It seems like Bare Essence didn't work on any level.

The timeslot was a major problem. No successful soap had launched at 9pm. Dallas/Dynasty had several seasons at 10pm to build a following before moving up an hour and Knots Landing struggled the two times at aired at 9.

By the time BE moved to 10pm Fri following Knight Rider the die was cast.

...TV Ratings February 13-19, 1984

Edited March 5Mar 5 by Soapsuds

Apparently, people watched part 1 of "Sidney Sheldon's Master of the Game" and said, "Hell nah," lol.

9 minutes ago, Khan said:

Apparently, people watched part 1 of "Sidney Sheldon's Master of the Game" and said, "Hell nah," lol.

LOL.😂

In actuality the series continued into the following week with Part III being tied at #1 for the week of 2/20/84-2/26/84 with the first part of Lace.

Obviously America was loving grand soapy miniseries at the time:

Nielsen prime time ratings for the week ending Feb. 26, gave CBS an 18.2 rating with a 28 percent share of the viewing audience, ABC a 17.3 rating with a 27 share and NBC a 15.2 rating with a 24 share. Part III of the CBS miniseries "Master of the Game" and Part I of the ABC miniseries "Lace" tied for the No. 1 program of the week, each with a 28.2 rating. "Master," however, had a 42 percent share of the viewing audience, while "Lace" had a 39 share.

Part II of "Master" was ranked third for the week with a 27.7 rating and a 40 share. In the 22-week-old television season, CBS has won the prime time ratings 15 times, ABC 6 and NBC 1. The Top 10 prime time shows for the week ending Feb. 26, according to the A.C. Nielsen 1.

tie. Master of the Game (CBS) 1.2. tie. Lace (ABC)

3. Master of Game Part II (CBS)

4.Dallas (CBS)

5. Star Wars (CBS)

6.60 Minutes (CBS)

7. Simon and Simon (CBS)

8. Dynasty (ABC)

9. tie. Falcon Crest (CBS) Magnum, P.I. (CBS)

Thank you for the clarification, @soapfan770 . It seemed odd to me that only part 1 was in the Top 15, but I didn't know it continued into the following week.

2 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

...TV Ratings February 13-19, 1984

Winter Olympics played in every timeslot for ABC and ABC won the week.

But NBC won Tuesday with A Team/Celebrity Pt 3.

CBS won Fri Dukes/Dallas/Falcon Crest

CBS won Sunday 60 Minutes/Master of the Game Pt 1.

CBS had another airing of Gone With The Wind with it's worst results Pt 1 #31 PT 2 #39

Emerald Point was #45

16. TV Bloopers NBC

17. Real People NBC

18. Knight Rider NBC

19. Magnum PI CBS

20. Winter Olympics Wed ABC

21. NIght Court NBC

22. Gimme A Break NBC

23. Diffrent Strokes NBC

24. Scarecrow &Mrs King CBS

25. Winter Olympics Sun ABC

26. St Elsewhere NBC

27. Hill St Blues NBC

28. Family Ties NBC

29. Silver Spoons NBC

30. TV Greatest Commercials NBC

Nielsen TV ratings report for the week of March 8-14 1982:

ABC wins Nielsen race again NEW YORK (AP)

"Dallas" was the No. 1 show in the week ending March. 14, but ABC had five of the 10 highest rated programs, and won the networks' competition for the second straight week, figures from the A.C. Nielsen Co. showed. ABC now has been No. 1, or tied for first, in the three-way race three times in the last five weeks.

CBS continues to dominate for the season so far, and has won the competition 16 times in the 23 weeks of the current TV year. "Dallas," first in the ratings for the 10th time this season, had a rating of 27 to 26.4 for the second-place show, ABC's "Night of 100 Stars," a three-hour special taped at New York's Radio City Music Hall. Nielsen says the rating for "Dallas" means in an average minute of the show, 27 percent of the nation's homes with TV were tuned to the CBS program. CBS' "60 Minutes," No. 1 in the ratings a week ago, was third.

ABC's rating for the period was 18.5 to 17 for CBS and 13.9 for NBC. The networks say that means in an average prime-time minute during the week, 18.5 percent of the television -equipped homes in the country were watching ABC. ABC's newly introduced Hooker" was the week's top-rated new series, in 11th place, with "Falcon Crest" on CBS No. 17. ABC was moderately successful with a theatrical film, "Coma," in 23rd place, NBC less so with "The Wild Geese," a TV premiere, No.30.

NBC had the six lowest-rated programs, beginning with a movie, "The Great American Traffic Jam," in 60th place, and followed by "Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters," "One of the Boys," "Chicago Story," "NBC Magazine" and "McClain's Law." Of the four lowest-rated show, all but "NBC Magazine" are new series.

Here are the week's 10 highest-rated programs: "Dallas," with a rating of 27 representing 22.1 million homes, CBS; "Night of 100 Stars," 26.4 or 21.6 million, ABC; "60 Minutes," 25.6 or 21 million, "The Jeffersons," 25.4 or 20.8 million, and "Alice," 24.2 or 19.8 million, all CBS; "Too Close for Comfort," 23.3 or 19.1 million, "Love Boat," 23.1 or 19.1 million, "Three's Company," 23 or 18.8 million, all ABC; "Dukes of Hazzard," 22.6 or 18.5 million, CBS, and "Hart to Hart," 22.1 or 18.1 million, ABC. The remainder of the Top 20: "T.J. Hooker," ABC; "Magnum, P.I.," and "One Day at a Time," both CBS, tie; "Trapper John, M.D.," and "Archie Bunker's Place," both CBS; "Real People," NBC; "Falcon Crest," CBS; "Happy Days," ABC, and "Facts of Life," NBC, tie, and "Laverne and Shirley," ABC.