The Young and the Restless:

Guiding Light

One Life to Live:

General Hospital:

Thanks for the graphs, Sylph. For those of us who are more visually oriented they really "paint a picture"

I hate to ask but are you able to extract one for all three ABC shows? It would represent the decline of Brian Frons.

All My Children:

Passions:

Thanks for the graphs, Sylph. For those of us who are more visually oriented they really "paint a picture"

I hate to ask but are you able to extract one for all three ABC shows? It would represent the decline of Brian Frons.

No problem. As for ABC Daytime, here you go (from August 2005 until now):

Thank you! Pretty much as expected, an almost even decline for all three.

Mark, here is The Bold and the Beautiful:

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Wow, that is a pretty precipitous fall for B&B too. Not much different than ATWT until recently, or Days (in slope). But still, I hadn't seen it so bad.

The Young and the Restless:

It is in the context of all these other soaps that Y&R becomes truly miraculous.

It ends on this graph just about where it started, and with normal random fluctuations, the line is essentially flat.

That all this occurred with a MASSIVE behind the scenes shakeup is even more incredible. The audience should be running way, like it is for DOOL...but it's not. Why?

Indeed, the show actually reached some rare heights during LML's regime (the John Abbott death). This fundamentally flat line just astounds me. WHAT IS IT ABOUT Y&R, especially now, that commands this apparently incredible loyalty?

It is in the context of all these other soaps that Y&R becomes truly miraculous.

It ends on this graph just about where it started, and with normal random fluctuations, the line is essentially flat.

That all this occurred with a MASSIVE behind the scenes shakeup is even more incredible. The audience should be running way, like it is for DOOL...but it's not. Why?

Indeed, the show actually reached some rare heights during LML's regime (the John Abbott death). This fundamentally flat line just astounds me. WHAT IS IT ABOUT Y&R, especially now, that commands this apparently incredible loyalty?

Well I guess you can pin it on loyalty if thats all you think it is.

However I think that for the most part people watch shows because they truly enjoy them.

That and probably most of Y&R's fans don't allow the negativity that seems prevalent in other soaps to affect their view of the show.

Go GL! I'm happy to see ATWT go up because that will mean a rise for it's sister soap.

Here is what SOW had posted for last weeks ratings...not the ones SON has up this week:

1.Y&R 3.9

2.B&B 2.7

3.ATWT 2.2

4.GH 2.2

5.OLTL 2.1

6.AMC 2.0

7.GL 1.8

8. Days 1.7

Soapsuds, are those the ratings for 15-20?