October 26-30, 2009

[JaneAusten]

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[beachbum]

What's all this Days is the greatest show ever crap. Carly and Vivian??? Is that Days greatest assets, come on. Louise Sorel is one of the more over the top actress I've ever seen. I cringed when I watched the Carly being buried alive, the acting and plot was awful. Anyway, I'll probably be hated for my opinion because this is obviously a Days thread. I will continue watching my show, GH. The show is getting better and I will admit that I've tuned out the show this summer but I'm back and so is my JJ!!

[Cyberologist]

I can only speak for myself but I found it very offensive Friday,

I find it offensive that that they have no African American leads in top tier story....

I can go on but why bother

GH didn't just lose an some audience

they "alienated many viewers"

I think most their African American viewers

are for the most part gone

jmo as an admin to several GH forums what

posters post. As for Elizabeth she also has a huge Liason fanbase

that is equally offended with the trashing of her character so its not

just her LnL2 fans its Elizabeth fans who are not liking "how she has been written

not just Nik our unhappiness started before Nikolas and Elizabeth rutfest it began

years ago.

[DRW50]

I don't think anyone hates you for your opinion. If you like GH then I'm glad you're enjoying it. Millions of people enjoy it.

As for Louise Sorel, I think she's a restrained actress, given her material. She can go all out but even when she's OTT she somehow makes it believable. That's what saved so many insane stories she was given during her first run.

I don't think Louise or Crystal are the show's greatest assets. At the moment that would probably be Gary Tomlin, since he has seemingly done a lot to save the show from what was going to be a sure cancellation. And of course there are others like Ali Sweeney who has gotten the show more viewers thanks to her work on the Biggest Loser, and the actors from Passions who probably brought fans over, and the longtime vets like Joe Mascolo, Suzanne Rogers, Peter Reckell, Kristian Alfonso, John Aniston, some of whom did not get anything close to passable material for many years until recently, and Ari Zuker, who has basically carried this baby storyline on her back for well over a year.

I do think Louise and Crystal add to the show and they also bring viewers back to another era, an era that was generally quite entertaining and unlike other stories, was not endlessly rehashed and combed over until nothing is left but tumbleweed.

[Soapsuds]

Well ATWT is toast. They didnt even move up. They went down from Friday's cliffhanger to Monday's show. ATWT is doomed. I cant believe AMC has a 2.1....the show sucks.

[DRW50]

I don't get it with AMC either. I guess some of the actors are selling it with all they have and this Stuart "mystery" along with the tension between Angie and David might bring people in.

I guess GH can be happy with their increase. +2 is decent, although I wonder if it will last.

Even with my mixed feelings on OLTL I still hate to see the show not going up, especially since the other ABC soaps are both in such a permanently ugly, dark place.

ATWT, I guess you're probably right, Ruxton Hills.

[MoTheGreat]

I'm so happy for Y&R. I don't see what so special about Days. So what they got Passions ex players. I believe they not going to go any farther then they are. When I re spolers I read nothing about Abe & his wife( which exscape my mind).

I like B&B right now. I really hope they overtake Y&R.

[Cyberologist]

[Jonathan]

What's amazing to me is that in total viewers, AMC has increased by more than 100,000 from a year ago. One year ago we had the stunt tornado and you couldn't turn on your TV without seeing some sort of promo for it on any channel; it was everywhere. This year we have the reveal of Stuart's murderer which in my opinion is a little underwhelming, but the show has still managed to increase total viewership.

[Angela]

1.(1) Y&R: Monday: 3.6/4,924,000 (-245,000)

2.(2) B&B: Monday: 2,2/3,060,000 (-241,000)

3.(3) DAYS: Monday: 2.2/2,926,000 (-147,000)

4.(5) AMC: Monday: 2.2/2,876,000 (+177,000)

5.(6) OLTL: Monday: 2.1/2,756,000 (+307,000)

6.(7) GH: Monday: 2.1/2,737,000 (+324,000)

7.(4) ATWT: Monday: 1.8/2,410,000 (-307,000)

1.(1) Y&R: Tuesday: 3.8/5,292,000 (+368,000)

2.(2) B&B: Tuesday: 2.5/3,494,000 (+434,000)

3.(3) DAYS: Tuesday: 2.2/3,025,000 (+99,000)

4.(4) AMC: Tuesday: 2.1/2,706,000 (-170,000)

5.(6) GH: Tuesday: 2.0/2,682,000 (-55,000)

6.(7) ATWT: Tuesday: 1.9/2,612,000 (+202,000)

7.(5) OLTL: Tuesday: 1.9/2,436,000 (-320,000)

1.(1) Y&R: Wednesday: 3.5/5,041,000 (-251,000)

2.(2) B&B: Wednesday: 2.4/3,499,000 (+5,000)

3.(3) DAYS: Wednesday: 2.2/2,956,000 (-69,000)

4.(5) GH: Wednesday: 2.1/2,759,000 (+77,000)

5.(4) AMC: Wednesday: 2.1/2,673,000 (-33,000)

6.(6) ATWT: Wednesday: 1.9/2,627,000 (+15,000)

7.(7) OLTL: Wednesday: 2.0/2,453,000 (+17,000)

1.(1) Y&R: Thursday: 3.6/4,874,000 (-167,000)

2.(2) B&B: Thursday: 2.3/3,172,000 (-327,000)

3.(3) DAYS: Thursday: 2.3/3,106,000 (+150,000)

4.(5) AMC: Thursday: 1.9/2,644,000 (-29,000)

5.(4) GH: Thursday: 2.0/2,639,000 (-120,000)

6.(7) OLTL: Thursday: 1.8/2,528,000 (+75,000)

7.(6) ATWT: Thursday: 1.8/2,497,000 (-130,000)

1.(1) Y&R: Friday: 3.5/4,880,000 (+6,000)

2.(2) B&B: Friday: 2.3/3,162,000 (-10,000)

3.(5) GH: Friday: 2.1/2,821,000 (+182,000)

4.(3) DAYS: Friday: 2.0/2,781,000 (-325,000)

5.(4) AMC: Friday: 2.0/2,711,000 (+67,000)

6.(6) OLTL: Friday: 1.8/2,425,000 (-103,000)

7.(7) ATWT: Friday: 1.8/2,389,000 (-108,000)

I had a dream they got a 2.1 last night, weird.

It's interesting. Nothing's really changed, except the season. The Stuart story moved, but it also moved at the beginning and that's when the ratings began sinking. The ratings went down for Stuart's shooting. I don't get it, but they're getting better ratings than they got for their not so cheap October 2008, 2/3 weeks. Prior to the week of 10/12 they last got over 2.6 million viewers (or a 2.1) for a week in March. Maybe it is seasonal?

10/13/08...*6.....1.9.....07.....5) 1.1/07...*5) 0.7/05.....7) 2,506,000 (+076,000) Tornado/Bianca returns

10/20/08...*3.....2.1.....07...*3) 1.3/07...*2) 0.9/06...*3) 2,743,000 (+237,000) Aftermath

10/27/08...*4.....2.0.....07.....5) 1.2/07...*4) 0.8/05.....6) 2,581,000 (-162,000)

10/12/09.....4.....2.0.....06...*5) 1.1/07...*2) 0.9/05.....4) 2,602,000 (+129,000/+096,000) Secret Room Exposed

10/19/09.....4.....2.0.....07...*4) 1.1/07...*3) 0.9/06.....4) 2,670,000 (+068,000/-073,000) Killer Reveal (Emma)

10/26/09...*4.....2.1.....07...*4) 1.1/07.....4) 0.9/06.....5) 2,722,000 (+052,00/+141,000) Adam remembers

[Ann_SS]

The soaps' ratings usually start to increase in the Fall and are at their highest in February/March which makes perfect sense with the cold weather keeping more people in doors.

I knew GH would increase its overall ratings. GH had the best start to the Nov sweeps. With all that promotion, ABC has to be disappointed that their 18-49 women demo did not increase more.

It is clear that most of the soaps have hit a ceiling in their viewership and are trending down. Even Days is gaining viewers has only been able to regain a limited number of viewers.

[jfung79]

ATWT gained in total viewers from the previous week as well as from the previous year. It's definitely stable and not bleeding anymore. If Carly's (that's the ATWT Carly, lol) return can provide a ratings boost, I think it still stands a good chance of renewal!

However, they should have brought Otalia over -- not bringing them (and their fans) over will be Goutman's final (obviously not his biggest, just his last) mistake, the last woulda-coulda-shoulda if ATWT does get canceled. CC/JL were willing, and knew the characters would probably have just been short-term. It would have been fine to keep them backburnered on ATWT, not trying to take over the show or anything, just 1.5 days/wk. But it would have brought some of those passionate fans over and then seen what else great ATWT has to offer, just like the AW4 made me check out ATWT in 1999.

[marceline]

Sorry fixed. Whenever I try to use the mulitquote feature it hoses things up.

[SOAPSFOREVER]

Try finding some new people to talk to. Like watching CSI or all the other blood and guts prime time shows are any better. Or wasting time watching football or other sports where grown men play like little boys. Entertainment is entertainment. You have a right to watch what you enjoy. If the stigma is there, it's there problem. Soaps have given us many wonderful moments, amazing moments. It doesn't happen even day, or every week, or every month. But when it does, it's breath-claiming. I make no apologies for watching these shows, and I wish others would stop making apologies, too.

[Jane1978]

I wonder if DAYS will be able to gain more than 1.4 in 18-49 for the reveal and Vivian´s arrival in Salem. So far DAYS is just gaining back the lapsed viewers, but getting above that would mean some new viewers are catching up as well.