November 7-11, 2005

[Toups]

Ratings for the week November 7-11, 2005

Total Viewers

1. Y&R 5,140,000 (+33,000/-443,000)

2. B&B 4,292,000 (+7,000/+283,000)

3. GH 3,445,000 (+47,000/-661,000)

4. ATWT 3,417,000 (-65,000/-162,000)

5. DAYS 3,205,000 (+87,000/-385,000)

6. OLTL 3,083,000 (+89,000/-406,000)

7. AMC 3,072,000 (+43,000/-861,000)

8. GL 2,933,000 (+3,000/-14,000)

9. PSNS 2,230,000 (+110,000/-319,000)

HH

1. Y&R 4.1/15 (same/-.3)

2. B&B 3.4/12 (+.1/+.2)

3. GH 2.8/9 (+.1/-.5)

4. ATWT 2.7/9 (same/-.1)

5. OLTL 2.5/9 (same/-.4)

5. DAYS 2.5/9 (same/-.5)

5. AMC 2.5/9 (same/-.6)

8. GL 2.3/7 (same/same)

9. PSNS 1.8/6 (+.1/-.2)

Women 18-49 Viewers

1. GH 1,353,000 (+35,000/-307,000)

2. Y&R 1,291,000 (+66,000/-301,000)

3. OLTL 1,208,000 (+103,000/-142,000)

4. DAYS 1,188,000 (+2,000/-275,000)

5. B&B 1,166,000 (+66,000/+11,000)

6. AMC 1,116,000 (+31,000/-339,000)

7. PSNS 934,000 (+35,000/-178,000)

8. ATWT 886,000 (+45,000/-158,000)

9. GL 838,000 (+3,000/-13,000)

Women 18-49 Rating

1. GH 2.1/12 (+.1/-.4)

2. Y&R 2.0/13 (+.1/-.4)

3. OLTL 1.8/12 (+.1/-.3)

3. B&B 1.8/11 (+.1/same)

3. DAYS 1.8/11 (same/-.4)

6. AMC 1.7/11 (same/-.5)

7. PSNS 1.4/9 (same/-.3)

7. ATWT 1.4/8 (+.1/-.2)

9. GL 1.3/8 (same/same)

Girls 12-17 Viewers

1. GH 98,000 (+29,000/+19,000)

2. PSNS 74,000 (+21,000/-31,000)

3. AMC 63,000 (+29,000/+17,000)

3. OLTL 63,000 (+21,000/+26,000)

5. DAYS 49,000 (+13,000/-22,000)

6. Y&R 45,000 (+12,000/-19,000)

7. GL 35,000 (+15,000/-1,000)

8. B&B 31,000 (same/-21,000)

9. ATWT 20,000 (+5,000/-20,000)

Women 18-34 Rating

1. DAYS 1.9/12 (-.1/-.5)

2. PSNS 1.7/10 (+.1/-.1)

3. GH 1.6/10 (same/-.5)

4. Y&R 1.4/10 (-.1/-.3)

4. B&B 1.4/9 (-.1/+.1)

6. ATWT 1.3/8 (same/same)

6. OLTL 1.3/8 (same/-.2)

8. AMC 1.2/8 (-.1/-.4)

9. GL 1.1/7 (-.1/-.1)

Men 18+ Viewers

1. Y&R 1,176,000 (-3,000/-59,000)

2. B&B 899,000 (+7,000/+40,000)

3. DAYS 721,000 (+104,000/+12,000)

4. ATWT 658,000 (+16,000/-16,000)

5. GL 564,000 (+48,000/+64,000)

6. AMC 524,000 (-24,000/-298,000)

7. GH 504,000 (-4,000/-191,000)

8. PSNS 481,000 (+68,000/-42,000)

9. OLTL 427,000 (-29,000/-280,000)

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Day-To-Day Ratings - HH/Total Viewers

