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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.

UPDATE TO WEEK OF 10/19/87: I just received the two scans of ratings today from the fan who had them from soap magazines. The 12/14/87 ratings match exactly what VR posted in 2019. However, there is one difference in the Daytime TV ratings listed for 10/19/87. VR posted OLTL got a 7.4, but Daytime TV has OLTL at 7.5, so I am updating the OLTL rating to 7.5 for that week. As we discussed previously, VR's ratings may have been preliminary, which account for the slight differences, while the incoming information from Daytime TV would be a more final list of ratings. This also explains why the newspaper article that I found (which mentions a tie lower in the chart), does not mention that OLTL and YR are tied at 7.4, since OLTL was 7.5 and YR was 7.4. This new chart is posted in place of the old one:

I don't usually know any writing changes until they happen in the credits. I only knew the Cullitons were retiring because of your chat with them. So, with her name gone, I would assume she's gone. So they must have a new hire or two just before the strike started.

SEPTEMBER 1991-MAY 1992 PREEMPTION UPDATES: For the remaining books from 1991-1992, they will update the following information: Unknown titles of special reports; # of affiliates (instead of clearance percentage); and exact times for preemptions in the middle of an episode. Here are the updates for September 1991-May 1992 (which are being updated in the 1990-1999 preemption list as well): DAYS 9/12/91 1-127PM PBO (42 percent affs) updated to (91 affs) 9/23/91 1-116PM PBO (42 percent affs) updated to (90 affs) ATWT 12/4/91 202-230 PBO (83 percent affs) updated to (178 affs) OLTL 12/4/91 202-222 PBO (83 percent affs) updated to (202 affs) YR 9/12/91 102-127 PBO (47 percent affs) updated to (135 affs) 9/23/91 1230-1244 & 114-130PM (28 minutes); (2 minute preemption during episode) updated to 1230-1244 & 116-130PM (28 minutes) 9/23/91 1244-114 PBO (47 percent affs) updated to (135 affs) 10/4/91 1230-1247 PBO (76 percent affs) update to (110 affs)

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 9/18/89-9/22/89 & 9/25/89-9/29/89: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 10/2/89-10/6/89 & 10/9/89-10/13/89:

AUGUST 1991 PREEMPTIONS... With that, we now have the full list of preemptions from 1979-1999! AMC PARTIAL: 8/21/91 1-131 & 145-2PM (46 minutes) AW PARTIAL: 8/20/91 210-254PM (44 minutes) ATWT FULL: 8/20/91 Unrated CBS Special Report: Soviet Coup 6 (unknown timings) ATWT PARTIAL: 8/19/91 (45 minutes) BB PARTIAL: 8/20/91 (9 minutes) 8/21/91 1:47PM (13 minutes) DAYS PARTIAL: 8/21/91 1-134 & 150-2PM (44 minutes); 134-150PM PBO (55 affs) GH PARTIAL: 8/20/91 3:01PM (59 minutes) LOV FULL: 8/22/91 Unrated Gorbachev Press Conference (unknown timings) OLTL PARTIAL: 8/20/91 (44 minutes) SANTA PARTIAL: 8/19/91 3:11PM (49 minutes) YR FULL: 8/22/91 Unrated CBS Special Report: Soviet Coup 10 (unknown timings) YR PARTIAL: 8/19/91 1230-1245 & 1-130PM (45 minutes); 1245-1PM PBO (187 affs) 8/26/91 1230-1233 & 1-103PM (6 minutes); 1233-1 & 103-130 PBO (210 affs) 8/29/91 1230-1236 & 107-130PM (29 minutes); 1237-107 PBO (112 affs)

