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All the Nielsen reports list is "Special Treat" (no episode titles). So I looked in the newspaper listings, and I guess Unicorn Tales is the local/syndicated program that the New York affiliate aired in the For Richer time slot. The 4PM slot in New York is listed as Special Treat: Luke Was There (a children's story with Scott Baio). So that is the network program that was rated. Unicorn Tales was local and not listed at all in the Nielsen report.

A note for some of the Nielsen "missing weeks." 4-5 times a year, at least in the 1970's, Nielsen would have 4 weeks they skipped over and only issued fast national ratings. Those 4 weeks from 1978 are not available, but the ones from 1979 and 1980 are included. A rundown of the missing weeks of Nielsen data from 1978-1980: 1978....2 main weeks (and 5 fast national weeks) 1979...6 main weeks 1980...Complete!

They are doing it because of specials they aired on those days in the 4PM time slot (an open slot). So I guess they gave back a half hour to their affiliates by not airing For Richer those days. So far, the 4PM specials to necessitate For Richer preemptions have been several editions of "Special Treat" (I think the NBC version of ABC Afternoon Special) and a Bob Hope golf tournament.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/27/78-3/31/78 & 4/3/78-4/7/78:

Someone posted on my FB page that Emily is writing for GH. Meanwhile, Days just aired the first script by Fran Myers' son, Henry Newman.

LONG-TIME "DAYS" SCRIPT WRITERS CAROLYN & RICHARD CULLITON RETIRE... In response to a "Days" fan today, Carolyn Culliton confirmed that both she and her husband, Richard Culliton, retired from "Days" in April. That should put their last scripts airing around October or November 2023. Richard Culliton briefly wrote for "Days" in 1987 and 2001, before joining the show full-time in 2008. Carolyn Culliton joined "Days" in 2010. In that span, the duo have been responsible for writing the dialogue for over 1,200 "Days" episodes. Credit:https://twitter.com/shallotpeel/status/1665789164036423681

I thought that was it. But if you add 3 000's to the total viewers (2 years and older) for Days (1278), that puts Days at 1.278 million viewers total. Yet the average column (the one we are used to looking at), is over 5 million. So, that's where my confusion comes in. I always thought the # I am used to seeing is the average number per day, but you mean to say the 5 million average is the total for the week? So, really, Days had just 1.2 million people watching per DAY, so when you average it out for the WEEK (the #'s that are the ones most usually reported), the number goes to just over 5 million? FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/6/78-3/10/78 & 3/13/78-3/17/78:

1977-1978 Season Averages as of January 22, 1978:

Check back in a few minutes. Hopefully you can explain some of the numbers, since I'm not an expert at looking at these things. Do you add some 0's to these numbers??

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/20/78-2/24/78 & 2/27/78-3/3/78:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/6/78-2/10/78 & 2/13/78-2/17/78:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/23/78-1/27/78 & 1/30/78-2/3/78:

Most of 1978 to 1980 at the moment. Hopefully more in the future!

I wouldn't have the stats on that, but I would think we have probably passed that mark by now. I don't know of any other daily scripted shows that have been on a streamer for 9 months.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/26/77-12/30/77 & 1/2/78-1/6/78: In addition to historic Nielsen ratings data, these weekly charts will help fans of other soaps confirm which dates had preemptions! The stations column is the number of network affiliates which aired the soap that week. The percentage column is the percentage of network affiliates which aired the soap that week. FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/9/78-1/13/78 & 1/16/78-1/20/78:

Thanks for letting me know! I just posted the next two weeks (1/9/78 and 1/16/78) in that thread.

I tried to post this in the ratings archive, but those threads seem to be locked. If you want to move this thread to the ratings archive at some point, please do. FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/26/77-12/30/77 & 1/2/78-1/6/78: In addition to historic Nielsen ratings data, these weekly charts will help fans of other soaps confirm which dates had preemptions! The stations column is the number of network affiliates which aired the soap that week. The percentage column is the percentage of network affiliates which aired the soap that week.

