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Yes, the actors had to sign new contracts when the show went to an hour, so she opted out. Bill was the head writer through 5/6/75, then "Story By" 5/7/75-8/77, then "Story Consultant" 8/77-4/13/78.

In addition, I didn't know AMC had a whole week of hour episodes the week before RH debuted, so that was new info to me.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 6/9/75-6/13/75 & 6/16/75-6/20/75: FAST WEEKLY WEEK OF 6/23/75-6/27/75 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 6/30/75-7/4/75 & 7/7/75-7/11/75:

When we get to 1966, you could say sort of the same thing (but opposite) about Days! We were so low in the ratings in 1966, and yet still chugging along now towards the 60th anniversary!!

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/12/75-5/16/75 & 5/19/75-5/23/75: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/26/75-5/30/75 & 6/2/75-6/6/75:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 4/7/75-4/11/75 & 4/14/75-4/18/75: FAST WEEKLY WEEK OF 4/21/75-4/25/75 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 4/28/75-5/2/75 & 5/5/75-5/9/75:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/10/75-3/14/75 & 3/17/75-3/21/75: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/24/75-3/28/75 & 3/31/75-4/4/75: I just finished typing out the 4/14/75 week, and can confirm an end date change to How To Survive a Marriage. The show ended Thursday 4/17/75 (not 4/18/75), with a 90-minute First Ladies Diaries airing on Friday 4/18/75. I see Wikipedia has the competing info (one area says 4/18/75), but another area does note the 4/17/75 date. I was just planning on this mainly to get the Days ratings, but it has conveniently turned into a nice project involving ALL the soaps, and the additional fun of getting a majority of the preemption data too! Since this could involve Days as well (although I already have all the Days preemption info), what is this research involving Screen Gems??

Other than the fast weekly weeks, we will still have the # of telecasts to compare, so that will be helpful too. Although during the big gap (9/73-10/73) the season changes in September, so we can't compare it to the August stuff, but the first data we get from November 1973 will list how many telecasts there were of each soap from season debut to that date. And the late August check would help confirm how many telecasts there had been from 9/72-8/73. Of course, we will never know the fast weekly preemption data, and in 1973 (like 1978), there may have been FIVE of those weeks, instead of the usual four.

As a heads up, there are some books at the moment missing from 1973 (along with two fast weekly weeks: Late June/Early July and Late August/Early September), also all of 9/2/73-10/28/73, but based on the "Days" Watergate preemptions (5/17/73-8/6/73, with one more 9/25/73), it looks like most of those should be covered by what we will be getting. We'll be missing whatever the fast weekly week is (either 6/25 or 7/2), plus that September week. So, a majority of the Watergate stuff should be available to us.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/10/75-2/14/75 & 2/17/75-2/21/75: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/24/75-2/28/75 & 3/3/75-3/7/75:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/13/75-1/17/75 & 1/20/75-1/24/75: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/27/75-1/31/75 & 2/3/75-2/7/75:

As the chart shows, "How" aired the entire week of 1/6/75. The original "Jeopardy!" (3/30/64-1/3/75), which got an 8.3/24 its final week on the air, was cancelled. "How" had aired 60 episodes in the 330PM time slot that season, finishing with a 6.1/20 average through 1/3/75. "How" took over the "Jeopardy" 130PM time slot with a special hour episode on 1/6/75 (preempting "Days" that day). "How" itself was cancelled on 4/18/75, when "Days" expanded to an hour on 4/21/75.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/30/74-1/3/75 & 1/6/75-1/10/75: Pretty much. Here's the list: 12/9/74-12/31/95: 2 Weeks Missing (Nielsens & Partial Preemptions info): 4/10/78, 4/17/78. 3 Weeks Missing (Partial Preemptions info; ratings via DaytimeTV & Soap Opera Weekly): 12/14/87, 5/20/91, 5/27/91. Fast Weekly weeks (18 weeks) (ratings not counted towards yearly averages by Nielsen these weeks/missing preemption info): 12/23/74, 4/21/75, 6/23/75, 8/25/75, 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, 8/24/81.