Posting here since all the preemptions from 1979 to 1989 are posted here. Here is the preemptions list for 1978 (as complete as can be, with 2 full weeks, and 5 "fast weekly" weeks not available): 1978 PREEMPTIONS LIST: Note # 1: Partial preemptions unavailable for the weeks of 4/10/78 & 4/17/78. Note # 2: Full & partial preemptions unavailable for the "fast weekly" weeks: 3/20/78, 4/24/78, 6/26/78, 8/28/78, 12/25/78. TV listings were checked to confirm any possible regularly scheduled specials preempting the soaps and those are listed in the lists below, but any full preemptions for breaking news will be unknown for these weeks. DAYS FULL: 1/2/78 Tournament of Roses Parade (1130AM-2PM) & For Richer, For Poorer (2-230PM) 11/23/78 NFL Football Game (1230-330PM) DAYS PARTIAL: 8/9/78 1:51PM (39 minutes) 9/5/78 130-133 & 145-230PM (48 minutes) 10/16/78 (12 minutes) AMC FULL: 8/9/78 Pope Paul VI Report 11/24/78 NCAA Football AMC PARTIAL: 9/5/78 1-127 & 141-2PM (46 minutes) 10/16/78 1-119 & 124-143PM (37 minutes) 11/9/78 Special airing: 1:32-2:30PM (58 minutes) AW FULL: 1/16/78 Hubert Humphrey Funeral 11/23/78 Thursday- NFL Football Game **12/25/78 (Local Fill: 3-330PM) & Fiesta Bowl (330-end) (per newspaper) AW PARTIAL: 1/12/78 3:02PM (58 minutes) 1/30/78 3:05PM (55 minutes) 2/17/78 (30 minutes) 3/9/78 3:38PM (22 minutes) **4/25/78 (Newspaper listing has Carter Press Conference listed at 3PM) 6/14/78 3:35PM (25 minutes) ATWT FULL: 12/26/77 NFL Playoff Game 1 1/2/78 Tournament of Roses Parade 4/10/78-4/14/78 or 4/17/78-4/21/78 1 full preemption during these two weeks 9/4/78 US Open Tennis 11/23/78 Family Sports Special **12/25/78 Peach Bowl (per newspaper) ATWT PARTIAL 8/9/78 1:53PM (37 minutes) 9/5/78 1:42PM (48 minutes) 10/16/78 (12 minutes) 11/9/78 1:31PM (59 minutes) DOC FULL: 1/12/78 Carter Press Conference 1/30/78 Carter News Conference 11/23/78 NFL Football Game DOC PARTIAL: 1/16/78 (29 minutes) 10/16/78 2:37PM (23 minutes) EDGE FULL: 1/2/78 Sugar Bowl 1/16/78 Hubert Humphrey Funeral 1/30/78 Carter News Conference 2/17/78 General Hospital 3/9/78 General Hospital 6/7/78 Daytime Emmy Awards 6/14/78 General Hospital **6/26/78 (Newspaper listing has Carter Press Conference listed at 4PM, this could be a full preemption) 8/17/78 Carter Press Conference 9/28/78 Carter Press Conference 10/4/78 ALCS Game 2 10/5/78 NLCS Game 2 10/6/78 ALCS Game 3 10/10/78 Carter Press Conference 11/9/78 General Hospital 11/24/78 NCAA Football 11/30/78 Carter Press Conference EDGE PARTIAL: 9/5/78 405PM (25 minutes) 10/2/78 Special airing: 2-230PM FOR RICHER FULL: 1/10/78 Local Fill (network preemption) 2/7/78 Local Fill (network preemption) 2/13/78 Local Fill (network preemption) 3/7/78 Local Fill (network preemption) 4/4/78 Local Fill (network preemption 8/9/78 Pope Paul VI Report 8/17/78 Local Fill (network preemption) FOR RICHER PARTIAL: 1/2/78 Special airing: 2-230PM 1/16/78 (rated as breakout) 9/28/78 (rated as breakout) GH FULL: 1/2/78 Sugar Bowl 1/16/78 Hubert Humphrey Funeral 6/7/78 Daytime Emmy Awards 10/2/78 AL Tiebreaker Playoff 11/24/78 NCAA Football GH PARTIAL: 1/30/78 Special airing: 330PM 2/17/78 Special airing: (3-330 & 403-430) (57 minutes) 3/9/78 Special airing: 3:39PM (51 minutes) **4/25/78 (Newspaper listing has Carter Press Conference listed at 3PM) 6/14/78 Special airing: 3:36PM (54 minutes) 9/5/78 (48 minutes) 11/9/78 Special airing: 3:30-4:30PM GL FULL: 12/26/77 NFL Playoff Game 1 1/2/78 Cotton Bowl Game 1/16/78 All in the Family & CBS Special Report 9/4/78 US Open Tennis 11/23/78 Family Sports Special & NFL Football Pregame **12/25/78 Peach Bowl (per newspaper) GL PARTIAL: 1/12/78 Special airing: 3:03PM (57 minutes) 1/30/78 Special airing: 3:05PM (55 minutes) 3/9/78 Special airing: (230-3 & 339-4PM, 51 minutes) **4/25/78 (Newspaper listing has Carter Press Conference listed at 3PM) 6/14/78 Special airing: 230-3 & 336-4PM (54 minutes) 10/16/78 2:36PM (54 minutes) LOVE FULL: 1/2/78 Tournament of Roses Parade 10/4/78 Pope John Paul I Funeral 11/23/78 Thanksgiving Day Parade LOVE PARTIAL: 12/30/77 Special airing: 11AM 12/12/78 11:32AM (22 minutes) OLTL FULL: 1/2/78 Sugar Bowl 10/2/78 Edge of Night & AL Tiebreaker Playoff 10/5/78 NLCS Game 2 11/24/78 NCAA Football OLTL PARTIAL: 1/12/78 3:02PM (13 minutes) 1/30/78 Special airing: 2-230 & 305-330 (55 minutes) 10/16/78 2:39PM (21 minutes) 11/9/78 Special airing: 2:30-3:30PM 9/4/78 (rated as breakout) RYAN FULL: 10/4/78 Pope John Paul I Funeral RYAN PARTIAL: 3/6/78 12:40PM (20 minutes) 8/9/78 (25 minutes) 9/4/78 (rated as breakout) SEARCH FULL: 1/2/78 Tournament of Roses Parade 3/2/78 Carter Press Conference/analysis 10/4/78 Pope John Paul I Funeral 11/23/78 Famous Classic Tales SEARCH PARTIAL: 3/6/78 12:39PM (21 minutes) YR FULL: 1/2/78 Tournament of Roses Parade 3/2/78 Carter Press Conference 10/4/78 Pope John Paul I Funeral 11/23/78 Famous Classic Tales YR PARTIAL: 12/30/77 12:06PM (24 minutes) 9/4/78 (rated as breakout)

And the future Days head writer, Anne Howard Bailey, wrote Episode # 11, the last episode to air. The final two episodes were pulled and never aired.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/21/89-8/25/89 & 8/28/89-9/1/89: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 9/4/89-9/8/89 & 9/11/89-9/15/89:

I only have back to 1978, but the Prime Time Network Serials book has this for Beacon Hill, so this will have to suffice for now. We'll be getting the 1975 Nielsen books eventually, so we can see if these verify: