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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/30/74-1/3/75 & 1/6/75-1/10/75:

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Pretty much. Here's the list:

12/9/74-12/31/95:

2 Weeks Missing (Nielsens & Partial Preemptions info): 4/10/78, 4/17/78.
3 Weeks Missing (Partial Preemptions info; ratings via DaytimeTV & Soap Opera Weekly): 12/14/87, 5/20/91, 5/27/91.

Fast Weekly weeks (18 weeks) (ratings not counted towards yearly averages by Nielsen these weeks/missing preemption info): 12/23/74, 4/21/75, 6/23/75, 8/25/75, 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, 8/24/81.

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The week of 1/6/75 was the first week Another World aired its hour long episodes.  The hourlong AW actually gave Somerset a tiny bump in the ratings.  I wonder how many times How to Survive a Marriage aired the week of 1/6/75 since it was cancelled to give AW that extra half hour?

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As the chart shows, "How" aired the entire week of 1/6/75. The original "Jeopardy!" (3/30/64-1/3/75), which got an 8.3/24 its final week on the air, was cancelled. "How" had aired 60 episodes in the 330PM time slot that season, finishing with a 6.1/20 average through 1/3/75. "How" took over the "Jeopardy" 130PM time slot with a special hour episode on 1/6/75 (preempting "Days" that day). "How" itself was cancelled on 4/18/75, when "Days" expanded to an hour on 4/21/75.

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Lin Bolen wanted to "freshen up" the game show lineup and bring in younger demos, so to that end, she steadily canceled every game that looked stodgy with "Jeopardy!" being the last casualty. It DID trigger a clause in Merv's contract with NBC in that he was allowed to replace it with another show, which ended up being "Wheel of Fortune".

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