WLS posted a link to this news item:

http://www.welovesoaps.net/2009/09/y-to-compete-with-gh-in-atlanta-8th.html

To which I ranted:

When I posted that, I didn't realize the further ominousness. Do you think Atlanta might drop Y&R altogether once LMAD starts?

ATWT will go before Days simply because Days has better demographics. ATWT's are much the same as GL's;

mainly people over 50.

Back to Atlanta, ABC is WSB-TV Channel 2, the market's most-watched station ever since it signed on in 1948.

CBS is WGCL Channel 46, with a weak signal and low viewership. So it's really no surprise that the ABC soaps

do better than the CBS ones in Atlanta; that was not necessarily the case when WAGA Channel 5 was the CBS affiliate

(it became a Fox o&o in 1994); it has a good signal and has been on the air almost as long as WSB (it signed on

in March 1949, six months after WSB).

Even if CBS moved Y&R to 3pm nationally, I can't see it being a problem. It isn't as if they wouldn't win the timeslot over GH.

LMAD is at 3:00 p.m. in my market. I have been watching it and flipping to GH sometimes. I am curious about LMAD's ratings.

Edited October 15, 200916 yr by Ann_SS

Me neither. And I'll just bet that b*tch Barbara Bloom didn't either!

They're crapping their pants now, I'll bet!

Oh, MarkH... crapping their pants now would mean they'll actually take the time to process this one through and know there's something to worry about. You're giving them too much credit for being 'proactive'. I think they're reactive, and they won't crap their pants until the ratings fall.

They'll spend the next six - eight months trying to figure out WHY the ratings are falling.

If there are are six - eight months left after that, they're going to spend that time trying to figure out which vets to blame and fire them in the most humiliating way possible.

The next three months will be filled with hiring cheap and pretty (but pointless) actors to stand around in various states of undress to try to entice the audience.

The final year will be spent on a 'new production model' that will surely save all of daytime (stated by MAB how'll stiffle a tear as she says it)... five months after the new production model airs, the writers begin preparing the final episode.

Nikki and Victor will drive off in HB's truck with Sharon and Nick's kid sitting between them. They'll join Reva and Josh in Oklahoma.

Oh, MarkH... crapping their pants now would mean they'll actually take the time to process this one through and know there's something to worry about. You're giving them too much credit for being 'proactive'. I think they're reactive, and they won't crap their pants until the ratings fall.

They'll spend the next six - eight months trying to figure out WHY the ratings are falling.

If there are are six - eight months left after that, they're going to spend that time trying to figure out which vets to blame and fire them in the most humiliating way possible.

The next three months will be filled with hiring cheap and pretty (but pointless) actors to stand around in various states of undress to try to entice the audience.

The final year will be spent on a 'new production model' that will surely save all of daytime (stated by MAB how'll stiffle a tear as she says it)... five months after the new production model airs, the writers begin preparing the final episode.

Nikki and Victor will drive off in HB's truck with Sharon and Nick's kid sitting between them. They'll join Reva and Josh in Oklahoma.

LMAD is at 3:00 p.m. in my market. I have been watching it and flipping to GH sometimes. I am curious about LMAD's ratings.

LMaD ratings for its first week.

LMaD ratings for its first week.

Very interesting! Not nec. a huge hit, eh? Doing better in southern and older markets. But I was mostly interested in that picture of Bill Cullen!

LMaD ratings for its first week.

Thanks for the link to those numbers. LMAD is doing okay and is strong in the Midwest. I'm interested in next week's numbers to see if they go up or down. CBS has got to be pleased with its premiere week numbers. If ATWT does go, I hope that LMAD's numbers encourage CBS to give Pyramid a chance.

Edited October 17, 200916 yr by Ann_SS

Thanks for the link to those numbers. LMAD is doing okay and is strong in the Midwest. I'm interested in next week's numbers to see if they go up or down. CBS has got to be pleased with its premiere week numbers. If ATWT does go, I hope that LMAD's numbers encourage CBS to give Pyramid a chance.

While LMAD is not a barnburner hit, it is definitely delivering GL-level eyeballs (or better, per Sara Bibel) at much lower cost. Sigh.

Thanks for the link to those numbers. LMAD is doing okay and is strong in the Midwest. I'm interested in next week's numbers to see if they go up or down. CBS has got to be pleased with its premiere week numbers. If ATWT does go, I hope that LMAD's numbers encourage CBS to give Pyramid a chance.

Pyramid would rock me to the core.

But if CBS encouraged LMAD and Price to be paired together, would they encourage affiliates to pair Pyramid, making for a three hour morning block of gameshows, pushing Y&R to 3PM, ala Atlanta?

Edited October 18, 200916 yr by bellcurve

I've been away from here for ages so there's much to get through.

We're witnessing, slowly, the last rites being administered to our beloved genre. Maybe I should just go further and do a rant on why they got here in the first place.