Members Paul Raven Posted September 15, 2019 Author Members Share Posted September 15, 2019 Or if CBS had held on to EON and programmed it at 4pm as ABC did. It would have had a much stronger lead in and probably better coverage, Top 10 daytime ratings among blacks Jan- Feb 88 1. Y&R 18.3 2. AMC 17.8 3. OLTL 16.2 4, ATWT 14.2 5. GH 14.2 6. GL 13.1 7. B&B 13.0 8. TPIR 12.8 9.LOV 10.6 10. SB 8.6 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted September 15, 2019 Author Members Share Posted September 15, 2019 Check the primetime ratings thread in the next few days! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members EONGLOLTL Posted September 15, 2019 Members Share Posted September 15, 2019 I would have loved to have seen Edge stay on CBS! In 1975 Match Game was huge at 3:30 and maybe the kids would have stuck around for Edge. It was only 3 years since the move to 2:30 for Edge I always wondered why CBS kept it at 2:30 it's ratings dipped so badly..... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Soapsuds Posted September 16, 2019 Members Share Posted September 16, 2019 Tbanks! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gray Bunny Posted September 18, 2019 Members Share Posted September 18, 2019 Interesting tidbit, thanks. I have to dig out some old Digests around the mid 90's when they focused on African-American representation (or lack thereof) on soaps and it did a rundown of the top-rated shows among black households. At the time, DAYS was No. 2 in households but at the bottom in black homes which I was surprised to see. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Cruising Soaps Posted September 18, 2019 Members Share Posted September 18, 2019 What happened in 82 that made GH drop so much? (i'm not a GH fan) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted September 18, 2019 Members Share Posted September 18, 2019 Laura left and Jackie Temple-toes (Demi Moore) arrived. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vetsoapfan Posted September 18, 2019 Members Share Posted September 18, 2019 Just as importantly, Pat Falken Smith was fired as head writer, and a stream of hacks took over, initiating all sorts of campy (i.e. STOOPID) plots which started to drive even the most patient viewers away. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slick jones Posted September 18, 2019 Members Share Posted September 18, 2019 I know Jackie's mustache drove my mother away from the show. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members beebs Posted September 18, 2019 Members Share Posted September 18, 2019 The Corringtons seem to have been lured over to replace Racina after The Ice Princess ended. The month they took over, the show instantly collapsed in the ratings, and seems to have taken OLTL (who's been a solid #2 under O'Shea/Hall) with them. This appears to have caused ABC to panic, since shortly thereafter, O'Shea is out, and Henry Slesar's in at that point. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Gray Bunny Posted September 24, 2019 Members Share Posted September 24, 2019 Is February '83 the publish date of the magazine? Since Texas & The Doctors ended in Dec. '82... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members watson71 Posted September 28, 2019 Members Share Posted September 28, 2019 The ratings from 5/83 to 6/83 show where Days of our Lives and Another World finally start to rise in the ratings after disastrous ratings in the early 80s. Days was heavily featuring the Marlena and Roman pairing and about to introduce Hope and Bo as a future supercouple. The ratings rose from a 5.3 to 6.8 in one month. After 12 years, Another World fired long time executive producer Paul Rauch and replaced him with Guiding Light's executive producer Allen Potter. AW was about to kick off the Alma Rudder murder mystery and was reuniting Mac and Rachel before their August double wedding with Sandy and Blaine. The ratings rose from a 4.2 to 5.5 in one month. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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