HENRY NEWMAN JOINS "DAYS" AS SCRIPT WRITER...THIRD MEMBER OF FAMILY TO WRITE FOR "DAYS"... Henry Newman was credited for his first script today on "Days of Our Lives." He is the son of long-time "Days" script editor Fran Myers. His brother, John Newman, wrote for "Days" in the 2000s and 2010s. He replaces Cheryl Davis, whose last episode aired on May 26.

DAILY CAST CHART: Review each day's cast list from May 2023 at http://www.jason47.com/days/castcharts2023.html 2023 Episode Rankings. Here's how many episodes each actor has appeared in this year (1/1/23-5/31/23), out of a total of 108 episodes. http://www.jason47.com Rank. Actor (Character) # of Episodes 1. Greg Vaughan (Eric Brady) 51 2. Brandon Barash (Stefan DiMera-42/Jake DiMera-2) 44 3. Camila Banus (Gabi Hernandez) 43 *. Arianne Zucker (Nicole Walker) 43 5. Dan Feuerriegel (EJ DiMera) 41 *. Jessica Serfaty (Sloan Petersen) 41 7. Raven Bowens (Chanel Dupree) 39 8. Robert Scott Wilson (Alex Kiriakis-37/Ben Weston-1) 38 9. Jackee Harry (Paulina Price Carver) 37 *. Stephen Nichols (Steve Johnson) 37 11. Abigail Klein (Stephanie Johnson) 35 12. Carson Boatman (Johnny DiMera) 34 *. Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera) 34 *. Galen Gering (Rafe Hernandez) 34 *. Deidre Hall (Marlena Black) 34 16. Eric Martsolf (Brady Black) 33 17. Elia Cantu (Jada Hunter) 32 *. Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Johnson) 32 *. Victoria Grace (Wendy Shin) 32 20. Remington Hoffman (Li Shin) 31 *. Paul Telfer (Xander Cook Kiriakis) 31 22. Drake Hogestyn (John Black) 30 23. Emily O'Brien (Gwen Rizczech) 27 24. Josh Taylor (Roman Brady) 25 25. Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe Lane) 24 *. Greg Rikaart (Leo Stark) 24 *. Aketra Sevillian (Talia Hunter) 24 28. Lauren Koslow (Kate Brady) 22 29. Lucas Adams (Tripp Johnson) 21 *. Steve Burton (Harris Michaels) 21 31. Stacy Haiduk (Kristen DiMera-18/Susan Banks-2) 20 32. Miranda Wilson (Megan DiMera) 19 33. James Reynolds (Abe Carver) 18 34. Lindsay Arnold (Allie Horton) 16 *. Peter Reckell (Bo Brady) 16 36. Kristian Alfonso (Hope Brady) 15 *. Linsey Godfrey (Sarah Horton) 15 *. Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Kiriakis) 15 39. Jasper Newman (Colin Bedford) 14 40. Leann Hunley (Anna DiMera) 12 *. Richard Wharton (Dr. Wilhelm Rolf) 12 42. Colton Little (Andrew Donovan) 11 *. Martha Madison (Belle Brady) 11 44. Brandon Beemer (Shawn Brady) 10 45. Tina Huang (Melinda Trask) 9 *. Kyle Lowder (Rex Brady) 9 *. Finley Rose Slater (Rachel Black) 9 48. Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis) 8 *. Zach Tinker (Sonny Kiriakis) 8 50. Bryan Dattilo (Lucas Horton) 7 51. Matthew Ashford (Jack Deveraux) 6 *. Judi Evans (Bonnie Kiriakis-5/Adrienne Kiriakis-1) 6 *. Chandler Massey (Will Horton) 6 *. Thaao Penghlis (Tony DiMera) 6 *. Peter Porte (Dimitri von Leuschner) 6 56. Blake Berris (Nick Fallon) 5 *. George Del Hoyo (Orpheus) 5 58. Cary Christopher (Thomas DiMera) 3 *. Autumn Gendron (Charlotte DiMera) 3 *. Bill Hayes (Doug Williams) 3 *. Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams) 3 *. Victoria Konefal (Ciara Weston) 3 *. Clyde Kusatsu (Wei Shin) 3 *. Cady McClain (Jennifer Deveraux) 3 *. Christopher Sean (Paul Narita) 3 *. Tanner Stine (Joey Johnson) 3 67. Eileen Davidson (Thomas Banks) 2 68. Louise Sorel (Vivian Alamain) 1 *. Chrishell Stause (Jordan Ridgeway) 1 May Episode Rankings. Here's how many episodes each actor has appeared in this month (5/1/23-5/31/23), out of a total of 23 episodes. http://www.jason47.com Rank. Actor (Character) # of Episodes 1. Greg Vaughan (Eric Brady) 13 2. Raven Bowens (Chanel Dupree) 12 *. Elia Cantu (Jada Hunter) 12 *. Galen Gering (Rafe Hernandez) 12 *. Jasper Newman (Colin Bedford) 12 *. Aketra Sevillian (Talia Hunter) 12 *. Arianne Zucker (Nicole Walker) 12 8. Jackee Harry (Paulina Price Carver) 11 *. Jessica Serfaty (Sloan Petersen) 11 10. Dan Feuerriegel (EJ DiMera) 10 11. Camila Banus (Gabi Hernandez) 8 *. Lauren Koslow (Kate Brady) 8 13. Steve Burton (Harris Michaels) 7 *. Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera) 7 *. Deidre Hall (Marlena Black) 7 *. Josh Taylor (Roman Brady) 7 17. Brandon Barash (Stefan DiMera) 6 *. Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe Lane) 6 *. Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Johnson) 6 *. Eric Martsolf (Brady Black) 6 *. Peter Porte (Dimitri von Leuschner) 6 *. James Reynolds (Abe Carver) 6 *. Paul Telfer (Xander Cook Kiriakis) 6 *. Robert Scott Wilson (Alex Kiriakis) 6 25. Stacy Haiduk (Kristen DiMera) 5 *. Leann Hunley (Anna DiMera) 5 *. Abigail Klein (Stephanie Johnson) 5 *. Stephen Nichols (Steve Johnson) 5 *. Miranda Wilson (Megan DiMera) 5 30. Brandon Beemer (Shawn Brady) 3 *. Carson Boatman (Johnny DiMera) 3 *. Victoria Grace (Wendy Shin) 3 *. Drake Hogestyn (John Black) 3 *. Colton Little (Andrew Donovan) 3 *. Martha Madison (Belle Brady) 3 *. Emily O'Brien (Gwen Rizczech) 3 *. Thaao Penghlis (Tony DiMera) 3 *. Greg Rikaart (Leo Stark) 3 *. Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Kiriakis) 3 40. Tina Huang (Melinda Trask) 2 41. Lucas Adams (Tripp Johnson) 1 *. Judi Evans (Bonnie Kiriakis) 1 *. Linsey Godfrey (Sarah Horton) 1 *. Remington Hoffman (Li Shin) 1 *. Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis) 1 *. Kyle Lowder (Rex Brady) 1 *. Christopher Sean (Paul Narita) 1 Credited guest stars appearing in less than 5 episodes: Gary Ballard (Ethan) Kamy Bruder (Walt) Kim Coles (Nurse Whitley) Julie Dove (Connie) Ramon Fernandez (Mauricio) Josh Flagg (Yuri Kasnov) Sarah Haruko (Dr. Hubbard) Erik Hedlund (Saul) Noah Huntley (Lord Sebastian) Luis Moncada (Barry) SET TOTALS: May 2023 Brady Pub...14 DiMera Mansion...14 Nurses' Station...9 Horton Town Square...8 Colin's Motel Room...7 Bakery Kitchen...6 Chloe & Xander's Apartment...6 Paulina's Apartment...6 Detective Area...5 Fishing Boat Office...5 Greek Hotel Room # 2...5 Greek Hospital Waiting Area...5 Rafe's Office...5 The Bistro at Saxton's...4 Fishing Boat...4 Marlena's Townhouse...4 Colin's Salem Inn Room...3 Greek Hotel Lobby...3 Gwen's Salem Inn Room...3 Interrogation Room...3 Salem Inn Roof...3 Sloan's Apartment...3 Establishing Shots: Greece...3 Abe's Hospital Room...2 Chanel's Bedroom (Paulina's)...2 Colin's Hospital Room...2 Fishing Boat Corridor...2 Fishing Boat Deck...2 Hospital Exam Room...2 Small Bar...2 Stefan's Bedroom (DiMera)...2 Warehouse...2 Wendy's Apartment...2 Women's Prison Visiting Room...2 DiMera Office...1 EJ's Bedroom (DiMera)...1 Greek Hospital Exterior...1 Greek Hotel Room # 3...1 Greek Police Station with Interrogation Room...1 Joey's Seattle Apartment...1 Kayla's Townhouse...1 Kiriakis Study...1 Marlena's Office...1 Nicole's Bedroom (DiMera)...1 Paul's San Francisco Apartment...1 Rex's Chicago Apartment...1 Talia's Hospital Room...1 Titan Office...1 Establishing Shots: Boat...1 Establishing Shots: Chicago...1 Establishing Shots: San Francisco...1 Establishing Shots: Seattle...1 DIRECTORS & SCRIPT WRITERS: 5/1/23: Sonia Blangiardo Goins & Joanna Cohen 5/2/23: David Shaughnessy & Jazmen Darnell Brown 5/3/23: Scott McKinsey & Cheryl Davis 5/4/23: Noel Maxam & Cheryl Davis 5/5/23: Noel Maxam & David Kreizman 5/8/23: David Shaughnessy & Richard Culliton 5/9/23: Sonia Blangiardo Goins & David Kreizman 5/10/23: Sonia Blangiardo Goins & Joanna Cohen 5/11/23: Janet Spellman-Drucker & Joanna Cohen 5/12/23: Albert Alarr & Joanna Cohen 5/15/23: Albert Alarr & Richard Culliton 5/16/23: Sonia Blangiardo Goins & David Kreizman 5/17/23: Scott McKinsey & Cheryl Davis 5/18/23: Noel Maxam & Richard Culliton 5/19/23: Albert Alarr & Jazmen Darnell Brown 5/22/23: Angela Tessinari & Carolyn Culliton 5/23/23: Albert Alarr & Richard Culliton 5/24/23: Scott McKinsey & Joanna Cohen 5/25/23: Sonia Blangiardo Goins & Cheryl Davis 5/26/23: Angela Tessinari & Kirk Doering 5/29/23: Albert Alarr & Jazmen Darnell Brown 5/30/23: Noel Maxam & Richard Culliton 5/31/23: Angela Tessinari & Jazmen Darnell Brown http://www.jason47.com

