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RATINGS & PREEMPTIONS UPDATE: 1979-Present: 4 Weeks of data missing: 1 Fast Weekly Week: 8/24/81...This week is missing the prelim ratings and full/partial preemption data. 3 Partial Regular Weeks: 12/14/87, 5/20/91, 5/27/91. These three weeks have ratings data (one from Daytime TV; the other two of the three weeks have ratings & share data from Soap Opera Weekly) These weeks are missing the affiliates/clearances and partial preemptions data. Full preemption data is confirmed by comparing the # of telecasts in the preceding and succeeding books. TOTAL: 4 Weeks of data missing from 1/1/79-Present (out of 2,422 weeks) 99.9 percent complete! 1973-1978: 35 Weeks of data missing: 10 Full Regular Weeks: 9/3/73, 9/10/73, 9/17/73, 9/24/73, 10/1/73, 10/8/73, 10/15/73, 10/22/73, 4/10/78, 4/17/78. These ten weeks are missing the final ratings/shares/affiliates/clearances and partial preemptions data. Full preemption data is confirmed by comparing the # of telecasts in the preceding and succeeding books. For September 1973, the full preemption data is not confirmable, but newspaper listings & Vanderbilt News telecast listings provide the best list possible in its place. 25 Fast Weekly Weeks: 4/23/73, 6/25/73, 8/27/73, 12/24/73, 4/22/74, 6/24/74, 8/26/74, 12/23/74, 4/21/75, 6/23/75, 8/25/75, 12/22/75, 4/19/76, 6/21/76, 8/23/76, 12/20/76, 4/18/77, 6/20/77, 8/22/77, 12/19/77, 3/20/78, 4/24/78, 6/26/78, 8/28/78, 12/25/78. These 25 weeks are all missing the preliminary ratings and full/partial preemptions data. TOTAL: 39 Weeks of data missing from 1/1/73-Present (out of 2,735 weeks) 98.6 percent complete! Note: From the Days of Our Lives and Another World research, the full & partial preemptions should be all available, even from the 39 weeks above.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 7/16/73-7/20/73 & 7/23/73-7/27/73:

I have updated this list with the following info: 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

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 7/2/73-7/6/73 & 7/9/73-7/13/73:

FAST WEEKLY WEEK OF 6/25/73-6/29/73 NOT AVAILABLE Per Vanderbilt, these are the timings for the Watergate Hearings aired on ABC, CBS and NBC all week: Monday 6/25/73- Watergate preempts all series 10AM-1229PMish & 2PM-608PMish Tuesday 6/26/73- Watergate preempts all series10AM-1205PMish & 2PM-537PMish Wednesday 6/27/73- Watergate preempts all series10AM-1228PMish & 2PM-552PMish Thursday 6/28/73- Watergate preempts all series10AM-1228PMish & 2PM-532PMish Friday 6/29/73- Watergate preempts all series10AM-1201PMish & 2PM-558PMish Soaps airing this week: All My Children, As the World Turns, Search for Tomorrow air every day Young and the Restless airs Tuesday 6/26/73 (1205PM-ish start) and Friday 6/29/73 (1201PM-ish start) Non-soaps airing this week: Let's Make a Deal; Split Second; Three on a Match; Who, What or Where Game air every day Jeopardy & Password air Tuesday 6/26/73 (1205PM-ish starts) and Friday 6/29/73 (1201PM-ish starts)

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: