Is anybody really that concerned and stressed out about where Jacob is?

No.

Is anybody really that concerned and stressed out about where Jacob is?

Apparently everyone- that's why they aren't watching OWN. Oprah herself is asking where he is.

Wonder if anyone will bring this apparently very hot topic on the Debbi/Darnell Fairman interview.

Apparently everyone- that's why they aren't watching OWN. Oprah herself is asking where he is.

Wonder if anyone will bring this apparently very hot topic on the Debbi/Darnell Fairman interview.

should I ask about that??? I might not though

should I ask about that??? I might not though

I was mostly joking but ask whatever you want

I think I get the idea behind the scheduling. They want to utilize the 1 PM and 2 PM timeslots because the audience associates those time periods with their respective programs. I also suspect they want a four hour block in order to have Friday marathons.

Several serialized cable shows (Haves and Have Nots and the Real Housewives franchises among others) have been successful airing the previous installments prior to the new episode with a repeat episode following. Of course, the difference is these shows air weekly. With the soaps, it would appear this pattern is simply too much on a daily basis.

I agree with others that they should change up the schedule. If it was up to me, I would air 2 episodes of All My Children at 1 (yesterday's episode and then today's) followed by One Life to Live at 2 (following the same pattern). At three, I would air back to back episodes of today's All My Children followed by One Life to Live. To maintain the four hour block, I would air the Haves and the Have Nots at 12.

They'd run out of Haves and Have Nots awfully early, but the scheduling for AMC and OLTL does make sense. Yesterday and the new one in an hour block then the same for OLTL makes sense to me--but to have repeats for another hour and THEN OLTL doesn't--people who aren't huge fans may stick around 30 mins to see the other soap--but 90 mins? They have better things to do:P I dunno. I know Michael Fairman was suggesting at 2 switching to GH an then at three to OLTL and it would be "just like ABC" (logic I don't quite get, but... close enough I guess.)

With 8 weeks left to the OLTL/AMC run, they could air 2 cycles of THATHN. By the week of August 19th, they would catch up to where THATHN would be currently (episode 14). That week, they could air back to back OLTL/AMC "yesterday" episodes on Mon/Tues in the fictional 12 noon slot and then episodes 13 and 14 of THATHN on Wed/Thurs. The next week, they could start from episode 1 again and would reach the finale the same week as OLTL/AMC should be wrapping their run.

Are OWN's normal ratings so much better? Before Lance Armstrong did anyone watch the channel? I don't even know what number it is on time/warner but I can't imagine too many people are watching it during the day.

their original programming does better than that, yes.

Their biggest hit--Have and Have Nots I believe averages around the 1 and a half million mark. As the post said, daytime their ratings have been MUCH lower--but these don't seem to be a huge improvement (but a small one, yes.)

Their biggest hit--Have and Have Nots I believe averages around the 1 and a half million mark. As the post said, daytime their ratings have been MUCH lower--but these don't seem to be a huge improvement (but a small one, yes.)

So these paltry 0.1s are an improvement for OWN? In that case no problem with the numbers that I can see. It is unrealistic that OWN would draw a half a million people at 1 PM when their breakout "hit" at night draws only 1.5 million. The Golf Channel will not get as many people watching the British Open as CBS would when they air it.

Yes, although I think prior to this in the daytime they were showing reruns and older tv movies, but it is an improvement (particularly the 1pm slot.)

yeah less than .02 isnt really bad or shocking for daytime cable tv i feel like, its been a long time tho since daytime cable tv ratings have been analyzed or even reported.

yeah less than .02 isnt really bad or shocking for daytime cable tv i feel like, its been a long time tho since daytime cable tv ratings have been analyzed or even reported.

Particularly considering how apparently dismally OWN was doing--but yeah, it is rare to see the numbers.

own only did dismal when it first launched... without oprah on the network. once oprah had shows on the network, it started to grow and is doing fine.