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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 6/11/73-6/15/73 & 6/18/73-6/22/73:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/28/73-6/1/73 & 6/4/73-6/8/73:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/14/73-5/18/73 & 5/21/73-5/25/73: YR'S FIRST SET OF DEMOS: No demos in the first few YR issues, but here's the first demos available for YR. These are the averages for the weeks of 4/30/73 & 5/7/73: Rating: 5.7 Share: 25 Avg Audience: 369 Total Persons (excluding children under 2): 118 Men: Total: 17 18-34: 6 18-49: 7 25-49: 2 35-49: LT (less than 50,000 projected persons) 50-64: 4 50+: 10 Women: Total: 89 18-34: 39 18-49: 55 25-49: 33 35-49: 16 50-64: 18 50+: 34 Teens (12-17): Total: 6 Female: 4 Male: 2 Children (2-11) Total: 6 2-5: 5 6-11: 1

That looks to be the case.

FAST WEEKLY WEEK OF 4/23/73-4/27/73 NOT AVAILABLE (Note: Per newspaper listings, there were no scheduled preemptions and all daytime shows were scheduled to air every day this week). FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 4/30/73-5/4/73 & 5/7/73-5/11/73:

Thanks for all the recent comments YRFan, Kalbir, Bold and Will! Always appreciated and always fun finding new facts and filling in more of the daytime history data! 😃 Heading into the Watergate era soon, so lots of preemptions upcoming. In the meantime, there was a random 1972 included in this batch, so here's a look at those two weeks. I think that's our first look at some shows with shares in the 40's!! Back to 1973 tomorrow! FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/8/72-5/12/72 & 5/15/72-5/19/72:

Based on the preemptions above, I think I have figured out the one wrong item, and learned a new piece of history in doing the 1973 sleuthing! All of the preemptions matched except for 4 shows (Love of Life, Search for Tomorrow, Young and the Restless and Gambit) which each had one MORE preemption than expected. Checking on Watergate from 10/3/73 (since all 4 of those shows have that date list as the common one between them), there was a bomb threat called into the Watergate committee, which made the morning session get called off shortly after 11AM, and then after a bomb search, they started the afternoon session an hour earlier at 1PM. So, based on that, I am removing 10/3/73 as a preemption date for those 4 shows. CBS looks like they wrapped up commentary quickly after 11AM and aired the 4 shows (Love of Life would be a partial episode). (Although Vanderbilt does say they had commentary during that time, that does not look to be the case). # of Preemptions 10/1/73-10/26/73: All My Children...0 Another World...3 MON 10/8/73 NBC 2-(448) NCLS Game TUE 10/9/73 NBC 2-(507) & (507)-onward NLCS Game & ALCS Game WED 10/10/73 NBC 2-(440) & (440)-onward NCLS Game & ALCS Game As the World Turns...1 WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate Days of Our Lives...3 MON 10/8/73 NBC 2-(448) NCLS Game TUE 10/9/73 NBC 2-(507) & (507)-onward NLCS Game & ALCS Game WED 10/10/73 NBC 2-(440) & (440)-onward NCLS Game & ALCS Game Doctors...3 MON 10/8/73 NBC 2-(448) NCLS Game TUE 10/9/73 NBC 2-(507) & (507)-onward NLCS Game & ALCS Game WED 10/10/73 NBC 2-(440) & (440)-onward NCLS Game & ALCS Game Edge of Night...1 WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate General Hospital...0 Guiding Light...1 WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate Love of Life...2 THU 10/11/73 ALL 11-1158AM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference TUE 10/23/73 ALL 11-1204PM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference One Life to Live...0 Return to Peyton Place...4 MON 10/8/73 NBC 2-(448) NCLS Game TUE 10/9/73 NBC 2-(507) & (507)-onward NLCS Game & ALCS Game WED 10/10/73 NBC 2-(440) & (440)-onward NCLS Game & ALCS Game THU 10/11/73 NBC 330-(onward) ALCS Game Search for Tomorrow...1 THU 10/25/73 ABC & CBS 12-1PM (NBC 12-1238PM) Secretary Kissinger Press Conference Secret Storm...2 WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate THU 10/11/73 CBS 3-430PM CBS Daytime 90: Tiger on a Chain Somerset...4 MON 10/8/73 NBC 2-(448) NCLS Game TUE 10/9/73 NBC 2-(507) & (507)-onward NLCS Game & ALCS Game WED 10/10/73 NBC 2-(440) & (440)-onward NCLS Game & ALCS Game THU 10/11/73 NBC 330-(onward) ALCS Game Young and the Restless...1 THU 10/25/73 ABC & CBS 12-1PM (NBC 12-1238PM) Secretary Kissinger Press Conference Baffle...0 Brady Bunch...2 THU 10/11/73 ALL 11-1158AM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference TUE 10/23/73 ALL 11-1204PM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference Captain Kangaroo...0 Dinah's Place...0 Gambit...2 THU 10/11/73 ALL 11-1158AM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference TUE 10/23/73 ALL 11-1204PM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference Girl in My Life...0 Hollywood Squares...2 THU 10/11/73 ALL 11-1158AM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference TUE 10/23/73 ALL 11-1204PM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference Jeopardy...1 THU 10/25/73 ABC & CBS 12-1PM (NBC 12-1238PM) Secretary Kissinger Press Conference Joker's Wild...1 WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate Let's Make a Deal...0 Love, American Style...0 Match Game '73...2 WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate THU 10/11/73 CBS 3-430PM CBS Daytime 90: Tiger on a Chain Newlywed Game...0 Password...1 THU 10/25/73 ABC & CBS 12-1PM (NBC 12-1238PM) Secretary Kissinger Press Conference Price Is Right...2 WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate THU 10/11/73 CBS 3-430PM CBS Daytime 90: Tiger on a Chain Split Second...1 THU 10/25/73 ABC & CBS 12-1PM (NBC 12-1238PM) Secretary Kissinger Press Conference $10.000 Pyramid...1 WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate Three on a Match...0 Who, What or Where Game...0 Wizard of Odds...2 THU 10/11/73 ALL 11-1158AM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference TUE 10/23/73 ALL 11-1204PM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference

Hopefully these will match up with the above # of Preemptions 10/1/73-10/26/73 (based on # of Telecasts in November lists): All My Children...0 Another World...3 As the World Turns...1 Days of Our Lives...3 Doctors...3 Edge of Night...1 General Hospital...0 Guiding Light...1 Love of Life...2 One Life to Live...0 Return to Peyton Place...4 Search for Tomorrow...1 Secret Storm...2 Somerset...4 Young and the Restless...1 Baffle...0 Brady Bunch...2 Captain Kangaroo...0 Dinah's Place...0 Gambit...2 Girl in My Life...0 Hollywood Squares...2 Jeopardy...1 Joker's Wild...1 Let's Make a Deal...0 Love, American Style...0 Match Game '73...2 Newlywed Game...0 Password...1 Price Is Right...2 Split Second...1 $10.000 Pyramid...1 Three on a Match...0 Who, What or Where Game...0 Wizard of Odds...2

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 4/9/73-4/13/73 & 4/16/73-4/20/73:

Let's Make a Deal, which followed AMC, went from 9.2 to 7.5 those weeks, so it happened to both shows.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/26/73-3/30/73 & 4/2/73-4/6/73:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/12/73-3/16/73 & 3/19/73-3/23/73:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/26/73-3/2/73 & 3/5/73-3/9/73:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/12/73-2/16/73 & 2/19/73-2/23/73:

Just get here, Manny? Been posting a for a few days now. Better late than never! 3.9/12 the first week, then up to a 4.7/13 the second week.

Any guesses as to the ratings/share for the premiere week of The Vin Scully Show?

