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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/5/90-3/9/90 & 3/12/90-3/16/90: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/19/90-3/23/90 & 3/26/90-3/30/90:

Thanks for posting that, Jam! I'm posting the relevant image where she talks about Days on my FB page.

Thanks! Good to hear these weeks all matched up.

Yes, for the 1990's we have the demo data for every week from January 1990 to May 1992 except for those two missing weeks (5/20/91 & 5/27/91). So, the most recent data I can post would be over 31 years ago (from May 1992). 20 years ago would be 2003. Line A is the weekly average. Line B is the quarterly average. Line C is the season average:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/5/90-2/9/90 & 2/12/90-2/16/90: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/19/90-2/23/90 & 2/26/90-3/2/90:

There were no preemptions that week for any soap, so perhaps you had a local preemption.

WEEKDAY DAYTIME TV SPECIALS (9/27/82-1/9/83): TOP 50 HIGHEST-RATED WEEKDAY DAYTIME TV SPECIALS (12/31/79-1/9/83):

DIFFERENCES IN SOAP OPERA WEEKLY CHARTS VS. NIELSEN BOOKS (SO FAR)... 10/23/89-10/27/89: SOW has BB share at 22....Nielsen book has 20 share, 11/27/89-12/1/89: All shares in SOW are higher than in Nielsen book. Thanks so much for comparing! I see the problem with the "1/1/90-1/5/90" SOW chart. Those are actually the ratings (which match exactly in the Nielsen book) for the "missing" 1/8/90-1/12/90 SOW chart. So SOW actually never published the ratings for the week of 1/1/90-1/5/90, which happened to be the week that GH tied YR for # 1. I will make that correction on my website and confirm that is actually the numbers for 1/8/90. So, for the moment, my two best guesses are that SOW had a typo for BB's share the week of 10/23/89, and that obviously there was some miscalculation with the shares in the report sent to SOW for the week of 11/27/89, since every share in SOW is higher than the Nielsen book. So, now we know there will sometimes be a discrepancy, but so far it has only involved 1 full week of shares (and 1 share for BB). All of the ratings SOW has published so far have matched exactly to the Nielsen books. (And, yes, I don't care about the "placement" differences, when SOW places the higher share show, while my Excel chart just places them by title alphabetically when the rating is tied, so those you don't have to mention....only when either a ratings point or a share is different. Also, fast national weeks ended in 1987, so those are no longer a thing during the Soap Opera Weekly era).

WEEKDAY DAYTIME TV SPECIALS (1/11/82-9/26/82):

FROM THE VAULT: FARAH FAWCETT'S U/5 APPEARANCE ON "DAYS"...EPISODE # 1230...SEPTEMBER 18, 1970 In just her second year of acting, in September 1970, Farrah Fawcett appeared in one scene of "Days of Our Lives" as Blonde U/5 with Ed Mallory (Bill) and Bill Hayes (Doug). Her character does get a full name in the dialogue: Diana Washburn. The character reminds Bill of Laura. As sometimes would happen on the master telecast report, the person writing it would seem to just sound out the name, so that is why she is incorrectly spelled on the report as Fara Fosset.

I only tracked the household and Women 18-49 stuff on my site, so Errol would be better to ask about the 25-54 demo, if that is available.

Picking up where we left off in the 1980's, here is 1990! FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/25/89-12/29/89 & 1/1/90-1/5/90: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/8/90-1/12/90 & 1/15/90-1/19/90: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/22/90-1/26/90 & 1/29/90-2/2/90:

She left Days in April 1977, but she was the head writer from 1975-1977. The Days scripts from 1975-1977 all said: Story by: William J. Bell Written by: Pat Falken Smith (then followed by the dialogue writer)

Thanks! If you can check back to the first Soap Weekly chart from 10/16/89, that would be great. Bill was still the story consultant with Days into Spring 1978, so he was still on the Days payroll until then.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/11/89-12/15/89 & 12/18/89-12/22/89: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/25/89-12/29/89 & 1/1/90-1/5/90: Join us tomorrow in the 1990's ratings thread as 1990, 1991 and 1992 start being posted. Also, I don't remember getting a response the last time I asked this, but each day as I post the next batch of ratings, can some ratings fans here please compare these charts to the Soap Opera Weekly charts on this page and let me know if you see any discrepancies between the two. Thanks! http://www.jason47.com/days/nielsens1990.html

I'll get to those eventually. I'm working on the daytime specials for 1982-1991 now. The demos are easier to post since it's just a quick post of an image. The lists you want require more time to compile, so those will get done eventually.

WEEKDAY DAYTIME TV SPECIALS (8/31/81-11/22/81): WEEKDAY DAYTIME TV SPECIALS (11/23/81-1/10/82):

I didn't convert those yet (I did for DAYS, AMC and BB), the rest are still in the "confusing" format I originally posted them in. But the full lists for 1979-1989 are in this thread, just not as "clean" as the lists now are for DAYS, AMC and BB.

Thanks for the compliments! It's been a fun journey!! I am wrapping up the 1992 books in the next few days, so I should have time this week to help out with any specific 1980's requests this week. If there's a certain week from the 1980's or early 1990's that you would like the demos of a show posted, please let me know.

TWO BIG NIELSEN RATINGS EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS! Tomorrow, I will be posting the last weeks of 1989, which completes the entire decade! On Tuesday, the week of 1/8/90 will be posted, which is the last week that Soap Opera Weekly did not publish. So, as of Tuesday, every week of Nielsen ratings from 1979-Present will be available online (except the week of 8/24/81)!

"DAYS" DEMOS FOR ITS FIRST PRIMETIME SPECIAL, "ONE STORMY NIGHT", 1/10/92...

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 11/13/89-11/17/89 & 11/20/89-11/24/89: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 11/27/89-12/1/89 & 12/4/89-12/8/89:

I was provided the 5/20/91 and 5/27/91 ratings from another soap magazine, which match exactly what Soap Opera Weekly has, so even though we are missing those two books, that gives more confirmation to the numbers being correct.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 10/16/89-10/20/89 & 10/23/89-10/27/89: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 10/30/89-11/3/89 & 11/6/89-11/10/89:

I check the credits every day, so I note any changes I see to the staff. But, always good to have a double check.