Members TEdgeofNight Posted June 22, 2023 Members Share Posted June 22, 2023 It's interesting that CBS will do better later in the year and Guiding Light will hit #1 again. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted June 22, 2023 Members Share Posted June 22, 2023 What about 1970s Y&R? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted June 22, 2023 Members Share Posted June 22, 2023 FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/26/79-3/2/79 & 3/5/79-3/9/79: Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Broderick Posted June 22, 2023 Members Share Posted June 22, 2023 I wasn't a big fan of 1970s World Turns, though it was often playing in our living room. I remember Dan's funeral pretty vividly, and how composed Kim was for the sake of Betsy. It struck me as being shockingly real. (But I was too young for anyone's demo, so my opinion didn't matter lol.) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeCool Posted June 22, 2023 Members Share Posted June 22, 2023 All My Children, General Hospital and Young & Restless battling it out for Number 1! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted June 23, 2023 Members Share Posted June 23, 2023 February 20, 1979: Melody Thomas Scott debut on Y&R. March 5-9, 1979 was a big week in daytime history: Another World expands to 90 minutes, Guiding Light Roger/Holly marital rape, One Life to Live Karen Wolek on the witness stand. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted June 23, 2023 Members Share Posted June 23, 2023 FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/12/79-3/16/79 & 3/19/79-3/23/79: Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted June 23, 2023 Members Share Posted June 23, 2023 Y&R and ATWT #1 and #2. GL episode from the 5th 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted June 23, 2023 Members Share Posted June 23, 2023 March 19, 1979: Jerry verDorn (RIP) debut on GL. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeCool Posted June 23, 2023 Members Share Posted June 23, 2023 3/12: All My Children Number 1. 3/19: Restless, ATWT and GL top 3 Great week for CBS. AMC bumped to Number 4. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mphs19952003 Posted June 24, 2023 Members Share Posted June 24, 2023 I remember this interview. He then talked about what he walked into when he defected over to NBC, including their show development and how their daytime was a mess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeCool Posted June 24, 2023 Members Share Posted June 24, 2023 Fred Silverman and Jackie Smith - VP for Daytime were instrumental in ABC Daytime's rise. Fred could not do anything about NBC Daytime when he got there...it was a mess. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted June 24, 2023 Members Share Posted June 24, 2023 NBC on the whole was a mess in the late 1970s and early 1980s. As we all know NBC didn't recover in primetime until The Cosby Show came along but it remained a mess in daytime despite supercouple Days, Santa Barbara Emmy run, Reilly Days. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted June 24, 2023 Members Share Posted June 24, 2023 A note on the ratings. I will be pausing the posts on the ratings for a bit due to time constraints. Look more towards probably August for the regular ratings posts to return. And 1980's ratings fans, as a teaser, you now have a LOT more to look forward to than just the first year (1980) of the decade!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRfan23 Posted June 25, 2023 Members Share Posted June 25, 2023 We have really appreciated all the work you have done getting these posted! Please register in order to view this content and OMG, that's gonna be awesome if you have ratings for 1981, 1982 etc...eventually! Thanks so much!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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