October 20-24, 2008

[miajere]

too late...oh wait, we're talking about the ratings

[Ryan Chamberlain]

Go AMC!

I like Pratt's writing. I'm not crazy about the Zendall story. But, that's the only thing I really don't like. The problem lies more with Frons (who's in charge of the firing/hiring) than the writing itself.

[Steve]

Woohoo for AMC beating GH!

I think AMC can sustain the momentum if this week is any indication. No, it's not perfect, but imo it's better than it's been in years. If it stays this good, I think the ratings will continue to rise.

[miajere]

OLTL always does good the first two weeks of November and then loses viewers in the last two weeks of November- holidays perhaps? but the loss is usually pretty substantial to the point of never regaining those viewers until May sweeps- if at all. But with the economy so bad- many could do extremely well if they focus on family and get off the road to sick twisted.

[Jess]

Now that is funny. :lol: OLTL is a bottom feeder regardless of where it sits in the ratings. All ABC soaps are pretty bad, although AMC is the only one getting better. Toups said HH, not ratings points or market shares.

[Rakesh]

Agreed. GL comes on at 10AM here in NYC(I'm sure you knew that, btw.) and that is just too early. Way early.

[Soapsuds]

Funny how Dena Higley is beating Ron Carlivit(who he replaced). I guess all the buzz was for not.

[SteveFrame]

That still doesn't take away from the fact that her version of OLTL stunk just as bad. Two kinds of stink don't make either one any better. As bad as Ron's OLTL is right now it is still world's better than what Higley gave us. Higley is where she needs to be. She knows Days. She didn't know OLTL and tried to turn it into a show it wasn't and about people that no one cared about.

[SteveFrame]

Oh BTW Ron can you PM me the URL to your site. I want to add it to my favorites and also to the soap sites links at my site.

Thanks.

I keep meaning to ask you that and I I keep forgetting.

[Reddi]

the J/A bump on AMC came when the overall writing was still crap. So once that event was over... what was left to see? Good actors, favorite characters... in stupid stories? And pretty much the focus on the same few who have been locked in the same (or a similar story) for at least two years?

No wonder it dropped.

I have a bit more hope now, because the show is actually good, it's re-establishing a strong structure/foundation, it has balance in cast use and story type... all things missing for a long time. So viewers coming in for the "event" might stay for the soap itself. Because now there is something worth watching.

[David_Vickers]

Hell yessss!!! Glad DAYS is up in the ratings and so, so glad that AMC and ONE LIFE have jumped ahead of GH. GH should be near the bottom right there with GL. I, out of habit, still Tivo GH, but only read the recaps at SOD.Com and only watch scenes that sound interesting, which are few and far between. I hope DAYS or ONE LIFE (or maybe AMC) knock Y&R(whcih isHUGELY overrated IMHO) out of #1.

A little funny, yeah. BUT, Ron Carlivati is writing ONE LIFE a helluva lot better than Dena did and ONE LIFE's ratings reflect that better writing.

[Soapsuds]

Sent!

[Soapsuds]

I've seen what's coming up on OLTL. And it is a complete rip off of Jean Pissant

[David_Vickers]

I also think Tess will be gone by the end of the month. I hope so. I've had enough of both storylines and I do think ONE LIFE needs to hire a co-writer for Ron.

[Toups]

Spoilers tags for spoilers, Mulder.