Members kalbir Posted June 25, 2023 Members Share Posted June 25, 2023 Thanks again for all your hard work in bringing us this look back at daytime history Please register in order to view this content Agree. It will be interesting to see Y&R evolution from surviving years 1980-1982 to thriving years the rest of the 1980s. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YRfan23 Posted June 25, 2023 Members Share Posted June 25, 2023 And also to confirm some of the Y&R/CBS 1981 preemptions Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Manny Posted June 25, 2023 Members Share Posted June 25, 2023 (edited) Thanks a lot, Jason!! Looking forward to this!! Edited June 25, 2023 by Manny 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted June 27, 2023 Author Members Share Posted June 27, 2023 Posted these numbers earlier in the thread but to save you searching, here they are again. Look how much stronger ABC is in the desirable demo. All of their soaps anyway rank higher with the gals 18-34 than in households. Whereas CBS and NBC are mostly lower. No wonder ABC was raking in the $$$ January - August 1978 (Women 18-34 Ranking) 1. Family Feud 9.1 38 ABC (5) 2. AMC 8.6 32 ABC (1) 3. AW 8.3 28 NBC (8) 4. ATWT 8.1 30 CBS (7) 5. All in the Family 7.9 27 CBS (12) 6. Y&R 7.8 31 CBS (6) 7. GL 7.5 27 CBS (10) 8. GH 7.2 25 ABC (4) 9 OLTL 7.2 26 ABC (3) 10. Happy Days 7.1 33 ABC (11) 11. RH 7.1 28 ABC (2) 12. SFT 7.1 28 CBS (9) 13. DOOL 6.9 25 NBC (14) 14. TD 6.5 24 NBC (17) 15. TPIR(2) 6.1 28 CBS (18) 16. Wheel of Fortune 6.1 27 NBC (22) 17. LOL 5.8 25 CBS (15) 18. Match Game 78 5.8 19 CBS (20) 19. TPIR(1) 5.7 28 CBS (19) 20. $20,000 Pyramid 5.6 22 ABC (15) 21. EON 5.5 18 ABC (12) 22. Hollywood Squares 5.4 27 NBC (21) 23. New High Rollers 5.1 24 NBC (21) 24. Card Sharks 4.3 24 NBC (26) 25. New Tic Tac Dough 3.9 21 CBS (23) 26. America Alive 3.5 14 NBC (23) 27. FRFP 3.4 13 NBC (25) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeCool Posted June 27, 2023 Members Share Posted June 27, 2023 (edited) ABC soaps dominated the 18-34 demo and the money came from increased revenues from ads and higher household ratings. All My Children Number 1 in the demo, Number 1 soap, number 2 overall in daytime and not surprising at Number 2 in the demo is Ryan's Hope...it was on fire then and on the East Coast was All My Children's lead-in from 12:30 to 1 then AMC at 1. Edited June 27, 2023 by JoeCool 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted July 2, 2023 Members Share Posted July 2, 2023 I have some extra time this week, so look for some ratings posts this week! FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/26/79-3/30/79 & 4/2/79-4/6/79: Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted July 2, 2023 Members Share Posted July 2, 2023 GL solid at #2 ATWT #4 YR vaulting to #1 is this the first week it hit #1? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted July 3, 2023 Members Share Posted July 3, 2023 (edited) FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 4/9/79-4/13/79 & 4/16/79-4/20/79: Please register in order to view this content FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS (FAST NATIONALS): WEEK OF 4/23/79-4/27/79: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 4/30/79-5/4/79 & 5/7/79-5/11/79: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/14/79-5/18/79 & 5/21/79-5/25/79: Edited August 21, 2023 by JAS0N47 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted July 3, 2023 Members Share Posted July 3, 2023 April 23, 1979: Love of Life new time 4 pm ET, where it was isolated from the rest of the CBS soap block. That move screams tank job. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted July 4, 2023 Members Share Posted July 4, 2023 (edited) FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/28/79-6/1/79 & 6/4/79-6/8/79: Please register in order to view this content FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 6/11/79-6/15/79 & 6/18/79-6/22/79: FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS (FAST NATIONALS): WEEK OF 6/25/79-6/29/79: Edited August 20, 2023 by JAS0N47 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted July 4, 2023 Members Share Posted July 4, 2023 What caused the huge jump for YR and SFT? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoldRestless Posted July 4, 2023 Members Share Posted July 4, 2023 On Y&R during these weeks, Jill and Stuart's divorce was heating up, Greg learned the truth about Nikki's slutty past (this is a few weeks after she killed her father), and most importantly, Kay realized that Suzanne has been gaslighting her. The week of 6/18, Kay is assumed dead in a fire at the sanitarium and then attends her own funeral. Pretty good stuff! Awesome! Thanks so much. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted July 4, 2023 Members Share Posted July 4, 2023 Thanks! Yes I'm starting to remember those scenes with Kay. It was some good stuff! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted July 4, 2023 Author Members Share Posted July 4, 2023 On Search it was the explosion at the Tourneur plant and the fall out-Carolyn blinded and Laine up on charges of criminal negligence, the possibility of Gary and Laine's affair being exposed etc. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members will81 Posted July 4, 2023 Members Share Posted July 4, 2023 (edited) Nikki had also just killed her father Nick Reed a week or so prior and that may have brought people in that stayed. I'm also fairly certain Y&R dominated the summer of 79 and was #1 for a lot of it. Edited July 4, 2023 by will81 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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