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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/6/89-3/10/89 & 3/13/89-3/17/89:

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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/20/89-3/24/89 & 3/27/89-3/31/89:

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ATWT doing well. James great escape was a hit!  Duke and Lucinda meddling did well too for the show that week.

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But WTF happened to the CBS soaps on....3/13/89-3/17/89

Spring break? There were no pre emptions.

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"DAYS" 1980'S WEDDINGS: THE RATINGS...

Here's a look at the 31 weddings that took place on "Days" in the 1980's, from highest-to-lowest rated weeks. Please note: Weeks in red are "fast weekly" weeks (Nielsen only issued preliminary data for these weeks, not final numbers). No data is available for the week of Don & Liz's wedding.

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Y&R is killing it! Brad in a cage had wrapped up and the next big storylines were Phillip/Nina wedding and George Rawlins murder.

Surprised to see Generations premiere w/ 97% clearance. I thought it would be lower.

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Bo/Hope wedding rates the same as Pete/Ivy from the same year.

Surprised there wasn't more of a bump for Bo/Hope. Culmination of major story/location shoot/expensive wedding gown etc.

In fact Bo/Hope rates lower than Larry/Hope the year before.

I wonder if there was any fall out from that in terms of expense v ratings result?

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@Paul Raven @AbcNbc247 Bo/Hope wedding May 20-24, 1985 Days was 3rd tied w/ Y&R. Remember that 1985 Days time slot competition was strong All My Children, rising Y&R, middle ranked As the World Turns. 1987 Days time slot competition was strong Y&R, not yet a hit B&B, weakened All My Children.

 

 

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Y&R has definitely officiated itself as a strong #1 rather quickly, over a million ahead of the pack. 
 

I was wondering how OLTL would do in the ratings amid Eterna given how the Old West caused a big drop but they actually did rather well. Unfortunately the storytelling becomes all over the place, no fallout on the Viki/Megan reveal and the show relies on the baby switch and Austin for its last hurrah. 

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I found this newspaper article tonight for the 10/19/87 week that is missing. This confirms the rankings (1st to 8th place) that VR posted are correct!  Unfortunately, no article for the missing 12/14/87 week is in any newspaper.

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Generations just plummeted into the low 2s fast despite having excellent coverage.

 

And yikes, DAYS just crashed with it - I know a lot of people have said the show was messy at this point but I think the previous Scrabble lead in must've helped.

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