October 30 - November 3, 2006

[Mitchapalooza]

I know GL may not be FANTASTIC at the moment, but they deserve all the credit they can get for GAINING and PASSING OLTL and AMC in Households.

ABC is in BIG trouble!

[Soapsuds]

I agree and it's sweeps month and to have AMC and OLTL behind GL is shocking! Wonder what ABC Daytime is thinking now?

I agree and it's sweeps month and to have AMC and OLTL behind GL is shocking! Wonder what ABC Daytime is thinking now?

[MichaelGL]

One of the factors that GL went up was because it was good. Last week was filled with reveal of Reva's cancer to Josh, and Reva dying at the end of Friday's episode. Basically the best cliffhanger in years.

I haven't seen GL in 6th place since the summer of 2001. That was when CBS basically had a stronghold on the top spots in the ratings. I'm not sure but didn't GL rise to 5th place then?

[bellcurve]

OH

MY

GAWWWWWWWWWDDD!

CBS is foolish if they don't keep that light burning. LOL!

GO GUIDING LIGHT!

[RalphOrtiz]

GL - wow!! Last week was great! Can't wait for the households and demos to come out!

[Jess]

Now I wonder what talented actor will get fired from OLTL to make up for Frons' poor judgement.

The way OLTL will cover is to say the absence of John McTurd caused the poor ratings. In truth it is the fact that fans are sick of being yanked around and disrespected. Kevin gone, Kelly gone, Dorian hiring stalkers, Clint lusting after Dorian, Viki a sofa, Java (urrrpppp).

OLTL deserves its bad ratings.

Even LUke and Laura, the best couple ever on soaps can't undo the mistrust viewers have for ABC Daytime. I know I'm going to fall in love again with Luke and Laura only to have Frons put her back in coma. I'm not inviting that into my home. LOL.

[Toadstool]

Jess, you and I

[DruRocks]

delete

[DruRocks]

Well GL went up, and not for quality story telling but because OLTL and AMC suck ass for what I gather on these boards.

[cal3]

Make that three. Laura's return is a temptation but I've refused to bite. I know I'd love seeing GF. She's all kinds of wonderful but I so hate what Frons has done to OLTL that I refuse to submit.

[Kwing42]

GL went up because more people watched it. And they watched it because they were interested in the show.....so you can say its not the storytelling, but there are plenty of other things to watch than soaps on tv so people are not watching out of boredom that is for sure.

[King]

We shouldn't blame GL for the rest of daytime getting chance after chance and BLOWING it and now they all suck as much as GL does, theoretically, that is.

[juniorz1]

I thought the same thing. Honestly, I can't remember the last time GL eclipsed the 2.3 mark. Your glass ceiling simile is dead on

[Steve]

I'm thrilled that GL broke the 2.3 ceiling. Hopefully this show will keep rising. Sure, it's not the best ever, but it's entertaining to me every day for the first time since Millee Taggart was headwriter (2002?).

AMC deserves to keep falling. I wouldn't be surprised if both AMC & OLTL are fighting Passions for last place in about 6 months.

[Jess]

Steve, for the first time since I've been watching OLTL I don't care what happens to the show anymore. ABC plays fans like idiots when he is the idiot. DOOL very possibly is telling the story here. People no longer trust that show. It is a better show now and is committed to staying better, but so-called lapsed fans gave up on it, don't trust it and it is going to be hard to get them back.

Luke and Laura is a pretty good sign that fans don't trust ABC anymore. OLTL has lost any resemblence of a base and it might just be toast.