Damn, they dropped +.3 from Monday to Tuesday, that should have been one of te strongest day. I swear the trend these days is Monday starts of strong and then people just tune out by the end of the week.

Mondays tend to be the biggest, or one of the biggest, days of the week in viewership. I remember the week of 9/11 when soaps only aired on Monday Sept. 10th, and the ratings were much higher than usual because there was only that one day to show.

I don't think it's a matter of the cliffhanger from Friday causing buzz and a cause to watch Monday's; it's just viewer trend. Lord knows most cliffhanger Fridays are ho-hum these days.

I think it's the opposite -- they are not obsessed with a single day or week of ratings. So what if there was an impacted episode? Honestly, as disappointed as I am about ATWT being cancelled, if ATWT & GL were on NBC or ABC, they would've been canned at least five years ago.

Totally agree. If GL had been on NBC it wouldnt have made it out of the 90's.

So glad that One Life went up in viewers and tying GH in demos, I am finally enjoying after the horrible months of March-May. I agree that One Life isnt in as much danger as we think, AMC may be the first ABC soap to go LA move be damned. I hope OLTL stays the highest ABC soap like they did last summer

Mondays tend to be the biggest, or one of the biggest, days of the week in viewership. I remember the week of 9/11 when soaps only aired on Monday Sept. 10th, and the ratings were much higher than usual because there was only that one day to show.

I don't think it's a matter of the cliffhanger from Friday causing buzz and a cause to watch Monday's; it's just viewer trend. Lord knows most cliffhanger Fridays are ho-hum these days.

I think Monday's usually the highest because people watch their recorded shows within 24 hours so they get counted then as the week goes on they're more likely to put off viewing until the weekend or forego it altogether depending on whether the stories keep their attention. That's my theory anyway.

It's kind of sad but not surprising to see almost all of the soaps stuck in this 1.8 swamp of mediocrity. I wonder if they're ever going to spread out again or will they all just shift the same 100,000 - 200,000 viewers between them. I miss MarkH's graphs.

You really love to be negative don't you? Funny how you don't call out OLTL for being the only soap that didn't lose viewers! That is something to be happy about. But nothing makes you happy!

I disagree, they did the right thing. They lost 371,000 from Monday to Tuesday, lost another 136,000 from Tuesday to Wednesday, on Friday they gained back 345,000 with the same 3.3 rating as Wednesday. I think they know it wouldn't have made a lick of a difference.

It would have made a difference in B&B's individual ratings, though. B&B lost over 900,000 viewers and probably as big a chunk of households Wednesday to Thursday and then gained back about 750,000 viewers on Friday. That big a dip and recovery only comes with a preemption like they had that Thursday, so it's likely the preemption pushed B&B to its all time low household and viewership ratings. If even half the people they lost from the preemption on Thursday had tuned in, they might have even been up for the week.

But B&B probably isn't too concerned about it. If anything, they probably think it means an easier climb up the following week because then they'll have their normal viewership.

Obviously, those ratings were impacted by Obama's press conference. I wouldn't put too much into those ratings.

So if this is true we need to throw out last weeks as well. Not all the soaps showed a new show on the holiday. ABC showed all repeats. Days had a new show. So Monday May 31st should be thrown out! Right? How many times was OLTL not shown because of the President? Did you say the same about that?

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You really love to be negative don't you? Funny how you don't call out OLTL for being the only soap that didn't lose viewers! That is something to be happy about. But nothing makes you happy!

WTF? Go take your pills. My comment was about the ratings in general. When I decide to hate on OLTL you'll know. Trust.

It's kind of sad but not surprising to see almost all of the soaps stuck in this 1.8 swamp of mediocrity. I wonder if they're ever going to spread out again or will they all just shift the same 100,000 - 200,000 viewers between them. I miss MarkH's graphs.

First of all, Mark didn't start the whole posting graphs trend. I had to point that out, yeah. When I posted the weekly ratings graphs through the years, no one was interested. Mark also posted that big one since the start of soaps seasonal average ratings.

Marceline HATES OLTL. Trust.

J/K Marceline.

But I will tell you one thing, I HATE AMC, and this weeks ratings have me in STITCHES!

+giggles+

Way to go AMC! HD and LA are both paying off HUGE dividends.

When OLTL is cancelled soon, I hope it continues to beat AMC in the demos at the very least. It will give me something to bitch about forever and ever!

Llantano, you seem to be a jinx on soaps. Everything you've watched went down the sewer.

Sylph! What does that mean!?

Well, Y&R is in the sh!tter and OLTL is just dreck.

I remember Mark!!! Does he finally hate Y&R with the rest of us. He was one of the show's final supporters! (Y&R was lucky to have Mark!)

Mark still watches, but he wasn't too thrilled about the show and its creative direction the last time he posted...

Marceline HATES OLTL. Trust.

J/K Marceline.

But I will tell you one thing, I HATE AMC, and this weeks ratings have me in STITCHES!

+giggles+

Way to go AMC! HD and LA are both paying off HUGE dividends.

When OLTL is cancelled soon, I hope it continues to beat AMC in the demos at the very least. It will give me something to bitch about forever and ever!

I have ZERO problem with people hating on shows, actors or stories I like. Nor do I try to convince other people that their love/hate is wrong. I like AMC, you hate it. You like OLTL, I want nothing more than to be the one to padlock the studio door. Let's play!

First of all, Mark didn't start the whole posting graphs trend. I had to point that out, yeah. When I posted the weekly ratings graphs through the years, no one was interested. Mark also posted that big one since the start of soaps seasonal average ratings.

Apologies. When I joined this board I remember seeing mainly graphs from MarkH and additional analysis from Jess. I wasn't aware of where it started but I loved it. I didn't mean to overlook your contribution.

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