Ratings from the 70's

[JAS0N47]

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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[JAS0N47]

That looks to be the case.

[JAS0N47]

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 

Edited Wednesday at 06:48 PM by JAS0N47

[YRfan23]

Thanks!!

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[JAS0N47]

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/28/73-6/1/73 & 6/4/73-6/8/73:

 

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[JAS0N47]

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 6/11/73-6/15/73 & 6/18/73-6/22/73:

 

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[JAS0N47]

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)

[YRfan23]

So great to have all this information!!

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[Mitch64]

Wow..what was going on in GH during this time..beating our both ATWT and AW?

[yrfan1983]

Triple-whammy for YR... 1) only a 3-month-old show 2) writers's strike 3) pre-emptions

Perhaps Denise Alexander having joined GH a few months prior?

[JAS0N47]

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 7/2/73-7/6/73 & 7/9/73-7/13/73:

 

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[I Am A Swede]

What in the world was going on with CBS those two weeks? I know the ratings fluctuated more back then, but the differences in those numbers are ridiculous.   

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[will81]

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. 

Edited 10 hours ago by will81

[I Am A Swede]

But the ABC and NBC shows don't seem to be as affected as the CBS shows.

[will81]

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.