BTW- Ruckston who is that yummy morsel in your banner( The one on the left with the adidas wrist band)

That is tennis pro Novak Djokavic. He is very hot.

Wednesday was huge for all soaps.

Y&R

Tuesday: 4.3/6,151,000

Wednesday: 4.4/6,275,000

That's just beautiful to see. Over 6 freakin million. Amazing!

Good week for all soaps, and importantly, good week for Guiding Light.

LOL, it's not just weather. CBS bumped up more because its flagship/lead-in, Y&R, kicks ASS right now.

Hundreds of thousands of people didn't simply decide to watch soaps last week because Y&R is good. They were inside because the weather sucked and didn't couldn't go to work so they fell back into their old habit of watching the soaps. Hopefully, Y&R is good enough that they continue to watch and record after the weather improves in a couple weeks and they have to go back to work or do other things, but this specific weekly increase is all the weather.

I know there is a lot of enthusiasm about Y&R's ratings of late, but January and February are months where the soaps' ratings then to trend upwards due to the weather keeping people inside. If Y&R's ratings continue to increase in March and April, then there is real cause to celebrate and be optimistic that things are turning around.

Edited February 6, 200916 yr by Ann_SS

I'm so happy that GL's biggest days were Otalia days. I can't believe they hit over 2.6 million for Wednesday! I know all the CBS soaps went up those days, but this is the second week in a row that GL's biggest days have been Otalia days. I hope GL keeps them front-burner and keeps Mallet/Marina in the mountains. Tuesday/Wednesday were also the days that Alan found out about Beth/Coop so good story there again. And GL has only gotten BETTER this week. It says a lot about how good GL has been when Y&R has been soooo good too and I haven't even really cared cause I've been so into GL. I am anxiously awaiting next week's ratings and hope GL can keep up the good work! Next week: Phillip!

Wow from looking at the demos posted the gain was in male viewers. They all picked up a lot there.

Great days for the soaps. I hate to see so many of them drop again on Friday though.

I'm surprised Y&R and B&B lost a half million viewers between Wednesday and Friday. I guess they had more to lose than the other soaps.

I really think soaps should start working on strong Thursday cliffhangers as well as Friday cliffhangers.

I'm pleased to see that the male viewer increase SteveFrame mentioned seemed to help the CBS soaps more than the ABC soaps. ABC is awash in misogyny and some bizarre need to denigrate women for the sake of men. I don't believe most men share this view and I think ABC will recover when Frons and his attitudes are gone.

Well from looking at the dailies- There was obviously some weather issue on Wednesday (That started Tuesday) The ratings for CBS especially went through the roof. 4.4 Y&R NICE!!!!!!!!6,000,000 viewers sounds insane these days..

But sadly, by Friday Y&R was back to a 3.8. And all soaps went down after Weds.

OLTL's ratings are an embarrassment across the board- I am embarrassed for the show. Carlivati is the best writer we are going to get and I would hate to see another hack come on board to lead the show into its final years...

Its just what Frons will enjoy seeing though, the bastard stepchild now performing like one!!

AMC's ratings were pretty consistent the whole week, too.

I'm surprised Y&R and B&B lost a half million viewers between Wednesday and Friday. I guess they had more to lose than the other soaps.

I really think soaps should start working on strong Thursday cliffhangers as well as Friday cliffhangers.

I'm pleased to see that the male viewer increase SteveFrame mentioned seemed to help the CBS soaps more than the ABC soaps. ABC is awash in misogyny and some bizarre need to denigrate women for the sake of men. I don't believe most men share this view and I think ABC will recover when Frons and his attitudes are gone.

That is EXACTLY what Y&R did this week, with Brad being found under the ice on a Thursday. I do agree, though, that some of this is an artificial bump (bad weather).

I need to plot these trends....I'm thinking maybe we're out of the "monolithic decline" trajectory finally.

Edited February 6, 200916 yr by MarkH

Smart decision from Y&R then, and the drop from T-F wasn't as bad as W-T's drop.

That photo of Brad reminds me of Wolverine for some reason.

OLTL's ratings are an embarrassment across the board- I am embarrassed for the show. Carlivati is the best writer we are going to get and I would hate to see another hack come on board to lead the show into its final years...

Well you know how I feel about Ron but honestly, I don't think you have anything to worry about. I think he's going to be at the helm for a long time to come. The audience is fairly stable, the press is good and the show operates on budget.

Edited February 6, 200916 yr by marceline

I almost choked when I saw Y&R get 6 million viewers and a 4.4 on Wednesday. That's got to be good for the soap industry. Soaps have just proven that they'll be around forever since there are a lot of syndication shows out there barely getting over 1.5 million viewers. You know Y&R is doing good when we look at 3.7 or 3.8 as a disappointing rating when it was a high for the show just a few months ago.

OLTL has the best writer in daytime outside of Hogan Sheffer and had the ratings not been this bad we would be praising this guy. When ratings go down or a team plays terrible we blame the coach/manager, in soaps we blame the writer first.

I think Ron C.'s writing as of late on OLTL is going to start reflecting in the ratings real soon.

GH knows how to bring in a crowd for stunts better than anybody else.

DAYS is the best story on NBC outside of football. LOL!

I think Ron C.'s writing as of late on OLTL is going to start reflecting in the ratings real soon.

I actually agree with you on that. It's something we OLTL fans have to worry about at least until sweeps. Ron knows how to do sweeps, it's just the rest of the year we have to worry about.

Edited February 6, 200916 yr by MichaelGL

Here are last weeks to make it easier to compare based on info thus far.

I am going to have fun watching Days AND AMC's ratings....

These shows are the shows to watch (as far as ratings) AMC's jump was HUGE in the 18-49 viewers

I don't watch AMC but think Pratt is writing a show that NEW viewers may want to watch-

As my poor OLTL continues to tank, tank, tank....

What are gonna get Passanante when she finally gets canned from ATWT??

Women 18-49 Viewers

1. Y&R 1,247,000 (-85,000/+54,000)

2. GH 1,017,000 (+27,000/-138,000)

3. DAYS 908,000 (-16,000/-12,000)

4. B&B 892,000 (+4,000/-22,000)

5. OLTL 799,000 (+1,000/-155,000)

6. AMC 772,000 (-28,000/-140,000)

6. ATWT 772,000 (+61,000/-106,000)

8. GL 618,000 (+18,000/-236,000)

Women 18-49 Rating

1. Y&R 1.9/11 (-.1/+.1)

2. GH 1.5/8 (same/-.3)

3. DAYS 1.4/8 (same/same)

4. B&B 1.3/7 (same/-.1)

5. OLTL 1.2/7 (same/-.2)

5. ATWT 1.2/7 (+.1/-.1)

5. AMC 1.2/6 (same/-.2)

8. GL 0.9/5 (same/-.4)

Passanante getting canned - wouldn't that be the best thing that ever happened to ATWT!!!! Is there a petition to sign somewhere???

Wednesday was huge for all soaps.

That's just beautiful to see. Over 6 freakin million. Amazing!

Great numbers for Y&R on Tuesday and Wednesday. A 4.4 is just shocking now adays.

Good week for all soaps, and importantly, good week for Guiding Light.

Eh...compared to the other soaps it is still disappointing. Let's see what the new(favorites) coming back does to their ratings.

ATWT:

Tuesday: 2.3/3,373,000

Shocked at the number. But Monday's ending was the best cliffhanger I have seen in years from ATWT.