Members JoeCool Posted August 7, 2023 Members Share Posted August 7, 2023 The week of 7/20, GH, OLTL and AMC all over 10+ in the ratings Wow! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted August 7, 2023 Members Share Posted August 7, 2023 (edited) It's summer. Kids are off school. Numbers are going to be inflated. Edited August 7, 2023 by kalbir 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeCool Posted August 7, 2023 Members Share Posted August 7, 2023 True. But GH has double digits in May. So the numbers are high and they are not much higher for OLTL and AMC vs May. ABC just killing it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GLATWT88 Posted August 7, 2023 Members Share Posted August 7, 2023 No one was competing with AMC, OLTL, and GH that summer. It was a good move for YR not to be scheduled completely in direct competition to any of these three soaps. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeCool Posted August 8, 2023 Members Share Posted August 8, 2023 I think Y and R competed against All My Children in June 1981. @kalbir What were the CBS schedules in June 1981 after June 8? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GLATWT88 Posted August 8, 2023 Members Share Posted August 8, 2023 In Feb. during its transition to one hour episodes, it was head to head with AMC from 1-2pm. In June, it shifted to an earlier start time of 12:30, putting it up against the low-rating Doctors at the time and Ryan's Hope which was performing reasonably but not at the height of the rest of the ABC lineup. This half hour lead might have been an advantage to YR. I would be curious to see what the half hour ratings for YR would be at this time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeCool Posted August 8, 2023 Members Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) Y & R always won the 12:30-1PM slot but AMC beat Y and R and DAYS in the 1-130PM slot in June 1981. It was an advantage for Restless. CBS moved Restless to 12:30 to give an advantage so it could beat All My Children and eventually it did. ABC made a mistake in not moving All My Children to 12:30PM and schedule Loving at 1:30-2 in October 1984. Restless destroyed anything in its path at 12:30 EST to 1 PM EST and that has been going on for over 42 years now. Edited August 8, 2023 by JoeCool 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted August 8, 2023 Members Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) Quarterly hour averages for these two weeks: 2/23/81-2/27/81: 1-2PM AMC...8.1, 8.8, 9.2, 9.2 YR...7.6, 8.0, 8.3, 8.7 DAYS...5.5, 5.7, 6.1, 6.1 6/8/81-6/12/81...1230-130PM RYAN/AMC...6.9, 7.1...8.9, 9.6 YR...7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.5 DOC/DAYS...3.7, 3.6...5.5, 5.7 Not Kalbir, but I already had this file open for the above question, so CBS schedule for June 1981 is thIs: Jeffersons 10-1030 Alice 1030-11 Price Is Right 1 11-1130 Price Is Right 2 1130-12 (Local) 12-1230 YR 1230-130 ATWT 130-230 Search 230-3 GL 3-4 One Day at a Time 4-430 Edited August 8, 2023 by JAS0N47 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JoeCool Posted August 8, 2023 Members Share Posted August 8, 2023 (edited) Thank you @JAS0N47 Moving Restless to 1230 against Ryan’s Hope was a smart move. I still believe AMC should have been moved to 1230 - 130pm against Restless directly and then schedule Loving at 130 pm in October 1984. Edited August 8, 2023 by JoeCool 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted August 8, 2023 Members Share Posted August 8, 2023 FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 7/27/81-7/31/81 & 8/3/81-8/7/81: Please register in order to view this content FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/10/81-8/14/81 & 8/17/81-8/21/81: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted August 8, 2023 Members Share Posted August 8, 2023 ATWT really struggling. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AbcNbc247 Posted August 8, 2023 Members Share Posted August 8, 2023 Damn… not even Al Bundy shooting Mac helped out AW that much 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelGL Posted August 8, 2023 Members Share Posted August 8, 2023 Edge is really the little engine that could.....Doctors audience has been cut in half, and it's sad seeing it die out at the bottom of the pack, especially since I honestly don't see a need for the creation of Texas. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members watson71 Posted August 8, 2023 Members Share Posted August 8, 2023 What was the date of the GL episode in August 1981 where Nola confesses to Kelly that she lied about the baby? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chrissy81730 Posted August 8, 2023 Members Share Posted August 8, 2023 General Hospital is iconic !!! 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.