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For BB fans, here's a look at its first ratings data! BB's debut week ratings:3/23/87-3/27/87 BB's first two weeks of demos (average of first two weeks on the air): 3/23/87-4/3/87:

Other than New Year's Day, there was only 1 preemption total in January 1988 for any of the soaps. Santa Barbara preempted 1/18/88 for the Soap Opera Digest Awards.

Not yet. 1955-1977 should be coming at some point, but right now it is 1978-1992.

I'm adding 1978-1979 in the next few days. All I do is add the images that I posted here at SON to the yearly page on my site, so it doesn't take that long. I don't have to re-type anything! FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/4/88-1/8/88 & 1/11/88-1/15/88: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/18/88-1/22/88 & 1/25/88-1/29/88:

1/26/88? There was no preemption that day. I listed the 4 preemptions in 1988. Those are the only ones in 1988.

I just finished typing 1988. I knew I was close to when YR started its streak, so I just googled it and it happens to be the week I just typed up! GH was first place 12/19/88, and then YR hit # 1 on 12/26/88, a streak that continued for over 30 years: From Hollywood Reporter in December 2018 (There were only 12 daytime dramas, not 13 as HR article states):

Just finished typing up December 1988 ratings. Yes, that's the additional BB preemption from December 1988: 12/26/88-12/30/88 Preempted Monday 12/26- Movie Special: Quarterback Princess

GUESS WHO?? The Nielsen books started reporting VCR recording shares around 1988. Which soaps had the biggest VCR recording shares in December 1988? Make your guesses and I'll post the results tomorrow!

If it wasn't for the message notification from SON each time I check in at SON, I would never know about my mentions, so a little thank you "shout out" to the notifications as well!

I saw "me" mentioned here, so I will give you all a sneak peek of the BB preemptions for 1988 before the charts are posted: 2/15/88-2/19/88 Preempted Monday 2/15- NBA on CBS 9/5/88-9/9/88 Preempted Mon 9/5 & Fri 9/9- US Open Tennis 11/21/88-11/25/88 Preempted Thu 11/24- NFL Football & Fri 11/25- Care Bears Movie II 12/26/88-12/30/88 Preempted Monday 12/26- Movie Special: Quarterback Princess

DEIDRE HALL APPEARS IN 12 EPISODES IN A MONTH FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2021...LAUREN KOSLOW APPEARS IN 12 EPISODES IN A MONTH FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019... Deidre Hall (Marlena) and Lauren Koslow (Kate) have now appeared in 12 of the first 13 episodes in October 2023, including the last 10 episodes in a row. It is the first time for Hall to appear in that many episodes since 2021, and for Koslow since 2019. There are still 9 episodes to air in October, so how high will their episode rankings be?? It is too time-consuming to check, but this is also the first time probably in a long time that two actors have appeared in 10 episodes straight.

And this is the first time ever Nielsen released final numbers for that end-of-the-year week. So, it's nice to finally be done with those fast weekly weeks!

Frances was driven to the studio in a limo on numerous parking lists I have from the early 2000's, so I'm sure she was in first class on a plane! She was very active in the unions, so I'm sure she was also pretty particular in her contracts and made sure to have things like that in them.

To add to your post, I found this: Peter Reckell was announced in newspapers as being cast as Bo by 4/4/83. Meanwhile, per AFI's site, Tom Cruise was in Pennsylvania and had practiced scenes for "All the Right Moves" at the end of February 1983 and early March 1983, and even suffered a concussion during some point then. Principal filming for that movie was from March 14, 1983 and lasted about 7 weeks (putting it at around early May 1983). So, unless they started casting Bo Brady in February 1983, Tom Cruise was under contract and filming "All the Right Moves" throughout the end of February 1983-May 1983. All the Right Movies (practiced scenes 2/83-3/83; filmed 3/14/83-5/83) Principal photography was scheduled to begin 14 Mar 1983 in Johnstown, PA, with cinematographer Michael Chapman making his directorial debut.... According to Morton, no stunt doubles were used, and several players were injured, including actors Tom Cruise and Paul Carafotes, both of whom sustained minor concussions. Producer Stephen Deutsch added that the players practiced for three weeks prior to principal photography...The production company's seven-week stay was expected to contribute $2 million to Johnstown’s economy. https://catalog.afi.com/Film/57843-ALL-THE-RIGHT-MOVES?cxt=filmography Here is a 2/22/83 Pittsburgh article about Tom Cruise starring in the movie: Movies Tom Cruise filmed just before this are: The Outsiders:(filmed 3/29/82-5/15/82) https://catalog.afi.com/Film/67060-THE-OUTSIDERS?cxt=filmography A 20 Jan 1982 Var news item reported that director Francis Ford Coppola was scheduled to begin principal photography on The Outsiders in Mar 1982, although the project did not yet have a distributor, and a 12 Feb 1982 Var brief added that Columbia Pictures was discussing an $8 million production deal with Coppola. However, on the planned start date of 1 Mar 1982, Var stated that production had been delayed, even though negotiations were still underway with Columbia. Ten days later, the 10 Mar 1982 DV announced that Warner Bros., Inc., had acquired distribution rights, and principal photography was rescheduled to begin 29 Mar 1982 in Tulsa, OK, where the production would be shot in its entirety over seven weeks. Seven weeks after principal photography began, the 10 May 1982 Var announced that filming was nearly complete, and Coppola was regaining his credibility as a director capable of delivering pictures on schedule. A 25 May 1982 HR brief stated that filming ended 15 May 1982 with a projected release date of 8 Oct 1982; however, the 10 May 1982 Var listed the date as 18 Oct 1982. Risky Business:(filmed 7/18/82-11/82) https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/58062 On 12 May 1982, Var announced that writer-director Paul Brickman was set to make his feature film directorial debut with Risky Business, and principal photography was scheduled to begin in Jun 1982. At that time, the Geffen Film Company had already agreed to distribute the picture through Warner Bros., and Jon Avnet and Steve Tisch were named as producers. One week later, a 20 May 1982 DV news item reported the casting of Tom Cruise and an 18 Jul 1982 DV brief stated that filming began that day in Chicago, IL, with a ten-week shooting schedule. According to studio production notes from AMPAS library files, exterior locations centered around the city of Highland Park, IL, and a 6 May 2013 Chicago Tribune article stated that exteriors of the “Goodsen” house were filmed at 1258 Linden Avenue. Home interiors were shot in two gymnasiums at Niles East High School in Skokie, IL. Production was completed in late Nov 1982, as announced in a 23 Nov 1982 Var news item.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 11/23/87-11/27/87 & 11/30/87-12/4/87: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/7/87-12/11/87 & 12/14/87-12/18/87: Note: Ratings data comes from both a 2019 Soap Opera Network post by VanessaReardon, who seems to have had access to Nielsen data from the 1985-1988 time frame, and a more recent find of a Daytime TV Magazine, which confirms those ratings & provides the shares. As the note states, preemption data has been confirmed by comparing the # of telecasts in the 12/7 Nielsen book to the # of telecasts in the 12/21 book. This confirms that there were no full preemptions for any soap this week, but it is unknown if there were any partial preemptions this week. FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/21/87-12/25/87 & 12/28/87-1/1/88:

I had a little message thingy when I arrived at SON that notified me, so I popped in to see why I was mentioned. So, yes, you did successfully invoke me!

This one? DEIDRE HALL & LAUREN KOSLOW APPEAR IN 10 EPISODES IN A MONTH FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER A YEAR... Deidre Hall (Marlena) and Lauren Koslow (Kate), who now seem to show up randomly for just one scene an episode, have already broken their 2023 records by each already appearing in 10 (of the first 11) episodes in October 2023. Hall and Koslow each last hit the double digit-episode mark for a month in July 2022. With 11 more episodes yet to air in October, how many episodes will they end up airing in this month?? UPDATE: They had their one-scene pop-up again today so now the #s are 11 of the first 12 episodes this month.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 10/26/87-10/30/87 & 11/2/87-11/6/87: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 11/9/87-11/13/87 & 11/16/87-11/20/87:

UPDATE # 1: SON was nice enough to pass along my message to the email they have for VR, so hopefully it is still an active email address. If not, then we are at a dead end in regards to VR's data. UPDATE # 2: I forgot how quickly emails come back if the email address no longer exists. I got the "no longer exists" email back already, so VR's email no longer exists.

There might have been numerous partial preemptions that day, but for the week of 10/19, we only know that all the soaps aired 5 episodes that week that were all counted as part of the yearly averages. If they were "breakouts", they would not have been listed in the regular telecast column in the 10/26 issue.

WEEKLY DAYTIME RATINGS CHARTS FOR 1985 NOW POSTED... https://www.jason47.com/days/ratings1985.html Also, explanatory notes have been added to the 1980's pages to explain the columns and the meaning of the "fast national" weeks, whose numbers are not counted towards the yearly averages of soaps (something Nielsen ended in 1987). 1986-1989 will be posted soon. Click here for all weekly Nielsen charts available from 1980-Present: https://www.jason47.com/days/nielsensweekly.html

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 9/28/87-10/2/87 & 10/5/87-10/9/87: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 10/12/87-10/16/87 & 10/19/87-10/23/87:

NON-SOAPS: EARLY MORNING & DAYTIME SHOWS: WEEKLY NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/2/81-2/6/81 & 5/4/81-5/8/81:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/31/87-9/4/87 & 9/7/87-9/11/87: (FINAL WEEK OF OLD SYSTEM...POSTING TO JUST SHOW THE COMPARISON...THE RATINGS TO BE USED FOR THIS WEEK ARE THE NEW PEOPLE METER RATINGS AS LISTED BELOW): FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/31/87-9/4/87 & 9/7/87-9/11/87: DEBUT OF THE PEOPLE METER SYSTEM...THESE ARE THE NUMBERS USED FOR THESE TWO WEEKS: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 9/14/87-9/18/87 & 9/21/87-9/25/87:

NON-SOAPS: EARLY MORNING & DAYTIME SHOWS: WEEKLY NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/4/80-8/8/80 & 11/3/80-11/7/80: