August 14-18, 2006

[pamela1965]

GH SUCKS

[PhoenixRising05]

Good job to Days for holding on and doing very well in demos. It is in a good position for when Hogan takes over to take over B&B's slot.

Good for GL-I hope they beat all of ABC. Frons must be having a fit.

Good for Y&R although I agree with Dawn that the show is a little overhyped. It is good and was awesome last week but I am tiring of some of Latham's stories. The Brad stuff stinks and I used to love Phyllis/Nick but now I am bored. It is still in the top 3 for me but Days and ATWT are above Y&R for me right now in terms of holding my interest.

I am very worried about Passions. The show rocks and is getting nothing return. It sucks they have no history to fall back like the other shows because that is what pulls shows through bad times and Passions is so young that they may have pissed off to much of its core audience. This sucks alot .

[RalphOrtiz]

AMC ties its low rating. Wow. Wonder if that dizzying camerawork has anything to do with it.

[edgeofnik]

Too funny, I was going to post this when I saw it this morning -- so you beat me to it! Actually, there are two things here a rating point is equal to HH, not viewers. Viewers are counted individually -- that's why ATWT is higher than DAYS and GH usually. (You have more people watching together in one house.) Also, the other factor is that the population of the US continues to grow. So not only do you have more HH (new families), but more viewers. ITA that # of viewers is relevant stat, not HH. (Primetime ranks shows by viewers, not HH.)

[RogerNewcomb]

Great to see ATWT at #3 in total viewers. Hopefully it can make a push for #2.

[SpiritualJunkie]

OMG...GL got a 2.5 on Tuesday???? WTH happened on that show? I can't for the life of me remember! I remember thinking the Wednesday episode with the Coopers was pretty funny considering how I've started to dislike them..but I didn't expect them to get "good" (in GL standards) ratings that day!

Wow! Aside from Y&R, GL has gained the most viewers over the year while other soaps decreased or didn't gain as much. Last week, it was soo close to beating AMC..GL's still got some fight left in it.

[DruRocks]

ATWT is in horrible shape right now IMHO. I mostly watch for Maura now.

I don't think Y&R is overhyped barely anyone speaks of it, and the ratings are obviously due to John's death, not even Cassie got this high, but that's a different ball game.

BTW I think GH is much better than B&B these days.

[Angela]

MONDAY, AUGUST 14

1.(1) Y&R: Monday: 4.6/5,952,000 (+107,000)

2.(2) B&B: Monday: 3.2/4,258,000 (-85,000)

3.(3) ATWT: Monday: 2.5/3,352,000 (+47,000)

4.(4) DAYS: Monday: 2.6/3,339,000 (+78,000)

5.(5) AMC: Monday: 2.6/3,310,000 (+68,000)

6.(6) GH: Monday: 2.5/3,269,000 (+121,000)

7.(7) OLTL: Monday: 2.3/2,960,000 (+27,000)

8.(8) GL: Monday: 2.1/2,941,000 (+148,000)

9.(9) PSNS: Monday: 1.4/1,882,000 (+231,000

TUESDAY, AUGUST 15

1.(1) Y&R: Tuesday: 4.3/5,802,000 (-150,000)

2.(2) B&B: Tuesday: 3.2/4,318,000 (+60,000)

3.(5) AMC: Tuesday: 2.6/3,535,000 (+225,000)

4.(6) GH: Tuesday: 2.6/3,512,000 (+243,000)

5.(8) GL: Tuesday: 2.5/3,512,000 (+571,000)

6.(3) ATWT: Tuesday: 2.5/3,449,000 (+97,000)

7.(7) OLTL: Tuesday: 2.4/3,437,000 (+477,000)

8.(4) DAYS: Tuesday: 2.6/3,351,000 (+12,000)

9.(9) PSNS: Tuesday: 1.6/2,104,000 (+222,000)

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16

1.(1) Y&R: Wednesday: 4.4/5,740,000 (-62,000)

2.(2) B&B: Wednesday: 3.0/4,010,000 (-308,000)

3.(6) ATWT: Wednesday: 2.6/3,434,000 (-15,000)

4.(4) GH: Wednesday: 2.5/3,207,000 (-305,000)

5.(8) DAYS: Wednesday: 2.6/3,201,000 (-150,000)

6.(5) GL: Wednesday: 2.3/3,145,000 (-367,000)

7.(7) OLTL: Wednesday: 2.3/3,085,000 (-352,000)

8.(3) AMC: Wednesday: 2.3/2,946,000 (-589,000)

9.(9) PSNS: Wednesday: 1.4/1,795,000 (-309,000)

THURSDAY, AUGUST 17

1.(1) Y&R: Thursday: 4.7/6,280,000 (+540,000)

2.(2) B&B: Thursday: 3.2/4,219,000 (+209,000)

3.(4) GH: Thursday: 2.6/3,350,000 (+143,000)

4.(7) OLTL: Thursday: 2.4/3,327,000 (+242,000)

5.(5) DAYS: Thursday: 2.5/3,243,000 (+42,000)

6.(3) ATWT: Thursday: 2.4/3,226,000 (-208,000)

7.(6) GL: Thursday: 2.2/2,994,000 (-151,000)

8.(8) AMC: Thursday: 2.3/2,892,000 (-54,000)

9.(9) PSNS: Thursday: 1.4/1,785,000 (-10,000)

FRIDAY, AUGUST 18

1.(1) Y&R: Friday: 4.4/5,961,000 (-319,000)

2.(2) B&B: Friday: 3.0/3,955,000 (-264,000)

3.(4) OLTL: Friday: 2.4/3,245,000 (-82,000)

4.(3) GH: Friday: 2.4/3,230,000 (-120,000)

5.(5) DAYS: Friday: 2.6/3,217,000 (-26,000)

6.(6) ATWT: Friday: 2.4/3,211,000 (-15,000)

7.(8) AMC: Friday: 2.3/3,051,000 (+159,000)

8.(7) GL: Friday: 2.2/2,989,000 (-5,000)

9.(9) PSNS: Friday: 1.5/1,833,000 (+48,000)

[kentville]

Well, I'm hoping Days takes over #2 because Bell has totally ruined B&B and most of the characters on the show. He's always been in the #2 position because of his cushy position behind Y&R. I've always said if you move B&B to a different timeslot, the ratings would plummet.

[Ms. Walsh]

Holy crap!! Since when has ATWT been doing well in that demo?! I'm so used to seeing it in the bottom 3. GH seems to be losing a lot, so maybe ATWT will be in the top 3 next week!

And yay for GL getting a 2.5! I'm really impressed w/ their ratings. Due to time-constraints, I'm kind of taking a break from soaps, but I'm still glad that GL and ATWT seem to be holding steady in the ratings. That's always good.

I don't think the show is horrible. It is very boring though IMO. I don't like what's becoming of the show. It's sort of disorganized, and it's starting to remind me (dare I say it) a little bit of GH in terms of the storyline-telling.

ITA, though, that w/ ATWT and GL I will only watch for certain characters. I wind up FFing the bulk of the episodes (if I bother to tape them, which quite frankly...I don't think I'm going to be doing from now on.)

I watched AMC on SOAPnet and couldn't w/stand 5 minutes. The camera-work is awful IMO. It gave me a headache. I had to switch channels. I hope the other soaps don't follow suit.

[ClassicsSoapFan]

I am happy for the DAYS fans for the way the show seems to be rebounding.I am a new viewer and I believe things will be better when Hogan joins.

I think ATWT will move up due to the location scenes next week and the wrap up of the slasher stryline. Plus,CBS is doing something right and promoting it like crazy.

I have been dissappointed with Y&R and the whole Nazi/Art/kidnapping story.The Dru/Nei/Carmen story is not as good as I thought it would be.Please Drucilla,stop lurking around and start "smacking" around,LOL!

The last week though have been good with some outstanding Emmy worthy acting in the Abbot storyline.

[KristinG79]

Until JER stops with the recycling of the SLs, the constant re-writing of history and characters just to make the plots work and gets a better writing team and starts giving the viewers some pay-offs people are not going to tune in. I've waited over 3 years for Sheridan to get her son back and over 6 years for Luis and Sheridan to get married and they're further apart then they've ever been before and I'm sick of it!!!!!

:angry: :angry:

[SteveFrame]

WEll I disagree with you on both counts. ATWT has some boring stories just like all shows do, but it is not in horrible shape. Up until yesterday it was the only soap I could watch.

Y&R has it's moments but I find it overall very boring most days. I used to love the show, but I have not loved it in a long time, and esp. don't right now. Last week was good, but before that it was only good at times, and this week it has been a borefest again. I tried to watch it on SoapNet, but couldn't get into it at all.

[DaysForever]

I agree. What the hell kind of writer drags a storyline on for 6 freaking years?!

PASSIONS needs a new HW right now, or by the end of this year, viewers are gonna be so upset.

I wouldn't be at all surprised if the show is down at a 1.0 by the end of the year, either.

[DaysForever]

SteveFrame, I'm so glad you're back to watching DAYS again.