talk shows and news programs, including “Live with Kelly and Mark” (2.416 million).

What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows performed during the week of January 22-26, 2024 in Women 18-49 Rating, Women 25-54 Rating, Households and Total Viewers, including a look at their comparable performances in 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020 (pre-pandemic), which provides readers with a clearer picture of how the shows are performing overall during a five-year period and/or the basis for an overall trend. A closer look at the daytime soaps, including their daily performance breakdown in the demos, can be read here.