May 12-16, 2008

[shawn Perez]

ok thanks for the info..although how is it that GH was 2.8 with a total viewership of 3,389,000? and if I'm not mistaken it wasn't that long ago that GH grabbed that many viewers back in November sweeps of 2007. but it was around 2.5?

[dragonflies]

Thanks Angela, I thought in 2007, but was wrong

IMO GH's ratings aren't anything to brag about, plus haven't they lost more overall viewers in the last year than any other ABC soap?

[dawn9476]

Glad to see Days 18-49 demo is still in the toilet. Remember when they use to get ice cream when they won that demo?

[shawn Perez]

any type of super event AMC/OLTL pull off wont matter to most fans that tuned out in the first place if the writing is boring and not in the least bit capitivating..to them they have seen it all....baby switches. wtd. romance with couples that never last forever..and so on. nothing new. if i wanted to see a husband turned gay killer. I'll watch passions.

[Angela]

You're not off there.

GH

4/23/07.......3.....2.8.....09.....2) 1.9/11.....3) 3,604,000

4/30/07.......3.....2.7.....09...*1) 1.8/12.....3) 3,538,000

5/7/07.........3.....2.7.....09...*1) 1.9/12.....3) 3,607,000

5/14/07.......3.....2.7.....09...*1) 1.9/12.....3) 3,611,000

5/21/07.......3.....2.7.....09...*1) 1.9/12.....3) 3,607,000

5/28/07.......3.....2.6.....08.....2) 1.8/11.....3) 3,458,000

6/4/07.........3.....2.5.....08.....2) 1.6/10.....3) 3,394,000

I guess that's because of the annual rise in how many households it takes to make up a ratings point. And I guess the difference in household watching at a particular hour of the day.

[shawn Perez]

no they pretty much stayed the same since 2003/4. it was the 90's when GH was in the 6.000.000 rang. the 80's when GH was in the 13.9' same with Y&R fighting for the number one spot..but GH top the charts with the whole Luke & Laura wedding that grabbed 30.000.000 million viewers in just that one event..however you can't single out one soap when all soaps lost millions of viewers over the years.

[Angela]

Let us not forget AMC was the #1 ABC soap from like 92-95.

I think it could be argued that AMC was the carrier ABC soap in late April-June 2006 and for a month or two at the end of the babyswitch. It wasn't hands down, but you couldn't outright say that it wasn't AMC helping along it's weaker siblings for those moments. I have to look at OLTL's rating for the time to beat GH to see how long they were doing what for.

[Y&RWorldTurner]

AMC was higher rated than GH for most of the 90's...

In fact, if we averaged everything up, Y&R would be the #1 rated show of the 90's, AMC would be #2, and DAYS would be #3.

[Angela]

No question.

The #2's...

AMC: Spring 1992 - Spring 1995.

B&B/GH/AMC: Rest of 1995.

DAYS: 1996 - Early 1998.

Was it B&B that took over after DOOL's reign?

[dragonflies]

I am curious to know how B&B would do in the ratings if it didn't have Y&R as it's lead in. Could it stand on it's own??

[TC]

Never say never about GH being bested by other ABC soaps. I never thought I'd see OLTL be in better shape than AMC ratings wise. And we're only talking tenths of points here.

[Scotty]

Yes, and didn't OLTL surpass GH for a week or two a couple of years ago when the whole thing about Daniel Colson hit the fan?

[brimike]

It absolutely did. Took the #3 spot in households (not that HH's matter to the execs)

WHich is what makes that story that much more tragic - because it was just a plot point to write three characters out and explain an inherited murder mystery. If the story had continued beyond a Sweeps stunt, who knows? Maybe it could have stayed there.

[Angela]

5/29/06.......3.....2.8.....09...*2) 1.9/11.....3) 3,634,000 (+.1 GH, AMC and more viewers) - DC Dealio?

6/19/06.......6.....2.5.....08...*3) 1.8/11.....3) 3,435,000 (-.1 HH but more Viewers than GH, AMC)

[DaytimeFan]

Oh but you can. Since 2003/2004 the ratings have gone way down. And yes, GH has lost the most viewers this past year than any other soap on ABC. As you can plainly see from Toups' ratings info GH has lost 658,000 viewers compared to last year.

But then, it's not to say that the rest of daytime is swinging with success. In fact, every soap has hit the skids...it's sad.