B&B deserves some recognition as well. Nice gains continue. BTW - How about the Y&R Friday repeat episode? It only aired in part of the country and STILL beat EVERY original DAYS, OLTL and GH last week. Now that's impressive.

Whats great to see is OLTL is going out on TOP with a BANG. They had a very good year ratings wise, got SOD best show, ratings are very good. The best feeling is when you know a show is leaving the airwaves on TOP/STRONG CREATIVE. Some shows are DOA or wimper to the finish line but OLTL IMO is going out with a BANG and on top. It shouldn't have been cancelled, it is what it is. Is anyone satisfied? is OLTL the strongest show to EVER GET CANCELLED?

is OLTL the strongest show to EVER GET CANCELLED?

That might be Capitol.

Is this the slow climb back up for DAYS? I do hope so.

That might be Capitol.

Yup...why exactly was it cancelled?? The numbers weren't bad but not high enough I guess. The soap was different but just blah for me.

Yup...why exactly was it cancelled?? The numbers weren't bad but not high enough I guess. The soap was different but just blah for me.

CBS wanted another Bell soap and that was the only slot they had. The ratings weren't strong enough to warrant staying over a Bell soap, I guess, but apparently they were still very healthy.

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Jonnysbro - I LOVE your enthusiasm. OLTL has its moments, but even a repeat of Y&R beat every original OLTL last week. There's only 5 soaps left. They are ALL Top 5. I've seen alot of soaps cancelled and I would not rate OLTL the best soap that was cancelled. Too many fake deaths. The GiGi stuff is embarassing to the soap opera genre.

Yay for OLTL and Days!!!

That might be Capitol.

I will add Search for Tomorrow to the list too. Though technically not cancelled, it would have been if NBC hadn't picked it up.

Point being CBS will drop a show like a hot potato.

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What a week for OLTL & DAYS especially DAYS as I haven't seen consistently at 2.5 million viewers for three straight days in a long time. The show itself is finally getting better as this has been a slow reboot process so far but it seems like viewers are finally catching onto it.

B&B has been solid and consistent since the summertime. If it keeps this up through 2013, CBS may decide to hold onto it.

I will add Search for Tomorrow to the list too. Though technically not cancelled, it would have been if NBC hadn't picked it up.

Point being CBS will drop a show like a hot potato.

I'm pretty sure that CBS actually did cancel it. In the 80s, CBS was willing to cancel its lowest rated soap at the drop of a hat for something more glamourous. This is in huge contrast to how that newtork kept GL on well past its expiration date.

Perhaps I'm the only one here who feels this way, but the ratings Y&R and B&B have are far more impressive than the "great" showings made by DOOL and OLTL. (When shows are up for renewal, their ratings are often compared to the ratings of all the other shows on daytime. Networks usually don't compare a slightly improved rating to an even worse rating of a given show and conclude it's worthy of renewal, especially if it is losing money.) Even if Y&R has lost a lot of viewers over the past year, it still is in a position that any other soap would love to be in, so I fail to understand how anyone can claim its ratings are disappointing (while touting the "successes" of soaps that rank far below them).

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B&B has been solid and consistent since the summertime. If it keeps this up through 2013, CBS may decide to hold onto it.

CBS would be foolish to get rid of it unless its ratings unexpectedly collapse. The fact that B&B is a 30 minute soap also will likely make it harder to find a potential replacement for it. (Because I'm guessing far more hour pilots are made for daytime than half-hour ones.)

Why was OLTL canceled instead of GH? OLTL is better creatively and it's kicking GH's ass in the ratings. Were GH's ratings better than OLTL at the time of the cancelation announcement?

I will add Search for Tomorrow to the list too. Though technically not cancelled, it would have been if NBC hadn't picked it up.

Point being CBS will drop a show like a hot potato.

At the time it was because they genuinely could afford to, though ABC started beating them in the 80s. But they had an embarassment of riches ratings wise for much of the 60s and 70s and so could drop shows easily as unsuccessful that the other networks (well particularly NBC for much of that time) would kill for.

Why was OLTL canceled instead of GH? OLTL is better creatively and it's kicking GH's ass in the ratings. Were GH's ratings better than OLTL at the time of the cancelation announcement?

I thinkt hat was around when they reallys tarted slipping but, no they weren't. GH is Frons' favorite (I think, as much as that's conjecture, it's hard not to disprove), it has that "brand recognition" that fans love to talk about, it didn't film in New York which while cheaper ABC seems to not like as much, etc, etc