Members robbwolff Posted August 25, 2023 Members Share Posted August 25, 2023 I believe Peggy O’Shea was head writer that summer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beebs Posted August 25, 2023 Members Share Posted August 25, 2023 That would do it! I wouldn't wish O'Shea not to head to OLTL the next year, as her work there was exactly what rejuvenated that show in 85-87, but clearly her work on Capitol was resonating with viewers in a way that those who followed didn't. I expect the frequent turnover in the writers' room did that show NO favours. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted August 25, 2023 Members Share Posted August 25, 2023 FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/8/83-8/12/83 & 8/15/83-8/19/83: Please register in order to view this content FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS (FAST NATIONALS): WEEK OF 8/22/83-8/26/83: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beebs Posted August 25, 2023 Members Share Posted August 25, 2023 Though it's a fast national, 8/22-8/26 is the first time since Spring 1980 that DAYS has been above a 7.0. Also nice to see SFT hitting a 4.0, their highest rating of their NBC run (so far?) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted August 25, 2023 Members Share Posted August 25, 2023 We're heading into Fall 1983 and three tiers have formed. Top tier: General Hospital, All My Children, Y&R, One Life to Live Mid tier: As the World Turns, Guiding Light, Days, Capitol Bottom tier: Another World, Ryan's Hope, The Edge of Night, Loving, Search for Tomorrow 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted August 25, 2023 Members Share Posted August 25, 2023 (edited) Philip found out that Alan wasn't his father and that Justin was. It was the Friday cliffhanger on Guiding Light. Days numbers growing. Capitol and AW numbers going up nicely. Edited August 25, 2023 by Soapsuds 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members TEdgeofNight Posted August 25, 2023 Members Share Posted August 25, 2023 Joanna Lee was killing it as SFT's EP during that period. Jean Arley was the Producer of OLTL at this time and the show sucked during her reign. She was not a right fit for OLTL. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members JAS0N47 Posted August 25, 2023 Members Share Posted August 25, 2023 FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/29/83-9/2/83 & 9/5/83-9/9/83: Please register in order to view this content FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 9/12/83-9/16/83 & 9/19/83-9/23/83: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TEdgeofNight Posted August 25, 2023 Members Share Posted August 25, 2023 Further down the line in 1984, at the end of Jean Arley's disastrous run at OLTL, the show had dropped to #8 and even Capitol was beating OLTL! ABC couldn't get Paul Rauch in there fast enough! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted August 25, 2023 Members Share Posted August 25, 2023 I expected a bigger jump for GL and the Phillip reveal. Days ties for #5. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted August 25, 2023 Members Share Posted August 25, 2023 September 8, 1983 Y&R Brenda Dickson return. Y&R transition is complete and 1984 we'll see Y&R become Y&R as we know it today. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chrissy81730 Posted August 25, 2023 Members Share Posted August 25, 2023 Welcome 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoldRestless Posted August 25, 2023 Members Share Posted August 25, 2023 Great to confirm more US Open Preemptions. I am assuming the event that broke into soaps and preempted Search for Tomorrow was this event from September 1: A South Korean 747 was shot down in the Sea of Japan by a Soviet fighter near a Soviet island off Siberia, the United States announced. There were no known survivors aboard the plane carrying 269 people on a flight from New York to Seoul. American, Soviet and Japanese ships and planes fruitlessly searched the frigid seas north of Japan where the airliner apparently went down. There was an unconfirmed report that the long-missing plane had experienced radio difficulties and thus may have been unable to hear or respond to any Soviet warnings, but there was no clear explanation for the attack. Investigations continued into the next week with the Soviet Union admitting it on September 6, which accounts for the other interruptions (I have to remember that sometimes I need to look at NY Times news from the following day, since it was all in print back then!). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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