They earned it. Until OLTL clears out some of these bad stories, this isn't going to change. Fortunately, I think they have far more capacity for change than AMC, GH or ATWT.

I don't understand what you mean. Please explain.

Wow, GL beat AMC & OLTL on Friday. Impressive.

They earned it. Until OLTL clears out some of these bad stories, this isn't going to change. Fortunately, I think they have far more capacity for change than AMC, GH or ATWT.

I agree with that. OLTL can easily correct it's shortcomings in a prompt manner. The same cannot be said for AMC, ATWT and GH. While I believe those three have the abilities to pick themselves up and dust themselves off, it's going to take some time.

I am glad that AMC and Days are up from last year. Disappointed, however, they are the only two soaps up from last year. A lot of work still needs to be done over at AMC. Never watched Days so can't comment.

OLTL with a 1.6 on Friday? And in last place for Friday...haha...How the mighty Ron Carlavti has fallen.

I'm very sad with the OLTL ratings because Frons will blame characters like Bo and Nora, not his pets.

I'm glad GL went up, slightly. I hope this might improve the chances of some of their characters going to another network.

Pratt was getting some very nice ratings in February and March (he was basically on 2.7 million viewers all of March, great numbers that made me curse a little, lol), but April has been a bust. I wasn't expecting it because he hasn't more than two weeks in a row of anything less than 2.6 million viewers (happened twice) since pre-tornado. I thought he had some great dumb luck. 4 weeks of a downward trend - two weeks with 2.5 million and a 1.1 demo is a downward trend, but two weeks of 2.4 million and 1.1 is even more of one. Maybe things will turn with the murder mystery.

OLTL, consistent...on the low side.

GH, it's middle of pack. It can be 7th one week and 4th the next but they've weakened substantially on that 18-49 demo with the hold on 3rd, and then on 4th place in HH and Total Viewers having slipped away in the past several months.

DAYS, successful, for some unknown reason. Since December, successful. I don't get it BUT I also don't watch. Y&R is doing great as well. Twice as many viewers as most of the soaps. A good few plus weeks in there with the negative ones. Nobody is putting up much of a challenge in 18-49 at all, not even this healthy DAYS. Y&R is also bringing B&B up (in 18-49) which is good for CBS. Up in that it's jockeying with the ABC soaps and actually winning recently.

Wow, GL beat AMC & OLTL on Friday. Impressive.

Not particularly. GL acheived that by OLTL and AMC sinking more so than by using it's own legs. But GL rarely beats any soap for 8th and beating two is something to crow about.

I do not think that any of the soaps can improve substantially. Look Y&R which is the best soap. Its demos and overall ratings yo yo and it cannot hold on to any its gains for more than a week or two. All the soaps' demos are trending downwards. The only question is if they can do so slowly rather than plunge into the abyss.

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Not particularly. GL acheived that by OLTL and AMC sinking more so than by using it's own legs. But GL rarely beats any soap for 8th and beating two is something to crow about.

OLTL and AMC being beaten by a cancelled show. I wonder if Fronz is smiling....

Will OLTL ever get better ratings? They seem stuck at the second to last place rating

7.(4) AMC: Friday: 1.7/2,127,000 (-473,000)

8.(7) OLTL: Friday: 1.6/2,025,000 (-396,000)

Ouch, damn what happened? Quite a big drop from Thursday to Friday. Makes one wonder if the soap boycott did have some impact after all.......

I don't know what happened everywhere else but Thursday and Friday of last week AMC, OLTL and GH didn't even come on here. We got weather reports all afternoon due to storms.

Friday was also the day that my friend in teh Huntsville area of Alabama said they didn't get GH or OLTL either.

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I'm surprised to see such a hefty gain for GL in total viewers.

I've got mixed feelings for OLTL. I feel as if the show deserves this, but while it's not all that hot right now, I can find a few things that I like about the show.

Women 18-49 Viewers

DAYS 873,000 (-27,000/+5,000)

ATWT 581,000 (-18,000/-211,000)

B&B 741,000 (-40,000/-169,000)

GL 523,000 (+33,000/-163,000)

Y&R 1,074,000 (-43,000/-107,000)

AMC 718,000 (-2,000/+10,000)

GH 798,000 (+37,000/-188,000)

OLTL 710,000 (+39,000/-168,000)

Wow - GL #4 in women 18-49!!

Wait a minute...

Oh well, it was nice to see it in fourth, even if it's not true.

Edited May 7, 200916 yr by RalphOrtiz

1. Y&R 5,110,000 (+1,000/-195,000)

2. B&B 3,467,000 (-21,000/-510,000)

3. DAYS 2,866,000 (-34,000/+167,000)

4. GH 2,522,000 (+234,000/-374,000)

5. ATWT 2,504,000 (+16,000/-445,000)

6. AMC 2,485,000 (+62,000/+17,000)

7. OLTL 2,373,000 (+85,000/-217,000)

8. GL 2,099,000 (+130,000/-253,000)

Good to see Days & AMC still up from last year. They have really been consistent this year.

Y&R is still closing the gap on how much it is down. That is good.

But ATWT and B&B are doing nothing to close their gaps. They both seemed to always be more than 400,000 down from last year.

All the talk is always on ABC and when is Frons going to wake up.

When is CBS going to wake up and do something about B&B and ATWT.

They have worked to make Y&R better and move it in the right direction while B&B and ATWT just keep sliding further and further and no changes are being made at all.

And the laughing at how far Carlivati has fallen. At least for me OLTL is watchable. ATWT is sickening. And I love ATWT and maybe I judge it harsher due to that, but I can't even watch the sickening mess at all.

And at least Frons did try to get a new writer for OLTL and they have tried to make changes. ATWT has been the same for years now with no hope of change at all.

I'm very sad with the OLTL ratings because Frons will blame characters like Bo and Nora, not his pets.

I'm glad GL went up, slightly. I hope this might improve the chances of some of their characters going to another network.

Yes, Frons is bad about blaming the characters that are rarely on OLTL for its low ratings, rather than were it really belongs....on those who are on day after day after day.

Here is what happened on Friday when OLTL got a 1.6:

John assures Marty he knows she's no murderer as they ponder who could be the person who's been visiting Powell. John gets a solid lead when he calls Viki seeking answers. Marty and John realize there's only one bed in the motel room they're sharing.

Powell gets another visitor.

Cole faces his demons as he endures withdrawal.

Marcie gives Bo and Nora some sound advice about Matthew. Bo and Nora are awkward with each other and want to bury the subject all together.

Brody and Jessica manage to steal a kiss at Llanfair but are ultimately caught by Viki.