September 6-10, 2010

[Mr. Vixen]

seems like it was a good weeek for ABC, or OLTL and GH i guess. But GH seems to have done real well.

[me4ryky]

GH had a modest increase, but not as much as you'd think by that press release. While I applaud any increase, especially this time of year, I think they gained 80K total viewers and 0.2/85K in 18-49 demo. They gained more in last weeks posted ratings.

ABC spinning again. I think it needs to continue to increase before VM can be called the salvation of GH. They aren't going to be gaining anyone (IMO) with this stupid Irish story.

[dragonflies]

Exactly! So there's no "premature" anything. Her return IS a failure, especially since I have no doubt Frons banked on her bringing in BIG ratings and demos

[Ann_SS]

A .2 gain in the 18 to 49 women demo is huge for GH. It isn't modest by any stretch. The question is can they keep it.

[me4ryky]

Yes, a 0.2 gain is great but it's one demo, one week. They gained a modest number of viewers but made it sound more significant. I guess that's the value of a press release. I hope they can maintain or even grow from here. I guess it depends on the writing.

[Soapsuds]

It's not a biggie when you consider most shows went up in that demo too. Most soaps recovered from last weeks lower demos.

[remos]

Sonny and Brenda finally met - that was the difference. The slow introduction didn't amuse viewers. I suspect it will improve and be sustainable once Brenda hits Port Charles in full force.

Definitely the Demos - and specific ones.

The HH are numbers we neophytes banter around without any real knowledge of what we're talking about.

[catherine103]

lol.. thank you,, i guess am a neophytes ,,lol becaue i diff have know knowledge of the ratings game,

[AllMyDaysatGH]

http://soapoperanetwork.com/soaps/ratings/3096-ratings-great-week-for-soaps

Wow ATWT was the 4th rated soap in Total Viewers above DAYS, AMC, & OLTL! That is great, hope it does even better in this final week!

[Soapsuds]

Wow is right...Congrats to ATWT!! It's not their final week and they already passed Days and OLTL and tied AMC in HHs. They accomplished what GL couldnt do until its last week. I guess fans tuned in to see Reid's death/The Hughes Drama and John and Lucinda. See what showcasing your vets gives you........

I'll comment more tomorrow...off to bed...lol

[DRW50]

Great to see OLTL increase for two consecutive weeks. They haven't done that in what seems like ages.

It's telling that both GH and OLTL are still down year-on-year even with the recent increases. I hope all the soaps go up but I'm not sure what OLTL is doing now will keep viewers -- GH squandered the Brenda/Sonny stuff but if Brenda/Jason are popular as ABC thinks then that might help. OLTL's demos are quite good, even if they're not too above DAYS and one of the others. GH is up from last year in 18-49 so I'm sure ABC is happy, even if that isn't a huge increase considering the recent return.

Sad and happy for ATWT at the same time. If the show had made an effort in 2008 and 2009 where might they be? I guess probably still canceled, but let me have my delusion.

[Saving ATWT]

Well, goes to show that, with the proper TLC (new writers/EP) ATWT has life in it--even after being cancelled, people cared enough to tune in for the Reid stunt, John return. This spike in ratings didn't just come from older viewers interested in John and Lucinda, even the demos are better. No one should be shocked about the show doing well considering it was at number 3 just 2.5 years ago. CBS and PGP wanted out, the genre is tanking; a lot of people still like As the World Turns even when poor writing makes the show down right painful to watch.

B&B has really moved up in 18-49 demo and it seems the 'youth cast' is paying off. Its funny, B&B now rates the same as World did three years ago. I'm glad to see AMC up. I watched the show last Monday, when CBS had tennis, and it was alright. I couldn't watch OLTL--too many kids, too many bad outside shots and the production values just seemed poor. In general, the CBS shows, even low-cost ATWT, seem to have lush sets but the ABC shows don't look all that good. AMC used to have such a unique looks and it always looked as if the show was being filmed from above. I don't understand why Frons didn't stick with that style.

[MontyB]

It's great to see ATWT go up in HH albeit it's the demo that really counts.

[Eric83]

Sorry, but no not really. People are only returning because the end is near, and they want to get to see ATWT's final days. This show's ratings would have still been [!@#$%^&*], just like all the other soaps.

[OLTL_fan]

Its good to see all soaps up for a change.

ABC cant be happy with AMC demos.