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I have updated this list with the following info:

5/29/25 UPDATE: Now that we know the "long" commentary (during the morning & afternoon sessions) listed on Vanderbilt for October 1973 is incorrect, I am adding these updates for 9/24, 9/25, 9/26:

These are the time frames listed on Vanderbilt between the morning & afternoon sessions, so these shows likely aired on these dates (the only ones to air on the networks specifically these days):

9/24/73 ABC 1222-2PM All My Children, Split Second & Let's Make a Deal

9/25/73 NBC 1213-2PM Who, What or Where Game & Three on a Match (Jeopardy possibly from 1215-1230PM)

9/26/73 CBS 1233-2PM: Search for Tomorrow (1235-1PM) & As the World Turns

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RATINGS & PREEMPTIONS UPDATE:
 
1979-Present: 4 Weeks of data missing:
 
1 Fast Weekly Week: 8/24/81...This week is missing the prelim ratings and full/partial preemption data.
 
3 Partial Regular Weeks: 12/14/87, 5/20/91, 5/27/91. These three weeks have ratings data (one from Daytime TV; the other two of the three weeks have ratings & share data from Soap Opera Weekly) These weeks are missing the affiliates/clearances and partial preemptions data. Full preemption data is confirmed by comparing the # of telecasts in the preceding and succeeding books.
 
TOTAL: 4 Weeks of data missing from 1/1/79-Present (out of 2,422 weeks) 99.9 percent complete!
 
1973-1978: 35 Weeks of data missing:
 
10 Full Regular Weeks: 9/3/73, 9/10/73, 9/17/73, 9/24/73, 10/1/73, 10/8/73, 10/15/73, 10/22/73, 4/10/78, 4/17/78. These ten weeks are missing the final ratings/shares/affiliates/clearances and partial preemptions data. Full preemption data is confirmed by comparing the # of telecasts in the preceding and succeeding books. For September 1973, the full preemption data is not confirmable, but newspaper listings & Vanderbilt News telecast listings provide the best list possible in its place.
 
25 Fast Weekly Weeks: 4/23/73, 6/25/73, 8/27/73, 12/24/73, 4/22/74, 6/24/74, 8/26/74, 12/23/74, 4/21/75, 6/23/75, 8/25/75, 12/22/75, 4/19/76, 6/21/76, 8/23/76, 12/20/76, 4/18/77, 6/20/77, 8/22/77, 12/19/77, 3/20/78, 4/24/78, 6/26/78, 8/28/78, 12/25/78. These 25 weeks are all missing the preliminary ratings and full/partial preemptions data.
 
TOTAL: 39 Weeks of data missing from 1/1/73-Present (out of 2,735 weeks)  98.6 percent complete!
 
Note: From the Days of Our Lives and Another World research, the full & partial preemptions should be all available, even from the 39 weeks above.
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When you put it like that, wow!

 

You had been posting lists of preemptions for all the shows from the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Are they on your website anywhere? I was trying to save them in a document, but they were not all posted at the same time so I have gaps. I was wondering if you had the full list somewhere, even though it's not Days-related.

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I have them in the various threads here. I didn't keep a list offline of them. So, at this point, it's a little of a puzzle to find them all and put them together. I think I had posted up to around 2004 for the preemption lists. It would be nice to get them all in one place.

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FAST WEEKLY WEEK OF 8/27/73-8/31/73 NOT AVAILABLE

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

Note: While the ratings data is not available for these 8 weeks, we do have preemption info for October 1973 via the November 1973 data. The expected # of preemptions matches what the newspaper listings & Vanderbilt News archives list. For September 1973, we can only rely on the newspaper listings & Vanderbilt News archives for the possible preemptions that month. The charts for these two months are listed below for preemption data.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 9/3/73-9/7/73 & 9/10/73-9/14/73:

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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 9/17/73-9/21/73 & 9/24/73-9/28/73:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 10/1/73-10/5/73 & 10/8/73-10/12/73:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 10/15/73-10/19/73 & 10/22/73-10/26/73:

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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/10/73-12/14/73 & 12/17/73-12/21/73:
 

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FAST WEEKLY WEEK OF 12/24/73-12/28/73 NOT AVAILABLE

(Note: Per newspaper listings, the only scheduled preemptions were 12/25/73 for Dinah's Place and Baffle (preempted by Christmas Service from Washington National Cathedral). All other daytime shows were scheduled to air every day this week).

That's a wrap for 1973!  Coming next are the 1973 specials, the spot checks of the 1973 non-soap daytime shows and a look at the 1973 Saturday & Sunday morning/afternoon series. 

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