Members Noel Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 For CBS, the only soap to gain in HH was Guiding Light. All other CBS soaps stayed the same. And ATWT and GL were the only CBS soaps to gain during Fridays cliffhanger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wiccachick_1 Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 I'm actually really happy for AMC. For the first time in ages, I'm hearing positive buzz about the show and while I still have my finger on the ff button just in case, I find that I'm not actually using it. It's nice to look foward to AMC again! YAY! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members arcibaldo Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 Y&R was boring and B&B so so lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wales2004 Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 This would make some sense to me if GH's ratings were higher than they were last year or the year before but they were at 2.8 around the same time in 2006 and went down to 2.6 in 2007. The normal decline for a one year period seems to be about .1-.2. They went all the way down to 2.1 which was a pretty big tumble and now they're back to what seems to be their norm for 2008 which is still .3 of last year. I don't see how this can be equated to the mob raising ratings when the mob has been on GH for years. If you find it funny that people think that nowadays viewers are looking for romance, I have to say I think it's funny that you think people are tuning in for amateur mob hour on GH. I don't have an issue with the mob as long as it's in context of their relationships. The mob exists on GH as a matter of convenience and people are probably used to them, although some take issue with the dark tone of the show. To me they're a bunch of one note characters who say "my life is dangerous" too many times to be taken seriously. It's dangerous and???? Since the mob is raising ratings then GH should be increasing each year instead of declining and it's not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wiccachick_1 Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 And I forgot to say, thanks Toups!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 The reason why ATWT's numbers have flattened.....TOO MUCH KATIE AGAIN!!! The first time Jean P. and Co. featured her 24/7 the ratings tanked. Again it looks like Jean P. is back and Katie is back full force with everyone around her as props. And again low ratings. There was a better balance of storylines with the scabs writing for ATWT. Until Katie gets backburned again ATWT ratings will continue to suffer. Katie can not carry the show. Plain and simple!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pine Charles Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 Yeah, it's gotten more watchable as of late....... mostly due to Erica's prison story and Angie/Jesse. But the clusterfuck of Greenlee/Ryan/Annie/Zach/Kendall/Aidan is still pretty annoying and repetitive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelGL Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 I was going to respond to the comment about the mob being what draws in more viewers, but Wales you hit the nail on the head with your post. Great job! ITA! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NYC123 Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 I can deal with Greenlee/Adian/Kendall/Zach now. They are writing them like they should. With Annie/Ryan....Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz......... I am glad AMC went up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shawn Perez Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 they use the word."my life is to dangerous" allot because it's a true fact. given how many times mobsters put out hits on Sonny/Jason..well their loved ones either almost got killed in the process. or shot. think about all the times violence inhabited port charles. every single minute a love interest for Sonny/Jason were a target due to mob activities. i think it's safe to say it should be taken seriously. the thing is. the mob on GH is unpredictable. you never know who will get shot or shot at. a shootout can occur at anytime. that's the beauty of the GH mob. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapQueen89 Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 Hell even the innocent like Georgie are killed by mob violence, so no one in PC is safe - perhaps the mobsters should be selfless for a change and take their business elsewhere - I hear Siberia is nice this time of year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members shawn Perez Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 i Agree about the innocent getting killed. but Georgie's murder had nothing to do with mob violence. Diego didn't intentionally wanna kill her. she was just at the wrong place wrong time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DevotedToAMC Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 yay congrats AMC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SoapQueen89 Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 Georgie was killed because she played a part in the death of Sage, Diego's cousin. An eye for an eye as they say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Wales2004 Posted April 17, 2008 Members Share Posted April 17, 2008 Even if you were talking about real people I couldn't relate to this since I hope real mobsters aren't one dimensional like this. I didn't watch The Sopranos but I bet some effort went into watching the show. Even though this is daytime tv and not prime time, the writing could be on par with effort. The only area in which they should have to lag is production value but at any given time a writer could produce a script that would be ready for prime time, if they cared to. Now since this is basically lazy writing, that is why the repetition of danger, danger, danger exists. The mob is not unpredictable on GH because the writing on GH is far from unpredictable. The only people who don't know who's going to get shot are the ones who don't ever peak in the soap rags while they're at the store. Anyway, my initial response to you was really about the ratings and I have no desire to turn this thread into a debate on the quality of GH's writing. The bottom line is that the increase in ratings does not represent the success of mob stories when the ratings were way below average and normal performance in the first place. That's all I have to say on this subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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