FROM THE VAULT: EPISODE # 1717...AUGUST 28, 1972...ROBERT CLARY'S DEBUT....AND ADDIE BUYS SERGIO'S (WHICH BECOMES DOUG'S PLACE)

GEORGE McDANIEL IN LOVING MEMORY JUNE 30, 1942-MARCH 24, 2023 (Jordan Barr, 1979-1980) George McDaniel, who played the contract role of Dr. Jordan Barr on "Days of Our Lives" for 67 episodes from 1979-1980, has passed away at the age of 80. McDaniel's death was confirmed by his daughter in a Facebook post a few weeks ago. McDaniel acted in many productions from the 1970s to 2020s. One of his last roles was a guest stint on the CW series "All American" in 2018. On "Days", his character was a psychiatrist who treated and later dated Julie after her face had been burned.

Yes, Bill's just a little over 2000 and Susan is just closing in on 3000, so Dee passed both of them long ago in the episode rankings. Suzanne just hit 3000 last year. No one has been in at least 3700 episodes except for Drake and Kristian ,who are both in the 4300s. Here's the full list (as of 12/31/22): http://www.jason47.com/days/episoderankings.html

They just pulled the Tony Awards off the schedule (if strike is still going in June). No word yet on Daytime Emmys. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/lifestyle-news/tony-awards-will-not-be-televised-writers-strike-1235486990/

JASON47'S DEIDRE HALL COUNTDOWN TO 5000 EPISODES CONCLUDES...HAPPY 5000, DEIDRE! Each of the 25 episodes that Deidre Hall appeared in (from 4,976 to 5,000) featured an episode summary countdown of her first 25 appearances on "Days" from 1976. To wrap things up, here is Deidre's 25th episode # 2732, which aired September 21, 1976. Also included as a bonus is her 26th episode, which featured the debut of Marlena's first residence. 2732...9/21/76: EPISODE # 25: Cast: Tom, Mickey, Bill, Mike, Robert, Linda, Trish, Marlena, Laura, Jack, Ben. Sets: Tom's Clinic Office, Mickey's Sanitarium Room, Linda's Apartment, Trish's Apartment, Doug's Place Bar Area & Entrance with Phone. While Mickey and Marlena speak at odds about his release from the sanitarium, Laura reveals her deep concern that she may still not be objective enough about Mickey, although in her heart she feels he is ready to join the outside world. Later, Tom and Marlena discuss the problem of Mickey's release. Marlena is surprised that Tom knows about the affair between Linda and Mike. Tom hopes they can trust Linda and Mike not to tell Mickey. Tom goes to the sanitarium, begs Mickey not to use Laura in trying to win his freedom. Mickey devastates his father with a truth- that his and Laura's hearts are still linked- not in love, but in pain. They will have to be each other's therapy. 2738...9/29/76: EPISODE # 26: BONUS EPISODE: THE DEBUT OF MARLENA'S FIRST RESIDENCE Cast: Tom, Alice, Bill, Robert, Don, Rebecca, Marlena, Laura, Kim, Hope. Sets: Doug's Place Bar Area, Doug's Place Family Room, Marlena's Apartment, Bill's Clinic Office, Horton Living Room. Marlena is in Bill's office, where she learns about the new wedding plans. She questions him briefly about Don, but is actually there to discuss Laura. Bill says she's so busy, she hasn't had time to worry about her own problems. Meanwhile, Laura wonders how Hope reacted to the idea of her father marrying her half-sister, and Tom says Rebecca is telling her about it today. At Doug's Place, Rebecca is doing just that, by relating it in the terms of a fairy tale. Hope's only concern is that she will be able to be the flower girl in the wedding. Marlena arrives at Doug's Place, finding Don alone in the deserted restaurant. Trying to be upbeat, Don asks Marlena to go out on the town with him, but she refuses, reminding him never to get involved on the rebound. He's a little tipsy, and jokingly blames her for the mess his life is in. It was on her advice he went after Julie in the first place. Marlena arrives home, is a bit tired, restless, when there is a knock on the door. It's a slightly inebriated Don. Rather than send him out on the Salem streets in his condition, she decides to pour some food into him and sober him up. Actually, she doesn't totally mind his company. But he falls asleep at the table during dinner, which she knows is best for him...he's hurting.

FROM THE VAULT: EPISODE # 2669: MARLENA MEETS DON CRAIG... Here is themaster telecast report and the script pages of Marlena's first scene with Don Craig, from Episode # 2669, which aired June 23, 1976. Marlena and Don got married in 1979.