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FAST WEEKLY WEEK OF 4/23/73-4/27/73 NOT AVAILABLE

(Note: Per newspaper listings, there were no scheduled preemptions and all daytime shows were scheduled to air every day this week).

 
FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 4/30/73-5/4/73 & 5/7/73-5/11/73:
 

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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/14/73-5/18/73 & 5/21/73-5/25/73:
 

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YR'S FIRST SET OF DEMOS:
 
No demos in the first few YR issues, but here's the first demos available for YR. These are the averages for the weeks of 4/30/73 & 5/7/73:
 
Rating: 5.7
Share: 25
Avg Audience: 369
Total Persons (excluding children under 2): 118
Men:
Total: 17
18-34: 6
18-49: 7
25-49: 2
35-49: LT (less than 50,000 projected persons)
50-64: 4
50+: 10
Women:
Total: 89
18-34: 39
18-49: 55
25-49: 33
35-49: 16
50-64: 18
50+: 34
Teens (12-17):
Total: 6
Female: 4
Male: 2
Children (2-11)
Total: 6
2-5: 5
6-11: 1 
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FAST WEEKLY WEEK OF 6/25/73-6/29/73 NOT AVAILABLE
 
Per Vanderbilt, these are the timings for the Watergate Hearings aired on ABC, CBS and NBC all week:
 
Monday 6/25/73- Watergate preempts all series 10AM-1229PMish & 2PM-608PMish 
Tuesday 6/26/73- Watergate preempts all series10AM-1205PMish & 2PM-537PMish  
Wednesday 6/27/73- Watergate preempts all series10AM-1228PMish & 2PM-552PMish
Thursday 6/28/73- Watergate preempts all series10AM-1228PMish & 2PM-532PMish
Friday 6/29/73- Watergate preempts all series10AM-1201PMish & 2PM-558PMish
 
Soaps airing this week:
All My Children, As the World Turns, Search for Tomorrow air every day
Young and the Restless airs Tuesday 6/26/73 (1205PM-ish start) and Friday 6/29/73 (1201PM-ish start)
 
Non-soaps airing this week:
Let's Make a Deal; Split Second; Three on a Match; Who, What or Where Game air every day
Jeopardy & Password air Tuesday 6/26/73 (1205PM-ish starts) and Friday 6/29/73 (1201PM-ish starts)
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Apart from the regular interruptions of the Watergate Hearings, all shows were being written by non-union writers, so it likely had a bigger impact on the shows at this point. I think this will be the case through early August. 

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And there might be other factors, but maybe P&G just brought in really bad writers, lol. I'd say having non-union writers leads to instability and possibly disgruntled viewers. The kids being home for summer and possibly preferring ABC/NBC shows might be a factor too.

To be fair except ATWT, none of the other CBS soaps were doing spectacular numbers between 71 - 75. I wonder if the generational shift was initially heading more towards ABC and NBC. 

CBS didn't manage to regain more than one show in the top 5 until the 75/76 season.

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