I used to think that Guza's sweeps stunts were running out of steam, but the old dog still has some life in him yet.

No ABC official or advertiser (who are looking at these specifically: sweeps) is going to look at those numbers and think anything of 3rd or 4th place. They'll look at those numbers and see that it's the highest viewership in 2 years and their highest 18-49 demo in over a year.

Exactly. The advertisers will be squealing at those demos.

Sonny/Dante stunt so far. GH fell so hard with Jason/Franco and the Elizabeth triangle that I think this one could be called a success if GH is able to maintain being the number one ABC HH soap ongoing.

Agreed. Guza pushed the Jason/Franco and Lucky/Liz/Nik stories hard and got no return. If the Sonny/Dante story can keep GH above 1.4 in the 18 to 49 women demo for the rest of February sweeps, then it is an unqualified success.

Edited to change November to February.

Edited February 13, 201015 yr by Ann_SS

I am glad GH has a great week.

Even though I hate Sonny, something about this storyline has kept me watching, and not drifting out during the Sonny scenes like I usually do!

I used to think that Guza's sweeps stunts were running out of steam, but the old dog still has some life in him yet.

Exactly. The advertisers will be squealing at those demos.

Agreed. Guza pushed the Jason/Franco and Lucky/Liz/Nik stories hard and got no return. If the Sonny/Dante story can keep GH above 1.4 in the 18 to 49 women demo for the rest of November sweeps, then it is an unqualified success.

Don't you mean February sweeps.

Don't you mean February sweeps.

Yes, I meant February sweeps.

I think Nielsens Ratings really need to combine with Soapnet ratings, it will be a lot better.

I still try and figure out why people say OLT is the best show people aren't watching! Watch the sweeps and you will understand! I'm so ready for this Rex/Gigi/Stacy/Sky crap to be over with! One of the worst ever! They made Charlie shot Jess! Sorry hard to watch!

I think Nielsens Ratings really need to combine with Soapnet ratings, it will be a lot better.

Yeah it would but it won't be fair to both B&B and ATWT cause they both don't air on Soapnet.

Days had a great Friday episode. I hope they beat B&B for second very soon.

Days had a great Friday episode. I hope they beat B&B for second very soon.

Me too babe!

Didn't ABC soaps get pre-empted in the DC area because of storms and aired in overnight hours? I wonder why GH had such a huge increase but didn't seem to help pull AMC/OL with it at all. Was GH pre-empted less, and therefore had it's regular viewership in place?

Yes, I am an OL fan and therefore probably biased, but i truly thought OL was good enough to increase over the week before.

I think OLTL deserves a ratings increase, and I hope it's not too late for one. I think that the main way they might get one is if they make it clear to viewers that some of their current "stars" will be receiving less airtime, or leaving altogether. I'm sure someone at ABC may think, "Hey, Dorian in a major story brings the ratings down, get the axe," but I think that less focus on the Rex/Gigi stuff would help, or at least more focus on a new storyline. As it is I think some of the current stories and the general mood of the show might alienate people.

Edited February 14, 201015 yr by CarlD2

According to Steve Burton "They focus on focus groups done every 3 months & the people who have the most airtime are apparently the ones who've tested the best". I wondered why he never fail one of these focus group.

Didn't ABC soaps get pre-empted in the DC area because of storms and aired in overnight hours? I wonder why GH had such a huge increase but didn't seem to help pull AMC/OL with it at all. Was GH pre-empted less, and therefore had it's regular viewership in place?

Yes, I am an OL fan and therefore probably biased, but i truly thought OL was good enough to increase over the week before.

Yeah it was pre-empted last week not the week of these ratings.

No ABC official or advertiser (who are looking at these specifically: sweeps) is going to look at those numbers and think anything of 3rd or 4th place. They'll look at those numbers and see that it's the highest viewership in 2 years and their highest 18-49 demo in over a year.

ETA:

Carnival stunt. Didn't have enough traction to run into Claudia's murder with these September numbers.

8/31/09.......4.....1.9.....06.....2) 1.3/08.....4) 2,457,000

9/7/09.........3.....2.1.....07.....2) 1.4/09.....3) 2,787,000

9/14/09.....*4.....2.0.....06.....3) 1.3/08.....4) 2,702,000

9/21/09.....*4.....2.0.....06...*2) 1.3/08.....4) 2,670,000

Sonny/Claudia stunt. 3 nice weeks, then they fell big (losing number one spot in HH) coinciding with the Franco stunt.

10/19/09...*5.....1.9.....06...*2) 1.3/08.....5) 2,565,000

10/26/09...*4.....2.1.....06...*2) 1.4/08.....4) 2,728,000

11/2/09.....*3.....2.1.....06.....2) 1.4/08.....4) 2,782,000

11/9/09.......4.....2.1.....06.....2) 1.5/08.....4) 2,818,000

Sonny/Dante stunt so far. GH fell so hard with Jason/Franco and the Elizabeth triangle that I think this one could be called a success if GH is able to maintain being the number one ABC HH soap ongoing.

1/18/10.....*5.....1.9.....05...*2) 1.3/07.....5) 2,595,000

1/25/10.......5.....2.0.....06.....2) 1.4/08.....5) 2,811,000

2/1/10.......*3.....2.2.....06.....2) 1.6/09.....4) 3,051,000

Thanks Angela now I get it....

I agree about Elizabeth triangle I haven't been able to watch them throw my girl under the bus

back up and re-run over her. Its horrible.

I still can't get why Guza's masterpiece Franco flopped; I really thought it would have been better received. For me I thought it would be more of him being romantic lead instead of a wacko Psycho path obsessing over Jason Morgan, that part was a huge turn off. I only saw him in one romantic tryst with Gillean (his agent) and she played minimal to non existent in the storyline...just wall paper, I was very disappointed. They could have done more with her after Franco left to extend the storyline.

When Franco blew up that was it..end of story

Edited February 17, 201015 yr by Cyberologist