Ratings From the 90's

[kalbir]

Y&R this week Victoria Rowell debut (May 7) and Marguerite Ray (RIP) last episode (May 9).

Y&R this week Veronica Redd debut (May 15) and Kimberlin Brown debut (May 16).

Edited November 18, 2023 by kalbir

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[JAS0N47]

Thanks for the continuous checking!   I'm glad to see after those couple of weeks that Soap Weekly started off with in 1989, everything has matched up nicely since.

[Franko]

Question -- When in 1990 did WNBC in New York change the soap lineup to Generations at 11:30, Santa Barbara at 12 and Days of Our Lives and Another World in pattern? I ask because I see that it had already happened by mid-May.

https://www.radiodiscussions.com/threads/retro-new-york-city-wednesday-may-16-1990.749281/

Edited November 19, 2023 by Franko

[JAS0N47]

 

Per the Daily News archives, WNBC schedule:

 

Ending 1/19/90:

Golden Girls 11AM

227 1130AM

3rd Degree 12PM (syndicated, not NBC, game show)

Generations 1230PM

Santa Barbara 3PM

 

Beginning 1/22/90:

Win, Lose or Draw 11AM

Generations 1130AM

Santa Barbara 12PM

Classic Concentration 3PM

Scrabble 330PM

Edited November 19, 2023 by JAS0N47

[Franko]

Thank you, Jason! I'm guessing that Win, Lose or Draw was filler until Marsha Warfield's show debuted in March. I'm wondering if it was reruns of the network run, or if WNBC was briefly airing the syndicated version.

For the 1990-91 season, WNBC's 3 p.m. timeslot went to The Joan Rivers Show, which previously aired at 9 a.m. on WCBS. Joan was the lead-in to Donahue.

Also of note, WNBC, WCBS and WABC came to play at 4 p.m. in those days, with Donahue vs. Geraldo vs. Oprah. Geraldo lost -- by spring 1991, WCBS was airing Matlock reruns in that timeslot.

[JAS0N47]

I didn't compare it to the Nielsen NBC list, so I was just thinking Win, Lose or Draw was still in its network run, but I see now that ended in 1989. Also, I noticed WNBC brought back Scrabble later in 1990 (just as a local run, it didn't seem to air on any other affiliate) up until Joan Rivers took the time slot in September 1990. I don't see any mention of Scrabble having a syndicated run, so I guess being they were the main NBC affiliate, they could just air repeats of a former network show like Scrabble?

[Franko]

That would be my guess. Bear in mind, NBC's official lineup included Classic Concentration reruns from 1991-93. That seems like such a waste to me -- either keep the show running, or use its space for an original program.

[te.]

Is there any information available on Tribes in those Nielsen books? 

[Contessa Donatella]

DAYS 10-16-91, 42 min. long but there is a blip of "NBC News Special Report" ... just FYI. Seems maybe an announcement of later given the episode length. I'm just guessing. 

[JAS0N47]

I just looked at the debut week (3/5/90) and finale week (7/9/90) books for Tribes, and nothing is in Nielsen. Wiki says Tribes only aired on a few FOX stations around the country, so it wasn't a full-network FOX show.

[JoeCool]

Clarence Thomas confirmed to Supreme Court on 10/15/91 could be related to that.

[Contessa Donatella]

Thanks! I bet that's it. 

[JAS0N47]

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/28/90-6/1/90 & 6/4/90-6/8/90:

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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 6/11/90-6/15/90 & 6/18/90-6/22/90:

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Week of 6/4/90
ATWT - You have 5.6/21, SOW has 5.5/20
AW - You have 3.9/15, SOW has 3.8/14

Week of 6/18/90
GH - You have 6.3, SOW has 6.8