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/29/73-2/2/73 & 2/5/73-2/9/73:

Thanks Bold! You finally have your first year of YR ratings coming, which completes the ratings for the entire run of YR! I look forward to the day that happens with Days in the 1965-1966 batch, but that will probably be a few years away. A lot of work, but a lot of fun chronicling the history of daytime TV ratings, preemptions and specials!! 😃

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/15/73-1/19/73 & 1/22/73-1/26/73:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/1/73-1/5/73 & 1/8/73-1/12/73:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/14/74-1/18/74 & 1/21/74-1/25/74:

SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 1973 PREEMPTION & SPECIALS DATA: As expected, we are missing the weeks of 9/3/73-10/26/73. However, from a check of the daily newspaper listings, as well as the Vanderbilt News Archives, I have compiled the expected preemptions & specials for that time frame. Although we won't know the # of full preemptions for September, we can figure out the October preemptions by looking at the # of telecasts in November, so some additional info can be gleaned from that eventually. For now, here is what I have for the missing two months: WED 9/5/73 ALL 3-342PM: President Nixon Press Conference MON 9/24/73 ABC 10AM-1222ishPM & 2-430PM: Watergate TUE 9/25/73 NBC 10AM-1213ishPM & 2-6PM: Watergate WED 9/26/73 CBS 10AM-1233ishPM & 2-445PM: Watergate (Vanderbilt lists "OPEN 206-302PM?") WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate WED 10/3/73 ABC 430-530PM ABC Afterschool Specials: Rookie of the Year MON 10/8/73 NBC 2-(448) NCLS Game TUE 10/9/73 NBC 2-(507) & (507)-onward NLCS Game & ALCS Game WED 10/10/73 ABC 251-252PM, 309-316PM, 325-326PM Spiro Agnew Resignation Bulletins WED 10/10/73 CBS 246-247PM, 259-303PM, 324-326PM, 440-442PM Spiro Agnew Resignation Bulletins WED 10/10/73 NBC 2-(440) & (440)-onward NCLS Game & ALCS Game WED 10/10/73 NBC 249-251PM, 323-326PM, 349-351PM, 455-457PM Spiro Agnew Resignation Bulletins THU 10/11/73 ALL 11-1158AM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference THU 10/11/73 CBS 3-430PM CBS Daytime 90: Tiger on a Chain THU 10/11/73 NBC 330-(onward) ALCS Game TUE 10/23/73 ALL 11-1204PM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference TUE 10/23/73 ABC 231-232PM, 308-310PM News Bulletins TUE 10/23/73 NBC 236-238PM News Bulletin WED 10/24/73 ABC 430-530PM ABC Afterschool Specials: The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical Mystery Trip (repeat of 2/7/73) THU 10/25/73 ABC & CBS 12-1PM (NBC 12-1238PM) Secretary Kissinger Press Conference 5/29/25 UPDATE: Now that we know the "long" commentary (during the morning & afternoon sessions) listed on Vanderbilt for October 1973 is incorrect, I am adding these updates for 9/24, 9/25, 9/26: These are the time frames listed on Vanderbilt between the morning & afternoon sessions, so these shows likely aired on these dates (the only ones to air on the networks specifically these days): 9/24/73 ABC 1222-2PM All My Children, Split Second & Let's Make a Deal 9/25/73 NBC 1213-2PM Who, What or Where Game & Three on a Match (Jeopardy possibly from 1215-1230PM) 9/26/73 CBS 1233-2PM: Search for Tomorrow (1235-1PM) & As the World Turns

First up: Finishing up January 1974. Then on to 1973! FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/31/73-1/4/74 & 1/7/74-1/11/74:

Been a long time, but always worth the wait! 1973 will be coming soon! Hooray!! 😀

I didn't know where he was, so I shared your confusion in that regards, and then I shared my confusion and the other fans confusion about where Bo was and asked the publicist this: Question: Is the name of the set "Bo's Hospital Room?" (if not, what is it?) Fans were trying to figure out today where Bo exactly was...is he nearby Salem now or still overseas somewhere? Answer: yes, in Salem