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On 5/25/2025 at 3:39 PM, 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-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 specificall 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 1233-2PM: Search for Tomorrow (1235-1PM) & As the World Turns

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

Edited by JAS0N47

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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.

Edited by JAS0N47

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15 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:
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.

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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45 minutes ago, BoldRestless said:

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.

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:

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

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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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JANUARY 1974 SPECIALS ADDED...

Here are the January 1974 specials which have been added to the yearly list on page 76:

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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 11/26/73-11/30/73 & 12/3/73-12/7/73:

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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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21 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:
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. 

What a miracle to have all these 1973 dates for Y&R and the other soaps!! You are truly a godsend my friend and I can never thank you enough!!😄😄

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