December 5-9, 2005

[Toups]

Ratings for the week December 5-9, 2005

(Compared to Last Week/Compared to Last Year)

Total Viewers

1. Y&R 5,467,000 (+343,000/+399,000)

2. B&B 4,423,000 (+362,000/+617,000)

3. ATWT 3,644,000 (+257,000/+237,000)

4. GH 3,624,000 (+197,000/-97,000)

5. AMC 3,360,000 (+225,000/-536,000)

6. DAYS 3,284,000 (-156,000/-89,000)

7. OLTL 3,255,000 (+187,000/-174,000)

8. GL 3,025,000 (+78,000/+22,000)

9. PSNS 2,106,000 (-95,000/-364,000)

HH

1. Y&R 4.3/14 (+.3/+.2)

2. B&B 3.4/11 (+.2/+.2)

3. GH 3.0/9 (+.2/-.1)

4. ATWT 2.8/9 (+.1/same)

5. AMC 2.7/9 (+.2/-.5)

5. OLTL 2.7/9 (+.2/-.1)

7. DAYS 2.6/8 (same/-.2)

8. GL 2.3/7 (same/-.1)

9. PSNS 1.7/6 (same/-.3)

Women 18-49 Viewers

1. GH 1,396,000 (+123,000/-96,0000)

2. Y&R 1,311,000 (+102,000/+1,000)

3. OLTL 1,248,000 (+141,000/-63,000)

4. AMC 1,215,000 (+74,000/-197,000)

5. DAYS 1,192,000 (-31,000/-219,000)

6. B&B 1,125,000 (+136,000/+100,000)

7. ATWT 962,000 (+89,000/-28,000

8. PSNS 837,000 (-37,000/-327,000)

9. GL 832,000 (+6,000/-61,000)

Women 18-49 Rating

1. GH 2.1/12 (+.2/-.2)

2. Y&R 2.0/13 (+.2/same)

3. AMC 1.9/11 (+.2/-.3)

3. OLTL 1.9/11 (+.2/-.1)

5. DAYS 1.8/11 (-.1/-.4)

6. B&B 1.7/10 (+.2/+.1)

7. ATWT 1.5/9 (+.2/same)

8. PSNS 1.3/7 (same/-.5)

8. GL 1.3/7 (same/-.1)

Girls 12-17 Viewers

1. GH 68,000 (+13,000/+5,000)

2. PSNS 60,000 (same/-24,000)

3. DAYS 51,000 (-18,000/same)

4. OLTL 46,000 (+8,000/+7,000)

5. AMC 38,000 (+20,000/(-3,000)

6. Y&R 35,000 (+7,000/-8,000)

7. B&B 23,000 (+1,000/-2,000)

8. ATWT 20,000 (+8,000/+3,000)

9. GL 16,000 (-10,000/-14,000)

Women 18-34 Rating

1. DAYS 1.9/11 (same/-.3)

2. GH 1.6/9 (+.1/-.2)

3. Y&R 1.5/10 (+.1/+.3)

3. PSNS 1.5/9 (same/-.6)

5. B&B 1.4/8 (+.2/+.5)

6. ATWT 1.3/8 (+.1/+.3)

6. AMC 1.3/8 (same/-.4)

6. OLTL 1.3/8 (+.1/-.4)

9. GL 1.2/7 (same/+.1)

Men 18+ Viewers

1. Y&R 1,345,000 (+36,000/+166,000)

2. B&B 1,057,000 (+66,000/+190,000)

3. ATWT 823,000 (+83,000/+174,000)

4. GL 684,000 (+48,000/+154,000)

5. DAYS 667,000 (-85,000/-13,000)

6. AMC 652,000 (+69,000/-125,000)

7. GH 496,000 (-35,000/-85,000)

8. OLTL 494,000 (same/-121,000)

9. PSNS 435,000 (-65,000/-64,000)

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Day-To-Day HH Ratings - HH/Total Viewers

