Now it's to an even higher level because the "sainted ones" are at the helm

Y&R and GH, in my experience as a viewer from '97-present. .

These two things pretty much sum it up for me. It seems that these days, if it's not GH or Y&R the show might as well not exist.

These two things pretty much sum it up for me. It seems that these days, if it's not GH or Y&R the show might as well not exist.

Soap Press stopped hyping Y&R awhile back. They actually go hard on Y&R for the same things they praise GH for while saying Y&R needs to take a cue from GH.

I never feel comfortably commenting on the ABC soaps as I never watched them or followed them but as far as the soaps I know go I know Days always got so much much press coverage over ATWT/GL/AW. I remember jumping up and down over a Josh and Reva SOD cover in 2006 which sounds bad but by that time I felt the show, despite how bad it had become had largely been forgotten; it was the first time the show had been on the front cover on SOD since 2002.

Regarding Y&R as a loyal viewer I could easily understand the heavy press coverage it got I mean it is the #1 soap but what the soap press never understood nor explored why it was the #1 soap.

To this day, Stephen Nichols and Mary Beth Evans from Days of Our Lives are still going strong -- at least in the memories of a lot of diehard Patch and Kayla fans back in the day. Magazine covers featuring those two, especially from the 1987 to 1989 period, are always a hot commodity. And believe-it-or-not but Charles Shaughnessy and Patsy Pease still have something of a cult following 25 years after they hit their zenith on the same soap.

Oddly enough this was around the same time that I quit watching NBC and switched to the ABC soaps with the exception of Santa Barbara.

To this day, Stephen Nichols and Mary Beth Evans from Days of Our Lives are still going strong -- at least in the memories of a lot of diehard Patch and Kayla fans back in the day. Magazine covers featuring those two, especially from the 1987 to 1989 period, are always a hot commodity. And believe-it-or-not but Charles Shaughnessy and Patsy Pease still have something of a cult following 25 years after they hit their zenith on the same soap.

My mom was a hard-core Shane/Kimberly fan so that's true LOL

Days of our Lives and General Hospital - probably because they seem to have the most psycho fans (who will buy anything). hehe

But, yeah - those two. And to a lesser degree, The Young and the Restless and All My Children.

As for ignored, the half-hour soaps; also, the P&G soaps.

Edited October 23, 201312 yr by Pine Charles

Yeah, in my timeframe as a fan, obviously Loving tops the list.

Days is the one that seems to top the list--but I guess I understand why. I mean when they had the SOD Awards Days would always seem to win everything.

Days is the one that seems to top the list--but I guess I understand why. I mean when they had the SOD Awards Days would always seem to win everything.

Yep... even when their ratings were in the toilet in the early '90s.

I don't think it's about the amount of fans, but the personally of the fans you have. Mary Sue from Iowa could have been sending in 50 votes. LOL

And just to clarify - I'm not saying every single DOOL fan is like that. I also know Neilsen ratings aren't 100% accurate.

Edited October 23, 201312 yr by Pine Charles

Yep... even when their ratings were in the toilet in the early '90s.

I don't think it's about the amount of fans, but the personally of the fans you have. Mary Sue from Iowa could have been sending in 50 votes. LOL

And just to clarify - I'm not saying every single DOOL fan is like that. I also know Neilsen ratings aren't 100% accurate.

I agree. I remember when DOOL won every stinking award it seemed during those years. Didn't they win an award for the devil possesion storyline with Marlena ?

They won in 1996 for Best Show. But there was no actual 'best storyline' award for the previous year.

DAYS & GH share the top spot, followed closely behind by Y&R. in recent years, there have been endless Nick/Phyllis/Sharon and Victor covers.

I'd say AMC was next, then B&B, then OLTL. ATWT & GL afterwards. GL never had a cover on SOD after 2002.

I think I read that LOVING had only one cover on SOD during its 12 year run. And even that may be incorrect. It may have just been Weekly.

I found it funny how Another World seemed to get more cover stories upon its cancellation announcement. Suddenly they were a hot story to cover.

Edited October 26, 201312 yr by Gray Bunny

GL never had a cover on SOD after 2002.

They had that Josh and Reva cover in 2006 I mentioned above but they never got a farewell cover like ATWT did the following year. I actually don't even remember when the last time ATWT had a cover before that, probably had to be at least ten years at the least.

The most interesting was when Jacqueline Courtney's death made the cover back in 2011 and they had weird touched up photo of Steve and Alice up.

Was that SOD a subscribers only cover with Josh and Reva? I recall a couple of times that they had P&G show covers, but they weren't in stores.

Days was overkill and ATWT was ignored...yeah they got covers but only for big events....Someone sneezed on Days and it was on the front cover

Was that SOD a subscribers only cover with Josh and Reva? I recall a couple of times that they had P&G show covers, but they weren't in stores.

Maybe it was. It did seem though anytime GL started getting publicity they did run at least run a cover:

Did Loving ever have SOD covers