Closing in on the earliest YR episodes for you. And, for me, the first look at the half-hour Days episodes!

FAST WEEKLY WEEK OF 12/23/74-12/27/74 NOT AVAILABLE (Note: Per newspaper listings, there were 5 scheduled preemptions on 12/25/74: ABC- Brady Bunch preempted by "Navidad Encantada: Enchanted Christmas"; CBS- Match Game & Tattletales preempted by "CBS Festival of Lively Arts: A Child's Christmas in Wales"; NBC- Name That Tune & Winning Streak preempted by "Christmas Day Service from Washington National Cathedral." All other daytime shows were scheduled to air every day this week).

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/9/74-12/13/74 & 12/16/74-12/20/74:

Wrapping up 1977 with these 6 weeks now finally available. It's been awhile, but who's ready for another year of 1970's ratings??!! Up next: December 1974-December 1975! FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/7/77-2/11/77 & 2/14/77-2/18/77: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/21/77-2/25/77 & 2/28/77-3/4/77: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/7/77-3/11/77 & 3/14/77-3/18/77:

B&B 2004 preemptions added to the list. I forgot to mention last time, but for your record-keeping, did you notice that NCAA Basketball (which was supposed to preempt B&B) got preempted itself by CBS Special Reports on 3/20/03 and 3/21/03.

DAYS 2004 preemptions added to the list. PASSIONS 2004 preemptions added to the list.

GL 2002-2003 preemptions added to list above. All of the 2000-2003 preemption lists are now complete!

AMC, ATWT, GH, OLTL & PC 2002-2003 preemptions added to list above.

