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All My Children: 1979-1989: Full Preemptions:

11/23/79 NCAA Football                    
11/28/80  NCAA Football                    
1/20/81 Inauguration '81                    
4/14/81 Landing: The Space Shuttle
10/6/81 ABC Special Report                    
8/20/82 Secretary of State Press Conference                    
11/26/82 NCAA Football                    
1/21/85 Inauguration '85                    
1/28/86 ABC Special Report
10/14/86 Fame, Fortune & Romance & NLCS Game 5     
1/1/87 Florida Citrus Bowl              
9/16/87 ABC News Special                    
12/25/87 Kelly Blue-Gray Football                    
1/1/88 Florida Citrus Bowl                   
10/5/88 ALCS Game 1                    
10/10/88 NLCS Game 5                    
1/2/89 Tournament of Roses Parade & Florida Citrus Bowl
12/25/89 Kelly Blue-Gray Football     

All My Children: 1979-1989: Partial Preemptions & Special Airings:

9/3/79 (rated as breakout)                    
10/2/79 1:20PM (40 minutes)          
9/1/80 (rated as breakout)               
12/11/80 Special time slot airing- 2:30PM (due to 2-230 Reagan News Conference)                    
12/22/80-12/26/80  Partial interruptions within at least one episode     
1/27/81 1:16PM (44 minutes)   
4/13/81 1-107 & 122-2PM (45 minutes)         
5/13/81-5/15/81 (rated as breakout)
7/7/81 1:15PM (45 minutes)                    
8/3/81 1-131 & 137-2PM (54 minutes)                    
9/7/81 (rated as breakout)
11/13/81 120PM (40 minutes)                    
12/10/81 1-106 & 113-2PM (53 minutes)                    
2/24/82 1:12PM (48 minutes)                    
3/29/82 1-103 & 109-2PM (54 minutes)                    
4/30/82 1-142 & 149-2PM (53 minutes)                    
5/24/82 1-111 & 130-2PM (41 minutes)                
9/6/82 (rated as breakout)
1/14/83 (36 minutes)                    
4/4/83 1-124 & 142-2PM (42 minutes)                    
9/5/83 (rated as breakout)
9/6/83 1-128 & 134-2PM (54 minutes)                    
10/24/83 1-106 & 134-2PM (32 minutes)
10/25/83 (43 minutes)                    
5/14/84 1:19PM (41 minutes)                    
7/12/84 1:24PM (36 minutes)                    
7/30/84 Special airing- 201-241PM (40 minutes)
7/31/84 Special airing- 2-240PM (40 minutes)
8/1/84 Special airing- 2-240PM (40 minutes)
8/2/84 Special airing- 2-240PM (40 minutes)
8/3/84 Special airing- 2-240PM (40 minutes)
8/6/84 Special airing- 1-140PM (40 minutes)
8/7/84 Special airing- 1-140PM (40 minutes)
8/8/84 Special airing- 101-140PM (39 minutes)
8/9/84 Special airing- 1-140PM (40 minutes)
8/10/84 Special airing- 1-140PM (40 minutes)
8/20/84-8/24/84 Partial interruptions within at least one episode                    
9/3/84 (rated as breakout)               
11/7/84 1:04PM (56 minutes)        
6/17/85 1-123 & 130-2PM (53 minutes)
6/20/85 (49 minutes)                    
9/2/85 (rated as breakout)                    
10/8/85 1:08PM (52 minutes)                    
1/1/86-1:20PM (40 minutes) (rated as special)                    
1/31/86 1:29PM (31 minutes)
4/15/86 1-101 & 110-158PM (49 minutes)                    
4/30/86 1-116 & 124-2PM (52 minutes)                    
5/14/86 1-141 & 147-2PM (54 minutes)                    
9/1/86 (rated as breakout)
9/5/86 1-131 & 139-2PM (52 minutes)          
9/12/86 1:22PM (38 minutes)                    
9/29/86 1:26PM (34 minutes)                    
11/25/86 1:11PM (49 minutes)              
4/7/87 (49 minutes)                    
5/18/87 1:22PM (38 minutes)                    
5/29/87 1-146 & 155-2PM (51 minutes)                    
7/7/87-1:16PM (44 minutes); 1-116PM PBO (181 affs)
7/8/87 1:17PM (43 minutes); 1-117PM PBO (178 affs)
7/10/87 1:18PM (42 minutes); 1-118PM PBO (169 affs)                    
7/13/87 1:16PM (44 minutes); 1-116PM PBO (173 affs)                    
8/3/87 117PM (43 minutes)                    
9/7/87 (rated as breakout)                     
9/22/87 1-118 & 137-2PM (41 minutes)                    
10/16/87 1-136 & 144-2PM (52 minutes)                    
12/8/87 (40 minutes)             
4/18/88 1-152 & 159-2PM (53 minutes)                    
9/5/88 (rated as breakout)                        
12/7/88 1:09PM (51 minutes)       
1/20/89 1:08PM (52 minutes)
6/2/89 1-151 & 157-2PM (54 minutes)
6/6/89 1-106 & 124-2PM (42 minutes)
7/28/89 1-117 & 147-2PM (30 minutes) 
7/31/89 1-128 & 140-2PM (48 minutes)
8/1/89 1-149 & 155-2PM (54 minutes)      
9/4/89 (rated as breakout) 
10/18/89 1:09PM (51 minutes)
10/20/89 1:12PM (48 minutes) 
12/22/89 1-122 & 142-2PM (40 minutes)

