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Falcon Crest key episodes by ratings

December 4, 1981: In His Father’s House (series premiere), rating 21.8

Season highs

February 19, 1982: Family Reunion, rating 25.2

January 28, 1983: Deliberate Disclosure, rating 23.8

December 9, 1983: The Betrayal, rating 24.4

September 28, 1984: Requiem (season 4 premiere), rating 23.4 (2nd for the week)

December 13, 1985: Strange Bedfellows, rating 19.7

January 9, 1987: Dark Passion, rating 20.2

October 9, 1987: Obsession, Possession; rating 16.4

October 28, 1988: Changing Times (season 8 premiere), rating 14.1

October 13, 1989: Flesh and Blood, rating 11.0

Season lows

December 25, 1981: The Harvest, rating 15.7

February 11, 1983: Separate Hearts, rating 15.4

October 14, 1983: Conspiracy, rating 19.4

May 24, 1985: The Avenging Angel (season 4 finale), rating 16.4

March 14, 1986: In Absentia, rating 16.4

May 9, 1986: Consumed, rating 16.4

October 10, 1986: Living Nightmare, rating 15.1

March 11, 1988: False Faces, rating 12.1

March 18, 1988: Dirty Tricks, rating 12.1

March 10, 1989: The Vigil, rating 11.6

May 3, 1990: The Return, rating 8.0

Ten highest-rated episodes of the series

February 19, 1982: Family Reunion, rating 25.2

December 9, 1983: The Betrayal, rating 24.4

February 17, 1984: The Aftermath, rating 23.9

January 1, 1982: Tony Comes Home, rating 23.8

January 28, 1983: Deliberate Disclosure, rating 23.8

March 11, 1983: Climax (season 2 finale), rating 23.7

November 18, 1983: Solitary Confinements, rating 23.7

May 18, 1984: Ashes to Ashes (season 3 finale), rating 23.7 (2nd for the week)

January 22, 1982: Lord of the Manor, rating 23.6

November 11, 1983: The Last Laugh, rating 23.5

Eleven lowest-rated episodes of the series

May 3, 1990: The Return, rating 8.0

April 26, 1990: Crimes of the Past, rating 8.1

March 16, 1990: Dark Streets, rating 8.6

March 9, 1990: Vigil, rating 9.1

May 10, 1990: Danny’s Song, rating 9.3

May 17, 1990: Home Again (series finale), rating 9.3

February 16, 1990: Finding Lauren, rating 9.5

December 8, 1989: Merry Christmas, Charley; rating 9.9

November 17, 1989: Doctor Dollars, rating 10.0

October 6, 1989: Charley, rating 10.0

February 2, 1990: Brotherly Love, rating 10.0

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Thanks @kalbir for sorting that all out!

I feel bad Jane’s return in “The Return” ranked lowest as did the finale…although of course by then the show was in a dead slot on Thursdays. 

The Avenging Angel aired without Dallas in front of it and still ranked #12  (same week Knots finale went to #1 the night before). The earthquake finale which aired on a Thursday night fared better year later I believe. 
 

We talked about the show’s syndication misses and SOD took notice with this 1997 article:

FALCON CREST: Time to Uncork a Classic Soap Opera Digest, November 11, 1997


KNOTS LANDING, DYNASTY and DALLAS have all become a familiar fixture on the cable-TV landscape. But one soap is missing. We think it's time for FALCON CREST (which was bought for syndication by TBS in 1986) to be dug out of mothballs and put back on the air.


Although overshadowed by it's megahit lead-in, DALLAS, FALCON CREST consistently delivered first-rate entertainment. The stars: Jane Wyman as sour grapes queen Angela, Susan Sullivan as long-suffering Maggie and David Selby as black sheep Richard, provided a strong back-bone. They were supported by a wide assortment of celeb guests: Gina Lollobrigida, Lana Tumer, Morgan Fairchild and even Apollonia visited the winery.
The plots were fun and often outrageous: tires, explosions, shootings, plañe crashes, eqrthquakes, ¡Ilegitímate kids who became priests, legitímate offspring who joined convents ... not to mention Melissa, the slumming socialite with a lounge act. Plus, FALCON CREST had a wicked sense of humor that surfaced in acerbic dialogue.
So let's get this vintage drama back on the air where it belongs. The wine has aged long enough.

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I vaguely recall it surfaced on either TNT or TBS around 1993 or so but I could be wrong about the channel.

By 1997 when this article was written Knots was still airing on TNT, Dallas was on the old TNN network (which today is Paramount), and Dynasty was on…well I don’t even recall now but feel like it was either E!  or Bravo.

TNN ran Dukes of Hazzard and Dallas together in the evenings for years surprised they didn’t just pick up FC to resurrect the trifecta. 

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Jane Wyman return episode was head-to-head w/ Cheers season 8 finale.

Falcon Crest broadcast syndication began Fall 1986, which overlapped w/ Oprah going national.

AFAIK cable broadcasts were Lifetime and Soapnet. I have no memory of cable broadcasts on TBS, TNT, TNN, E!, FX.

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I think Jason might've posted some numbers for the syndication a while ago and the numbers for Falcon Crest was horrible. Like 1.5 rating or something, which was terrible. 

 

ETA: it was actually Paul Raven:

 

New to syndication 60 min

Fall Guy 67 markets 3.1/8

Falcon Crest 110 markets 1.1/5

To get into the top 40, you needed a 4.6/9 rating for reference - and Falcon Crest managed to get into a lot of markets to begin with.

In the fall of 1985 Dynasty, Dallas and Knots were syndicated (show / rating / share / coverage % / markets):

Dallas 3.4 10 51.7 92

Dynasty 3.4 10 48.7 47 

Knots Landing 3.3 10 12.5 20 

So, Knots as an example trippled Falcon Crest's rating with 20 markets - I'm sure those were major ones but it just goes to show you how much Falcon Crest bombed in syndication. 

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