DAILY CAST CHART: Review each day's cast list from August 2024 at http://www.jason47.com/days/castcharts2024.html 2024 Episode Rankings. Here's how many episodes each actor has appeared in this year (1/1/24-8/31/24), out of a total of 175 episodes. http://www.jason47.com Rank. Actor (Character) # of Episodes 1. Eric Martsolf (Brady Black) 72 2. Tamara Braun (Ava Vitali) 70 3. Deidre Hall (Marlena Black-65/Hattie Adams-5) 69 4. Dan Feuerriegel (EJ DiMera) 68 *. Emily O'Brien (Theresa Donovan) 68 6. Brandon Barash (Stefan DiMera) 63 7. Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera) 59 *. Greg Vaughan (Eric Brady) 59 *. Robert Scott Wilson (Alex Kiriakis) 59 *. Arianne Zucker (Nicole DiMera) 59 11. Elia Cantu (Jada Hunter) 56 12. Jackee Harry (Paulina Price Carver) 55 13. Abigail Klein (Stephanie Johnson) 53 14. Blake Berris (Everett Lynch/Bobby Stein) 52 *. Steve Burton (Harris Michaels) 52 16. Ashley Puzemis (Holly Jonas) 51 17. Linsey Godfrey (Sarah Horton) 50 *. Paul Telfer (Xander Cook Kiriakis) 50 19. Raven Bowens (Chanel DiMera) 48 *. Drake Hogestyn (John Black) 48 21. Carson Boatman (Johnny DiMera) 46 *. Stephen Nichols (Steve Johnson) 46 23. Galen Gering (Rafe Hernandez) 45 *. Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Kiriakis) 45 25. Greg Rikaart (Leo Stark) 44 26. James Reynolds (Abe Carver) 41 27. Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Johnson) 37 28. Stacy Haiduk (Kristen DiMera) 35 29. Jessica Serfaty (Sloan Petersen Brady) 34 30. Josh Taylor (Roman Brady) 30 31. John Kapelos (Konstantin Meleounis) 29 32. Lauren Koslow (Kate Brady) 28 33. Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams) 27 *. Leo Howard (Tate Black) 27 35. Lucas Adams (Tripp Johnson) 25 *. Victoria Grace (Wendy Shin) 25 37. Tina Huang (Melinda Trask) 21 *. Cherie Jimenez (Gabi DiMera) 21 39. Julie Dove (Connie Viniski) 20 40. Jamie Martin Mann (Tate Black) 18 41. Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis) 17 42. Bryan Dattilo (Lucas Horton) 16 43. Matthew Ashford (Jack Deveraux) 14 *. Judi Evans (Bonnie Kiriakis) 14 *. James Read (Clyde Weston) 14 *. Serena Scott Thomas (Fiona Cook) 14 47. Christy St. John (Officer Rebecca Goldman) 13 48. AnnaLynne McCord (Abigail DiMera) 11 49. Cary Christopher (Thomas DiMera) 10 50. Madelyn Kientz (Sophia Choi) 9 51. Jonah Robinson (Mark Greene) 7 *. Finley Rose Slater (Rachel Black) 7 53. Remington Hoffman (Li Shin) 6 *. Louis Tomeo (Aaron Greene) 6 55. Sal Stowers (Lani Price-Grant) 5 56. Lamon Archey (Eli Grant) 4 *. Bill Hayes (Doug Williams) 4 *. Colton Little (Andrew Donovan) 4 *. Brian Molina (Officer Phillips) 4 *. Christopher Sean (Paul Narita) 4 61. Natasha Hall (Sloan Petersen Brady) 3 *. Oliver McLarty (Jude Brady) 3 63. Autumn Gendron (Charlotte DiMera) 2 *. Boise Holmes (Father Bernard) 2 *. Cady McClain (Jennifer Deveraux) 2 *. Zach Tinker (Sonny Kiriakis) 2 67. Zamir & Zyair Ashford (Carver Grant) 1 *. Judith Chapman (Diana Colville) 1 *. Islay & Paisley Kerr (Victoria) 1 *. David S. Lee (Gil Carter) 1 *. Tremayne Norris (Officer Phillips) 1 *. Dion & Raegan Yancy (Jules Grant) 1 August Episode Rankings. Here's how many episodes each actor has appeared in this month (8/1/24-8/31/24), out of a total of 22 episodes. http://www.jason47.com Rank. Actor (Character) # of Episodes 1. Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera) 13 2. Eric Martsolf (Brady Black) 12 3. Deidre Hall (Marlena Black-8/Hattie Adams-4) 11 *. Paul Telfer (Xander Cook Kiriakis) 11 5. Elia Cantu (Jada Hunter) 10 *. AnnaLynne McCord (Abigail DiMera) 10 *. Serena Scott Thomas (Fiona Cook) 10 8. Brandon Barash (Stefan DiMera) 9 *. Tamara Braun (Ava Vitali) 9 *. Julie Dove (Connie Viniski) 9 *. Linsey Godfrey (Sarah Horton) 9 *. Cherie Jimenez (Gabi DiMera) 9 13. Matthew Ashford (Jack Deveraux) 8 *. Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Kiriakis) 8 15. Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Johnson) 7 *. Leo Howard (Tate Black) 7 *. Ashley Puzemis (Holly Jonas) 7 18. Stacy Haiduk (Kristen DiMera) 6 *. Tina Huang (Melinda Trask) 6 *. Abigail Klein (Stephanie Johnson) 6 21. Carson Boatman (Johnny DiMera) 5 *. Drake Hogestyn (John Black) 5 *. Greg Rikaart (Leo Stark) 5 *. Robert Scott Wilson (Alex Kiriakis) 5 25. Raven Bowens (Chanel DiMera) 4 *. Dan Feuerriegel (EJ DiMera) 4 *. Jackee Harry (Paulina Price Carver) 4 *. James Reynolds (Abe Carver) 4 29. Judi Evans (Bonnie Kiriakis) 3 *. Lauren Koslow (Kate Brady) 3 *. Stephen Nichols (Steve Johnson) 3 *. Jonah Robinson (Mark Greene) 3 *. Josh Taylor (Roman Brady) 3 34. Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams) 2 *. Remington Hoffman (Li Shin) 2 *. Madelyn Kientz (Sophia Choi) 2 *. Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis) 2 *. Cady McClain (Jennifer Deveraux) 2 *. Christopher Sean (Paul Narita) 2 40. Blake Berris (Everett Lynch/Bobby Stein) 1 *. Cary Christopher (Thomas DiMera) 1 *. Colton Little (Andrew Donovan) 1 *. Finley Rose Slater (Rachel Black) 1 Contract actors not appearing this month: Galen Gering (Rafe Hernandez) Greg Vaughan (Eric Brady) Credited guest stars appearing in less than 5 episodes: Kennedy Garcia (Felicity Greene) Sean McHugh (Waiter) SET TOTALS: August 2024 Horton Town Square...18 Establishing Shots of Hospital...13 Brady Pub...11 DiMera Mansion...9 Nurses' Station...9 Chad's Bedroom (DiMera)...7 Marlena's Townhouse...7 Establishing Shots of Townhouse...7 Fiona's Salem Inn Room...6 Sarah's Hospital Room...6 The Bistro at Saxton's...5 Connie's Apartment...5 DiMera Office...5 Kayla's Office...5 Establishing Shots of Police Station...5 Body & Soul Office...4 Rafe's Office...4 Townhouse Garage...4 Xander & Sarah's Apartment...4 Establishing Shots of DiMera...4 Alex's Apartment...3 Connie's Bedroom...3 Detective Area...3 Horton Cabin...3 Horton Living Room...3 Hospital Exam Room...3 Kiriakis Study...3 Leo's Salem Inn Room...3 Poplar Bluff Apartment...3 Street...3 Establishing Shots of Poplar Bluff...3 Establishing Shots of Smith Island...3 Brady's Car with Ultimatte...2 Rafe's Hospital Room...2 Small Bar...2 Small Park...2 Titan Office...2 Establishing Shots of Titan...2 Andrew's Salem Inn Room...1 Everett's Salem Inn Room...1 Gabi's Bedroom (DiMera)...1 Interrogation Room...1 Johnny's Bedroom (DiMera)...1 Poplar Bluff Airport Gate...1 Poplar Bluff Park...1 Spectator Office...1 Stephanie's Apartment...1 Establishing Shots of Spectator...1 DIRECTORS & SCRIPT WRITERS: 8/1/24: Janet Spellman-Drucker & Christopher Dunn 8/2/24: David Shaughnessy & Kirk Doering 8/5/24: David Shaughnessy & Dave Ryan 8/6/24: Scott McKinsey & David Kreizman 8/7/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins & David Kreizman 8/8/24: David Shaughnessy & Kirk Doering 8/9/24: David Shaughnessy & Christopher Dunn 8/12/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins & Dave Ryan 8/13/24: David Shaughnessy & Sonja Alarr 8/14/24: Janet Spellman-Drucker & David Kreizman 8/15/24: Scott McKinsey & Dave Ryan 8/16/24: Scott McKinsey & Christopher Dunn 8/19/24: Scott McKinsey & David Kreizman 8/20/24: Scott McKinsey & Henry Newman 8/21/24: Noel Maxam & Kirk Doering 8/22/24: David Shaughnessy & Sonja Alarr 8/23/24: David Shaughnessy & David Kreizman 8/26/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins & Dave Ryan 8/27/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins & Henry Newman 8/28/24: Scott McKinsey & Kirk Doering 8/29/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins & Christopher Dunn 8/30/24: David Shaughnessy & Sonja Alarr http://www.jason47.com

YR 2002-2003 preemptions added to list above.

PASSIONS 2002-2003 preemptions added to list above.

B&B 2002-2003 preemptions added to list above.