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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 10/1/79-10/5/79 & 10/8/79-10/12/79:

On 7/26/2023 at 10:50 AM, Donna L. Bridges said:

Today was one of my random days to note all the full writing credits & see if there's been any change. Today Henry Newman was not listed. You probably already know that. 

Fri., 7-28 Henry Newman back, today's script writer

 

Henry Newman is a freelance writer. He is not a full-time writer on the show, so his name only appears in the credits when he writes the episode.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 9/17/79-9/21/79 & 9/24/79-9/28/79:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/12/81-1/16/81 & 1/19/81-1/23/81:

I just saw the 7/25/88 numbers. Nice to finally see "Days" at # 1 for once. Hooray!  Still hasn't happened since I started watching the show in 1990, but I finally got to see the full chart for the week. They just beat YR by 1/10th of a point. Phew!

Thanks for everyone's patience! I know some of you have been waiting for this info for quite awhile. Today's sorting & cropping went very well today and looks like I will have through 1984 completed soon. Unless I have a really busy day, you should probably expect a chart to be posted each day now, so lots of ratings coming for 1981-1984!

For now, we pick up where we left off 3 weeks ago, with the week of 12/8/80.

Finished sorting & cropping the remainder of 1979, so they will start being posted again today. We pick up with the week of 8/13/79:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/13/79-8/17/79 & 8/20/79-8/24/79:

2 hours ago, Errol said:

Exactly! To get a New York PR firm to handle PR for an LA show, that's something!

1 hour ago, j swift said:

BTW, I read speculation that the "haircut" story is attributed to Brandon Beemer.  Which would make sense given that he's been on recurring and may have gotten a haircut outside of production between episodes without seeking approval.  His hair notably changed between Bo's shooting and Shawn's return to Salem.  Also, on his social media, he is currently vacationing on Cote De'Azure while the rest of the cast has returned from hiatus.  And, given the speculation about his co-star Martha wiping her socials of mentions of DAYS, it all fits.

He recurred from 2017-2020, but Brandon Beemer has been on contract since the episode which aired on 12/22/20, so at the time of Bo's shooting, he was on contract.

38 minutes ago, teplin said:

The only actor I can recall who had a buzz cut was Greg Vaughan, though I don't remember when or if he was on or off contract at the time. 

He's only had a few brief recurring airdates: 9/11/20-9/23/20; 12/27/21-12/29/21; 4/15/22-4/18/22. So push those dates back 6 months each on average for the tape date.

6 hours ago, tybuki said:

Thought of another. Week ending 2/1/80, the last week of Beat The Clock on CBS, as well as Whew!

10 minutes ago, tybuki said:

The Biskitts was CBS's attempt at a Smurfs clone involving puppies/dogs. It was removed in January, and I'd say losing to 2 shows composed of reruns didn't help its cause.

4 hours ago, tybuki said:

Your wish is my command. The Biskitts, Saturday December 10, 1983.

1 hour ago, Soapsuds said:

ATWT still doing well.

When you have a chance I'm curious what the ratings were for the weeks of February 27-March 2 and March 5-9. 

Thanks!!

I assume you mean 1984?  These two weeks are from two different books, so they wouldn't normally be on the same chart that I post, but I'll do it this time.

As a reminder, the weekly charts will be coming over the course of the next few months, so (to everyone) please try to limit ratings questions to non-soaps, mainly if you have questions about other daytime shows or Saturday morning shows from 1980-1987.

4 hours ago, tybuki said:

Sale would improve over time, eventually knocking out Child's Play. When you get a chance @JAS0N47, can you post the week of June 26-30, 1984? Thank you.

5 hours ago, tybuki said:

Appreciate what you are doing @JAS0N47. For Saturday Morning, the 10 AM time slot for 84-85. Dragon's Lair on ABC, Saturday Supercade/Bugs Bunny on CBS, The Smurfs on NBC.

11 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Thanks Jason.

Can I ask about the week of Jan 3 1983 when NBC debuted a new morning lineup

10 am Facts of Life

10.30 Sale of the Century

11.00 Wheel of Fortune

11.30 Hit Man

12.00 Just Men

How did the shows fare compared to CBS and ABC competition?

Also in comparison to the previous week when NBC aired Texas and The Doctors at 11 am and 12 midday.

1 hour ago, rsclassicfanforever said:

Dear @JAS0N47, do you have a list with GL preemptions from 1980-1987?
Would be so kind, to get more information about these years. Especially because these years have some gaps in my list. I have seen your posts about 1980 on all soaps

Those will be coming once I finish compiling the weekly charts. It takes time to do each one. First you have to type out the ratings, then go to another section to get the preemption dates. Then go to another section and figure out what preempted the show. So, while I can't do that list today, you will soon have the weekly charts listing the preemption data for all the soaps from 1980-1987. Those will be ready to be posted sometime later this year. So your gaps will be filled before 2023 ends!

7 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

I'm sure that the cost of Chips reruns was a lot less than a daily 60 min soap but the demos were probably too skewed towards kids/teen males etc so NBC was not making the $$$ in advertising.

 

Full Demos aren't listed much in summer, and no seasonal averages for them either in summer.

34 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

@JAS0N47 when you have the time, would you be able to post some ratings for Chips when it aired at 3pm up against GH and GL?

I have always been curious as to how that worked out for NBC.

That was April - Sept 82.

Thanks.

Sure, Will check now. I have some time this week & next week, so this would be the weeks to ask about stuff. Will be pretty busy again as we head into August. 

Work is being done at times on the weekly charts, so ratings fans, fear not!  At the moment, I want to mainly get all of the charts from 1981-1987 typed up. It's easier if I don't sort them/crop them after I do each one, so I will probably wait until they are all typed up before I go back and start sorting/cropping them, but that process is much quicker than typing them up. I already have a lot of 1982-1984 typed up, so the charts will be coming. Just have to be a little patient.

In the meantime, if you have any non-soap questions about daytime (game shows, sitcom reruns, etc...) or Saturday morning shows from 1980-1987, let me know.

34 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

@JAS0N47 when you have the time, would you be able to post some ratings for Chips when it aired at 3pm up against GH and GL?

I have always been curious as to how that worked out for NBC.

That was April - Sept 82.

Thanks.

3 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

That must be the case.

Wonder why no shows were carried 100%? I remember a SOD article that stated that Days now had total clearance ie airing on all NBC stations. Not sure when that was. Maybe late 80's?

Also puzzled as to why the no. of stations changed by 1 or 2 week to wek?

More puzzling is why the percentage changes too. Sometimes I'll notice a show is listed as being, for example, on 170 affiliates, 70 percent clearance. The next week it is on 171 affiliates, but only 69 percent clearance.

Very hard to understand why that would be! 

47 minutes ago, kalbir said:

@JAS0N47 Were there CBS pre-emptions for NBA games on these holidays?

Christmas 1980, 1981, 1984-1987, 1989

Memorial Day 1985, 1986