19 hours ago, mikeaw1978 said:

So, Another World wasn't pre-empted on 12/28, but not 12/19/72 for the Apollo 17 Return and Splashdown? Looks like the coverage may have been long enough to pre-empt Days and The Doctors, but not Another World.

Don't know about 12/19/72, but like I said above, we'll get confirmation once that Nielsen data arrives. I was just listing two additional preemptions from 12/72 and 1/73 that I hadn't seen you mention (the two funerals).

I know and I appreciate your help. 

As the complete history of daytime TV specials continues to be documented in this thread, now posting are the episode titles & main cast data for the recurring 1970's daytime specials series. Please note: Data is available only for January 1973-December 1979 at the moment.

EXTENDED DATA: JANUARY 1973-JANUARY 1974 UPDATE FOR ALL SPECIALS SERIES:

EXTENDED DATA: ABC AFTERNOON PLAYBREAK:

EXTENDED DATA: ABC AFTERSCHOOL SPECIAL:

 

Note: In its 1985 repeat airing, a newspaper column mentioned that the 2/16/77 ABC Afterschool Special: My Mom's Having a Baby, was the highest-ever rated daytime dramatic special (with a 14.1 rating). 

Edited June 1Jun 1 by JAS0N47

EXTENDED DATA: AFTERNOON PLAYHOUSE:

EXTENDED DATA: THE CBS FESTIVAL OF LIVELY ARTS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE:

EXTENDED DATA: FAMOUS CLASSIC TALES:

EXTENDED DATA: MAGAZINE:

EXTENDED DATA: PILLSBURY BAKE-OFF:

EXTENDED DATA: RAZZMATAZZ:

EXTENDED DATA: SPECIAL TREAT:

EXTENDED DATA: MISCELLANEOUS SPECIALS:

Edited February 3Feb 3 by JAS0N47

On 11/12/2024 at 6:28 PM, Paul Raven said:

Xmas week 71 saw the kids take over the TV with sitcom reruns and game shows dominating.

I wonder if that was the norm in those years?

I know in summer sitcom reruns would do much better than when kids were back in school.

 

On 11/12/2024 at 6:28 PM, Paul Raven said:

December 20, 1971

	NBC	CBS	ABC
10:00am	Dinah's Place	The Lucy Show (R)	LOCAL
10:30am	Concentration	My Three Sons (R)
11:00am	Sale of the Century	Family Affair (R)
11:30am	Hollywood Squares	Love of Life	That Girl (R)
12:00 Noon	Jeopardy!	Where the Heart Is	Bewitched (R)
12:25pm		CBS News
12:30pm	The Who, What or Where Game	Search for Tomorrow	Password
12:55pm	NBC News
1:00pm	LOCAL	LOCAL	All My Children
1:30pm	Three on a Match	As the World Turns	Let's Make a Deal
2:00pm	Days of our Lives	Love is a Many Splendored Thing	The Newlywed Game
2:30pm	The Doctors	The Guiding Light	The Dating Game
3:00pm	Another World	The Secret Storm	General Hospital
3:30pm	Bright Promise	The Edge of Night	One Life to Live
4:00pm	Somerset	Gomer Pyle, USMC (R)	Love, American Style (R)

 

Wow, that's the lineup I watched as a child, 1969-1970,
(on school vacations), daily, especially in the summers:

That Girl
Bewitched
Password
AMC
(I didn't bother with Let's Make a Deal, Newlywed Game, and Dating Game, although I may have peeked, I thought they were all dumb)
GH
OLTL
(I didn't bother with Love, American Style)

But yeah, on school vacations from 1969-1970,
my sister and I watched That Girl, Bewitched, AMC, GH, and OLTL.
And sometimes Password.

Edited February 13Feb 13 by janea4old

SEASON AVERAGES...AS OF 2/10/74

 

 

Been a long time, but always worth the wait!  1973 will be coming soon!  Hooray!! 😀

First up: Finishing up January 1974. Then on to 1973!

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/31/73-1/4/74 & 1/7/74-1/11/74:

13 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

Been a long time, but always worth the wait!  1973 will be coming soon!  Hooray!! 😀

That’s great news!! Thanks so much!!  

1 hour ago, JAS0N47 said:

First up: Finishing up January 1974. Then on to 1973!

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/31/73-1/4/74 & 1/7/74-1/11/74:

Thank you, Jason. I always thought As the World Turns was the number one soap from 1958 to 1978. I guess that's not true. 

11 minutes ago, Reverend Ruthledge said:

Thank you, Jason. I always thought As the World Turns was the number one soap from 1958 to 1978. I guess that's not true. 

From what I understand ATWT was #1 in the yearly ratings that period, just not every single week.

I think it had an uninterrupted streak from the late 50s to the very early 70s though.

Edited May 25May 25 by I Am A Swede

SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 1973 PREEMPTION & SPECIALS DATA:

As expected, we are missing the weeks of 9/3/73-10/26/73. However, from a check of the daily newspaper listings, as well as the Vanderbilt News Archives, I have compiled the expected preemptions & specials for that time frame. Although we won't know the # of full preemptions for September, we can figure out the October preemptions by looking at the # of telecasts in November, so some additional info can be gleaned from that eventually. For now, here is what I have for the missing two months:

WED 9/5/73 ALL 3-342PM: President Nixon Press Conference
MON 9/24/73 ABC 10AM-1222ishPM & 2-430PM: Watergate
TUE 9/25/73 NBC 10AM-1213ishPM & 2-6PM: Watergate
WED 9/26/73 CBS 10AM-1233ishPM & 2-445PM: Watergate  (Vanderbilt lists "OPEN 206-302PM?")
WED 10/3/73 CBS 10AM-5PM: Watergate  
WED 10/3/73 ABC 430-530PM ABC Afterschool Specials: Rookie of the Year
MON 10/8/73 NBC 2-(448) NCLS Game
TUE 10/9/73 NBC 2-(507) & (507)-onward NLCS Game & ALCS Game
WED 10/10/73 ABC 251-252PM, 309-316PM, 325-326PM Spiro Agnew Resignation Bulletins
WED 10/10/73 CBS 246-247PM, 259-303PM, 324-326PM, 440-442PM Spiro Agnew Resignation Bulletins
WED 10/10/73 NBC 2-(440) & (440)-onward NCLS Game & ALCS Game
WED 10/10/73 NBC 249-251PM, 323-326PM, 349-351PM, 455-457PM Spiro Agnew Resignation Bulletins
THU 10/11/73 ALL 11-1158AM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference
THU 10/11/73 CBS 3-430PM CBS Daytime 90: Tiger on a Chain
THU 10/11/73 NBC 330-(onward) ALCS Game
TUE 10/23/73 ALL 11-1204PM: Eliot Richardson Press Conference 
TUE 10/23/73 ABC 231-232PM, 308-310PM News Bulletins
TUE 10/23/73 NBC 236-238PM News Bulletin
WED 10/24/73 ABC 430-530PM ABC Afterschool Specials: The Incredible, Indelible, Magical, Physical Mystery Trip (repeat of 2/7/73)
THU 10/25/73 ABC & CBS 12-1PM (NBC 12-1238PM) Secretary Kissinger Press Conference

 

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

Edited May 30May 30 by JAS0N47

49 minutes ago, I Am A Swede said:

From what I understand ATWT was #1 in the yearly ratings that period, just not every single week.

I think it had an uninterrupted streak from the late 50s to the very early 70s though.

That makes sense. Thanks.

January 1974 Y&R Jeanne Cooper debut.

On 7/24/2011 at 10:58 PM, Paul Raven said:

Daytime TV had an article in 75 dealing with the fact that back in 71, for the first time since 1960 (according to them), ATWT was beaten in the weekly ratings. They published the ratings for that momentous week of Nov 12th and followed up with the same weeks rating for the next 4 years.

 

Thought posters might be interested.I wonder what show (s) beat ATWT in 1960? Does anyone know what was happening on DOOl and GH the weeks that they hit #1?

 

1971

1. DOOL 10.0

2.ATWT 9.8

3.TD 9.6

4. GH 9.5

5.AW 9.4

6.SFT 7.9

7.LOL 7.6

8.LIAMST 7.6

9.SS 7.1

10.OLTL 6.7

 

Interesting to see the dominance of NBC with 3 of the top 5 shows yet Bright Promise and Somerset failing to follow through, and GH doing so well as the lone hit ABC show.

 

It must have been hard for CBS to have ATWT dethroned and no other soap in the top 5.Also,shows traditionally perceived as weaker (LOL,SS etc outdoing GL and EON)

 

I'll post the next ratings later.

The very first post of this topic dealing with ATWT being dethroned as weekly winner.