I don't think viewers need quality acting to keep watching. There's good acting, entertaining camp acting (like what you get at B&, adequate acting, flat acting from people who don't care, and really horrible acting. OLTL has some amazing, amazing talent on display every day, but I think they have to fight tooth and nail with the people who don't care or who are horrible. I don't think the schizophrenia helps ratings. Much less of Michael Easton, Trevor St. John, Crystal Hunt, Kristen Alderson, John Paul Lavoisser, and Farah Fath would do wonders.

Edited March 19, 200916 yr by CarlD2

I don't think viewers need quality acting to keep watching. There's good acting, entertaining camp acting (like what you get at B&, adequate acting, flat acting from people who don't care, and really horrible acting. OLTL has some amazing, amazing talent on display every day, but I think they have to fight tooth and nail with the people who don't care or who are horrible. I don't think the schizophrenia helps ratings. Much less of Michael Easton, Trevor St. John, Crystal Hunt, Kristen Alderson, John Paul Lavoisser, and Farah Fath would do wonders.

No argument here

Now since I flapped my big mouth so much, watch them decide to devote the whole hour to Moe and Noelle

Edited March 19, 200916 yr by CarlD2

GL and OLTL were consistently the bottom feeders in the ratings and its going to be a while before the quality of both shows actually make a killing in the rating. I can't believe how amazing OLTL has been the last two weeks. As good as OLTL has been during some of those sweeps months in 2008 making it the soap of the year, this show has taken it to a whole different level with dramatic effective storylines. OLTL should get some credit for giving the actors under 18 really powerful storylines and effecting them. I can't believe I went the last two weeks sitting through the whole show without fast forwarding. Every scene has been that watchable.

One thing that OLTL has that other soaps don't have is a solid franchise actor in place right now for the future and that's Brandon Buddy who you all know as Cole. This guy is amazing and will be the next Anthony Geary aka Luke for soaps no doubt about it. I only have one question about OLTL and that is consistency, its very important for this show to be consistently good when it catches fire.

GL has been the best written soap over the course consistently since the start of 2009 and the only thing holding it back is horrible timeslots and a production model which won't get casual viewers interested. GL no doubts proves why it has a shot at being the first ever scripted show to break 100 years mark. Only renewals will tell but the show is definitely watchable now and Olivia and Natalia are carrying this show on their backs along with Phillip.

Don't expect OLTL or GL to good in the ratings this week but if they keep it up and word of mouth gets around then watch out B&B.

One thing that OLTL has that other soaps don't have is a solid franchise actor in place right now for the future and that's Brandon Buddy who you all know as Cole. This guy is amazing and will be the next Anthony Geary aka Luke for soaps no doubt about it.

I respectfully disagree...

Why are they delayed till Friday?

AMC will probably get a 2.0, I don't see it staying the same as last week. I doubt it will beat GH again, that was a fluke

The strongest soap right now is One Life to Live. Its been a few months since I was this glued to a ABC soap watching it live not on DVR. Ron C. no doubt is the best writer in the game but the killer for him is the ratings aren't reflecting how well the show is doing quality wise.

Guiding Light comes a close second but Y&R is up there too with it but nothing beats One Life to Live right now.

I disagree about OLTL. I saw it today and wasnt impressed at all. Some characters I had no idea who they were. The show is still a mess and the ratings reflect it.

Hmmmm. Other than Stacey being inserted in every scene and storyline, and the goof troop known as Christian and Layla (Why are these two even still with the show?) I thought today was very good. It actually reminded me of Y&R. Not crazy action but alot of well written scenes with good character interaction. I thought the the Shane story today was very good and it didn't ask more than what JPL and FF can normally give.

For those of you looking for the local ratings market breakdowns, they are really late. I usually have them on Wednesdays but my guy just got them yesterday himself from his source and he usually gets them on Mondays. As soon as I get them I'll definitely post them since a number of people messaged me about the interest of their own markets but they will be late and might not be posted today but hopefully tomorrow if I get them by tonight.

I'm hoping everything goes up since this is the first full week of March sweeps. OLTL had a phenomenal week and that show continues to get better and better. GL is also really good but overall every soap is cookin' right now as I'm not finding myself bored with any of them but as usually its b/c of sweeps.

You are so, so, so great for posting those. I really enjoyed reading them and seeing how some soaps just all-out blew the others out of the water.

(hint hint -- I live in both the New Orleans and Baton Rouge markets...just in case you were wondering )

I disagree about OLTL. I saw it today and wasnt impressed at all. Some characters I had no idea who they were. The show is still a mess and the ratings reflect it.

ICAM about the quality of OLTL. I love the show for sentimental reasons, but I'm tired of trusting in the writers. The show gets really strong, then suddenly falls apart and it's not clear why the writers bothered with some storylines or even some characters. It's the least consistent show on air, IMO.

I'm hoping everything goes up since this is the first full week of March sweeps

I thought sweeps was nearly over?

I hope AMC/Y&R/OLTL go up.

I want GH to keep sinking...Let Frons see his "baby" go down.

I thought sweeps was nearly over?

March 9-13 was the first full week of sweeps.

March 5 - April 1

I hope AMC/Y&R/OLTL go up.

I want GH to keep sinking...Let Frons see his "baby" go down.

I want GH to go up as well because it sounds like the actors are what's on the line. I love my GH actors.

I want GH, OLTL, Days and Y&R to all go up. I think GH will definitely go back up.

I want GH to go up as well because it sounds like the actors are what's on the line. I love my GH actors.