On 11/11/2023 at 8:17 AM, JAS0N47 said:

10/16/89-10/20/89 

This week in real life San Francisco earthquake, Galileo launch, communism was coming to an end in Hungary, Erich Honecker resigned as leader of East Germany.

On 11/11/2023 at 8:17 AM, JAS0N47 said:

10/23/89-10/27/89

10/30/89-11/3/89

@Soapsuds I think around this time was As the World Turns Martha Byrne departure.

On 11/11/2023 at 8:17 AM, JAS0N47 said:

11/6/89-11/10/89

This week in real life fall of the Berlin Wall.

Edited November 12, 20232 yr by kalbir

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 11/13/89-11/17/89 & 11/20/89-11/24/89:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 11/27/89-12/1/89 & 12/4/89-12/8/89:

2 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

WEEKS OF 11/27/89-12/1/89

Y&R November 27, 1989 Peter Bergman debut.

This week in real life communism was coming to an end in Czechoslovakia.

@Soapsuds I think December 1989 was a big cast change month for As the World Turns w/ Hillary Bailey Smith departure and debuts of Mary Ellen Stuart, Ellen Dolan, and Heather Rattray.

Edited November 12, 20232 yr by kalbir

TWO BIG NIELSEN RATINGS EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS!

Tomorrow, I will be posting the last weeks of 1989, which completes the entire decade!

On Tuesday, the week of 1/8/90 will be posted, which is the last week that Soap Opera Weekly did not publish. So, as of Tuesday, every week of Nielsen ratings from 1979-Present will be available online (except the week of 8/24/81)!

 

5 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:

TWO BIG NIELSEN RATINGS EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS!

Tomorrow, I will be posting the last weeks of 1989, which completes the entire decade!

On Tuesday, the week of 1/8/90 will be posted, which is the last week that Soap Opera Weekly did not publish. So, as of Tuesday, every week of Nielsen ratings from 1979-Present will be available online (except the week of 8/24/81)!

 

Congratulations! It's a huge accomplishment getting all this together.

8 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:

TWO BIG NIELSEN RATINGS EVENTS HAPPENING IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS!

Tomorrow, I will be posting the last weeks of 1989, which completes the entire decade!

On Tuesday, the week of 1/8/90 will be posted, which is the last week that Soap Opera Weekly did not publish. So, as of Tuesday, every week of Nielsen ratings from 1979-Present will be available online (except the week of 8/24/81)!

 

Great job, Jason!! Thank you for sharing all of this with us!!

Thanks for the compliments! It's been a fun journey!!

I am wrapping up the 1992 books in the next few days, so I should have time this week to help out with any specific 1980's requests this week. If there's a certain week from the 1980's or early 1990's that you would like the demos of a show posted, please let me know. 

On 11/1/2023 at 7:47 PM, JAS0N47 said:

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)

Are there 1979-1989 lists for all the shows? I found the 1978 lists, and the 1990-1999 lists, but I've lost track of these! I've gone through 10 pages of this thread and only found AMC 79-89 and B&B 87-89.

1 minute ago, BoldRestless said:

Are there 1979-1989 lists for all the shows? I found the 1978 lists, and the 1990-1999 lists, but I've lost track of these! I've gone through 10 pages of this thread and only found AMC 79-89 and B&B 87-89.

I didn't convert those yet (I did for DAYS, AMC and BB), the rest are still in the "confusing" format I originally posted them in. But the full lists for 1979-1989 are in this thread, just not as "clean" as the lists now are for DAYS, AMC and BB.

2 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:

I didn't convert those yet (I did for DAYS, AMC and BB), the rest are still in the "confusing" format I originally posted them in. But the full lists for 1979-1989 are in this thread, just not as "clean" as the lists now are for DAYS, AMC and BB.

Thanks, just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing anything! 

I can’t thank you enough for all you’ve done my friend!!  

WEEKDAY DAYTIME TV SPECIALS (8/31/81-11/22/81):

 

 

WEEKDAY DAYTIME TV SPECIALS (11/23/81-1/10/82):

 

 

16 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

Thanks for the compliments! It's been a fun journey!!

I am wrapping up the 1992 books in the next few days, so I should have time this week to help out with any specific 1980's requests this week. If there's a certain week from the 1980's or early 1990's that you would like the demos of a show posted, please let me know. 

I was interested in the non-soaps sweeps period lists you were posting, if you could continue those. Thank you in advance!

4 hours ago, tybuki said:

I was interested in the non-soaps sweeps period lists you were posting, if you could continue those. Thank you in advance!

I'll get to those eventually. I'm working on the daytime specials for 1982-1991 now.  The demos are easier to post since it's just a quick post of an image. The lists you want require more time to compile, so those will get done eventually.

Thanks, @JAS0N47, for everything you've done and are doing to compile these stats for us.  It's cleared up many misconceptions we've held about the ratings about this-or-that show.