AS THE WORLD TURNS 2009 Episode Count

[jcar03]

No one has posted an ATWT episode count since August so I thought I would post the data I have.

20/20/20/22/21/22/22/21/21/22/19/22 - 252

1. Jon Lindstrom (Craig Montgomery) - 16/12/14/12/13/10/13/8/7/8/10/12 - 135 (+125)

2. Michael Park (Jack Snyder) - 11/6/10/11/10/6/10/6/9/13/14/14 - 120 (-24)

3. Maura West (Carly Tenney) - 14/12/12/12/14/10/7/0/0/0/15/14 - 110 (-37)

4. Marie Wilson (Meg Snyder) - 8/12/7/8/9/9/9/11/8/7/8/12 - 108 (-18)

5. Noelle Beck (Lily Snyder) - 8/5/7/12/6/4/8/11/10/11/9/11 - 102 (+23)

6. Roger Howarth (Paul Ryan) - 7/11/7/8/10/10/8/10/11/5/4/9 - 100 (-34)

7. Paolo Seganti (Damian Grimaldi) - X/X/3/12/10/10/11/11/10/11/9/10 - 97 (--)

8. Grayson McCouch (Dusty Donovan) - 17/13/9/9/10/10/7/1/0/6/5/8 - 95 (+45)

9. Trent Dawson (Henry Coleman) - 2/8/7/4/9/6/7/9/8/14/9/10 - 93 (+18)

10. Julie Pinson (Janet Snyder) - 6/5/10/8/6/4/10/6/9/10/8/10 - 92 (+11)

11. Mick Hazen(Parker Snyder) - 8/5/10/11/8/7/9/6/8/8/7/4 - 91 (-1)

12. Terri Colombino (Katie Peretti Snyder)8/9/8/4/9/6/7/2/4/12/10/9 - 88 (-29)

13. Austin Peck (Brad Snyder) - 6/8/8/5/9/6/7/2/3/12/10/9 - 85 (-36)

14. Van Hansis (Luke Snyder) - 5/6/8/11/5/8/7/7/7/6/9/4 - 83 (+1)

15. Jon Hensley (Holden Snyder) - 3/4/4/10/6/3/6/8/8/11/8/10 - 81 (-49)

16. Ellen Dolan (Margo Hughes) - 6/7/6/7/2/10/7/6/5/8/5/5 - 74 (-28)

* Marnie Schulenburg (Alison Stewart) - 7/8/5/6/4/8/7/8/5/2/5/9 - 74 (-25)

18. Billy Magnussen (Casey Hughes) - 6/8/5/6/4/10/6/7/5/2/5/8 - 72 (-11)

19. Meredith Hagner (Liberty Ciccone) - 5/4/10/9/3/2/3/7/9/9/5/4 - 70 (+2)

20. Cady McClain (Rosanna Cabot) - X/X/X/X/5/10/13/7/7/8/10/8 - 68 (+60)

21. Jake Silbermann (Noah Mayer) - 3/5/8/10/5/8/4/4/4/3/9/1 - 64 (-2)

22. Kelley Menighan Hensley (Emily Stewart) - 2/2/6/1/4/4/7/10/9/5/4/9 - 63 (-24)

23. Ewa Da Cruz (Vienna Hyatt) - 2/5/7/4/8/6/5/7/5/5/0/2 - 56 (-1)

24. Colleen Zenk Pinter (Barbara Ryan) - 2/7/0/0/3/2/4/7/5/10/2/9 - 51 (-27)

25. Bailey Harkins (Johnny Donovan) - 13/6/5/4/5/0/2/0/3/0/1/0 - 39 (+36)

26. Scott Holmes (Tom Hughes) - 4/2/2/0/1/7/4/7/5/1/0/1 - 34 (-14)

27. Vanessa Ray (Teri Ciccone) - X/X/X/X/X/X/5/7/5/7/4/5 - 33 (--)

28. Sarah Glendening (Lucy Montgomery) - 4/2/9/9/7/X/X/X/X/X/X/X - 31 (+28)

* Davida Williams (Jade Taylor) - 6/8/2/4/1/1/9/X/X/X/X/X - 31 (+26)

30. Allie Gorenc (Sage Snyder) - 3/2/1/2/1/2/8/7/0/0/1 - 28 (-10)

31. Tom Degnan (Adam Hughes) - X/X/X/X/X/9/5/8/5/X/X/X - 27 (--)

* Kathryn Hays (Kim Hughes) - 1/0/2/1/1/5/6/6/1/2/1/1 - 27 (-13)

* Evan Alex Cole (Hunter McDermott) - X/X/X/1/4/4/7/2/1/1/3/4 - 27 (--)

34. Lynn Herring (Audrey Coleman) - X/X/X/X/X/X/3/8/7/8/X/X - 26 (--)

* Elizabeth Hubbard (Lucinda Walsh) - 4/0/1/2/4/0/3/2/2/6/1/1 - 26 (-29)

36. Don Hastings (Bob Hughes) - 0/2/1/1/1/1/3/7/1/1/2/2 - 22 (-9)

* Chauntee Schuler (Bonnie McKechnie) - 2/0/0/0/2/10/5/1/0/2/X/X - 22 (-29)

38. Kristen Connnolly (Josie Anderson) - 10/8/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X - 18 (n/c)

39. Ashley Marie Greiner (Faith Snyder) - 0/0/0/0/0/2/0/5/3/5/0/1 - 16 (-30)

40. Lesli Kay (Molly Conlan) - X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/4/11 - 15 (--)

* Kathleen Widdoes (Emma Snyder) - 1/0/0/1/0/0/1/5/1/2/2/2 - 15 (-26)

42. Alexandra Chando (Maddie Coleman) - X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/2/2/5/4 - 13 (--)

43. Paul Leydon (Simon Fraiser) - X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/4/7 - 11 (--)

* Eric William Morris (Matt O'Connor) - X/8/3/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X - 11 (-9)

45. Ed Fry (Larry McDermott) - X/X/X/X/2/3/5/X/X/X/X/X - 10 (--)

* Anthony Herrera (James Stenbeck) - X/X/X/X/X/X/X/7/3/X/X/X - 10 (--)

* Marie Masters (Susan Stewart) - 0/0/0/1/1/4/3/0/1/0/0/0 - 10 (-42)

48. Isabella Palmieri (Natalie Snyder) - X/X/X/X/X/X/X/1/2/3/1/1 - 8 (--)

49. Eileen Fulton (Lisa Miller) - 0/0/0/2/2/0/1/0/0/1/0/1 - 7 (-19)

50. Benton Greene (Derek Coburn) - 2/2/X/X/X/2/X/X/X/X/X/X - 6 (-20)

51. Alex Charak (Elwood Hoffman) - X/3/1/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X - 4 (+2)

52. Mark Collier (Mike Kasnoff) - X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/3/X - 3 (--)

* Karl Girolamo (Kevin Davis) - X/1/2/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X - 3 (-4)

* Daniel Hugh Kelly (Winston Mayer) - X/X/X/X/X/3/X/X/X/X/X/X - 3 (-3)

* Laurence Lau (Brian Wheatley) - 2/X/1/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X - 3 (-21)

* Peter Parros (Ben Harris) - X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/3/X - 3 (--)

* Helen Wagner (Nancy Hughes) - 0/0/0/1/0/0/0/0/0/0/1/1 - 3 (+1)

58. Kelli Barrett (Maddie Coleman) - 1/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X - 1 (-3)

* Steve Bassett (Seth Snyder) - X/X/X/X/X/X/X/1/X/X/X/X - 1 (--)

* Agim Kaba (Aaron Snyder) - X/X/X/X/X/X/X/1/X/X/X/X - 1 (-60)

* Tamara Tunie (Jessica Griffin) - X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/X/1/X/X - 1 (--)

[Saving ATWT]

Wow..all my favorite characters are down in the eppy count: Emily, Lucinda, Susan, Aaron, Barbara and Paul. This show never uses its best talent and has become way to Snyder-centric.

[P.J.]

What's weird is that only real contract player's numbers that went up were Trent Dawson's. Lindstrom numbers are skewed, he only started last Decemeber. McCouch numbers are too, since he was gone nine months last year. Pinson's not on contract.

The other thing is---how annoying characters are, but then you see their numbers and realize they weren't really that heavily featured. I loathed Audrey, and she averaged appearing about twice a week.

[JellicleCat]

Van Hansis' numbers went up as well, albeit only by 1.

It's amazing how many of the veterans that plummeted in episodes this year: Roger Howarth (-34), Jon Hensley (-49), Kelley Menighan Hensley (-24), Ellen Dolan (-28), Elizabeth Hubbard (-29), Kathleen Widdoes (-26), Marie Masters (-42), Eileen Fulton (-19), Terri Colombino (-29).

Maura West and Colleen Zenk Pinter had big drops too, but Maura was on maternity leave and CZP had to take some time off to fight her cancer so I don't count them.

[WorldTurner]

Pretty much everyone went down in numbers including the Snyders. Noelle Beck and Julie Pinson didn't start until May of the year before so their numbers are skewed also. Trent Dawson is really the only one that went up and I think he earned the right to be used more and had been underused the prior year. However I think it is very wrong that the person with the most airdates was a newbie even if the character wasn't new.

To me it shows how by doing the episodic writing and only airing 2 stories a day they managed to keep the episode counts down. But the sad result in the end was the negative effect it had on the ratings.

Thanks for posting these.

[P.J.]

LOL...Austin Peck's three highest months came in the wake of his death.

Jon Hensley's numbers are a little skewed. His airtime had probably only gone up the year before because of his affair with Carly.

[Saving ATWT]

How exactly does this save the show money? Eillen Fulton is on contract for two days per week. Regardless of whether they use her, Fulton needs to be paid for those days. I'm guessing certain other actors have this sort of clause in their contract? Is it really cheaper to use Pinson all the time in a case like this?

I'm hoping someone can help me understand the economics of this.