4 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

A note on the ratings. I will be pausing the posts on the ratings for a bit due to time constraints. Look more towards probably August for the regular ratings posts to return. And 1980's ratings fans, as a teaser, you now have a LOT more to look forward to than just the first year (1980) of the decade!!

Thanks again for all your hard work in bringing us this look back at daytime history 🤗

16 minutes ago, YRfan23 said:

 gonna be awesome if you have ratings for 1981, 1982 etc...eventually!  

Agree. It will be interesting to see Y&R evolution from surviving years 1980-1982 to thriving years the rest of the 1980s.

2 minutes ago, kalbir said:

Agree. It will be interesting to see Y&R evolution from surviving years 1980-1982 to thriving years the rest of the 1980s.

And also to confirm some of the Y&R/CBS 1981 preemptions   

20 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

A note on the ratings. I will be pausing the posts on the ratings for a bit due to time constraints. Look more towards probably August for the regular ratings posts to return. And 1980's ratings fans, as a teaser, you now have a LOT more to look forward to than just the first year (1980) of the decade!!

Thanks a lot, Jason!! Looking forward to this!!

Edited June 25, 20232 yr by Manny

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)

1 hour ago, Paul Raven said:

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)

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, 20232 yr by JoeCool

 

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:

 

GL solid at #2

ATWT #4

YR vaulting to #1  is this the first week it hit #1?

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 4/9/79-4/13/79 & 4/16/79-4/20/79:

 

 

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, 20232 yr by JAS0N47

10 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS (FAST NATIONALS): WEEK OF 4/23/79-4/27/79:

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.

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/28/79-6/1/79 & 6/4/79-6/8/79:

 

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, 20232 yr by JAS0N47

What caused the huge jump for YR and SFT?

2 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

What caused the huge jump for YR and SFT?

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!

 

2 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

 

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:

 

 

Note: April 30, 1979-June 8, 1979 are the last "missing" weeks going forward. The rest of 1979 and all of 1980 (which is being posted in the 80's thread) are all complete!

Awesome! Thanks so much.

7 minutes ago, BoldRestless said:

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!

 

 

Thanks!

Yes I'm starting to remember those scenes with Kay. It was some good stuff!

5 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

What caused the huge jump for YR and SFT?

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.

6 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

What caused the huge jump for YR and SFT?

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, 20232 yr by will81