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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 9/27/76-10/1/76 & 10/4/76-10/8/76:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 4/25/94-4/29/94 & 5/2/94-5/6/94:

WGA East directory lists him as deceased: https://findawriter.wgaeast.org/member/michaelrdavid/ An article from 1974 lists him as 41 then, so he was born around 1933. But that's about as much as I can find on him.

The ABC Special Report is listed as starting at 3:38PM Eastern, so that's why AMC got a breakout at 1:38PM. So we can deduce from that that AMC aired in Eastern and Central, but got the special report in Mountain & Pacific. One of the NBC Special Reports is listed as HR Clinton. So looking up 4/22/94 and Hilary Clinton on Google, that shows CSPAN listing a Whitewater investigation at 3:45PM Eastern, so that was the special report reason. Richard Nixon died at 9:08PM Eastern that evening.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 4/11/94-4/15/94 & 4/18/94-4/22/94:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 9/13/76-9/17/76 & 9/20/76-9/24/76:

CONGRATULATIONS TO DICK VAN DYKE, DAYTIME EMMY WINNER FOR GUEST PERFORMANCE! Congratulations to Dick Van Dyke on his win for Outstanding Guest Performance in a Daytime Drama Series! At 98, Dick becomes the oldest Daytime Emmy winner in history! He is the 3rd "Days" actor to win the Guest Performance Emmy, joining Hugh McPhillips (1980) and Cady McClain (2021). This win marks the 67th Daytime Emmy in "Days" history.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/30/76-9/3/76 & 9/6/76-9/10/76:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/28/94-4/1/94 & 4/4/94-4/8/94:

5/6/94.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/9/76-8/13/76 & 8/16/76-8/20/76: FAST WEEKLY WEEK OF 8/23/76-8/27/76 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 3/14/94-3/18/94 & 3/21/94-3/25/94:

And in visual form...

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/28/94-3/4/94 & 3/7/94-3/11/94: This article says the 1-hour Port Charles aired 12/30/02: https://www.soapcentral.com/port-charles/news/2002/0923-special.php

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 7/26/76-7/30/76 & 8/2/76-8/6/76:

DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS & SOAP OPERA AWARDS PRIMETIME BROADCASTS: 1991-1995: I forgot to include these primetime broadcasts of the award shows in the weekly charts, so here is their info:

I only did main research on the head writers. I did research at some point on the staff writer birthdays, but I'd have to track down that file somewhere.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 7/12/76-7/16/76 & 7/19/76-7/23/76:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/14/94-2/18/94 & 2/21/94-2/25/94:

