I think people are overestimating James Franco's appeal. I don't see this being talked about in the mainstream media whatsoever.

http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2009/11/06/james-francos-upcoming-general-hospital-appearance-explained/tab/comments/#comment-13525

http://www.movieline.com/2009/11/the-real-story-and-the-artist-behind-james-franco-soap-star.php?page=1

Its being talked about (I think it may be a tad more once he airs and his story starts playing out) here are a few we've found there are more but what I've noticed is that the places that it is (I've read)

many responders don't really know the actors of General Hospital (their names) or they don't really watch the show...many are saying what is General Hospital and are more aware of his upcoming appearing on 30-Rock.

Most of the articles (I've read) the focus is basically on Franco and his project he's working on now

and minimal mention about GH actors they have the KM still appearing in that promo (video) before it starts running which is being posted everywhere just more of Frons not-so-subtle marketing of his favorite Port Chuck refugee

which I fully expected whom he never misses an opportunity to showcase.

Also last week's ratings for Y/R Monday is identical to the one the year in 2008 I meant to post it in the other thread but I waited too late and it was on lock down.

Ratings for the week

October 27-31, 2008 / Y&R - Monday: 3.5/4,924,000

October 26-30, 2009 / Y&R - Monday: 3.6/4,924,000

Wow

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Almost none of the soaps, except DAYS sometimes, play emotional beats now. I think OLTL does play them in some stories, when the personalities are consistent, but often the wrong stories end too fast and the wrong ones go on too long. Also true for too many soaps. Others are lucky to have more ground to lose.

that is what i am loving about Days right now, the pacing, smart soapy pace.

1.(1) Y&R: Monday: 3.7/4,790,000 (-90,000)

2.(2) B&B: Monday: 2.5/3,262,000 (+100,000)

3.(4) DAYS: Monday: 2.2/3,080,000 (+299,000)

4.(3) GH: Monday: 2.2/3,029,000 (+208,000)

5.(5) AMC: Monday: 2.1/2,676,000 (-35,000)

6.(6) OLTL: Monday: 2.1/2,627,000 (+202,000)

7.(7) ATWT: Monday: 1.9/2,575,000 (+186,000)

1.(1) Y&R: Tuesday: 3.5/4,744,000 (-46,000)

2.(2) B&B: Tuesday: 2.3/3,155,000 (-107,000)

3.(3) DAYS: Tuesday: 2.1/2,836,000 (-244,000)

4.(4) GH: Tuesday: 2.0/2,822,000 (-207,000)

5.(5) AMC: Tuesday: 2.0/2,632,000 (-44,000)

6.(7) ATWT: Tuesday: 1.9/2,587,000 (+12,000)

7.(6) OLTL: Tuesday: 1.8/2,358,000 (-269,000)

1.(1) Y&R: Wednesday: 3.8/5,244,000 (+500,000)

2.(2) B&B: Wednesday: 2.5/3,407,000 (+252,000)

3.(3) DAYS: Wednesday: 2.2/2,805,000 (-31,000)

4.(4) GH: Wednesday: 2.1/2,743,000 (-79,000)

5.(6) ATWT: Wednesday: 1.9/2,682,000 (+95,000)

6.(5) AMC: Wednesday: 2.0/2,556,000 (-76,000)

7.(7) OLTL: Wednesday: 1.8/2,368,000 (+10,000)

1.(1) Y&R: Thursday: 3.5/4,867,000 (-377,000)

2.(2) B&B: Thursday: 2.2/3,097,000 (-310,000)

3.(3) DAYS: Thursday: 2.2/2,920,000 (+115,000)

4.(5) ATWT: Thursday: 1.9/2,607,000 (-75,000)

5.(6) AMC: Thursday: 1.9/2,494,000 (-62,000)

6.(4) GH: Thursday: 1.8/2,393,000 (-350,000) (Starting at 3:10pm)

7.(7) OLTL: Thursday: 1.8/2,340,000 (-28,000)

1.(1) Y&R: Friday: 3.2/4,524,000 (-343,000)

2.(6) GH: Friday: 2.1/2,857,000 (+464,000)

3.(2) B&B: Friday: 2.0/2,789,000 (-308,000)

4.(3) DAYS: Friday: 2.0/2,687,000 (-233,000)

5.(7) OLTL: Friday: 1.9/2,555,000 (+215,000)

6.(5) AMC: Friday: 1.9/2,523,000 (+29,000)

7.(4) ATWT: Friday: 1.7/2,291,000 (-316,000)

Thank you for doing these Angela. I really like seeing this breakdown, but I would never do it myself. <3