Members kalbir Posted August 4, 2023 Members Share Posted August 4, 2023 We're getting close to the CBS schedule change June 8, 1981. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted August 4, 2023 Members Share Posted August 4, 2023 Is this when YR goes a full hour and SFT is moved after ATWT and before GL? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted August 4, 2023 Members Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) Y&R expanded to one hour on February 4, 1980. The February 4, 1980 to June 5, 1981 schedule was Search for Tomorrow 12:30 pm ET, Y&R 1 pm ET, As the World Turns 2 pm ET, Guiding Light 3 pm ET. The June 8, 1981 schedule change was Y&R 12:30 pm ET, As the World Turns 1:30 pm ET, Search for Tomorrow 2:30 pm ET, Guiding Light 3 pm ET. Y&R would be head-to-head w/ Ryan's Hope, The Doctors, first half of All My Children, first half of Days. As the World Turns would be head-to-head w/ second half of All My Children, second half of Days, first half of One Life to Live, first half of Another World. Search for Tomorrow would be head-to-head w/ second half of One Life to Live and second half of Another World. Guiding Light remained head-to-head w/ General Hospital and Texas. Edited August 4, 2023 by kalbir 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soapfan770 Posted August 4, 2023 Members Share Posted August 4, 2023 (edited) That schedule change really did wonders for CBS and came at a time when Y&R and ATWT were starting to improve in quality after a dismal 1980-81. The line-up made sense to put a stronger Y&R first close enough to its original timeslot, return ATWT to its traditional 1:30 timeslot, and have SFT air as part of a nice P&G soap block with their new modern openings (well except for GL’s messy one). I’m not sure how it went down but if there wasn’t a hoopla about SFT’s time slot moving it probably could have still aired on CBS until B&B premiered. From what I’ve seen it looked like ratings rose during that 2:30 period but I guess SFT was just on borrowed time by that point. In the meantime Ryan’s Hope just appears to collapse 1981-82 in both ratings and in quality in the 12:30 spot. Edited August 4, 2023 by soapfan770 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beebs Posted August 5, 2023 Members Share Posted August 5, 2023 Should probably note that April 11 marks the beginning of the WGA strike, so the numbers might start trending downwards thanks to that through July. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted August 6, 2023 Members Share Posted August 6, 2023 FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/11/81-5/15/81 & 5/18/81-5/22/81: Please register in order to view this content FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/25/81-5/29/81 & 6/1/81-6/5/81: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeCool Posted August 6, 2023 Members Share Posted August 6, 2023 Wow! Week of 6/1/81 to 6/5/81: Young and the Restless in 7th place. Ryan's Hope beating Restless!! What was going on with Restless in May and early June 1981? The week before 5/25 Restless was 6th! 5/18 Restless 4th place...5/11 6th place. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted August 6, 2023 Members Share Posted August 6, 2023 May 13, 1981 special report must have been attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II. The next ratings will have the new CBS schedule. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tybuki Posted August 6, 2023 Members Share Posted August 6, 2023 Hey @JAS0N47, can you pull up the ratings for the week of July 6, 1987? Curious on the ratings of Bargain Hunters and other games being affected by the Iran-Contra hearings. Thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted August 6, 2023 Members Share Posted August 6, 2023 The May 14 1981 episode was released on the DVD collection. It's titled John takes a fall. That week of episodes had a 7.7 rating as posted above. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoldRestless Posted August 6, 2023 Members Share Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) One thing I wonder about is when the Nielsen report says X number of minutes aired, how does that work with time zones. @JAS0N47 has told us that sometimes the shows reserved a few minutes for political ads, and intentionally produced a shorter show, so that makes sense. But for a news interruption like this, I wonder if sometimes it's possible the shows did air in full in some time zones? According to this article the shooting happened at 5:19 PM in St. Peter's Square https://www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news/2021-05/may-13th-1981-remembering-that-fateful-day.html which is 11:19 AM US Eastern time and 8:19 AM Pacific time. So that happened early enough that I guess it broke into Y&R and then the rest of the shows on CBS got preempted cause they stayed on the story all day. Same for ABC breaking into AMC and preempting