Members Contessa Donatella Posted August 12, 2023 Members Share Posted August 12, 2023 Excellent! That's wonderful. Thanks again! That would be 1976, If I recall correctly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted August 12, 2023 Members Share Posted August 12, 2023 FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 11/23/81-11/27/81 & 11/30/81-12/4/81: Please register in order to view this content FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/7/81-12/11/81 & 12/14/81-12/18/81: 10/1/76. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted August 12, 2023 Members Share Posted August 12, 2023 Off topic but the reporter in that first clip had an unbelievably sad life and tragic death. I wish we had demos regularly available back then. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted August 12, 2023 Members Share Posted August 12, 2023 All of the demos (the demo average of the 2-week Nielsen time frame in each book) are available, so any specific demos needed prior to 1991 will be available. General Hospital Demos for Luke/Laura Wedding 1981-1982 TV Season Demos (38 telecasts as of 11/20/81): 12.0 rating/39 share/9,780,000 viewers TOTAL: 1298 LADY OF HOUSE: 791 WORKING WOMAN: 192 TOTAL WOMEN: 857 18-34: 437 18-49: 613 25-54: 461 35-64: 292 55+: 213 TOTAL MEN: 185 18-34: 88 18-49: 119 25-54: 83 35-64: 64 55+: 55 TOTAL TEENS (12-17): 160 TEEN GIRLS: 120 TEEN BOYS: 40 TOTAL KIDS (2-11): 96 2-5: 38 6-11: 58 11/9/81-11/20/81 Demos (10 episode average, includes Luke/Laura wedding episode): 13.3 rating/42 share/10,840,000 viewers TOTAL: 1342 LADY OF HOUSE: 767 WORKING WOMAN: 179 TOTAL WOMEN: 835 18-34: 411 18-49: 611 25-54: 460 35-64: 303 55+: 206 TOTAL MEN: 208 18-34: 104 18-49: 140 25-54: 93 35-64: 70 55+: 60 TOTAL TEENS (12-17): 189 TEEN GIRLS: 144 TEEN BOYS: 45 TOTAL KIDS (2-11): 110 2-5: 38 6-11: 72 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GLATWT88 Posted August 12, 2023 Members Share Posted August 12, 2023 Really great weeks for Guiding Light. It hadn't reached the 8s since March. It came close a few weeks with a 7.9, but it also had some really low 7s and a few 6s between then - wonder what was going on those months. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AbcNbc247 Posted August 12, 2023 Members Share Posted August 12, 2023 Still a better explanation than Pat Falken Smith's Please register in order to view this content 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted August 12, 2023 Members Share Posted August 12, 2023 What would that be? She disagreed with Gloria Monty calling it a seduction but she didn't want to give up her job over it so she lied & went along with it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AbcNbc247 Posted August 12, 2023 Members Share Posted August 12, 2023 Something about how Laura had been a virgin, so she got confused and called it rape. It was in an old SOD article posted somewhere on here. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted August 12, 2023 Members Share Posted August 12, 2023 Yes, I recall that now! So totally lame. I had forgotten that line. And, she, of course, would not have been a virgin. She & Scotty had been married awhile. Were we supposed to think they'd taken vows of chastity?!! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GLATWT88 Posted August 12, 2023 Members Share Posted August 12, 2023 (edited) Oh yikes Please register in order to view this content I get it was a different time and fortunately we've come a long way in regards to such issues, but that explanation is the worst. I'm not even against Luke and Laura getting married. I totally understand the craze and it was definitely a moment in TV history and quite a special one. Real life issues, dilemmas, problematic scenarios are what soaps are all about. Where it went wrong is the treatment of the rape as not a rape. Edited August 13, 2023 by GLATWT88 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted August 13, 2023 Members Share Posted August 13, 2023 FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS (FAST NATIONALS): WEEK OF 12/21/81-12/25/81: Please register in order to view this content FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 12/28/81-1/1/82 & 1/4/82-1/8/82: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted August 13, 2023 Members Share Posted August 13, 2023 (edited) Y&R Victor and Nikki Christmas at the ranch where we first learned the backstory of Victor's childhood. Y&R Victor and Nikki New Year at the ranch that we've seen in flashbacks numerous times over the years. 1982 had Y&R big cast change, Search for Tomorrow CBS run comes to an end, GL Douglas Marland leaves as HW. There's going to be lots of movement in the ratings this year. Edited August 13, 2023 by kalbir 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted August 13, 2023 Members Share Posted August 13, 2023 Nice holiday bump for soaps. AW can't even get a ratings bump during the holidays. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JAS0N47 Posted August 13, 2023 Members Share Posted August 13, 2023 FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/11/82-1/15/82 & 1/18/82-1/22/82: Please register in order to view this content FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 1/25/82-1/29/82 & 2/1/82-2/5/82: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members AbcNbc247 Posted August 13, 2023 Members Share Posted August 13, 2023 81-82 was the time AW really hit bottom 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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