I think he co-wrote material for the two variety show episodes in 1979 and the Tom/Alice 50th anniversary episode in March 1980. He wasn't on staff as a script writer. UPDATE: I just checked the script writer file, and yes, he is just an additional credited writer along with the regular script writer for those 3 episodes. He probably wrote a song or two for those episodes. 3325 Michael Robert David & Bill Hayes 3326 Laura Olsher & Bill Hayes 3628 Paul Harrison & Bill Hayes Dena Higley...........................................3/7/03-8/8/03.............9512-9617 (106) Here's my "Days" writer database list: http://www.jason47.com/days/writers.html Writer(s)...........................................Start Date-End Date.........Episodes (Total) Peggy Phillips & Kenneth Rosen...........11/8/65-12/31/65.............0001-0038 (38) Peggy Phillips......................................1/3/66-7/4/66..................0039-0167 (129) William J. Bell.......................................7/5/66-5/6/75.................0168-2378 (2211) Pat Falken Smith..................................5/7/75-4/19/77...............2379-2880 (502) Ann Marcus..........................................4/20/77-2/26/79.............2881-3362 (482) Elizabeth Harrower................................2/27/79-3/14/80.............3363-3633 (271) Ruth Brooks Flippen..............................3/17/80-4/18/80.............3634-3658 (25) Nina Laemmle.......................................4/21/80-10/9/80.............3659-3782 (124) Michelle Poteet-Lisanti...........................10/10/80-10/17/80 ........3783-3788 (6) Gary Tomlin & Michelle Poteet-Lisanti.....10/20/80-10/20/81.........3789-4044 (256) Pat Falken Smith..................................10/21/81-4/16/82...........4045-4170 (126) Margaret DePriest & Sheri Anderson.......4/19/82-9/21/84............4171-4802 (632) Margaret DePriest, Sheri Anderson & Thom Racina..9/24/84-10/25/84.........4803-4826 (24) Sheri Anderson & Thom Racina...............10/26/84-11/30/84........4827-4852 (26) Sheri Anderson, Thom Racina & Leah Laiman......12/3/84-11/10/86..........4853-5352 (500) Thom Racina & Leah Laiman..................11/11/86-11/18/86........5353-5358 (6) Leah Laiman.........................................11/19/86-3/14/89..........5359-5955 (597) Anne Howard Bailey..............................3/15/89-1/19/90............5956-6175 (220) Richard J. Allen & Anne Schoettle..........1/22/90-6/18/91............6176-6536 (361) Gene Palumbo......................................6/19/91-1/30/92............6537-6694 (158) Richard J. Allen & Beth Milstein.............1/31/92-6/11/92............6695-6789 (95) Sheri Anderson.....................................6/12/92-7/9/92.............6790-6807 (18) Sheri Anderson & Gene Palumbo...........7/10/92-8/6/92..............6808-6827 (20) Sheri Anderson.....................................8/7/92-12/18/92............6828-6922 (95) Sheri Anderson & James E. Reilly..........12/21/92-4/28/93..........6923-7012 (90) James E. Reilly.....................................4/29/93-11/20/97.........7013-8172 (1160) James E. Reilly & Sally Sussman Morina............11/21/97-12/23/97..........8173-8194 (22) Sally Sussman Morina.........................12/24/97-10/14/99...........8195-8651 (457) Lorraine Broderick..................................10/15/99-11/10/99.......8652-8670 (19) Tom Langan..........................................11/11/99-3/28/02.........8671-9272 (602) Peter Brash & Paula Cwikly....................3/29/02-3/6/03............9273-9511 (239) Dena Higley...........................................3/7/03-8/8/03.............9512-9617 (106) Dena Higley & James E. Reilly................8/11/03-8/15/03..........9618-9622 (5) James E. Reilly......................................8/18/03-10/4/06..........9623-10414 (792) Hogan Sheffer........................................10/5/06-1/24/08.........10415-10747 (333) Dena Higley...........................................1/25/08*-8/25/11.......10748-11659 (912) Marlene McPherson & Darrell Ray Thomas, Jr.......8/26/11-8/16/12.........11660-11898 (239) Gary Tomlin & Christopher Whitesell....8/17/12-8/18/15..........11899-12656 (758) Josh Griffith & Dena Higley...................8/19/15-2/19/16..........12657-12785 (129) Josh Griffith, Dena Higley & Beth Milstein..2/22/16-9/2/16......12786-12912 (127) Dena Higley & Ryan Quan.....................9/6/16-7/18/17..........12913-13131 (219) Ron Carlivati..........................................7/19/17-Present........13132-Present (+)

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/31/94-2/4/94 & 2/7/94-2/11/94:

I just checked the actual newspaper archives to do it, but maybe they are saved somewhere like that as well?

But we do have weekly recaps beginning 6/14/76, thanks to Jon-Michael Reed's Tune in Tomorrow column. I have all of the Days ones posted on my site. The rest of the soaps would at least be available in newspaper archives. I checked and typed these out for you: 6/28/76-7/2/76: AMC: Phoebe didn't take kindly to Brooke's boyfriend, Benny. But she had no choice after he found out about her scheme. Kitty decided to spend more time with "mother." Linc is suspicious. GH: Jeff turned green during surgery. Rick admitted his longing for Monica. Leslie and Cam argued. She turned to Peter, who doesn't believe Miss Clifford's story either. Cam tried another ploy: find Laura's father. OLTL: Victor's will was read. Victoria was sufficiently provided for, but Dorian was named executrix, and Tony got zilch. Everybody urged Victoria to put up a fight. She doesn't want the responsibility. 7/5/76-7/9/76: AMC: After sneaking out of the hospital, Donna was back in business with Ty. She's having second thoughts and a bummer of a leg. Thanks to Erica, Phoebe learned of Donna's reputation and had a scene with Chuck. Mrs. Lum is on to Phoebe's game. Charles informed Anne of the consequences if she doesn't get an abortion. GH: Jeff and Rick rubbed it in that Rick is the odd man out and doesn't have Monica. Because of Cam's insinuations, Diana stormed in on Peter and Lesley and accused them. OLTL: Dorian offered Peter the job at the clinic instead of Larry. Joe defended Dorian to Tony, then later admitted it with a pose; he doesn't trust Dorian either. Cathy offered to pay Tony's loan.

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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/17/94-1/21/94 & 1/24/94-1/28/94: