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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.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 6/28/76-7/2/76 & 7/5/76-7/9/76:

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

Welcome back, ratings fans! 1994 and the first half of 1995 will be posted over the next month or so. FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/3/94-1/7/94 & 1/10/94-1/14/94:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 6/7/76-6/11/76 & 6/14/76-6/18/76: FAST WEEKLY WEEK OF 6/21/76-6/25/76 NOT AVAILABLE (Note: Per newspaper listings, there was only one scheduled preemption this week. "Magazine" preempted "The Price Is Right" from 10-11AM on 6/24/76. All other daytime shows were scheduled to air every day this week).

7/15/76 was not a YR preemption. The DNC aired pretty much all day on CBS (10-11AM, 130-530PM and 630PM-1216AM) but there was a break from 11AM-130PM, so Gambit, Love of Life, Search for Tomorrow and YR all aired that day, Here are the YR preemptions for 6/76-12/76: 2 Preemptions: Preempted Monday 8/16/76- Campaign 76: Republican Convention Preempted Thursday 11/25/76- Famous Classic Tales 1 Compressed Episode: Thursday 10/7/76 episode (24 minutes) (followed by Ford For President ad, 1224-1230PM) 1 Short Episode (or triggered full preemption?): Wednesday 11/3/76 episode- 1211-1217PM (6 minutes)

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/24/76-5/28/76 & 5/31/76-6/4/76: There were no preemptions at all in September 1976! A lot of soaps from late September to early November 1976 aired compressed episodes (25 minutes instead of 30 minutes; 55 minutes instead of 60 minutes) due to the Paid Political Ads that would air for 5 minutes at the end of the shows. But that just meant they aired 5 minutes less of commercials during those episodes. Another fun ratings fact: "The Price Is Right" was rated as one full hour until 9/17/76. It was split into the two half-hour ratings we know it as to this day ("The Price Is Right 1" and "The Price Is Right 2") on 9/20/76. So it took CBS four years to realize they could get a higher-rated show in the rankings by making the second half hour of TPIR its own individual rating!

No, 1976 was pretty low on preemptions. They didn't air Olympics in the daytime back then. I have completed the 1976 charts, so skimming them just now, the only main event left for preemptions in 1976 are a few days of the RNC and DNC conventions and Thanksgiving Day. That's about it, other than some breaking news President Carter press conferences. I think there was a discussion last year about the number of viewers, and if they were using "Total # of Viewers" in those press reports instead of the # used here ("Average # of Viewers"). Days got a 8.9/31 for the week of 9/27/76. Average # of viewers: 6,340,000. Total # of viewers: 7,970,000.

She was recurring in November/December 2023. Her new contract started in January 2024 (airdate-wise) and she somehow managed to get her old spot near the top of the credits, instead of going to the end of the contract list.

Prior to May 31, Fran was listed just once as a script writer on May 24. She was back in her regular spot as script editor on May 31. No. They were each credited one per episode with the title Script Writer from May 17 to May 30. 5/17/24: Sonja Alarr 5/20/24: Dave Ryan 5/21/24: Henry Newman 5/22/24: Kirk Doering 5/23/24: Christopher Dunn 5/24/24: Fran Myers 5/27/24: David Kreizman 5/28/24: David Kreizman 5/29/24: Dave Ryan 5/30/24: Sonja Alarr 5/31/24: Christopher Dunn

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/10/76-5/14/76 & 5/17/76-5/21/76:

FAST WEEKLY WEEK OF 4/19/76-4/23/76 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 4/26/76-4/30/76 & 5/3/76-5/7/76:

