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Yes. I don't fully understand either. But along with the Average Audience (the number we are used to using), in the 1980's at least there was also a Total Audience number reported, which was much higher than the average audience. Plus, the numbers you were using to say the ATWT wedding was way lower than 20 million was the 4-episode weekly average (they were preempted once that week, so there was only 4 episodes, not 5). You didn't take into account that the first 3 episodes of that week would have much lower ratings (more normal ratings; or a little higher than normal ratings) and the wedding episode itself would be the 20 million episode. Based on that math I did above, it seems certainly possible that the 5/30/84 episode had either an Average or Total Audience of 20 million. And the same goes for that 30 million number for the GH wedding in 1981. So my best guess is that they may be reporting the TOTAL AUDIENCE number for the wedding episodes (not the usual AVERAGE AUDIENCE number that we use for the ratings data each week in the charts).

I think the Nielsen ratings for those two weddings are reported as correct. You just made me do math, which is my least favorite subject, but I think I did it correctly below! I looked at the weekly charts for these two weddings, and if you use the Total Audience number, that gets them a little higher. (Again, these are the averages for the 5-episode week, so it's possible that the wedding episode got a really high number, and the remainder of the week got much more normal numbers, which would bring down the overall weekly average): GH-Luke/Laura 1981 (said to be 30 million viewers): Avg. Audience: 13.8 Total Audience: 17.1 (13,936,00 viewers) Their season average at the time was 10,840,000. So if you assign that average to the other 4 episodes (10,840,000 x 4) that gets you to 43,360,000 (4 episodes) plus 1 episode of 30,000,000 = 73,360,000 divided by 5 = average for the 5-episode week of 14,672,000 (pretty close to the 13,936,500 that the Nielsen book has for Total Audience; so it means the other episodes that week had higher-than-usual daily averages as well) ATWT-Steve/Betsy 1984 (said to be 20 million viewers): Average Audience: 7.8 Total Audience: 9.9 (8,296,200 viewers) Their season average at the time was 6,540,000. So if you assign that average to the other 3 episodes that week (6,540,000 x 3) that gets you to 19,620,000 (3 episodes) plus 1 episode of 20,000,000 = 39,620,000 divided by 4 = average for the 4-episode week of 9,905,000 which equals a little higher than the 8,296,200 total audience number reported; again like GH meaning that the week had higher-than-usual daily averages as well).

Since Donna was asking, I tracked down the page in the books that has the info, so for those interested: TV Households per season (equals 1 ratings point): Sep. 1980: 799,000 (revised from 778,000 based on census in Jan. 1981) Sep. 1981: 815,000 Sep. 1982: 833,000 Sep. 1983: 838,000 Sep. 1984: 849,000 Sep. 1985: 859,000 Sep. 1986: 874,000 Sep. 1987: 886,000 Sep. 1988: 904,000 Sep. 1989: 921,000 Rest of years (1989-2021) on my website at bottom of this page: http://www.jason47.com/days/weeklynielsens.html As to your post above, yes, RatingsRyan is the lead on the Nielsen project, so that's where the full books will eventually be posted once they are scanned.

I just call them both the pilot episodes. The unaired pilot with Mary Jackson as Alice was taped in July 1965. Then the pilot episode (# 1) that aired on November 8. 1965 was taped at the end of October, 1965. We only know the cast list of the unaired pilot, but there were different characters in it, including a Minister, so it was a different script. Unaired July 1965 Pilot: Cast: Tom, Alice, Marie, Mickey, Craig, Tony, Julie, Jim, Minister, Nurse. Sets: N/A. 1...11/8/65: Cast: Tom, Alice, Marie, Mickey, Tony, Julie, Mike/Detective, Diane, Carol, Store Clerk. Sets: Fur Dept. (Store), Precinct-Detective’s Office, Ext. Horton Home, Horton Living Room, Horton Study, Horton Front Hall.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 11/9/92-11/13/92 & 11/16/92-11/20/92: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 11/23/92-11/27/92 & 11/30/92-12/4/92:

I took that to mean he either was involved in casting both pilots, or more just the second pilot.

Yes, the 1/19/24 episode is the point where she was written out originally.

