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6/9/86-6/13/86: Frightened of Roman, who threw a temper tantrum, Carrie ran into the street and was struck down by a speeding car. Kimberly was relieved when Victor dropped his custody suit over Andrew. Bo and Hope moved into Victor's mansion and Bo allowed Victor to try to be a father to him in exchange for Victor's promise that he would stop harassing the Brady clan. Kimberly was surprised when Shane said he wants to marry her before she and Andrew move in with him. The mystery man kept tabs on Eugene, whose attempts to build a time machine have so far been a bomb. Robin and Mike shared kisses over a romantic dinner. Jennifer tried to help her friend Matt, who is hooked on drugs. Lars secretly contacted Britta. Liz dropped her lawsuit against Pete because she feels Savannah's to blame for Tod's death. Emma continued working on her baby adoption plot. Chris smooched with Savannah. Shawn is feuding with Bo.

6/16/86-6/20/86: Marlena fell off a ledge after saving Jennifer's drugged boyfriend Matt from committing suicide. Savannah began undermining Liz and Neil's marriage. Emma plotted the kidnap and sale of Kimberly's baby. Bo accepted a job as manager of one of Victor's companies. Victor ordered Patch to secretly keep an eye on Bo. Patch, who's smitten with Kayla, found it difficult to follow Emma's orders to terrorize Kayla. Roman worked hard to gain Carrie's confidence as she recovered after being hit by a car. Shawn and Caroline reconciled. Shane and Bo are pretending to be on the outs to get inside info on Victor. Hope is angry over Bo's sudden devotion to Victor. Lars and Melissa are developing a friendship. Mike was jealous of newcomer, Mitch, who's taken a shine to Robin.
 
6/23/86-6/27/86: Disguised as a nurse, Emma kidnapped Andrew from the hospital nursery. Neil operated on Marlena, who suffered from head injuries from her fall off the window ledge. Suspecting that she might be pregnant, Hope wouldn't agree to pose as Shane's childless wife as part of his scheme to see if a baby seller has Andrew. Roman rejoined the police force. Mike and Mitch, who has the approval of Robin's father, vied for Robin's attention. Shane reluctantly agreed to let Kimberly pose as his wife when he questions adoption agencies in hopes of finding Andrew. Hope was furious at Bo, who refused to help Shane look for Andrew because Bo suspects that Victor might be behind the kidnapping. Bo is sure that Victor can lead him to Andrew. Melissa is confused by her growing feelings for Lars. Savannah continued her plot to get revenge against Liz. Roman fretted that Marlena might die.
 
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I'm sure we all know this, but just in case, Oprah's syndicated debut was on Monday, Sept. 8. She premiered on 120 stations.

ETA: According to a pre-debut article (Kay Gardella, New York Daily News), at least 25% of those stations aired Oprah opposite Donahue. Also, according to Oprah herself, the show would be airing on 137 stations (maybe she picked up more in January?).

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We'll get to see if Oprah affected the clearances of the low tier soaps. We know she was pretty much responsible for the end of daytime network game shows not named The Price is Right.

On the syndicated talk show vein, Merv Griffin ended September 5, 1986 so Oprah's main competition initially was Phil Donahue, Sally Jessy Raphael, Gary Collins, then a year later Geraldo Rivera.

 

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This is when ATWT starts flexing its muscles and starts mowing down the other soaps until it reaches #2 behind Y&R.

As great as the 86-87 season was....I believe the 85-86 season was even better. It took a while for the audience to realize it.

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NIELSEN RATINGS UPDATE:
 
Good news for daytime ratings fans!  Confirmation has arrived for the final "missing" weeks. All of the remaining missing weeks still needed from 1987-1990 have been found except for two weeks in late 1987. So, as we start to finish up this project, the final stats are this:
 
From January 1979-May 1992, there will only be 3 weeks missing full data (1 from 1981 and 2 from 1987). At the moment, it looks like two weeks from 1991 are still missing, but those weeks are covered by the Soap Opera Weekly charts, so only two weeks from 1991 will be missing the additional data not covered in Soap Opera Weekly (affiliates, clearance, demos, preemptions).
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That's so amazing!!

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 It's so exciting that we are gonna be getting 90's data too! You are the best! 

I was wondering though, It's probably too early but do you have any info from January-February 1991? I'd love to see any of those weeks to see which days the soaps were affected or preempted for gulf war coverage? 

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