January 23-27, 2006

[Skin]

that's a big down for Days this week. minus a .3 ouch.

OLTL finally gained there in 4th it appears. ATWT, Days and AMC all tied for the no.5 spot isn't bad either.

[alwaysAMC]

Wow - bad numbers for all soaps. Ratings suck!

[darraholic]

Totally disagree with you. We must be watching 2 different shows.

[Ponz]

Days was hovering around 2.5/2.6 throughout the second half of 05. This "huge upswing" happened over a 5 week period from mid-December to mid-January. 3 of these weeks included the accident and its immediate aftermath. This is perfectly consistent with JER's usual pattern. If anything, the only difference is that the initial boost from "shocking event X" has been lower than previous occasions.

[Chanel]

Well, most people really only tuned in to see the Zach storyline. I think most can agree that it was a well written and well acted stroryline. But now that the storyline has run its course, the ratings are starting to fall.

[skiman12082004]

It is very alarming to see the ratings for DAYS and PASSIONS drop. With the shows both up for renewal any rating drops can be viewed as serious. Thankfully, I have the Bold and Beautiful which is doing well. I don't know what to think anymore and I've given up trying to figure out the ratings. Only time will tell what will ultimately happen in the next several weeks.

[DaysGal]

I didn't watch at all last week and have only watched one day this week. So it doesn't surprise me that Days went down so much.

[majordean2002]

Days should have waited for Bo and Hope's baby to die during sweeps. It was awesome IMO and they would have won.

[Chanel]

IA, I still don't understand why the decided to kill Zach in January and not in february.

[pranji]

Well acted, yes. I don't think it was well written. I think if it were well written they would have been able to keep some of those gains.

IMO, they were banking on keeping some of the ratings gains from Zack's accident. They would then build on this with the paternity revelation hoping to goose the ratings going into March.

[PhoenixRising05]

Yes I agree with this.

[R!ck]

Oh well the show had an off week. It was going to happen sooner or later. It doesn't mean the show is [!@#$%^&*],.

[PhoenixRising05]

Well aren't you optimistic. The show was horrible last year but has not been driven into the ground. Yes the show was at record lows but even with a 2.6 that is an improvement over what it was getting last year. They at least held on to some of what they have gained even though the drop was more then I anticipated. I think everyone knew Days was gonna drop but not this much in one weel. Its ok though-it will go back up for this week and probably next with Hope learning the truth and Zach's funeral. Last week was good but dull compared to what Days has been doing of late. It was more of a week to get the other stories going too since they were back burnered while Zach took center stage.

I 100% agree with you on this.

Well its not over yet. Hope learned the truth and we still have Zach's funeral and the aftermath

[darraholic]

Exactly. The show was gaining it was only a matter of time before it dropped again.

[OneLife Fan]

The dailies for OLTL are not bad!! Hope the show ranks higher than last week.