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Michael Zaslow (RIP) returned in January 1989 but everyone in Springfield didn't learn that Roger survived the fall off the cliff in Santo Domingo until May.

January 17, 1989 Darlene Conley (RIP) debut. SOD named Sally best new character in the Best of 1989 issue.

Maybe viewers were getting tired of the action/adventure and supercouple trends. Most Days fans I know consider the Summer 1990 shipwreck as the last big action/adventure storyline of the supercouple era and Stephen Nichols departure that fall as the end of the supercouple era.

 

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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEK OF 1/30/89-2/3/89:

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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/6/89-2/10/89 & 2/13/89-2/17/89:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/20/89-2/24/89 & 2/27/89-3/3/89:

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All My Children getting stronger and rebounding from December 1988 and January 1989. AMC will continue to strengthen in 1989 and will rejoin the top 3. OLTL is very strong but beginning in the summer of 1989 it begins to fade and falling during the fall of 1989. GH is still strong but will start to slip in 1989.  AMC will finish Number 4 for the 88-89 season. YR, GH and OLTL are the top 3. Restless gets stronger as 1989 progresses. Days begins to fade in 1989. B&B gets stronger as 1989 progresses as well.

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WEEKDAY DAYTIME TV SPECIALS: 1980

Here's a look, by airdate, of all rated specials that aired on weekday mornings & afternoons from 12/31/79-1/11/81. These charts will be for daytime ratings fans, as well as being the first complete record of every weekday special aired in the 1980's!  

WEEKDAY DAYTIME TV SPECIALS (12/31/79-4/25/80): 

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WEEKDAY DAYTIME TV SPECIALS (4/26/80-8/31/80): 

WEEKDAY DAYTIME TV SPECIALS (9/1/80-10/12/80): 

WEEKDAY DAYTIME TV SPECIALS (10/13/80-11/9/80): 

WEEKDAY DAYTIME TV SPECIALS (11/10/80-1/11/81): 

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Remember too Days gets a new lead in on March 27, Generations. NBC moved Scrabble from 12:30 pm to 10 am. I wonder if the change in lead in played a part, but then again, 12:30 pm had been a dead zone for NBC for many years.

@JAS0N47 Do you have ratings/clearance for Scrabble March 20-24, 1989 and March 27-31, 1989. Thank you.

1989 was big for daytime network game shows. NBC runs of Sale of the Century, Super Password, Wheel of Fortune; Win, Lose or Draw came to an end. CBS run of Card Sharks came to an end. CBS had a short-lived revival of Now You See It, and picked up Wheel of Fortune after the NBC run ended.

1989 in syndicated talk shows saw Hour Magazine end its run and Joan Rivers launch her talk show in the fall.

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Here you go!

Scrabble 1230PM 3/20/89-3/24/89
4.4 rating/15 share
171 affiliates
85 clearance
 
Scrabble 10AM 3/27/89-3/31/89
2.6 rating/11 share
155 affiliates
79 clearance
 
"Days" pages with Scrabble, then Generations, as lead-in:
 

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A few things about GEN. Had a 3 yr contract to start, not 2, as usual. It was said that the show had a white knight, a protector at NBC but that personnel changed & they lost their white knight. Then, at the 2 yr. mark, the axe. Always wondered. Such a good show. And, then, remarkable that BET immediately picked it up & reran it several times!

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