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@Paul Raven January 1976, Ryan's Hope was only 6 months into its run.

@JAS0N47 Thank you for the additional information re 1977.

Wow, Y&R at #1 and its not even three years into its run. I wonder if this was Y&R's first #1 week. So far in this thread 1977-1979 ratings are complete IIRC. How the network schedules (ET) were in January 1976, starting w/ soaps until the end of the day. CBS: 11:30 am Love of Life, Noon Y&R, 12:30 pm Search for Tomorrow, 1 pm Local programming, 1:30 pm As the World Turns, 2:30 pm Guiding Light, 3 pm All in the Family reruns, 3:30 pm Match Game, 4 pm Tattletales ABC: 12:30 pm All My Children, 1 pm Ryan's Hope, 1:30 pm Rhyme and Reason, 2 pm $10000 Pyramid, 2:30 pm The Neighbors, 3 pm General Hospital, 3:30 pm One Life to Live, 4 pm The Edge of Night NBC: 1:30 pm Days, 2:30 pm The Doctors, 3 pm Another World, 4 pm Somerset The soap time slot rivalries were Search for Tomorrow vs. All My Children As the World Turns vs. Days Guiding Light vs. The Doctors General Hospital/One Life to Live vs. Another World The Edge of Night vs. Somerset

From what's been posted online over the years, the P&G shows were a real mess behind the scenes from the aftermath of OJ until their end. Perhaps the issues started way earlier than that, going back to the late 1970s and early 1980s w/ ABC's huge rise and dominance shaking up both CBS and P&G. In my life the two big shake ups in daytime were ABC's huge rise and dominance 1978-1982 and Reilly Days 1993-1997.

2005. From what I remember they hung out a few times but nothing came of it.

Knots Landing tanked for me in the aftermath of Val's babies. Empire Valley became a mess, and Joshua's descent into madness and eventual death was difficult to watch. Knots Landing went off the rails for me in the aftermath of Laura's death. The rest of season 9 wasn't very good (Charles Scott, Johnny Rourke, Jill's descent into madness) and the final five seasons were a chore to get through (for me a lot of it was due to Paige practically eating the show). Knots Landing was effectively over when Abby departed. In the grand scheme of things, Donna Mills was smart to walk away when she did.

The Long and Winding Road was the peak of Knots Landing and it was Knots Landing only episode to finish #1.

Perhaps due to the numerous regime changes and the new regimes wanting to put their own spin on the show.

Thanks for the link @soapfan770 Murder, She Wrote was a show I took for granted as a kid/teen but its a show I appreciate so much more as an adult. Even though it's been almost 40 years since the show began, it doesn't feel outdated and there's still that feeling of comfort and warmth when watching it.

I watched the first episode of Passions to see what it was going to be like and my reaction was "this show is made for the kids and its done in three months". NBC kept it for 8 years.

James Reilly created Passions for the middle schoolers and high schoolers that were too young to watch his run on Days. Notice the NBC run was 8 years. A 12 year old in 1999 would be 20 in 2007, so the NBC run covers their whole teen years.

🤣 Thanks for the laugh Khan.

What about New Orleans as a setting?

Nobody wants to see Eddie Winslow on OnlyFans.

JFP was EP from 1987-1990, that overlaps w/ Santa Barbara Daytime Emmy peak years 1988-1990. Was there block voting? These are Santa Barbara Emmy results in the main acting categories. Winners Justin Deas: Supporting Actor 1988, 1989 (also nominated 1987) Marcy Walker: Lead Actress 1989 (also nominated 1987, 1988) Nancy Lee Grahn: Supporting Actress 1989 Justin Gocke: Younger Actor 1989 (also nominated 1991) A Martinez: Lead Actor 1990 (also nominated 1987-1989, 1991-1993) Henry Darrow: Supporting Actor 1990 Nominees Nicolas Coster: Lead Actor 1986; Supporting Actor 1988; Lead Actor 1991, 1992 Dame Judith Anderson: Supporting Actress 1986 Robin Wright: Younger Actress 1986-1988 Richard Eden: Supporting Actor 1987 Robin Mattson: Supporting Actress 1987-1989 Ross Kettle: Younger Actor 1988 Roscoe Born: Supporting Actor 1990 Sydney Penny: Younger Actress 1993

The Hand that Rocks the Cradle and Single White Female were both released in 1992 so I think those might have had some influence on Sheila's B&B first run.

Does anyone know the original air date of the Dina/Ashley flashbacks in the video @Joseph posted? I'm guessing Spring or Summer 1985.

Is Josh Griffith going to dust off The Hand that Rocks the Cradle for the Kyle/Summer/Claire storyline?

You're welcome. From the 1990s ratings thread, weeks where GL won the time slot over General Hospital July 29-August 2, 1991 August 19-23, 1991 September 2-6, 9-13, 16-20, 23-27, 30-October 4, 7-11, 1991 November 18-22, 25-29, 1991 April 13-17, 20-24, 27-May 1, 4-8, 1992 May 18-22, 1992 June 1-5, 8-12, 1992 June 22-26, 29-July 3, 1992 August 3-7, 10-14, 17-21, 24-28, 31-September 4, 1992 September 14-18, 21-25, 28-October 2, 1992 October 19-23, 1992

That did not happen. It was proven in the 1980s ratings thread. GL won the time slot over General Hospital May 28-June 1, 1984; June 4-8, 1984; June 11-15, 1984. Y&R was #1 those three weeks.

Mid-1990s Nikki was so snooty lady of the manor and she needed to be knocked down a peg or two by being reminded that she was the OG ho turned housewife. I consider 1983-1998 Y&R's thriving years, but there were two low points in that time: Cricket eating the show second half of 1986 until end of 1989, and going off-track second half of 1994 through first half of 1997. The off-track era was marked by Summer 1994 frat party, Nick/Sharon eating the show Fall 1994-Spring 1996, and the lull Fall 1996 through first half of 1997. It overlaps w/ the aftermath of OJ and time slot rival Reilly Days blowing up. As we all know, Y&R nearly lost #1 in Summer 1997 to Reilly Days.

By June 1994 both shows were not in a good place creatively and thus effectively over in the aftermath of OJ. I wouldn't say both shows limped along in their final 15 years though.

@Maxim So scandalous! Great job on the video. @boldau Love seeing SF again. Retirement agrees with her. She looks happy and healthy.

Maybe its me, but I found the P&G shows to be more community-based whereas the Bell shows were more family/business conflict-based.

Victoria Principal left Spring 1987. Linda Gray left Spring 1989.