IN THIS 2003 INTERVIEW, BURT METCALFE DISCUSSES RECOMMENDING FRANCES REID & JOHN CLARKE TO BE CAST ON "DAYS OF OUR LIVES" IN 1965... While I was browsing the TV Academy website, I noticed you could check all the videos that people spoke about "Days" in their interviews. Enjoy this look back at Burt Metcalfe, who helped cast several key roles in the "Days of Our Lives" pilot in 1965. https://interviews.televisionacademy.com/shows/days-of-our-lives?clip=50694#who-talked

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 10/12/92-10/16/92 & 10/19/92-10/23/92: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 10/26/92-10/30/92 & 11/2/92-11/6/92:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 9/14/92-9/18/92 & 9/21/92-9/25/92: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 9/28/92-10/2/92 & 10/5/92-10/9/92:

The TMZ article says Ari's lawsuit mentions her contract ended in January, so that was just last month. So that leaves many months of episodes that were taped from August to December yet to air.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/17/92-8/21/92 & 8/24/92-8/28/92: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/31/92-9/4/92 & 9/7/92-9/11/92:

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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 7/20/92-7/24/92 & 7/27/92-7/31/92: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/3/92-8/7/92 & 8/10/92-8/14/92:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 6/22/92-6/26/92 & 6/29/92-7/3/92: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 7/6/92-7/10/92 & 7/13/92-7/17/92:

And now, the remainder of 1992-1993. Some weeks are still missing the Nielsen book averages, so those will be subbed, in the meantime, with the Soap Weekly ratings. FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/25/92-5/29/92 & 6/1/92-6/5/92: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 6/8/92-6/12/92 & 6/15/92-6/19/92:

The writing was done more in advance than the producing & directing, so if he happened to be the head writer at the time of his firing, then that would include most of the February & March episodes.

1/29 and 1/30 seem to be the last "Days" episodes directed by that guy. He must have directed major portions of those two episodes on Friday, July 14, his last day at work.

DAILY CAST CHART: Review each day's cast list from January 2024 at http://www.jason47.com/days/castcharts2024.html January Episode Rankings. Here's how many episodes each actor has appeared in this month (1/1/24-1/31/24), out of a total of 23 episodes. http://www.jason47.com Rank. Actor (Character) # of Episodes 1. Emily O'Brien (Theresa Donovan) 15 2. Eric Martsolf (Brady Black) 14 *. Robert Scott Wilson (Alex Kiriakis) 14 4. Steve Burton (Harris Michaels) 13 5. Blake Berris (Everett Lynch) 11 6. Brandon Barash (Stefan DiMera) 10 *. Galen Gering (Rafe Hernandez) 10 *. Jackee Harry (Paulina Price Carver) 10 9. Tamara Braun (Ava Vitali) 9 10. Raven Bowens (Chanel Dupree) 8 *. Dan Feuerriegel (EJ DiMera) 8 *. Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera) 8 *. Abigail Klein (Stephanie Johnson) 8 14. Lucas Adams (Tripp Johnson) 7 *. Deidre Hall (Marlena Black) 7 *. Greg Vaughan (Eric Brady) 7 *. Arianne Zucker (Nicole DiMera) 7 18. Carson Boatman (Johnny DiMera) 6 *. Elia Cantu (Jada Hunter) 6 *. Victoria Grace (Wendy Shin) 6 *. Drake Hogestyn (John Black) 6 *. Jamie Martin Mann (Tate Black) 6 *. Stephen Nichols (Steve Johnson) 6 *. Jessica Serfaty (Sloan Petersen Brady) 6 25. Linsey Godfrey (Sarah Horton) 5 *. Ashley Puzemis (Holly Jonas) 5 *. James Reynolds (Abe Carver) 5 *. Greg Rikaart (Leo Stark) 5 *. Paul Telfer (Xander Cook Kiriakis) 5 30. Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Johnson) 4 *. Lauren Koslow (Kate Brady) 4 *. Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis) 4 33. Bryan Dattilo (Lucas Horton) 3 *. John Kapelos (Konstantin Meleounis) 3 *. Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Kiriakis) 3 *. Josh Taylor (Roman Brady) 3 37. Stacy Haiduk (Kristen DiMera) 2 *. James Read (Clyde Weston) 2 39. Cary Christopher (Thomas DiMera) 1 *. Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams) 1 *. Tina Huang (Melinda Trask) 1 *. Finley Rose Slater (Rachel Black) 1 Credited guest stars appearing in less than 5 episodes: Morgan Bradley (Officer McCauley) Arsenio Castellanos (Roy Hulsenkamp) Treisa Gary (Nurse # 1) SET TOTALS: January 2024 Detective Area...11 Nurses' Station...11 Horton Town Square...10 Interrogation Room...10 Brady Pub...9 Alex's Apartment...6 DiMera Mansion...6 Small Park...6 Spectator Office...6 The Bistro at Saxton's...5 Loading Dock...5 Marlena's Townhouse...5 Wendy's Apartment...5 Hospital ICU Room...4 Sloan's Apartment...4 Xander & Sarah's Apartment...4 Everett's Salem Inn Room...3 Men's Prison Visiting Room...3 Paulina's Apartment...3 Paulina's Office...3 Horton Living Room...2 Johnny's Bedroom (DiMera)...2 Konstantin's Bedroom (Kiriakis)...2 Ava's Bedroom...1 EJ's Bedroom (DiMera)...1 Harris' Brady Pub Room...1 Holly's Bedroom (DiMera)...1 Hospital Exam Room...1 Hospital Waiting Area...1 Kayla's Townhouse...1 Leo's Salem Inn Room...1 Marlena's Office...1 Motel Room...1 Prison Infirmary...1 Salem PD Jail Visiting Room...1 Seedy Apartment...1 Steve & Kayla's Bedroom...1 Trauma Room...1 Tripp's Bedroom...1 DIRECTORS & SCRIPT WRITERS: 1/1/24: Scott McKinsey 1/2/24: Janet Spellman-Drucker 1/3/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins 1/4/24: Janet Spellman-Drucker 1/5/24: - 1/8/24: Noel Maxam 1/9/24: Noel Maxam 1/10/24: Scott McKinsey 1/11/24: Noel Maxam 1/12/24: Janet Spellman-Drucker 1/15/24: - 1/16/24: Angela Tessinari 1/17/24: Scott McKinsey 1/18/24: Angela Tessinari 1/19/24: - 1/22/24: Scott McKinsey 1/23/24: Noel Maxam 1/24/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins 1/25/24: Scott McKinsey 1/26/24: Scott McKinsey 1/29/24: - 1/30/24: - 1/31/24: Sonia Blangiardo Goins http://www.jason47.com.

SEE STEVE DEMPSEY, "DAYS" PROP MASTER, PERFORMING WITH THE ZEN JUNKIE PROJECT ON FEBRUARY 16 IN SANTA CLARITA Check out their music here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTaKfg7_f4A

He must have taped 50 percent or more of those two episodes on the last day he worked (since he directs on Fridays) which is the last day he worked in July. So Janet must have been promoted at that point and was Co-EP when the remaining scenes of those two episodes were taped in August.

Thanks for letting me know! I checked the cast charts, and this is his U/5 role from 10/11/77.

MAY 1993 SWEEPS WEEK CHARTS: MONDAY-FRIDAY & SATURDAY EARLY MORNING & DAYTIME: NOVEMBER 1993 SWEEPS WEEK CHARTS: MONDAY-FRIDAY & SATURDAY EARLY MORNING & DAYTIME: That's it for now. Hopefully more years to come later this year!!

Thanks for your patience! One more year to go tomorrow with 1993, so you'll get some more SBTB ratings tomorrow too.

MAY 1991 SWEEPS WEEK CHARTS: MONDAY-FRIDAY & SATURDAY EARLY MORNING & DAYTIME: NOVEMBER 1991 SWEEPS WEEK CHARTS: MONDAY-FRIDAY & SATURDAY EARLY MORNING & DAYTIME: MAY 1992 SWEEPS WEEK CHARTS: MONDAY-FRIDAY & SATURDAY EARLY MORNING & DAYTIME: NOVEMBER 1992 SWEEPS WEEK CHARTS: MONDAY-FRIDAY & SATURDAY EARLY MORNING & DAYTIME: