April 5 - April 9, 2010

[Sylph]

We're gonna do great in 2010!!!

[Ann_SS]

Exactly. We will get more and more of All Sonny's Children. I'm back to watching sporadically, but GH's dwindling audience loves the show revolving around Sonny.

[Llantano Incorporated]

I DVRed it today and I am watching it now. It is a pretty decent day. A little more character driven. Enjoying Blair and that HOT lawyer and Viki/Nat, Dorian/Charlie.

And I think OLTL is now the best looking soap on the air. It has alot of color (and not pink like Days) and impeccable lighting which make these extremely small sets look good. As much as I love Roscoe and especially the character of Allison, the show needs to stop with the cartoonish writing of its villians. For once I would like to be scared of a villian, like Alex when she was fierce, and the queen of the villian/villianess- Kimberlin Brown.

[DRW50]

As much as the family of enablers/sociopaths turns my stomach, I think dramatically speaking, they pack more of a punch than anything Jason has had in many years. I don't know if they will keep that going, since Michael has been Disney-fied, Kristina was trashed, and Dante's most interesting storylines seem to be over, but if they make an effort, they can still get some good soapy drama out of that group, especially if they don't try to deify Sonny.

I guess the big question is what else is waiting in the wings. Most of the other stories (Robin/Patrick/Lisa, Lucky/Liz/Nik, Maxie still going around like a chicken with her head cut off, Skye/Luke/Tracy, Ethan/Maya) aren't good.

[YRBB]

We have seen proof of that already!

[Angela]

1.(1) Y&R: Monday: 3.8/5,334,000 (+736,000)

2.(2) B&B: Monday: 2.4/3,397,000 (+650,000)

3.(3) GH: Monday: 2.1/2,764,000 (+26,000)

4.(6) DAYS: Monday: 1.9/2,693,000 (+480,000)

5.(4) OLTL: Monday: 2.0/2,592,000 (+217,000)

6.(5) AMC: Monday: 1.9/2,506,000 (+146,000)

7.(7) ATWT: Monday: 1.7/2,206,000 (+1,000)

1.(1) Y&R: Tuesday: 3.8/5,534,000 (+200,000)

2.(2) B&B: Tuesday: 2.3/3,322,000 (-75,000)

3.(3) GH: Tuesday: 2.2/3,035,000 (+271,000)

4.(4) DAYS: Tuesday: 1.9/2,610,000 (-83,000)

5.(5) OLTL: Tuesday: 1.9/2,555,000 (-37,000)

6.(6) AMC: Tuesday: 1.9/2,471,000 (-35,000)

7.(7) ATWT: Tuesday: 1.7/2,401,000 (+195,000)

1.(1) Y&R: Wednesday: 3.7/5,215,000 (-319,000)

2.(2) B&B: Wednesday: 2.3/3,146,000 (-176,000)

3.(3) GH: Wednesday: 2.0/2,827,000 (-208,000)

4.(4) DAYS: Wednesday: 2.0/2,795,000 (+185,000)

5.(5) OLTL: Wednesday: 1.9/2,469,000 (-86,000)

6.(6) AMC: Wednesday: 1.9/2,445,000 (-26,000)

7.(7) ATWT: Wednesday: 1.7/2,290,000 (-111,000)

1.(1) Y&R: Thursday: 3.6/5,267,000 (+52,000)

2.(2) B&B: Thursday: 2.1/3,122,000 (-24,000)

3.(4) DAYS: Thursday: 2.0/2,794,000 (-1,000)

4.(3) GH: Thursday: 1.9/2,693,000 (-134,000)

5.(5) OLTL: Thursday: 1.8/2,450,000 (-19,000)

6.(6) AMC: Thursday: 1.8/2,393,000 (-52,000)

7.(7) ATWT: Thursday: 1.6/2,336,000 (+46,000)

1.(1) Y&R: Friday: 3.8/5,314,000 (+47,000)

2.(2) B&B: Friday: 2.3/3,279,000 (+157,000)

3.(3) DAYS: Friday: 2.0/2,695,000 (-99,000)

4.(4) GH: Friday: 1.9/2,520,000 (-173,000)

5.(7) ATWT: Friday: 1.7/2,383,000 (+47,000)

6.(6) AMC: Friday: 1.7/2,314,000 (-79,000)

7.(5) OLTL: Friday: 1.7/2,304,000 (-146,000)

[Saving ATWT]

Was sleepy but can't believe I forgot AMC! Shocked at Days fall and GH rise but am glad people are reacting to the better writing at GH. For a while it felt as if the ratings were static and good production work never paid off. Y&R had a great week considering it was [!@#$%^&*]! Such a good week for Y&R plus Julianne Moore should have boosted ATWT but there was no promo and the blast from the past vet fest felt disjointed and out of place. I've gotta say that World Turns is doing well for a cancelled show and has been holding steady for months. The fact that a dead show is within .2 points of the entire ABC lineup is freaky. This is especially true considering how poor ATWT writing is plus the fact that the show gets no promo or hype. I've noticed sites like Suds Report barely mention the show anymore. I'm guessing the soso ratings are due to a loyal fan base combined with ATWT following the number one and two programs on the east coast.

To sum things up: ABC Daytime is in some serious trouble. This will only get worse when Jean P. makes her way to LLanview.

[lovely_m]

I wonder if Spring Break had anything to do with the ratings gains?

[Mr. Vixen]

I feel bad that ATWT didn't get boosted more with JM's return. The network has NEVER promoted this show in the past years, so im not surprised, but i was hoping that they would promote this for ATWT just because it seemed...right.

[tgilbrea69]

You're exactly right about ATWT - the soap that incredibly bad writing killed. So sad really. Indeed, ABC, watch out, don't let the pen of Jean P. kill OLTL. She has absolutely no ability to write anything that feels genuine or realistic - she relies on the classic soap creative cop out of making beloved characters 'crazy' for years on end as opposed to doing the hard work of writing engaging dialogue. Also watch out for people time-traveling - being in one city in one scene, and then on the other side of the country in the ext with no explanation how they got there. Not sure if she was responsible for another thing that killed ATWT, which is landing incredible acting talent only to give them horrible writing and then ship them off 6 months to the day - not giving viewers any reason to emotionally invest in them. The list is long for this with ATWT. Recast fever, bad writing, unrealistic story lines, giving away tomorrow's episode in the preview (they don't give hints, they give away what is going to happen - so why watch!) - all clear examples of a complete lack of talent from the lead writer.

[fanOLTL]

To sum things up: ABC Daytime is in some serious trouble. This will only get worse when Jean P. makes her way to LLanview.

All soaps are in trouble. At the end of the day, which ever show is no longer profitable will get cancelled. Jean P. has written on OLTL before; I don't think she'll do much damage.

[AS THE WORLD TURNS]

All soaps are in trouble. At the end of the day, which ever show is no longer profitable will get cancelled. Jean P. has written on OLTL before; I don't think she'll do much damage.

I think she was good when she first started and then got worse in 2009.