AMC

Monday: 2.8/3,427,000

Tuesday: 2.8/3,347,000

Wednesday: 2.7/3,362,000

Thursday: 2.6/3,280,000

Friday: 2.8/3,382,000

ATWT

Monday: 2.7/3,480,000

Tuesday: 2.8/3,662,000

Wednesday: 2.6/3,324,000

Thursday: 2.8/3,568,000

Friday: 3.1/4,188,000

B&B

Monday: 3.4/4,392,000

Tuesday: 3.4/4,403,000

Wednesday: 3.2/4,106,000

Thursday: 3.3/4,257,000

Friday: 3.8/4,959,000

DAYS

Monday: 2.5/3,018,000

Tuesday: 2.6/3,221,000

Wednesday: 2.5/3,142,000

Thursday: 2.6/3,339,000

Friday: 2.9/3,699,000

GH

Monday: 3.1/3,782,000

Tuesday: 2.0/3,375,000

Wednesday: 2.9/3,537,000

Thursday: 2.7/3,523,000

Friday: 3.2/3,903,000

GL

Monday: 2.3/3,056,000

Tuesday: 2.4/3,112,000

Wednesday: 2.2/2,722,000

Thursday: 2.3/2,971,000

Friday: 2.4/3,267,000

OLTL

Monday: 2.9/3,527,000

Tuesday: 2.6/2,972,000

Wednesday: 2.5/2,930,000

Thursday: 2.6/3,332,000

Friday: 2.8/3,515,000

PSNS

Monday: 1.7/2,075,000

Tuesday: 1.7/2,137,000

Wednesday: 1.5/1,867,000

Thursday: 1.8/2,250,000

Friday: 1.8/2,199,000

Y&R

Monday: 4.0/5,226,000

Tuesday: 4.3/5,427,000

Wednesday: 4.1/5,163,000

Thursday: 4.3/5,415,000

Friday: 4.7/6,102,000

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For the SEASON September 19, 2005 through December 11, 2005

HH

1. Y&R 4.1

2. B&B 3.3

3. GH 2.8

4. OLTL 2.6

4. ATWT 2.6

6. DAYS 2.5

6. AMC 2.5

8. GL 2.3

9. PSNS 1.7

Women 18-49 Rating

1. Y&R 2.0

2. GH 1.9

3. DAYS 1.8

3. OLTL 1.8

5. AMC 1.7

6. B&B 1.6

7. PSNS 1.4

8. ATWT 1.3

9. GL 1.2

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NBC Ratings Report

ABC Ratings Report

CBS Ratings Report

December 15, 2005

17 YEARS AND COUNTING…

"The Young and The Restless" Is the Top Rated Daytime Drama

For the 884th Consecutive Week -- 17 Years on Top!

CBS Leads Daytime for the 872nd Consecutive Week

They're young, they're restless and the top rated daytime drama for 17 consecutive years.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS was the top rated daytime drama in households for the 884th consecutive week -- 17 years - in the week ending Dec. 9, week 12 of the 2005-2006 television season. The streak began in December 1988.

CBS Daytime placed first for the 872nd consecutive week with and against regular schedules.

The Network had the top four programs in households: #1 (tie) THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, #1 (tie) THE PRICE IS RIGHT, #3 THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1, #4 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL with AS THE WORLD TURNS finishing sixth. CBS had six of the top 10 programs among women 18?49 and five of the top 10 among women 25-54, including THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS which was first in women 25-54 (tied with "General Hospital") for the 33rd time in 34 weeks.

National Nielsen summary for Daytime/Saturday Morning for the week ending December 11th:

DAYTIME:

Households CBS 3.3/11

(12/05-12/09) ABC 2.8/09

SEASON-TO-DATE:

Households CBS 3.2/11

(9/19-12/09) ABC 2.6/09

The Top 12 Regularly Scheduled Programs this week:

1. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS CBS 4.3/14

1. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2 CBS 4.3/15

3. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 CBS 3.7/13

4. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL CBS 3.4/11

5. General Hospital ABC 3.0/09

6. AS THE WORLD TURNS CBS 2.8/09

7. All My Children ABC 2.7/09

7. The View ABC 2.7/10

7. One Life to Live ABC 2.7/09

10. Days of Our Lives NBC 2.6/08

11. GUIDING LIGHT CBS 2.3/07

12. Passions NBC 1.7/06

Top 5 Daytime Programs in Viewers (In Millions)

1. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2 CBS 5.89

2. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS CBS 5.47

3. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 CBS 4.95

4. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL CBS 4.42

5. AS THE WORLD TURNS CBS 3.64

Top 5 Women 25-54

1. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS CBS 2.5/15

1. General Hospital ABC 2.5/14

3. One Life to Live ABC 2.2/13

3. All My Children ABC 2.2/13

5. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL CBS 2.1/12

Top 5 Women 18-49

1. General Hospital ABC 2.1/12

2. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS CBS 2.0/13

3. All My Children ABC 1.9/11

3. One Life to Live ABC 1.9/11

5. Days of Our Lives NBC 1.8/11

[allatwitter]

ABC Dailies for last week (courtesy of Lskreet/abc mb)

ALL MY CHILDREN

MONDAY 2.8

TUESDAY Tue 2.8

WEDNESDAY 2.7

THURSDAY 2.6

FRIDAY 2.8

ONE LIFE TO LIVE

MONDAY 2.9

TUESDAY 2.6

WEDNESDAY 2.5

THURSDAY 2.6

FRIDAY 2.8

GENERAL HOSPITAL

MONDAY 3.1

TUESDAY 2.9

WEDNESDAY 2.9

THURSDAY 2.7

FRIDAY 3.2

[Manny]

So the averages look like this:

AMC 2,74

OLTL 2,68

GH 2,96

[anita30]

Wow lets see

Welcome back Rick Springfield, Kim/Robin and Robert/Manny the terror sells. Interesting to say the least.

[AllAboutAngst]

Rick Springfield baby!!!!!!

I knew his return would give GH a ratings spike.

He's been getting a ton of mainstream press.

[Toups]

GH is the 3's? WOW. Kudos to Rick Springfield!!

That 3.2 on Friday is their highest in a long time.

I hope this is a sign that all soaps are up instead of just ABC.

[allatwitter]

CBS Dailies (courtesy of Lskreet/abc mb)

Y & R

Monday 4.0

Tuesday 4.3

Wednesday 4.1

Thursday 4.3

Friday 4.7

B & B

Monday 3.4

Tuesday 3.4

Wednesday 3.2

Thursday 3.3

Friday 3.8

ATWT

Monday 2.7

Tuesday 2.8

Wednesday 2.6

Thursday 2.8

Friday 3.1

Guiding Light

Monday 2.3

Tuesday 2.4

Wednesday 2.2

Thursday 2.3

Friday 2.4

[Manny]

Y&R 4,28

B&B 3,42

ATWT 2,8

GL 2,32

[Angela]

Y&R 4.3 (+.3)

B&B 3.4 (+.2)

GH 3.0 (+.2)

ATWT 2.8 (+.1)

AMC 2.7 (+.2)

OLTL 2.7 (+.2)

GL 2.3 (SAME)

What the hell happened with soaps + Friday this week? some huge numbers/jumps there (for CBS in particular). I guess this was one of those weeks where "it" just happened. Like a week in January for a year or two had a nice jump for all the soaps almost unexplainably.

[Manny]

Compared to last week:

Y&R 4,3 (+0,3)

B&B 3,4 (+0,2)

GH 3,0 (+0,2)

ATWT 2,8 (+0,1)

OLTL 2,7 (+0,2)

AMC 2,7 (+0,2)

GL 2,3 (same)

[dtchicago]

I am wondering if these high numbers have to do with all the snow storms in the midwest and northeast last week. Good for soaps!

[Angela]

BTW, thanks so much for always posting the daily numbers for us early, allatwitter.

Oh, yeah Friday, I stayed home - snow in NYC (that was cleaned up by noon, but all the same first sig. snow in NYC this season and again I stayed home)! Unfortunately they all will probably drop "hard" for this week (next week).

[Toups]

I was wondering if there was a snow storm too.

Snow storms always = good ratings.

[cal3]

Monday was a huge snow storm here in VA.

[skiman12082004]

I can't wait to see how the soaps did in total viewers. I think it's a very telling sign that compared to the significant ratings jump that Y&R, B&B and ATWT had on friday GL could only muster a .1. I'm sorry to say but the writing is on the wall.