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6 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

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-430PM: Watergate
TUE 9/25/73 NBC 10AM-6PM: Watergate
WED 9/26/73 CBS 10AM-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

Thank you, been waiting so long for this, and I appreciate how much work it is typing this all out and creating the charts for us! 😊

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Thanks so much @JAS0N47To give more context here's the schedule for Jan/Feb 73.

  NBC CBS ABC
10:00am Dinah's Place The Joker's Wild LOCAL
10:30am Concentration The New Price is Right
11:00am Sale of the Century Gambit
11:30am Hollywood Squares Love of Life Bewitched (R)
12:00 Noon Jeopardy! Where the Heart Is Password
12:25pm CBS News
12:30pm The Who, What or Where Game Search for Tomorrow Split Second
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 The Guiding Light The Newlywed Game
2:30pm The Doctors The Edge of Night The Dating Game
3:00pm Another World Love is a Many Splendored Thing General Hospital
3:30pm Return to Peyton Place The Secret Storm One Life to Live
4:00pm Somerset The Vin Scully Show Love, American Style (R)
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2 hours ago, BoldRestless said:

Thank you, been waiting so long for this, and I appreciate how much work it is typing this all out and creating the charts for us! 😊

Thanks Bold!  You finally have your first year of YR ratings coming, which completes the ratings for the entire run of YR! I look forward to the day that happens with Days in the 1965-1966 batch, but that will probably be a few years away.

A lot of work, but a lot of fun chronicling the history of daytime TV ratings, preemptions and specials!!  😃

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16 hours ago, Paul Raven said:

Thanks so much @JAS0N47To give more context here's the schedule for Jan/Feb 73.

  NBC CBS ABC
10:00am Dinah's Place The Joker's Wild LOCAL
10:30am Concentration The New Price is Right
11:00am Sale of the Century Gambit
11:30am Hollywood Squares Love of Life Bewitched (R)
12:00 Noon Jeopardy! Where the Heart Is Password
12:25pm CBS News
12:30pm The Who, What or Where Game Search for Tomorrow Split Second
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 The Guiding Light The Newlywed Game
2:30pm The Doctors The Edge of Night The Dating Game
3:00pm Another World Love is a Many Splendored Thing General Hospital
3:30pm Return to Peyton Place The Secret Storm One Life to Live
4:00pm Somerset The Vin Scully Show Love, American Style (R)

Any guesses as to the ratings/share for the premiere week of The Vin Scully Show?

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2 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

Any guesses as to the ratings/share for the premiere week of The Vin Scully Show?

It only lasted a few weeks so I'm guessing somewhere in the mid to high 3's?

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1 hour ago, Manny said:

Oh wow, thank you so much, Jason!!! 

Just get here, Manny? Been posting a for a few days now. Better late than never!

32 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

It only lasted a few weeks so I'm guessing somewhere in the mid to high 3's?

3.9/12 the first week, then up to a 4.7/13 the second week.

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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/12/73-3/16/73 & 3/19/73-3/23/73:

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