FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 6/9/80-6/13/80 & 6/16/80-6/20/80:

 

 

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS (FAST NATIONALS): WEEK OF 6/23/80-6/27/80:

 

Nice to see ATWT back in the top 5.  AW free falling.

8 hours ago, Broderick said:

 

Well, there was PLENTY for everybody.  They'd show Nikki wiggling around on-stage to Donna Summer's "Love to Love You Baby", and then Cash would be auditioning a line-up of new male escorts.  ("Okay, guys, let's have a look at all of you without your shirts on.")  And then Lorie Brooks would meet with her attorney but forget to wear her bra.  And then Snapper & Chris's air conditioner would break, which would inspire Chris to suggest getting a better apartment, but Snapper would just shuck off his shirt and say, "We'll get by, Babe."   (I attributed most of the gratuitous skin displays to John Conboy, but Bill Bell was clearly pretty complicit.)     

Actually I didn't need a hot hunk shirtless because the soaps were so good back in the day. My first gay awakening was Grant Aleksander on GL back in 1983. Seeing guys shirtless onscreen was just gravy considering how great the storylines were.

Edited June 19, 20232 yr by Soapsuds

25 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

 Seeing guys shirtless onscreen was just gravy considering how great the storylines were.

John Conboy was always convinced if a storyline wasn't working very well, or if a scene dragged a bit, someone needed to deliver their lines nekkid.  

38 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 6/9/80-6/13/80 & 6/16/80-6/20/80:

 

 

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS (FAST NATIONALS): WEEK OF 6/23/80-6/27/80:

 

6/9, 6/16, 6/23: ABC has top 3 spots. General Hospital a strong number 1. All My Children and One Life to Live strong. Y&R strong. As the World Turns and AW slipping.

Looking forward to see how AW fared in July, with that being the last month of 90 minute episodes and the beginning of all the Texas storylines.

15 minutes ago, Broderick said:

John Conboy was always convinced if a storyline wasn't working very well, or if a scene dragged a bit, someone needed to deliver their lines nekkid.  

Yet he never delivered it in any of his soaps.😂

On 6/11/2023 at 9:56 PM, JAS0N47 said:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/28/80-2/1/80 & 2/4/80-2/8/80:

 

ATWT and GL changed time periods during this time.

SFT dropped during that week.

An episode from SFT from the week before.

 

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 6/30/80-7/4/80 & 7/7/80-7/11/80:

 

12 minutes ago, JAS0N47 said:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 6/30/80-7/4/80 & 7/7/80-7/11/80:

 

Strong GH at Number 1. AMC at Number 2. OLTL at Number 3. ABC moves higher.

So, it appears that fans of AW were not fans of the Texas crew 😂

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 7/14/80-7/18/80 & 7/21/80-7/25/80:

 

AW ratings were horrendous. They are free falling.

11 minutes ago, Soapsuds said:

AW ratings were horrendous. They are free falling.

The drop was well deserved, unfortunately. Just a horrible time for the show. 

57 minutes ago, teplin said:

The drop was well deserved, unfortunately. Just a horrible time for the show. 

It was the price of shows like AW, SB, and GL had to pay for Paul Rauch's ego. 

Edited June 20, 20232 yr by MichaelGL

2 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

AW ratings were horrendous. They are free falling.

During July 1980, AW was introducing all the characters and the setting kept jumping between Bay City and Houston.  So if a new viewer tuned in to the debut of Texas on August 4th, it was like following a show already in progress since the Texas storylines were introduced on AW in July.  Would be difficult for a new viewer to follow.