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They only ever show the average of the two-week books, so here are the GL demos (2-week averages) for the weeks of 12/9/85-12/13/85 & 12/16/85-12/20/85 and 12/30/85-1/3/86 & 1/6/86-1/10/86: GL DEMOS: 12/9/85-12/13/85 & 12/16/85-12/20/85 6.9 rating; 22 share; 5,930,000 viewers TOTAL PEOPLE: 1310 LADY OF HOUSE: 738 WORKING WOMAN: 118 TOTAL WOMEN: 857 18-34: 214 18-49: 428 25-54: 357 35-64: 432 55+: 375 TOTAL MEN: 286 18-34: 76 18-49: 160 25-54: 130 35-64: 139 55+: 111 TOTAL TEENS (12-17): 127 TEEN GIRLS: 79 TEEN BOYS: 48 TOTAL KIDS (2-11): 40 2-5: 27 6-11: 13 12/30/85-1/3/86 & 1/6/86-1/10/86: 7.7 rating; 23 share; 6,610,000 viewers TOTAL PEOPLE: 1386 LADY OF HOUSE: 785 WORKING WOMAN: 140 TOTAL WOMEN: 906 18-34: 255 18-49: 468 25-54: 374 35-64: 432 55+: 376 TOTAL MEN: 201 18-34: 54 18-49: 93 25-54: 78 35-64: 104 55+: 90 TOTAL TEENS (12-17): 184 TEEN GIRLS: 127 TEEN BOYS: 57 TOTAL KIDS (2-11): 95 2-5: 47 6-11: 48

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NBC is reporting the major holdup on a contract is about AI: "Hollywood writers and producers have made "major progress" in negotiations to end the strike that has gone on for 145 days, but a major sticking point has been language over the use of artificial intelligence, two sources familiar with the negotiations said Saturday." https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/pop-culture-news/writers-strike-negotiations-hung-language-ai-sources-say-rcna117041

Things look to be less finalized than the earlier reports tonight. Now they issued a joint statement saying negotiations will continue tomorrow (Sunday). But if things go well, and the strike ends, I think I read it usually takes a week or so after that for the membership to ratify a new contract, so my guess is if things are done tomorrow, then the Days writers (and all other writers) would go back to work around Monday, October 2. So October 2 would probably be the day that the late-night talk shows return, and I don't know how quickly they can write an SNL episode, but perhaps they could be back with a season premiere on Saturday, October 7. Although maybe it takes them longer and they can't be back until November? I also don't know if SNL falls into a SAG-AFTRA contract like the soaps do, so I'm not sure if the SNL actors are on strike (or not on strike like the soap actors are). Writers can't be fired during a strike, but you are correct, Days fired its head writer (Hogan Sheffer) and I think a majority of the other writers (I don't have time to check the database) the day the strike ended in 2008. Days already has three writers leaving: Carolyn & Richard Culliton retired days before the strike ended and Jamey Giddens has moved on (but has tweeted he still technically is under his Days contract, which is on "pause" during the strike, so they could technically still have him return and fulfill his contract and write another episode or two). Also, I don't know what Sonja Alarr's plans are now that her husband was fired. So, whatever happens, Days will have a lot of new writers coming when the strike ends. UPDATED: You had me interested in checking, so I checked, and Days fired Hogan Sheffer, Meg Kelly, Tom Casiello, Charlotte Gibson, Frederick Johnson, Gordon Rayfield, Judy Tate, Richard Backus, Mike Cohen and Judith Donato as soon as the strike was over, so that was pretty much the entire writing staff. But they were fired after the strike ended, not during the strike, so I guess that's technically allowed, although probably not the best PR move.

Just out of curiosity, when do they go back to being the correct airdates? Does that mean there's some incorrect preemption listed on sites for YR later in 1986 that doesn't happen? It's annoying what they did in the Nielsen books in September 1987. For some reason, they didn't feel the need to list all of the "sustaining" programs (the breaking news) on a few pages like they did up until August 1987. And, more than just them now being spread out on many, many pages, they no longer list the exact start times (or days even) of the special reports. So, it's not as nice as I liked from the earlier issues. They just lump all of the special reports into a half-hour time period (without listing the day even). So it will say at some point during the week, for example, there was an NBC News Special Report in the 130-2PM time frame, but not list when it started or ended or what day it was. At least from the timing data of "Days" in other pages, you can sort of figure it out that way, but it just adds more to the puzzle instead of listing them all nicely like they used to!

WITH WGA STRIKE POSSIBLY NEARING ITS END, HERE'S WHAT IT MEANS FOR "DAYS OF OUR LIVES" VIEWERS... "Days" fans, with the WGA (writer) strike possibly set to end in the coming days, here's an update on what to expect with "Days of Our Lives." Head writer Ron Carlivati said in early May that he had written through around Christmas Day 2023 when the strike started on May 1. With the strike nearing its 5-month mark, that means all of the "Days" episode storylines airing from around Christmas Day 2023 through around the end of May Sweeps 2024 will have been written by scabs. As for the dialogue (script) writers, who work several weeks behind Carlivati's storylines, that means a majority of the dialogue (scripts) will have been written by scabs and airing from around early-mid December 2023 to early-mid May 2024. All of these are the estimated time frames. The WGA deal is not yet finalized, but from reports, could be over in the coming days.

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I saw your post. I've been busy since I've seen your post, but I will get to it when I can! FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS (FAST NATIONALS): WEEK OF 4/22/85-4/26/85: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 4/29/85-5/3/85 & 5/6/85-5/10/85:

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Here are Joe's airdates: Contract: January 18, 1982-March 8, 1983; Recurring: March 2, 1984-May 11, 1984; Contract: October 19, 1984-February 22, 1985; Recurring: November 4, 1988-December 19, 1988; Contract: September 17, 1993-August 3, 1994; November 4, 1994-August 14, 1996; Recurring: October 4, 1996-December 24, 1996; February 7, 1997-February 13, 1997; Contract: June 13, 1997-June 14, 2001; June 6, 2007-February 29, 2008; August 5, 2008-July 7, 2016. Recurring: February 9, 2017. John's airdates: Contract: July 19, 1985-July 9, 1997. Recurring: December 28, 1998-December 26, 2022.

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