AMC

Monday: 2.5/3,169,000

Tuesday: 2.6/2,997,000

Wednesday: 2.4/2,973,000

Thursday: 2.5/3,122,000

Friday: 2.6/3,098,000

ATWT

Monday: 2.6/3,397,000

Tuesday: 2.6/3,402,000

Wednesday: 2.9/3,595,000

Thursday: 2.6/3,282,000

Friday: 2.7/3,411,000

B&B

Monday: 3.4/4,313,000

Tuesday: 3.3/4,098,000

Wednesday: 3.6/4,534,000

Thursday: 3.3/4,043,000

Friday: 3.5/4,472,000

DAYS

Monday: 2.5/3,166,000

Tuesday: 2.5/3,100,000

Wednesday: 2.6/3,341,000

Thursday: 2.3/2,847,000

Friday: 2.8/3,572,000

GH

Monday: 2.8/3,512,000

Tuesday: 2.9/3,593,000

Wednesday: 2.5/3,170,000

Thursday: 2.8/3,400,000

Friday: 2.8/3,549,000

GL

Monday: 2.3/2,927,000

Tuesday: 2.3/2,961,000

Wednesday: 2.4/3,013,000

Thursday: 2.3/2,903,000

Friday: 2.3/2,860,000

OLTL

Monday: 2.6/3,162,000

Tuesday: 2.6/3,220,000

Wednesday: 2.3/2,801,000

Thursday: 2.5/3,003,000

Friday: 2.5/3,206,000

PSNS

Monday: 1.8/2,312,000

Tuesday: 1.7/2,036,000

Wednesday: 1.8/2,221,000

Thursday: 1.8/2,107,000

Friday: 1.9/2,471,000

Y&R

Monday: 4.0/5,128,000

Tuesday: 4.0/4,991,000

Wednesday: 4.0/5,073,000

Thursday: 4.1/5,049,000

Friday: 4.3/5,461,000

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For the SEASON September 19, 2005 through November 13, 2005

HH

1. Y&R 4.1

2. B&B 3.3

3. GH 2.7

4. ATWT 2.6

4. OLTL 2.6

6. AMC 2.5

6. DAYS 2.5

8. GL 2.3

9. PSNS 1.7

Women 18-49 Rating

1. Y&R 2.0

2. GH 1.9

3. DAYS 1.8

3. OLTL 1.8

5. AMC 1.7

6. B&B 1.6

7. PSNS 1.4

8. ATWT 1.3

9. GL 1.2

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NBC Ratings Report

ABC Ratings Report

November 17, 2005

Fringe Ratings Report: ABC Daytime Programming

Week of November 7-11, 2005

ABC DAYTIME DRAMA LINEUP RANKS NO. 1 FOR THE 44th-STRAIGHT WEEK,

ITS LONGEST WINNING STREAK SINCE THE ONE ENDING JUNE 2000,

AND IS NO. 1 SEASON TO DATE AMONG WOMEN 18-49

ABC’S FULL LINEUP RANKS NO. 1 FOR THE WEEK AND

SEASON TO DATE AMONG WOMEN 18-49

“GENERAL HOSPITAL” SCORES ITS BEST NUMBERS SINCE MAY AND RANKS NO. 1

FOR THE SECOND-STRAIGHT WEEK AMONG WOMEN 18-49

ABC SHOWS THE MOST GROWTH VERSUS THE PRIOR WEEK IN THE DRAMA LINEUP

AMONG WOMEN 18-49 AND FEMALE TEENS

ABC IS THE ONLY NETWORK TO POST GAINS VERSUS LAST YEAR IN BOTH LINEUPS

AMONG FEMALE TEENS

“GENERAL HOSPITAL” OUTPERFORMED ITS TIME PERIOD COMPETITOR,

CBS’ “GUIDING LIGHT,” BY 61% AMONG WOMEN 18-49 FOR THE WEEK

AND BY 60% SEASON TO DATE

“ONE LIFE TO LIVE” OUTPERFORMED ITS TIME PERIOD COMPETITOR,

CBS’ “AS THE WORLD TURNS,” BY 36% AMONG WOMEN 18-49 FOR

THE WEEK AND BY 39% SEASON TO DATE

ABC DAYTIME WON THE 1-3PM TIME PERIOD (ONLY TWO HOURS NBC PROGRAMS),

BEATING NBC BY 10% IN ACTUALS AMONG WOMEN 18-49

Week of November 7-11, 2005

ABC’s Daytime drama lineup was No. 1 for the 44th-straight week among Women 18-49, ABC’s longest winning streak since the one ending June 2000, with a 1.9 rating and a 12 share -- delivering 1.2 million Women 18-49 for the week of November 7, 2005. ABC’s Daytime drama lineup outperformed CBS’ by 19% and NBC’s by 16% in actuals among Women 18-49. The lineup was up 5% versus the prior week (most growth) among Women 18-49. Among Female Teens, the drama lineup was up 56% versus the prior week (most growth) and 39% versus last year (only network up).

ABC’s full Daytime schedule was No. 1 among Women 18-49, with a 1.7 rating and an 11 share — delivering an average audience of 1.1 million Women 18-49. ABC outperformed CBS by 15% and NBC by 7% in actuals among Women 18-49. The lineup was up 3% versus the prior week among Women 18-49. Among Female Teens, ABC’s full lineup was up 61% versus the prior week (most growth) and 33% versus last year (only network up). During the 1-3pm time period (the only two hours NBC programs), ABC’s was No. 1, with a 1.8 rating and an 11 share, delivering 1.2 million Women 18-49, beating NBC by 10% in actuals.

