Members BlueLick Posted September 3, 2010 Members Share Posted September 3, 2010 This time of year especially around Labor Day is usually a low point for soaps so I didn't expect a good week. The weeks after Labor Day is when ratings usually start to pick back up from the spring not the summer. ABC is doing well year to year with both GH and AMC this summer so its been a positive for those shows. People hate GH so much that they want to call Marcil's comeback a failure when characters don't impact ratings anymore especially in today's ratings climate. Like I said before GH is up year to year this summer and that's all that matter more than looking for 4 million viewers which they'll never reach again. The cause of concern for ABC is OLTL which is having a real down stretch right now but it looks like their moving the show to LA which should've been done last year. Its probably time for OLTL to rebuild that show. All of the remaining soaps are based out of LA and it does seem to make soaps a lot less expensive b/c all of the ones receiving the axe in the past couple of years were based out of New York. DAYS is another program that needs to show some improvements but that probably won't come until the fall just like all of the other soaps. Y&R and B&B despite CBS' heavy axe swinging are still performing much like they did 2-3 years ago this summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted September 3, 2010 Members Share Posted September 3, 2010 You actually think ABC is happy with GH's numbers?? OLTL is a mess with all the Ford brothers on. They have taken over the show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members edgeofnik Posted September 3, 2010 Members Share Posted September 3, 2010 LOL at ATWT #2 in teen girls and almost #1. How bizarre is that? Considering it's lame duck status, ATWT overall has been holding on to its audience incredbly well. Only 8 episodes left after this week.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted September 3, 2010 Members Share Posted September 3, 2010 Yup, they have been at #2 for two weeks now. I am not sure about the other weeks. It's very odd! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cheap21 Posted September 3, 2010 Members Share Posted September 3, 2010 Hence why its a failure. ABC put ALOT into Vanessa's return bc they expeted her comeback to have a huge impact on ratings. The fact is that it didnt and all that money poured into her with all the hyping and promoting seems to have all been for nothing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MontyB Posted September 3, 2010 Members Share Posted September 3, 2010 HUH? Where did you get they are moving the show? Moving the show is not going to solve anything. Look at AMC. The show needs to replace it's EP and Head Writer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted September 3, 2010 Members Share Posted September 3, 2010 They are up on a big all time low last year. Considering the money they spent on Marcil's return, and all the various "names" over the past year, that's not great. Marcil's return is now actually LOSING them viewers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members HeedTheMessenger2.0 Posted September 3, 2010 Members Share Posted September 3, 2010 Hmm... bad week for everyone, but OLTL went up a few viewers! Interesting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Saving ATWT Posted September 3, 2010 Members Share Posted September 3, 2010 I thought, by now, with all the returns and soap mag press, that ATWT would be up in 4th place by now. The show is scary stable, with the ratings almost never shifting. Cool, they came in at 5th place but that was at a 1.7 in HH and tied with half-dead AMC and OLTL. The writing has been pure cheeze wiz, from Bab's wedding to Nancy's death. and the show feels more like the Walton's than a 2010 soap--Pissy can't do Marland -style family love. Nonetheless, I thought that there would be some last minute ratings gains. I am impressed that ATWT is 2ed in girls 12-17 which would suggest eventual gains in 18-49 if the show were not DOA. Wow, AMC has really tanked. The ratings were far better under Pratt. Sad that Gh is the top ABC show at 1.8--ouch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members DRW50 Posted September 3, 2010 Members Share Posted September 3, 2010 What returns? John Dixon is the only one with any real power and that was not even all that much of an item for the soap magazines. GL had much bigger returns and their ratings weren't helped. The show is doing well to have not crashed after cancellation, as GL did. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NYC123 Posted September 3, 2010 Members Share Posted September 3, 2010 OUCH to all soaps. And MAJOR OUCH to B&B. Dropping big in the demos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Sylph Posted September 3, 2010 Members Share Posted September 3, 2010 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i70ba82a0840c6bbfcc3396d951306aa4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted September 3, 2010 Members Share Posted September 3, 2010 I forgot John Dixon was on Friday's cliffhanger. It will be interesting to see what next week's numbers look like for ATWT especially Monday's show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted September 5, 2010 Members Share Posted September 5, 2010 Read SOW magazine today as I was ;picking up the ATWT tribute magazine and saw ATWT at #3 in the ratings with OLTL and Days in the bottom of the ratings. Of course SOW takes the Live viewing ratings only that were used in the past. It still boggles my mind that ATWT is getting cancelled with others shows as poorly rated too...oh well..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members skiman12082004 Posted September 5, 2010 Members Share Posted September 5, 2010 I thought I missed something too about OLTL's "move" to LA! I would be thrilled if that happened but who confirmed that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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