DAILY CAST CHART: Review each day's cast list from May 2024 at http://www.jason47.com/days/castcharts2024.html 2024 Episode Rankings. Here's how many episodes each actor has appeared in this year (1/1/24-5/31/24), out of a total of 110 episodes. http://www.jason47.com Rank. Actor (Character) # of Episodes 1. Tamara Braun (Ava Vitali) 51 2. Steve Burton (Harris Michaels) 47 *. Dan Feuerriegel (EJ DiMera) 47 *. Emily O'Brien (Theresa Donovan) 47 5. Arianne Zucker (Nicole DiMera) 43 6. Deidre Hall (Marlena Black) 42 *. Greg Vaughan (Eric Brady) 42 8. Eric Martsolf (Brady Black) 41 9. Drake Hogestyn (John Black) 40 10. Blake Berris (Everett Lynch) 39 *. Jackee Harry (Paulina Price Carver) 39 12. Brandon Barash (Stefan DiMera) 38 13. Abigail Klein (Stephanie Johnson) 37 14. Stephen Nichols (Steve Johnson) 36 15. Robert Scott Wilson (Alex Kiriakis) 35 16. Raven Bowens (Chanel DiMera) 34 *. Galen Gering (Rafe Hernandez) 34 18. Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera) 33 *. Jessica Serfaty (Sloan Petersen Brady) 33 20. Elia Cantu (Jada Hunter) 32 *. Ashley Puzemis (Holly Jonas) 32 22. Carson Boatman (Johnny DiMera) 31 23. Linsey Godfrey (Sarah Horton) 27 *. Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Kiriakis) 27 25. John Kapelos (Konstantin Meleounis) 26 26. Lucas Adams (Tripp Johnson) 25 *. Victoria Grace (Wendy Shin) 25 *. James Reynolds (Abe Carver) 25 *. Greg Rikaart (Leo Stark) 25 *. Paul Telfer (Xander Cook Kiriakis) 25 31. Stacy Haiduk (Kristen DiMera) 20 32. Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Johnson) 19 33. Jamie Martin Mann (Tate Black) 18 34. Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams) 17 35. Josh Taylor (Roman Brady) 16 36. Lauren Koslow (Kate Brady) 15 37. Christy St. John (Officer Rebecca Goldman) 12 38. Bryan Dattilo (Lucas Horton) 11 39. Tina Huang (Melinda Trask) 10 *. James Read (Clyde Weston) 10 41. Leo Howard (Tate Black) 9 42. Cary Christopher (Thomas DiMera) 8 43. Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis) 6 44. Finley Rose Slater (Rachel Black) 5 45. Brian Molina (Officer Phillips) 4 *. Sal Stowers (Lani Price-Grant) 4 47. Lamon Archey (Eli Grant) 3 *. Natasha Hall (Sloan Petersen Brady) 3 *. Bill Hayes (Doug Williams) 3 50. Autumn Gendron (Charlotte DiMera) 2 *. Boise Holmes (Father Bernard) 2 *. Oliver McLarty (Jude) 2 53. Judi Evans (Bonnie Kiriakis) 1 *. N/A Kerr (Victoria) 1 *. Tremayne Norris (Officer Phillips) 1 May Episode Rankings. Here's how many episodes each actor has appeared in this month (5/1/24-5/31/24), out of a total of 23 episodes. http://www.jason47.com Rank. Actor (Character) # of Episodes 1. Dan Feuerriegel (EJ DiMera) 17 *. Greg Vaughan (Eric Brady) 17 3. Arianne Zucker (Nicole DiMera) 15 4. Jessica Serfaty (Sloan Petersen Brady) 14 5. Deidre Hall (Marlena Black) 12 6. Tamara Braun (Ava Vitali) 10 7. Galen Gering (Rafe Hernandez) 9 8. Elia Cantu (Jada Hunter) 8 *. Greg Rikaart (Leo Stark) 8 10. Brandon Barash (Stefan DiMera) 7 *. Carson Boatman (Johnny DiMera) 7 *. Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera) 7 *. Drake Hogestyn (John Black) 7 *. Abigail Klein (Stephanie Johnson) 7 *. Stephen Nichols (Steve Johnson) 7 *. Emily O'Brien (Theresa Donovan) 7 *. Ashley Puzemis (Holly Jonas) 7 *. Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Kiriakis) 7 19. Blake Berris (Everett Lynch) 6 *. Raven Bowens (Chanel DiMera) 6 *. Steve Burton (Harris Michaels) 6 *. Stacy Haiduk (Kristen DiMera) 6 *. Robert Scott Wilson (Alex Kiriakis) 6 24. Jackee Harry (Paulina Price Carver) 5 *. Leo Howard (Tate Black) 5 *. Tina Huang (Melinda Trask) 5 27. Linsey Godfrey (Sarah Horton) 4 *. John Kapelos (Konstantin Meleounis) 4 *. Paul Telfer (Xander Cook Kiriakis) 4 30. Eric Martsolf (Brady Black) 3 31. Cary Christopher (Thomas DiMera) 2 *. Bryan Dattilo (Lucas Horton) 2 *. Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Johnson) 2 *. Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams) 2 *. Oliver McLarty (Jude) 2 *. Josh Taylor (Roman Brady) 2 37. Judi Evans (Bonnie Kiriakis) 1 *. Bill Hayes (Doug Williams) 1 *. N/A Kerr (Victoria) 1 *. Lauren Koslow (Kate Brady) 1 *. James Reynolds (Abe Carver) 1 *. Christy St. John (Officer Rebecca Goldman) 1 Credited guest stars appearing in less than 5 episodes: Maggie Carney (Rita) Rene D'Nava (Snake) Kennedy Garcia (Felicity Greene) Madelyn Kientz (Sophia Choi) Louis Tomeo (Aaron Greene) Erin Wu (Alana) SET TOTALS: May 2024 DiMera Mansion...19 Horton Town Square...15 Sloan's Apartment...13 Brady Pub...12 The Bistro at Saxton's...6 Small Park...6 Spectator Office...6 Establishing Shots of Spectator...6 Kiriakis Study...5 Marlena's Townhouse...5 Establishing Shots of Hospital...5 Detective Area...4 Establishing Shots of Police Station...4 Establishing Shots of Townhouse...4 Alex's Apartment...3 Interrogation Room...3 Leo's Salem Inn Room...3 Marlena's Office...3 Small Bar...3 Ava's Bedroom...2 Black Patch Office...2 DiMera Office...2 Harris' Brady Pub Room...2 Holly's Bedroom (DiMera)...2 Johnny's Bedroom (DiMera)...2 Kristen's Bedroom (DiMera)...2 Montana Hotel Room...2 Nurses' Station...2 Paulina's Office...2 Trask's Office...2 Xander & Sarah's Apartment...2 Establishing Shots of Montana...2 Alex's Bedroom...1 Chad's Bedroom (DiMera)...1 EJ's Bedroom (DiMera)...1 Gravesite (Abigail's)...1 High School Corridor...1 Horton Living Room...1 Hospital Exam Room...1 Jail Cell...1 Montana Alley...1 Montana Post Office Ext....1 Everett's Salem Inn Bathroom...1 Everett's Salem Inn Room...1 Paulina's Apartment...1 Rafe's Bedroom...1 Titan Office...1 Wendy's Apartment...1 Establishing Shots of DiMera...1 Establishing Shots of High School...1 Establishing Shots of Titan...1 DIRECTORS & SCRIPT WRITERS: 5/1/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins 5/2/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins 5/3/24: Scott McKinsey 5/6/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins 5/7/24: Noel Maxam 5/8/24: Scott McKinsey 5/9/24: Janet Spellman-Drucker 5/10/24: David Shaughnessy 5/13/24: Noel Maxam 5/14/24: Angela Tessinari 5/15/24: Angela Tessinari 5/16/24: Noel Maxam 5/17/24: David Shaughnessy & Sonja Alarr 5/20/24: David Shaughnessy & Dave Ryan 5/21/24: Noel Maxam & Henry Newman 5/22/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins & Kirk Doering 5/23/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins & Christopher Dunn 5/24/24: Scott McKinsey & Fran Myers 5/27/24: Angela Tessinari & David Kreizman 5/28/24: Janet Spellman-Drucker & David Kreizman 5/29/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins & Dave Ryan 5/30/24: Scott McKinsey & Sonja Alarr 5/31/24: Noel Maxam & Christopher Dunn http://www.jason47.com

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 4/5/76-4/9/76 & 4/12/76-4/16/76:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/22/76-3/26/76 & 3/29/76-4/2/76:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/8/76-3/12/76 & 3/15/76-3/19/76:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/23/76-2/27/76 & 3/1/76-3/5/76: