May 17-21, 2010

[DRW50]

Survivor was a phenomenon in its first few years; it's surprising that the show even got 14 million after ten years on the air.

The soaps managed to keep solid ratings for many years until the past 10-15 and the more they kept running away from their fans the more the ratings dropped. I think that soaps have lost viewers because they have become so horrible moreso than just viewers finding other alternatives. There were other alternatives in the 80s yet the soap ratings were still decent.

I think Sunset Beach started in early 1997, when AW was still on. I remember how people would argue about whether SuBe or AW should be canceled and which one deserved to stay and all the rest. It wasn't a difficult decision for NBC -- they dumped both.

[Melroser]

Yes, Sunset Beach was on when Another World got the yank. As AW is my all-time fave daytime soap, I along with many others were not happy with NBC dumping the higher rated of the two because Sunset Beach had Aaron Spelling attached and the 'youth market' mentality. NBC was boycotted by a whole-lot of people when AW ended and Sunset Beach's already low ratings tanked even lower as a result. If I remember right, even DAYS tanked to 2nd to last during that time, partly due to the boycott immediately after.

[Jane1978]

Uff, I was really scared for DAYS here. Thankgod they are back above 1.0 in 18-49 again and probably at 0.9 at 18-34 as well. The HH number are still pathetic, but atleast there is some hope.

[Toups]

Glad to see the demos rise too but I'm still worrying. DAYS has to consistently get 1.2/1.3 for me.

[Llantano Incorporated]

637,000 18-49 viewers for AMC. +giggles+

Oh my, that HD and move to California is paying off in spades.

[bellcurve]

Hater.

[Llantano Incorporated]

I have been a hater of AMC for decades.

Most overpraised soap ever.

It was my mother's soap too, and that may have something to do with it.

[Llantano Incorporated]

Oh wait!

I loved Phoebe Wallingford though. Julia Barr's performance during Laura's death was awesome. And I was addicted to Janet in the well.

But that's it.

[marceline]

To paraphrase Jill Scott: Hate on it hater. Now or later.

I don't hesitate to hate on OLTL and it seems like everyone hates on Y&R. It comes with the territory.

[Aragorn]

I guess that prison story on GH isn't working with the viewers.

[Cyberologist]

I was a very loyal viewer AW

dang this was my absolute favorite soap

for a long time this is the only one I watched..

I was crushed when they cancelled them out.

[OLTL_fan]

Its the reason why I tuned out. Guza is SICK!

[AllMyDaysatGH]

Woah GH really dipped it low!

[me4ryky]

The GH story is atrocious. No wonder they lost viewers last week, and I expect they will lose more this week. Michael has not had his first kiss yet, but they've had him involved in shooting his father's girlfriend and killing his step-mother after waking from a year long coma, put in prison and possibly raped by a male inmate. And again, has never had a girlfriend or onscreen kiss yet. This is the story GH wants to attract young viewers? Not parties at the pool or even karaoke for the hundreth time?

Also, don't know how much of a factor is was, but some of the Jason/Elizabeth fanbase hosted another blackout GH week. Perhaps they were successful yet again?

[DRW50]

The ratings tend to fluctuate but I wonder about viewer reaction to Carly's "revenge" plan, the bizarre return of Brook Lyn, and the deadly dull Lulu/Dante. Their big sex scene tanked in the ratings, not a great indication that viewers enjoy them.