2 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

6/25/90-6/29/90 & 7/2/90-7/6/90:

B&B June 25, 1990 Clarke and Sally get married.

2 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

 7/9/90-7/13/90 & 7/16/90-7/20/90

Y&R July 9, 1990 we saw during the classics. Nikki puts on a show at The Colonnade Room.

B&B July 18, 1990 Caroline death. I cried so much afterward.

July 16-20, 1990 As the World Turns in 2nd. @Soapsuds will be so happy to see this.

Guiding Light July 20, 1990 Rick Hearst debut.

Days getting a boost from the shipwreck. Only three months left of the supercouple era.

One Life to Live is tanking.

Edited November 21, 20232 yr by kalbir

1 hour ago, JAS0N47 said:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 6/25/90-6/29/90 & 7/2/90-7/6/90:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 7/9/90-7/13/90 & 7/16/90-7/20/90:

7/2/90-7/6/90:
SB: You have a 12 share, SOW has 11

7/16/90-7/20/90:
OLTL: You have a 18 share, SOW has 19

12 hours ago, kalbir said:

 

July 16-20, 1990 As the World Turns in 2nd. @Soapsuds will be so happy to see this.

 

 

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 7/23/90-7/27/90 & 7/30/90-8/3/90:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/6/90-8/10/90 & 8/13/90-8/17/90:

12 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

 7/23/90-7/27/90 

Guiding Light July 23, 1990 Kim Zimmer departure.

Y&R July 27, 1990 Esther gives birth to Chloe.

12 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

7/30/90-8/3/90:

August 2, 1990 Iraq invades Kuwait. We'll be seeing interruptions for Gulf War coverage over the next 6 months.

12 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

 8/13/90-8/17/90

Guiding Light August 17, 1990 Mark Derwin debut.

Edited November 22, 20232 yr by kalbir

On 11/20/2023 at 4:53 PM, kalbir said:

One Life to Live is tanking.

And it's tanking in almost record time, too.  I don't think it can be overstated how vital Andrea Evans was to the show's success in the mid- and late-'80's.  When Peggy O'Shea left as HW in 1987, she took with her the show's ability to ground even the most far-fetched ideas in some semblance of reality.  As long as AE was still on the show, however, you could ignore the ridiculous storylines, because Tina remained a very captivating character - sort of an anti-heroine, if you will - in her hands.

For me, the low point of that era - lower than Eterna, lower than all the Mendorra [!@#$%^&*] - were the hijinks that S. Michael Schnessel and Paul Rauch concocted for the Badderley (sp?) storyline.  That was the clear sign that OLTL had become a victim of its' own excesses and needed a serious overhaul.  Unfortunately, I don't think Linda Gottlieb and Michael Malone were the answer, lol.

Edited November 21, 20232 yr by Khan

Y&R been hitting 8+ since late May 1990. They are so far ahead of the pack.

I haven't done a deep dive into 1991-1994 ratings yet, but I'm pretty sure Y&R dominates in the sense that they are far ahead of everyone until the start of OJ. We know that Y&R dominance was threatened in the aftermath of OJ when Reilly's Days blew up.

Edited November 22, 20232 yr by kalbir

14 hours ago, kalbir said:

Y&R been hitting 8+ since late May 1990. They are so far ahead of the pack.

I haven't done a deep dive into 1991-1994 ratings yet, but I'm pretty sure Y&R dominates in the sense that they are far ahead of everyone until the start of OJ. We know that Y&R dominance was threatened in the aftermath of OJ when Reilly's Days blew up.

Y&R hits 9+ a few times around early 1994, I think. One week hitting a 9.7.  In fact, the majority of the soaps were on an upswing in 1993/1994 before the Ford Bronco chase... 

Looking at these 1990 numbers, it's kind of shocking to see so many of the powerhouse shows wading in the 5's so quickly. 

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/20/90-8/24/90 & 8/27/90-8/31/90:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 9/3/90-9/7/90 & 9/10/90-9/14/90:

Edited December 29, 20231 yr by JAS0N47

Robert and Pam at 4.8 for GL? Yikes!!

I guess Pamela K. Long was smart to leave GL when she did, because if she hadn't, I suspect P&G would've replaced her.

On 11/21/2023 at 9:06 AM, JAS0N47 said:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 7/23/90-7/27/90 & 7/30/90-8/3/90:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/6/90-8/10/90 & 8/13/90-8/17/90:

 

1 hour ago, JAS0N47 said:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 8/20/90-8/24/90 & 8/27/90-8/31/90:

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 9/3/90-9/7/90 & 9/10/90-9/14/90:

7/23/90-7/27/90:
GH - You have 6.3, SOW has 6.2
GL - you have 5.3, SOW has 5.2

8/6/90-8/10/90:
Y&R - You have 8.1/28, SOW has 7.3/25 !!!
DOOL - You have 5.5/18, SOW has 5.1/17
both are noted by SOW as having preemptions

8/20/90-8/24/90:
GL - You have an 18 share, SOW has 19
AW - You have 4.1/14, SOW has 3.4/12

Did GENERATIONS ever break 3.0?  Again, it just seems like that show never stood a chance.

4 hours ago, JAS0N47 said:

9/10/90-9/14/90:

What happened to Days this week? We expect to see a drop off across the board in September once the kids are back in school but a 1.2 drop is pretty big. I take it the shipwreck storyline is over and Days is preparing for Stephen Nichols departure.

4 hours ago, Soapsuds said:

Robert and Pam at 4.8 for GL? Yikes!!

I think its the aftermath of Kim Zimmer departure.

On 11/20/2023 at 12:08 AM, JAS0N47 said:

I might have caught the preemption for ATWT and missed it when checking on GL, so if you see something for ATWT that looks like it also preempted GL for that time frame, let me know. I remember that happening once I think with AMC, but I caught that omission and added the preemption to the AMC list.

Coming back to this, I found these two possible ATWT preemptions that I couldn't eliminate because there were no times listed. Nothing from 1992 or 1993 seems to fit.

 

Can you double check if GL was preempted on these days?

1/23/91 Unrated War in the Gulf 29 (unknown timings)
8/20/91 Unrated CBS Special Report: Soviet Coup 6 (unknown timings)
 

 

Edited November 23, 20232 yr by BoldRestless