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12/29 UPDATE...

Add Stefan; Remove Harris.

Updated chart & final numbers to post.

Chart Update for week of 3/18/91. 

No preemptions, no changes to what SOW had listed.

2 hours ago, AbcNbc247 said:

I love how Dave is still so high up on the list

Don gave me that number, since Dave was not always listed in the scripts (he'd be lumped in with the extras a lot). But, he kept meticulous records and knew exactly how many episodes he had been in!  He was going to try and compile a list of his airdates (or at least the Episode #s) for the missing ones I don't have), but never sent it.

ARIANNE ZUCKER LEADS MONTHLY RANKINGS FOR 30TH TIME...

Arianne Zucker (Nicole) led the December 2023 episode rankings with 12 episodes. It was her 30th time as the monthly leader. She becomes just the 8th "Days" actor to have led the monthly rankings at least 30 times, joining Kristian Alfonso (Hope, 49 times), Alison Sweeney (Sami, 49 times); Peter Reckell (Bo, 47 times), Macdonald Carey (Tom, 44 times); Drake Hogestyn (John, 44 times); Deidre Hall (Marlena, 42 times) and Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie, 39 times).

1965-2023 EPISODE RANKINGS: TOP 50:

For the complete list, please visit http://www.jason47.com/days/episoderankings.html

1. Deidre Hall (Marlena Evans-5030/Hattie Adams-84/Samantha Evans-3/Charlemagne de la Cross-2) 5060
2. Kristian Alfonso (Hope Brady-4346/Gina VonAmberg-166) 4384
3. Drake Hogestyn (John Black) 4374
4. Alison Sweeney (Sami Brady-3618/Young Colleen Brady-24) 3621
5. Peter Reckell (Bo Brady) 3548
6. Frances Reid (Alice Horton) 3315
7. John Clarke (Mickey Horton) 3085
8. Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Horton Kiriakis) 3071
9. Melissa Reeves (Jennifer Horton) 3020
10. Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams) 2979
11. Macdonald Carey (Tom Horton) 2955
12. Lauren Koslow (Kate Roberts-2856/Kristen as Kate-7/Lorna DeLorean-4) 2862
13. James Reynolds (Abe Carver-2835/Henry Marshall-2) 2835
14. Arianne Zucker (Nicole Walker-2748/Kristen as Nicole-49/Helena Tasso-5) 2798
15. John Aniston (Victor Kiriakis) 2756
16. Bryan Dattilo (Lucas Horton) 2343
17. Bill Hayes (Doug Williams-2148/Byron Carmichael-6) 2153
18. Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Johnson-2078/Emily Matthews-11/Kassandra Loved-3) 2081
19. Josh Taylor (Roman Brady) 1916
20. Joseph Mascolo (Stefano DiMera) 1871
21. Galen Gering (Rafe Hernandez-1749/Rafe Hernandez 2-91) 1777
22. Edward Mallory (Bill Horton) 1740
23. Eric Martsolf (Brady Black) 1692
24. Joseph Gallison (Neil Curtis) 1687
25. Stephen Nichols (Steve Johnson-1684/Gideon Wyatt-9) 1684
26. Christie Clark (Carrie Brady) 1640
27. Renee Jones (Lexie Carver) 1638
28. Matthew Ashford (Jack Deveraux) 1614
29. Peggy McCay (Caroline Brady) 1591
30. Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe Lane) 1580
31. Thaao Penghlis (Andre DiMera-973/Tony DiMera-602) 1514
32. James Scott (EJ Wells DiMera-1479/Santo DiMera-21) 1486
33. Jed Allan (Don Craig) 1348
34. Don Frabotta (Dave) 1261
35. Jason Cook (Shawn-Douglas Brady) 1208
36. Judi Evans (Adrienne Kiriakis-835/Bonnie Lockhart-367) 1187
37. Charles Shaughnessy (Shane Donovan-1163/Drew Donovan-45) 1169
38. Eileen Davidson (Kristen Blake-1144 & 5 as Evil Kristen/Susan Banks-202/Mary Moira Banks-38/Penelope Kent-16/Thomas Banks-5) 1168
39. Austin Peck (Austin Reed) 1157
40. Susan Flannery (Laura Horton) 1155
41. Camila Banus (Gabi Hernandez) 1147
42. Jay Johnson (Philip Kiriakis) 1095
43. Patsy Pease (Kimberly Brady) 1087
44. Shawn Christian (Daniel Jonas) 1077
45. Louise Sorel (Vivian Alamain) 1064
46. Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis) 1051
47. Josh Taylor (Chris Kositchek) 1020
48. Greg Vaughan (Eric Brady) 992
49. Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera) 984
50. Frank Parker (Grandpa Shawn Brady) 966

12/28 UPDATE:

All expected cast & sets appeared on 12/28, so no updates needed to the above lists.

2020-2023 EPISODE RANKINGS: TOP 50:

1. Arianne Zucker (Nicole Walker) 367
2. Deidre Hall (Marlena Black-354/Hattie Adams-15/Charlemagne de la Cross-2) 361
3. Robert Scott Wilson (Ben Weston-233/Alex Kiriakis-126) 359
4. Galen Gering (Rafe Hernandez) 348
5. Billy Flynn (Chad DiMera) 344
*. Paul Telfer (Xander Cook Kiriakis) 344
7. Eric Martsolf (Brady Black) 325
8. Brandon Barash (Jake DiMera-196/Stefan DiMera-133) 324
9. Camila Banus (Gabi DiMera) 312
10. Mary Beth Evans (Kayla Brady-289/Kassandra Loved-3) 292
11. Stacy Haiduk (Kristen DiMera-241/Susan Banks-63/Sister Mary Moira-5) 290
12. Emily O'Brien (Gwen Rizczech-270/Theresa Donovan-20) 288
13. Dan Feuerriegel (EJ DiMera) 279
14. Stephen Nichols (Steve Johnson) 276
15. Lauren Koslow (Kate DiMera-261/Kristen as Kate-7/Lorna DeLorean-4) 267
16. Greg Vaughan (Eric Brady) 248
17. Lindsay Arnold (Allie Horton) 247
18. Drake Hogestyn (John Black) 246
19. Linsey Godfrey (Sarah Horton-223/Ava as Sarah-5/Gwen as Sarah-3) 228
20. Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe Lane) 220
21. Jackee Harry (Paulina Price-212/Sandra Clarkington-1) 213
22. Tamara Braun (Ava Vitali) 206
23. Carson Boatman (Johnny DiMera) 205
24. Martha Madison (Belle Brady) 203
25. Victoria Konefal (Ciara Weston) 202
26. Sal Stowers (Lani Price Grant) 199
27. Lucas Adams (Tripp Johnson) 197
28. James Reynolds (Abe Carver-196/Henry Marshall-2) 196
29. Brandon Beemer (Shawn Brady) 192
30. Raven Bowens (Chanel Dupree) 190
31. Lamon Archey (Eli Grant) 186
32. Matthew Ashford (Jack Deveraux) 159
33. Josh Taylor (Roman Brady) 153
34. Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Kiriakis) 146
35. Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis) 144
36. Marci Miller (Abigail DiMera) 142
*. Greg Rikaart (Leo Stark) 142
38. Bryan Dattilo (Lucas Horton) 129
39. Elia Cantu (Jada Hunter) 116
*. Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams) 116
41. Abigail Klein (Stephanie Johnson) 115
42. Alison Sweeney (Sami DiMera) 113
43. Jessica Serfaty (Sloan Petersen) 112
44. Remington Hoffman (Li Shin) 111
45. Jay Kenneth Johnson (Philip Kiriakis) 110
46. Chandler Massey (Will Horton) 106
47. Isabel Durant (Claire Brady) 98
48. Kristian Alfonso (Hope Brady-97/Princess Gina-1) 97
49. Judi Evans (Bonnie Lockhart-81/Adrienne Kiriakis-7) 88
50. Victoria Grace (Wendy Shin) 85

Check the 1970s and 1980s ratings threads for some additional ratings news!

In regards to the 1990's, we are now pending those remaining weeks from September 1990 and March 1991, so look for that data to be posted soon!

On 11/19/2023 at 12:42 PM, Donna L. Bridges said:

Oh, that is great news! Thanks again, @JAS0N47

An end-of-the-year update you (and other 1970's ratings fans) will enjoy hearing!!

We are now pending getting complete April 1977-December 1977 ratings, so look for those to start getting posted soon!

I have updated the preemptions lists on Page 115 of the thread to include the 7 partial preemptions the week of 10/19/87.

On 10/16/2023 at 8:32 PM, JAS0N47 said:

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.

The 10/19/87 book has been found!  As you expected, 7 of the soaps had PARTIAL preemptions that week. Will post the updated chart next.

On 10/16/2023 at 3:04 PM, JAS0N47 said:

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:

Note: The 10/19/87-10/23/87 Nielsen book is not yet available. 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. The only difference between the VR post is Daytime TV Magazine lists OLTL at 7.5, while VR listed OLTL at 7.5. Being that the newspaper article below does not say OLTL and YR are tied, I believe the Daytime TV rating of 7.5 to be the correct rating for this week (compared to VR's prelim data of 7.4) and have posted a new chart. This rating data is yet to be confirmed by the Nielsen book. Preemption data for the week is confirmed by comparing the # of telecasts Nielsen listed in the 10/12 book compared to the 10/26 book. This proves all of the soaps aired 5 episodes this week, but we do not know if any of the soaps had partial preemptions this week.

This newspaper article confirms the placements of the top 8 soaps for the "missing" week of 10/19/87:

Replacing these items in the October post with the Nielsen chart below. As discussed earlier this year, VR's post had the original OLTL rating at 7.4. Once the 17-minute Tuesday 5.5 rating was taken out and made a breakout, that got OLTL a point higher to 7.5 for the week. The breakout accounts for the discrepancy between VR's #s and the #s posted in Daytime TV.

ELIA CANTU, JACKEE HARRY, GREG RIKAART & JESSICA SERFATY MAKE THE TOP 15 FOR FIRST TIME...DEIDRE HALL EXTENDS HER TOP 15 RECORD WITH HER 34TH TIME ON THE LIST...

Elia Cantu (Jada), Jackee Harry (Paulina), Greg Rikaart (Leo) and Jessica Serfaty (Sloan) each made the Top 15 in episode rankings for the first time in their "Days" careers. Deidre Hall (Marlena) made the list for her record-breaking 34th time. Arianne Zucker (Nicole) hit her 20th year on the list.

The rest of the list:
15 times: Eric Martsolf (Brady)
14 times: Galen Gering (Rafe)
8 times: Camila Banus (Gabi) and Billy Flynn (Chad)
7 times: Greg Vaughan (Eric)
5 times: Paul Telfer (Xander) and Robert Scott Wilson (Alex)
3 times: Brandon Barash (Stefan) and Emily O'Brien (Theresa/Gwen)
2 times: Dan Feuerriegel (EJ)

2023 Episode Rankings. The following is a listing of how many episodes each actor appeared in on "Days of Our Lives" in 2023 (1/1/23-12/31/23), out of a total of 260 episodes. Actors who have played characters that have appeared in at least five episodes total throughout the years are listed.

*. Henry Witcher (Thomas DiMera) 1

December Episode Rankings. Here's how many episodes each actor has appeared in this month (12/1/23-12/31/23), out of a total of 21 episodes. 

Rank. Actor (Character) # of Episodes

1. Arianne Zucker (Nicole DiMera) 12

Jackie Cox (Darius Rose)

DECEMBER 2023 DAILY CAST CHART

25 minutes ago, EdibleFlowers said:

Jason, do you know which writers are not back after the strike? Specifically Sonia Alarr and Henry Newman. Also, has Fran Meyers finally retired?

I don't know the writer changes until the credits change, so can't help you there.

"DAYS" 2023 SCRIPT WRITERS & DIRECTORS EPISODE RANKINGS:

2023 Script Writers:
David Kreizman...46
Joanna Cohen...42
Richard Culliton...41
Kirk Doering...25
Carolyn Culliton...21
Henry Newman...17
Sonja Alarr...15
Jazmen Darnell Brown...13
Cheryl Davis...12
Dorell Anthony...3
Dave Ryan...3
Christopher Dunn...1
Jamey Giddens...1
(No Writer Listed)...20
 
2023 Directors:
Scott McKinsey...56.5
Noel Maxam...50
Other...50
Sonia Blangiardo Goins...45
Angela Tessinari...23.5
David Shaughnessy...17
Janet Spellman-Drucker...15
 
Note: The 3/22/23 episode had two directors listed, so both are listed as half an episode.

9 hours ago, Donna L. Bridges said:

In my Roman (Jerk or not?) project I'm in Dec. 1991 & those Scofields they really use up a lot of the available oxygen!

The Scofields. I was watching Fallon last week, and David Blaine did a trick, and Fallon brought out the band that was on that night to watch the trick. And who is a member of the band but Rob Mailhouse (Brian Scofield)?!   Hadn't seen him in quite awhile, didn't know he was in a band, and didn't know that his bandmate is Keanu Reeves (who I also didn't know was in a band). So that was a fun Days sighting out of the blue!!

8 hours ago, jam6242 said:

Behind the scenes look at the taping of the Christmas 1976 episode.  FYI, @JAS0N47

Thanks!  Hadn't seen that article before. Fun read!!

19 hours ago, janea4old said:

fyi Ashley Puzemis is 22 according the the reliable @JAS0N47
https://www.jason47.com/days/castbios4.html

Yes, her birth announcement is in a newspaper archive, so that beats a random error on the web.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 4/27/92-5/1/92 & 5/4/92-5/8/92:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/11/92-5/15/92 & 5/18/92-5/22/92:

The ratings posts are now on a holiday pause and will return in January with the rest of 1992 and 1993. Happy holidays to all!!

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/30/92-4/3/92 & 4/6/92-4/10/92:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 4/13/92-4/17/92 & 4/20/92-4/24/92: