October 27-31, 2008

[GregNYC]

Yes! I hope CG and JP are fired!

[SteveFrame]

That's wonderful that so many are watching via DVR but sad that it doesn't really help the shows right now as advertisers don't give or pay more money for those viewers.

We have had the DVR in my house for 2 weeks now and I haven't seen one commercial since then. The only ones I stop on are the ABC I've Got My Promos because I really like them.

I hate commercials and one of the best things that ever happened to me was the DVR because I don't have to watch them anymore. At the same time I understand that is why advertisers don't pay attention to the DVR totals.

It is weird that about 10 to 15 years ago we became known as the Fast Food Generation or some called it the Drive Thru Generation. I guess we are now becoming the On Demand Generation. We can have our TV shows or whatever almost whenever we want it.

Makes you wonder what this will all lead too as the Fast Food Generation of things has been heavily linked to the increase in obesity and weight problems in our society.

[rhinohide]

More like she's dissing OLTL viewers.

[TMOTVSoaps]

The ratings for November 3-21 should be the most interesting. This is where I'm expecting so many things to go up. The October 27-31 is usually a slow week, but based on the household numbers it looks like things have stabilized with CBS only affecting things negatively.

HUT levels go up big time in November for sweeps and kids are off from school on various days inside of that period like Veteran's Day.

Y&R had a major car crash in today's episode so November 10 should be the highest of the sweeps period for Y&R.

Every soap looks to have some major event or stunt going on so ratings will go up for every soap.

[Toups]

Thanks, Lskreet.

[NYC123]

Thanks.

Bad week for soaps except GH.

[rangethatrover]

Her nasty comment about the OLTL viewers just watching the show because it comes on between AMC and GH is bulls+it. I liked Sarah up until that comment. She is acting like Nelson now. When he loves the show he goes beyond ass kissing, when he hates the show he is downright nasty.

Her DVR numbers saying that OLTL viewers may just be AMC/GH watchers makes absolutley NO sense to me.

To me it says that OLTL does not have alot of DVR viewers... I always hated that nastiness about OLTL in the 80's "Its the show sandwiched between the two others"

She is yet another viewer deeply offended (rightly or wrongly so) by the Todd/Marty storyline that she is going to trash the show any way she can.

The show sucks. But AMC sucked in the last year MUCH worse from what I have heard here... Maybe that is why OLTL has had higher ratings....

I don't think ANY of the ABC shows arer outstanding right now. Each one of them is a mixed bag.

[dragonflies]

Quoting part of your post

No you don't alienate fans, but what the heck do you think Pratt is doing? Name me 1 fanbase besides Adam/Erica fans that aren't getting crapped on? Bianca fans are PISSED about the stupidity of her return storyline/character assassination, Zendall fans are pissed at Zach's character assassination, Aidan/Greenlee fans are pissed at the character assassination of Aidan for Rylee, Jesse & Angie fans are pissed that Pratt has Jesse acting like an ass and Angie a stepford wife, and so on and so forth

They aren't going to learn to trust again when the show gives them NO reason to trust them, when they continually keep doing stuff to piss off alot of the fans

[Soapsuds]

I guess all the CBS viewers went trick/treating all week. Seriously, these numbers make zero sense. All of CBS jumps big last week and now drops big this week? Umm...right....LOL. Horrible numbers by all soaps.

[marceline]

RTR, you are one of my fave posters but I have to disagree with your assessment of Sarah and her opinion.

Whatever her issues,likes or dislikes, that particular entry deals in numbers and you can't argue with the data. When you factor in 7-day DVRing OLTL is at the bottom, save for GL. When that show goes off the air, OLTL will be the bottom soap. You may hate the idea that OLTL is just the lettuce in the sandwich but the numbers bear that out.

Most of the people still watching OLTL are fixated on the past. Lucky for them so is Ron.

[Angela]

MONDAY, OCTOBER 27

1.(1) Y&R: Monday: 3.5/4,924,000 (-131,000)

2.(2) B&B: Monday: 2.4/3,281,000 (-478,000)

3.(6) GH: Monday: 2.1/2,895,000 (+191,000)

4.(7) DAYS: Monday: 2.0/2,843,000 (+202,000)

5.(5) OLTL: Monday: 2.0/2,814,000 (+43,000)

6.(4) AMC: Monday: 2.1/2,795,000 (-41,000)

7.(3) ATWT: Monday: 1.8/2,425,000 (-425,000)

8.(8) GL: Monday: 1.3/1,831,000 (-364,000)

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28

1.(1) Y&R: Tuesday: 3.4/4,653,000 (-271,000)

2.(2) B&B: Tuesday: 2.7/3,501,000 (+220,000)

3.(3) GH: Tuesday: 2.4/3,033,000 (+138,000)

4.(5) OLTL: Tuesday: 2.1/2,835,000 (+21,000)

5.(6) AMC: Tuesday: 2.1/2,796,000 (+1,000)

6.(4) DAYS: Tuesday: 2.0/2,725,000 (-118,000)

7.(7) ATWT: Tuesday: 2.0/2,571,000 (+146,000)

8.(8) GL: Tuesday: 1.7/2,186,000 (+355,000)

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29

1.(1) Y&R: Wednesday: 3.4/4,634,000 (-19,000)

2.(2) B&B: Wednesday: 2.5/3,290,000 (-211,000)

3.(3) GH: Wednesday: 2.3/3,008,000 (-25,000)

4.(4) OLTL: Wednesday: 2.1/2,824,000 (-11,000)

5.(5) AMC: Wednesday: 2.0/2,662,000 (-134,000)

6.(6) DAYS: Wednesday: 2.0/2,615,000 (-110,000)

7.(7) ATWT: Wednesday: 1.9/2,506,000 (-65,000)

8.(8) GL: Wednesday: 1.6/2,123,000 (-63,000)

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30

1.(1) Y&R: Thursday: 3.4/4,729,000 (+95,000)

2.(2) B&B: Thursday: 2.5/3,400,000 (+110,000)

3.(3) GH: Thursday: 2.2/2,973,000 (-35,000)

4.(6) DAYS: Thursday: 2.0/2,718,000 (+103,000)

5.(4) OLTL: Thursday: 1.9/2,497,000 (-327,000)

6.(7) ATWT: Thursday: 1.7/2,456,000 (-50,000)

7.(5) AMC: Thursday: 1.9/2,395,000 (-267,000)

8.(8) GL: Thursday: 1.5/2,059,000 (-64,000)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31

1.(1) Y&R: Friday: 3.2/4,581,000 (-148,000)

2.(2) B&B: Friday: 2.3/3,247,000 (-153,000)

3.(3) GH: Friday: 2.1/2,634,000 (-339,000)

4.(4) DAYS: Friday: 2.0/2,636,000 (-82,000)

5.(6) ATWT: Friday: 1.8/2,389,000 (-67,000)

6.(7) AMC: Friday: 1.7/2,256,000 (-139,000)

7.(5) OLTL: Friday: 1.8/2,234,000 (-263,000)

8.(8) GL: Friday: 1.5/1,979,000 (-80,000)

[Toups]

I'm not. I never saw OLTL in the 80's and early-to-mid 90's.

[marceline]

*sigh* It looks like I'm pissing off all my fave posters tonight...

That may be true Toups but I think you're in the minority. Ron is all about "history" or at least the history that he wishes he could've been a part of. What I keep hearing about OLTL is that Ron loves "history" and OLTL is "classic" soap. To me that's just a nice way of calling OLTL a "retro soap."

[Toups]

I guess it's just people's perspective. If Ron didn't know OLTL's history, he would be called out on that - like Dena was. If he brings up history (or too much history), he's called out on living in the past. The question for me is do I want a writer who knows OLTL's history or not? The answer is easy. Yes I want the writer who knows the history.

If I'm in the minority, that's fine. I can't do anything about it. All I can do is enjoy OLTL which I am immensely.

[Reddi]

I dunno, I'd say the show overall is stronger, the characters being used are stronger... it's no longer all about the same six characters, and those have indeed been 'shaken up' (and that's been needed). I think most fans except those from a few fanbases are actually pleased with the show, and even those in the few fanbases in questions (Zendall, Bianca) have folks who are enjoying the show.

A show that is stronger overall is going to help in the long run better than one that pleases only certain fanbases. Not that I think those fanbases deserve lousy stories... but I don't think the stories in question are necessarily bad, and I also think that if the show is strong overall.. it will last... and the next story might be strong for a particular grouping. Stories hit and miss on soaps ... every 'fanbase' knows that, we've all been hit by stories we don't like. If the show overall is stronger, better stories will come (and then weak ones, and then better ones).

The thing is, there is always something to watch on AMC now, because there are more stories, more variety, and far more cast being featured.

I like Adam/ERica but I'm not in their fanbase. And I'm pretty happy with the story overall (despite hating Bianca and Reese... I can just ff them if i want, but I must admit i'm somewhat intrigued by a more selfish bianca).