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Yes!! I didn't realize it before, and had a busy weekend, so wasn't here much

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Wow, what happened to AMC this week? Crashing from 8.4 to 6.6.. I mean, I know they used to go up and down much more than they do today, but this seems like a harsh drop (from 7th to 13th).

And nice to see Y&R's first weeks  

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Hopefully these will match up with the above
 
# of Preemptions 10/1/73-10/26/73 (based on # of Telecasts in November lists):
All My Children...0                       
Another World...3
As the World Turns...1
Days of Our Lives...3
Doctors...3
Edge of Night...1
General Hospital...0               
Guiding Light...1
Love of Life...2                            
One Life to Live...0             
Return to Peyton Place...4
Search for Tomorrow...1
Secret Storm...2
Somerset...4
Young and the Restless...1
 
Baffle...0
Brady Bunch...2
Captain Kangaroo...0
Dinah's Place...0
Gambit...2
Girl in My Life...0
Hollywood Squares...2
Jeopardy...1
Joker's Wild...1
Let's Make a Deal...0
Love, American Style...0              
Match Game '73...2
Newlywed Game...0
Password...1
Price Is Right...2
Split Second...1
$10.000 Pyramid...1
Three on a Match...0
Who, What or Where Game...0
Wizard of Odds...2
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Based on the preemptions above, I think I have figured out the one wrong item, and learned a new piece of history in doing the 1973 sleuthing! All of the preemptions matched except for 4 shows (Love of Life, Search for Tomorrow, Young and the Restless and Gambit) which each had one MORE preemption than expected. Checking on Watergate from 10/3/73 (since all 4 of those shows have that date list as the common one between them), there was a bomb threat called into the Watergate committee, which made the morning session get called off shortly after 11AM, and then after a bomb search, they started the afternoon session an hour earlier at 1PM. So, based on that, I am removing 10/3/73 as a preemption date for those 4 shows. CBS looks like they wrapped up commentary quickly after 11AM and aired the 4 shows (Love of Life would be a partial episode). (Although Vanderbilt does say they had commentary during that time, that does not look to be the case).
 
# of Preemptions 10/1/73-10/26/73:
All My Children...0                       
Another World...3            MON 10/8/73 NBC 2-(448) NCLS Game
                                     TUE 10/9/73 NBC 2-(507) & (507)-onward NLCS Game & ALCS Game
                                     WED 10/10/73 NBC 2-(440) & (440)-onward NCLS Game & ALCS Game
As the World Turns...1    WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate 
Days of Our Lives...3      MON 10/8/73 NBC 2-(448) NCLS Game
                                    TUE 10/9/73 NBC 2-(507) & (507)-onward NLCS Game & ALCS Game
                                    WED 10/10/73 NBC 2-(440) & (440)-onward NCLS Game & ALCS Game
Doctors...3                    MON 10/8/73 NBC 2-(448) NCLS Game
                                    TUE 10/9/73 NBC 2-(507) & (507)-onward NLCS Game & ALCS Game
                                    WED 10/10/73 NBC 2-(440) & (440)-onward NCLS Game & ALCS Game
Edge of Night...1                  WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate 
General Hospital...0               
Guiding Light...1            WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate 
Love of Life...2          THU 10/11/73 ALL 11-1158AM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference
                            TUE 10/23/73 ALL 11-1204PM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference
One Life to Live...0             
Return to Peyton Place...4    MON 10/8/73 NBC 2-(448) NCLS Game
                                           TUE 10/9/73 NBC 2-(507) & (507)-onward NLCS Game & ALCS Game
                                           WED 10/10/73 NBC 2-(440) & (440)-onward NCLS Game & ALCS Game
                                           THU 10/11/73 NBC 330-(onward) ALCS Game
Search for Tomorrow...1      THU 10/25/73 ABC & CBS 12-1PM (NBC 12-1238PM) Secretary Kissinger Press Conference 
Secret Storm...2         WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate 
                                 THU 10/11/73 CBS 3-430PM CBS Daytime 90: Tiger on a Chain
Somerset...4                        MON 10/8/73 NBC 2-(448) NCLS Game
                                           TUE 10/9/73 NBC 2-(507) & (507)-onward NLCS Game & ALCS Game
                                            WED 10/10/73 NBC 2-(440) & (440)-onward NCLS Game & ALCS Game
                                            THU 10/11/73 NBC 330-(onward) ALCS Game
Young and the Restless...1      THU 10/25/73 ABC & CBS 12-1PM (NBC 12-1238PM) Secretary Kissinger Press Conference
 
Baffle...0
Brady Bunch...2     THU 10/11/73 ALL 11-1158AM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference
                            TUE 10/23/73 ALL 11-1204PM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference
Captain Kangaroo...0
Dinah's Place...0
Gambit...2              THU 10/11/73 ALL 11-1158AM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference
                              TUE 10/23/73 ALL 11-1204PM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference
Girl in My Life...0
Hollywood Squares...2  THU 10/11/73 ALL 11-1158AM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference
                                   TUE 10/23/73 ALL 11-1204PM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference
Jeopardy...1                  THU 10/25/73 ABC & CBS 12-1PM (NBC 12-1238PM) Secretary Kissinger Press Conference
Joker's Wild...1             WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate 
Let's Make a Deal...0
Love, American Style...0              
Match Game '73...2            WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate 
                                        THU 10/11/73 CBS 3-430PM CBS Daytime 90: Tiger on a Chain
Newlywed Game...0
Password...1                        THU 10/25/73 ABC & CBS 12-1PM (NBC 12-1238PM) Secretary Kissinger Press Conference
Price Is Right...2                         WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate 
                                         THU 10/11/73 CBS 3-430PM CBS Daytime 90: Tiger on a Chain
Split Second...1                     THU 10/25/73 ABC & CBS 12-1PM (NBC 12-1238PM) Secretary Kissinger Press Conference
$10.000 Pyramid...1            WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate 
Three on a Match...0
Who, What or Where Game...0
Wizard of Odds...2       THU 10/11/73 ALL 11-1158AM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference
                                   TUE 10/23/73 ALL 11-1204PM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference
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Thanks for all the recent comments YRFan, Kalbir, Bold and Will! Always appreciated and always fun finding new facts and filling in more of the daytime history data!  

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Heading into the Watergate era soon, so lots of preemptions upcoming. In the meantime, there was a random 1972 included in this batch, so here's a look at those two weeks. I think that's our first look at some shows with shares in the 40's!!  Back to 1973 tomorrow!

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/8/72-5/12/72 & 5/15/72-5/19/72:

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Ooh even the 1972! Nice!

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I am fascinated how the ratings would see-saw each week... The soaps would gain and lose viewers so much, as opposed to the later years when they were much more stagnant and if they lost viewers, they would hardly get them back.

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I think they were always going to dump LIAMST and SS with that scheduling, but pushing the latter to 4PM (and separating it from the soap block) just made it easier to justify later replacing it with Tattletales. Saved them from cancelling two at the same time + launch a hour and a half of game shows.

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