Members Saving ATWT Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 I don't see them wanting a 5 day per week/52 weeks per year show. I guess they could change the format but that might just wreck the show. I'm not shocked that Lifetime is in trouble. The channel doesn't really have an identity anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saving ATWT Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 Y&R feel and I remember Y&RWorldTurner pointing it out in one of her posts. I was shocked about this but she was right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members quartermainefan Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 That seems an unfair threshold for Kish, that the gay stuff is not getting them viewers. Does the straight stuff get them viewers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dc cubs Posted January 5, 2010 Share Posted January 5, 2010 AMC is closing in on Days and third place in total number of viewers and tied with them for HH rating. There is more separation between them in the demo ratings but AMC has been on an upswing. I was disappointed that Days dropped as they usually do pretty well during the holidays. Those numbers for OLTL are getting very scary. It's not just an abnormal week anymore. OLTL has been consistently down for several weeks now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 Y&R was threading down again in the summer rating-wise and its numbers were consistently below 5 million viewers. I think it was a combination of many asinine storylines, the Adam/Rafe crap being a small part of it. It looks like they're back to being under 5 million viewers again, we can only hope their numbers get worse, and I expect they will. Y&R had lots of ratings growth in early 2009, but that faded as the rest of '09 went on. And she is a "he." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 This is one of the reasons I think Soapnet's gains will also fade soon enough. That channel is more about third rate TV movies and fourth rate attempts at reality shows these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Saving ATWT Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 Kish is somewhat new for the show so this isn't an issue of the story getting them viewers but, instead, driving them away. The str8 stuff is mainstay and garnered viewers since day one. I remember OLTL doing well six months ago and being ABC's top rated soap in households. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 Soapnet is suckage..It use to be so much better when it was running FC, Dallas, KL, AW and Ryan's Hope. Now we have shitty programs taking up their spots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saving ATWT Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 Thanx Rux, with that picture I just though it was female. I'm glad SON has a Tranny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AllMyDaysatGH Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 It is so unusual to me how AMC is so close to being the 3rd most viewed Soap. I think DAYS has been so enjoyable as of late, and your right, it usually does well in the holidays! I so hope Day's goes up this next week, it's my favorite soap right now. And IMO, the best out of the ones we have left right now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LoyaltoAMC Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 I think Nuke was very different from Kish. The Nuke story seemed organic and encompassed characters that the audience cared about. Luke was a character from a major family whom the audience knew from birth. It was interesting to anticipate and then see reactions from characters like Holden, Lily, Lucinda, Emma, etc. That's the same reason the Bianca coming out story was so successful. We cared about the characters involved. By contrast the Kish story has seemed forced and came out of nowhere. Why should we care about Kyle and Fish? How does their story impact characters the audience has known and cared about? It really doesn't. If they had gone the route of making a legacy character gay, then the story might've worked better. Also there's something very sweet and appealing about Van and Jake. The chemistry seems natural. I just don't get that same vibe from Scott and Brett. Another thing that's bothered me and maybe has bothered others is that just about every aspect of their story is related to the gay issue, from the coming out to the bashing. In the Nuke storylines, on the other hand, it's the story of two characters in love and their sexuality for some reason seems incidental to the storylines, which I think is a smart way to tell their story. As for gay male storylines turning off female viewers, I don't buy that. Queer as Folk and Will & Grace had a HUGE female audience as does Brothers & Sisters. Judging by the women I work with, they love seeing hot gay guys in action...if the story and characters are appealing. I just think that this particular gay story in not attracting viewers for the reasons I mentioned above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 Ouch....lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Y&RWorldTurner Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 Woah there "ATWT For a Buck" dude, the girl in my avatar is British soap actress Gemma Bissix.... Not all of us desperately put pics of ourselves in avatars for attention... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JaneAusten Posted January 5, 2010 Members Share Posted January 5, 2010 Soapnet may suck but they've gained viewers while Lifetime had bled them. But I do think Carl is correct. Soapnet's gains IMO are short term because they have no identity either and soon enough they'll probably drop just as Lifetime's have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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