Ratings From the 90's

[kalbir]

Despite Guiding Light ratings during Calhoun's run (remember that time slot rival General Hospital was 2nd for most of Calhoun's run), I think he left the show in pretty good shape when JFP took over. Yes JFP got the ratings up but as we are seeing in this thread, the ratings rise is overlapping with General Hospital tanking.

[Khan]

Thank you, @beebs, ICAM.  In fact, I was going to add that to my last post, but time got away from me.

But, yes, it seemed like every other scene would climax in a shouting match between characters.  In the past, AMC always had been about the "brotherhood of man," with a community of people who loved and cared for one another, even when they might have been at odds.  With Megan McTavish as HW, however, Pine Valley became a cold and dark place to visit.  Lorraine Broderick restored some of the show's warmth and humanity when she came back as HW, but it never was the same.

You also have to take into account that Pamela K. Long was the HW for most of Calhoun's run and that, aside from some major storylines, the magic with her might have been gone.

Edited December 10, 2023 by Khan

[BoldRestless]

 

12/9/91-12/13/91:
GL you have an 18 share, SOW has 19

 

Rest is good!  

[TEdgeofNight]

Yes, Calhoun did leave GL in good shape. And JFP took off from that and made it even better. 

[Gray Bunny]

Wow, the week of Jan 13th - 17th saw better numbers nearly across the board than the usual holiday highs of the last week of December. Wonder if there was a big snowstorm on the east coast that week? 

[JAS0N47]

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/3/92-2/7/92 & 2/10/92-2/14/92:

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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 2/17/92-2/21/92 & 2/24/92-2/28/92:

[BoldRestless]

[kalbir]

Y&R February 4, 1992 Randy Brooks debut.

Y&R February 12, 1992 Traci gives birth to Colleen.

[Franko]

Coming soon:

Friday, March 13 -- Bo (now played by Robert Kelker-Kelly) is back on Days of Our Lives.

Friday, March 20 -- Will is killed on All My Children.

[beebs]

Interesting to see OLTL already starting to rebound during early Gottlieb, even if I suspect a lot of that is down to AMC's growth, as OLTL's in some major transition at this point.

[JAS0N47]

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/2/92-3/6/92 & 3/9/92-3/13/92:

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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/16/92-3/20/92 & 3/23/92-3/27/92:

[kalbir]

Y&R March 9, 1992 Barbara Crampton last episode until her 1998 return.

All My Children not that far behind Y&R and pulling up the rest of ABC's big three.

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[Khan]

Friday the 13th.  In retrospect, probably the first, big clue that hiring RKK maybe wasn't the best idea.

That's probably why ABCD kept hiring Megan McTavish and re-hiring her, but her career trajectory definitely proves that the law of diminishing returns is no fluke.

We know by now how Victor Miller and Wisner Washam felt about working with her, but I'd love to know whether others - Agnes Nixon, Lorraine Broderick, Felicia Minei Behr, etc. - felt the same way.

Edited December 13, 2023 by Khan

[Mitch64]

She did that to GL too..besides the infamous Brent/Marion (killing yet another Mom and making jokes about it..making a dumb girl believe she is HIV positive) Roger and Holly lost all their nuance and he became EVIL (even wanting to drug Dinah and murder her) Amanda an amoral madame, Josh hating Reva when she returned, AM resenting Phillip when he returned..Phillip thinking anyone in his family, including Alex, who always supported him, could frame him...and just generally all connections between the interconnected families of GL were downplayed...Bridget stopped being involved with Uncle Ed, never talked to Chele, Chele called Nola her aunt "Mrs. Chamberlin" and the same with Vanessa, her Mom's best friend..hell, McTavish even made Nola, a manic depressed loser!

 

That is why I never understood why and how she screwed herself and the show later...she saw what worked and what was successful..why ruin it?

 

Id love to see what they had to say, she seems such an odd person/writer.