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Week of 2/25: Strong GL and Y&R. GH Number 1 solid lead over Number 2 AMC. GL battling AMC for Number 2.

Week of 3/3: GH and AMC battling it out for Number 1. GL and OLTL battling for Number 3. And look how close AW is to Y&R.

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I agree, @Paul Raven.  Consistency is one thing, but ATWT seemed to lapse into inertia by the late '70's.  Characters appeared to be playing the same scenarios over and over again.  The show definitely needed a jolt.

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Agreed, you look at clips back then and all the men. looked middle aged ..(even Tom, and the I think the actor who played him is sexy as hell, but I like the uptight guys in suits thing ( I wonder if a bit later he would have made a good Alan Spaulding...)but his line readings and everything else makes him seem older its odd when he calls Lisa "mom".   There had to be five lawyers running around and the music just seems depressing.  The Dobsons didn't improve a lot and on their second time around the show had gutted its core and its was down to focusing on about 5 characters..(though it could be fun once in a while...) 

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3/10: GH and AMC battling it out for Number 1. OLTL a solid Number 3. Another World at Number 5..beating Y&R? What was going on AW?

3/17: All My Children a solid Number 1.  Another world Number 4!? Also Y&R weaker than Feb. 1980..the time chage and expansion really damaged Y&R strong momentum.

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All My Children doing really well in February and March 1980. I believe Susan Lucci was on pregnancy leave at this time.

Douglas Marland GL really holding its own vs. General Hospital. 

The rest of CBS is tanking. The new schedule was not working.

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