ABC won three of four time periods for the week among Women 18-49:

· “The View” delivered a 1.3 rating and a 10 share – delivering an average audience of 880,000 Women 18-49. The talker outperformed the combined half-hours of “The Price is Right” by 3% and “Guiding Light” by 5%. Among Female Teens, the show was up 163% versus the prior week (most growth).

· “General Hospital” was the No. 1-ranked program, with a 2.1 rating and a 12 share -- delivering 1.4 million Women 18-49, marking its best delivery since May. “General Hospital” was up 3% versus the prior week among Women 18-49, beating “Young & the Restless” by 5% and “Days of our Lives” by 14%. The drama outdelivered its time period rival, “Guiding Light,” by 61% for the week and is outdelivering the drama by 60% season to date among Women 18-49. Among Female Teens, the drama was up 42% versus the prior week and 24% versus last year.

· “One Life to Live” was the No. 3*-ranked program of the week, with a 1.8 rating (* tied with “Days of our Lives” and “Bold & the Beautiful”) and a 12 share – delivering 1.2 million Women 18-49. “OLTL” outperformed time period competitors “As the World Turns” by 36% and “Passions” by 29% for the week, and for the season the drama is outperforming “As the World Turns” by 39% and “Passions” by 29% among Women 18-49. The drama was up 9% versus the prior week, posting its best delivery in a month among Women 18-49. Among Women 18-34, the drama also had its best delivery in a month while posting a 4% gain versus the prior week. Among Female Teens, the drama was up 50% versus the prior week and 70% versus last year.

· “All My Children” was the No. 6-ranked program, with a 1.7 rating and an 11 share – delivering 1.1 million Women 18-49. The drama was up 3% versus the prior week among Women 18-49. Among Female Teens, the drama had its best delivery in eleven weeks and was up 85% versus the prior week and 37% versus last year.

Season to date, ABC Daytime’s drama lineup ranks No. 1, with a 1.8 rating and an 11 share — delivering 1.2 million Women 18-49 – outperforming CBS by 19% and NBC by 11% in actuals. In the full lineup, ABC Daytime is No. 1, with a 1.7 rating and an 11 share – delivering 1.1 million Women 18-49, outperforming CBS by 16% and NBC by 3% in actuals.

Following are the Daytime drama and full Daytime ratings averages for the week:

DAYTIME DRAMAS: TOTAL VIEWERS WOMEN 18-49

No. 1 CBS 3,900,000 No. 1 ABC 1.9/12

No. 2 ABC 3,200,000 No. 2 NBC 1.6/10

No. 3 NBC 2,720,000 CBS 1.6/10

FULL DAYTIME: TOTAL VIEWERS WOMEN 18-49

No. 1 CBS 4,160,000 No. 1 ABC 1.7/11

No. 2 ABC 3,130,000 No. 2 NBC 1.6/10

No. 3 NBC 2,720,000 No. 3 CBS 1.5/10

CBS Ratings Report

November 17, 2005

"THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS" IS THE TOP RATED DAYTIME DRAMA FOR THE 880TH CONSECUTIVE WEEK

"The Young and the Restless" Places First in Women 25-54 for the 30th Straight Week

CBS Leads Daytime for the 868th Consecutive Week

CBS Daytime placed first for the 868th consecutive week with and against regular schedules. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS was also the top rated daytime drama in households for the 880th consecutive week in the week ending Nov. 13th, week 8 of the 2005-2006 television season.

The Network had the top four programs in households: #1 (tie) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, #1 (tie) THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2, #3 THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1, #4 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL with AS THE WORLD TURNS finishing 6th. CBS had five of the top 10 among women 18?49 and six of the top 10 among women 25-54, including THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS which was first in women 25-54 (tied) for the 30th consecutive week.

National Nielsen summary for Daytime/Saturday Morning for the week ending November 13th:

DAYTIME:

Households CBS 3.2/11

(11/07-11/11) ABC 2.6/09

SEASON-TO-DATE:

Households CBS 3.2/11

(9/19-11/11) ABC 2.5/09

The Top 12 Regularly Scheduled Programs this week:

1. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS CBS 4.1/15

1. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2 CBS 4.1/15

3. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 CBS 3.5/13

4. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL CBS 3.4/12

5. General Hospital ABC 2.8/09

6. AS THE WORLD TURNS CBS 2.7/09

7. One Life to Live ABC 2.5/09

7. Days of Our Lives NBC 2.5/09

7. All My Children NBC 2.5/09

10. The View ABC 2.4/09

11. GUIDING LIGHT CBS 2.3/07

12. Passions NBC 1.8/06

Top 5 Daytime Programs in Viewers (In Millions)

1. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2 CBS 5.51

2. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS CBS 5.14

3. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 CBS 4.61

4. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL CBS 4.29

5. General Hospital ABC 3.45

Top 5 Women 25-54

1. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS CBS 2.4/16

1. General Hospital ABC 2.4/14

3. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL CBS 2.2/13

4. One Life to Live ABC 2.1/13

5. All My Children ABC 2.0/13

Top 5 Women 18-49

1. General Hospital ABC 2.1/12

2. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS CBS 2.0/13

3. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL CBS 1.8/11

3. Days of Our Lives NBC 1.8/11

3. One Life to Live ABC 1.8/12

[allatwitter]

Dailies for ABC (from abc mb)

The week of 11/07-11/13

OLTL

Monday 2.6

Tuesday 2.6

Wednesday 2.3

Thursday 2.5

Friday 2.5

AMC

Monday 2.5

Tuesday 2.6

Wednesday 2.4

Thursday 2.5

Friday 2.6

GH

Monday 2.8

Tuesday 2.9

Wednesday 2.5

Thursday 2.8

Friday 2.8

[Toups]

I'm very happy with this. PSNS has been very boring and they still go up +.1 I hope total viewers go up too.

[Chanel]

GH is good, they deserve the ratings they are getting. Glad to see they are up.

Thanks

[KevC1980]

Glad Days didn't go up, it was really boring last week...I don't understand why their nov sweeps have been so lackluster...The show has been alright this week, but i think next week is when all the action starts taking place..Hopefully December will be a better ratings month for them..

[Chanel]

December is going to be a good month for Days............November is another story. Its been good, here and there, but there hasn't been anything that really caught my attention. It seems Days forgot it was sweeps, and saved the good stuff for December.

[skiman12082004]

I'm so happy that Passions went up! Also, I think General Hospital has been must-see-TV lately and I'm glad to see it go up too!

[Gray Bunny]

It's funny how so many soaps are staying at their sames numbers for the past few weeks. I suppose it's better than dropping, as they usually tend to do, but one would hope for a rise in numbers in November. But then again, most of the soaps I'm watching on a daily basis aren't delivering anything spectacular, expect Bold & Beautiful, which thankfully got a bump up.

[AllAboutAngst]

The last four times NLG was frontburner for sweeps GH won sweeps.

The times she wasn't....they lost.

Demos are up, ratings are up, Friday's All-Alexis day was the highest rated Friday GH had in two months.

[Jane1978]

Where I already heard this? Oh yeah, back in 2001 just before Langan was fired. He too "forget" about sweeps.

Btw, I don´t see anything exciting happening in December, maybe except Carrie´s return but without any good story supporting it will probably end the same shallow as Frankie´s return. And I´m very interested in people reaction at another Jack is supposed to be death story. It could easily have the same disasterous effect on the ratings like his reunion with a fake Jennifer. It´s another from these "Why I´m still watching this s*it" moment, which makes people tune off and never return again. Let´s not forget it was the week of fake reunion combined with Roman/Marlena and Kate/John sex, that sended DAYS ratings into middle 2´s and the show never recovered from it. These people are simply lost forever. Now the show is about to fire another deadly bomb called 'Jack dies/Marlena remembers her happy marriage with Alex' which could have the same effect.

[KBT]

B&B seems to be gaining on Y&R slowly but surely, when is the last time a soap was within .6 in HH numbers?(yes I know its a .7 margin right now but I dont remember when the last time any soap was within .6 of Y&R)

I hate B&B, but I have to give it props for continuing to rise in the ratings.

I am also glad DAYS didnt rise as last week was pretty bad and boring as hell, but this week has been pretty good and by reading a few vague spoilers for December the show looks to be a lot more promising the month after Sweeps. I think DAYS does this on purpose though, b/c it seems DAYS is always better in December than in November like TPTB are thinking when other soaps arent as good in December we will make DAYS better and try and gain on the other soaps then, and hope to hang on with a subpar November Sweeps. Just my own little observation.

I am a little surprised GH didnt gain a little more in the ratings with there BIG event.

[ksale]

At least DOOL didn't fall. That's good considering all the storylines they have going aren't very good.

That's nice, but doesn't Nov. sweeps set ad rates?

[Toups]

Well, to Langan's credit, December 2001 was really good.

[KBT]

Yeah I think so, thats what doesnt make sense to me, b/c DAYS is usually lackluster in November compared to other soaps who usually gear up fro November Sweeps.

November 2001 was probably the worst or most boring month for me since I have watched DAYS, when Carly was buried alive. Wasnt he fired in December of 2001, even though his stories probably played out in Dec 01.

[ksale]

Especially for a show in trouble. Weird. Why not push to make Nov. and Dec. must see? Strange. Anyway, we'll see just how good Dec. is as I have my doubts. Last Dec. absolutely sucked, so we'll see.