the rest. So then the 20 minutes that aired of Y&R were East coast and the West Coast, I presume, had no show? But then how come NBC aired partial episodes of all their shows? Did they dip in and out of coverage all day? That information probably isn't available in Jason's report, so I'm just musing really. I guess it comes from the desire that since Sony isn't going to ever open up their vaults, that somewhere, the show aired in full and some fan recorded it. Please register in order to view this content Hm! The first week of June actually looks LIT with several storylines climaxing. The dungeon storyline is #1 on my list of things I want to see someday! THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS: Week of May 18 - May 22, 1981 (1:00pm - 60 minutes - CBS) Jonas suspected that Cash was Casey’s admirer. Carl investigated the mystery man who tormented Casey with phone calls. Cash made Nikki believe that Casey had come on to him. Michael imprisoned Victor in the basement shelter and talked of leaving town with Julia. Jill decided to seek employment with Victor after an unsuccessful return to hairdressing. Lucas doubted that Simone had left Lance on Leslie’s account. Lorie nixed Leslie’s suggestion that they raise Brooks together. April defended her date with Paul to Greg. THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS: Week of May 25 - May 29, 1981 (1:00pm - 60 minutes - CBS) Jeff, Patty’s new boyfriend, failed to score points with Paul. April fumed at Paul for borrowing money from Greg to smooth over Wayne’s theft. Casey halted Cash’s advances by knocking him cold. Casey’s tormentor called while Cash was with Casey, disproving Jonas’ theory that Cash was the mystery man. A psychologist recommended that Brooks remain with Lorie. Vanessa sided with Leslie in the custody battle. Eve and Jill learned that Michael was at Victor’s ranch. Victor remained Michael’s captive. THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS: Week of June 1 - June 5, 1981 (1:00pm - 60 minutes - CBS) Lorie won custody of Brooks, but agreed to raise him jointly with Leslie. Leslie promised not to tell Brooks she’s his mother. Paul discovered Michael at Victor’s ranch, felled him with karate, then freed Victor from his basement digs. Victor promised to divorce Julia, who collapsed. Casey, thinking a male patient was her tormentor, gave him a near-fatal stress test. Edited August 6, 2023 by BoldRestless 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeCool Posted August 6, 2023 Members Share Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) Very strange that all these storylines are climaxing and the ratings tank! Edited August 6, 2023 by JoeCool 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted August 6, 2023 Members Share Posted August 6, 2023 I don't include all that extra info, but EVERYTHING is all in the reports! One option is that the later time zones possibly aired local/syndicated programming in place of the soaps. It looks like, for instance, that CBS aired special reports only during the commercial breaks of Search for Tomorrow from 12:30-1PM Eastern. May 13, 1981 (all times Eastern): ABC Special Report # 1...11:37-11:38AM ABC Special Report # 2...11:41-11:42AM ABC Special Report # 3...11:47-11:50AM ABC Special Report # 4...11:54-11:56AM ABC Special Report # 5...12:04-12:11PM ABC Special Report; 12:30PM...12:30-12:42PM ABC Special Report # 8...12:51-12:53PM ABC Special Report: 1:00PM...1-1:25PM ABC Special Report: 1:35...1:35-4:30PM ABC Special Report # 6...4:46-4:48PM ABC Special Report # 7...5:55-5:59PM CBS Special Report # 1...11:35-11:36AM CBS Special Report # 2...11:44-11:45AM CBS Special Report # 3...11:50-11:52AM CBS Special Report # 4...12:11-12:15PM CBS Special Report # 5...12:25-12:27PM CBS Special Report # 6...12:32-12:35PM CBS Special Report # 7...12:38-12:40PM CBS Special Report # 8...12:54-12:56PM CBS Special Report # 9...1-1:04PM CBS Special Report # 10...1:07-1:09PM CBS News Special Report # 1...1:20-5PM CBS News Special Report # 2...5:55-6PM NBC News Special Report # 1...1:07-1:13PM NBC News Special Report # 2...1:24-1:31PM NBC News Special Report # 3...1:43-1:51PM NBC News Special Report-2PM...2-2:28PM NBC News Special Report # 4...2:47-2:53PM NBC News Special Report-3:07PM...3:07-3:43PM NBC News Special Report # 5...4:12-4:20PM NBC News Special Report # 6...5:11-5:14PM 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted August 6, 2023 Members Share Posted August 6, 2023 FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 6/8/81-6/12/81 & 6/15/81-6/19/81: Please register in order to view this content FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS (FAST NATIONALS): WEEK OF 6/22/81-6/26/81: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted August 6, 2023 Members Share Posted August 6, 2023 (edited) ATWT was struggling in May and June. Edited August 6, 2023 by Soapsuds 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.