Ratings From the 90's

[kalbir]

@Soapsuds It was mentioned in the Y&R Classics thread that there was a week in June 1997 where Days was only 0.3 behind Y&R. Do you have the ratings for that month?

 

[Pine Charles]

I know AMC was only 0.3 behind Y&R a couple times in early ‘93.

 

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[Soapsuds]

 

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[kalbir]

From @Soapsuds upload, it looks like the week of June 23-27, 1997 has Y&R at 7.2 and Days at 6.9.

 

Thanks @Soapsuds and @Pine Charles for the uploads.

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[Pine Charles]

I see that now.

For some reason, that was a missing week in the ratings I found. 

[Pine Charles]

May 4-8, 1992:

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1993:

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[Paul Raven]

Further to discussion of NBCs problem with affiliate clearance of their soaps SPW published an article about the debut of Sunset Beach and affiliates.

 

Houston (10th largest market) UPN affiliate KTXH will air SB at 10am b/w repeats of 90210 and Dr Quinn.

 

 The NBC affiliate KPRC airs Days @1 and AW @ 2.

 

Dallas/Fort Worth (8th largest market) NBC affiliate KXAS moved AW to its sister station KXTX/39 to make room for SB.

 

Detroit (9th largest) NBC affiliate WDIO opted not to pick up SB. A subsequent deal with the FOX affiliate WJBK fell through.

[Manny]

Thanks to @kalbir for pointing out this thread to me. I couldn't find it. Thanks to everyone who shared their ratings. 

As I mentioned in another thread, I have some ratings which I have collected all across the internet over the many years. Unfortunately I do not have nice paper clippings like some of you, because all the ratings I find, I input in an excel file, so I wouldn't be able to tell you for most of them what my sources are, but I hope that's not the problem.

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So I have some partial ratings from 1992, so I can start from there:
 

Week of August 10 1992 (On AW, Lucas died; Shane starts to walk without the crutches on DAYS and Karen invites Jagger for dinner on GH). 

1. Y&R 8,7
2. AMC 6,6
3. ATWT 5,8
4. B&B 5,7
5. GL 5,3
6. GH 5,2
7. OLTL 5,1
8. DAYS 5,0
9. AW 3,7
10. SB 3,1
11. LOV 2,4

Week of August 17 1992 (Sawyer is arrested for Frank's murder on SB, A.J. and Nikki make love on GH and Clay told a devastated Dinah Lee that he cannot marry her on LOV)

1. Y/R 8,6
2. AMC 6,8
3. ATWT 5,8
4. B&B 5,7
5. GL 5,3
6. GH 5,2
7. DAYS 5,1
8. OLTL 5,0
9. AW 3,8
10. SB 3,3
11. LOV 2,5

 

Week of August 24 1992 (Ava accepts Leo's proposal on LOV, Jack and Jenn enjoy time in New York on DAYS and Lionel and Gina make love for the first time on SB).

1. Y&R 8,4
2. AMC 7,0
3. ATWT 5,9
4. B&B 5,7
5. GL 5,6
6. GH/OLTL 5,2
7. DAYS 4,9
8. AW 3,7
9. SB 3,1
10. LOV 2,6

 

Week of August 31 1992 (Bill and Holly search a burial tomb in an attempt to find a statue on GH, andAlly seems to have been possessed by evils spirits on LOV)

1. Y&R 7,9
2. AMC 6,4
3. ATWT 5,4
4. GL 5,3
5. B&B 5,2
6. OLTL 5,0
7. GH 4,9
8. DAYS 4,6
9. AW 3,3
10. SB 2,6
11. LOV 2,5

Week of September 21 1992 (Jack and Nikki discuss having a child on Y&R, Kevin tricked LeeAnn to get Duke on OLTL, while on AW Paulina and Jake reconciled)

1. Y&R 8,1
2. AMC 6,6
3. ATWT/B&B 5,8
4. GL 5,4
5. GH 5,0
6. OLTL 4,8
7. DAYS 4,5
8. AW 3,2
9. SB 2,6
10. LOV 2,5

Week of September 28 1992 (Olivia and Nathan are happy with their newborn son on Y&R,  while on DAYS, Isabella collapsed after attending Jennifer's baby shower)

1. Y&R 8,3
2. B&B 6,8
3. AMC 6,6
4. ATWT 5,9
5. GL 5,4
6. GH 4,9
7. OLTL 4,8
8. DAYS 4,5
9. AW 3,1
10. LOV/SB 2,5

Week of October 12 1992 (Jill admits having feelings for Victor on Y&R, Stacey turned to Clay for comfort on LOV,  while Cheryl died on GH)

1. Y&R 7,8
2. AMC 6,7
3. B&B 5,5
4. ATWT 5,4
5. GH/OLTL 5,1
6. GL 5,0
7. DAYS 4,5
8. AW 3,1
9. LOV 2,6
10. SB 2,4

Week of October 19 1992 (Kevin punched a reporter on AW, while news of Isabella's death spreads on DAYS).

1. Y&R 7,9
2. AMC 6,7
3. ATWT 5,8
4. B&B 5,6
5. GL 5,2
6. GH 5,1
7. OLTL 4,9
8. DAYS 4,8
9. AW 3,2
10. LOV 2,7
11. SB 2,5

Week of October 26 1992 (Grant proposed to Vicky on AW, while Cooper did the same with Hannah on LOV)

1. Y&R 8,3
2. AMC 6,6
3. ATWT/B&B 5,9
4. GL/GH 5,3
5. OLTL 4,9
6. DAYS 4,8
7. AW 3,3
8. SB 2,7
9. LOV 2,6

Week of November 2 1992 (on AMC, Jackson doesn't want Erica to have an affair with Dimitri, while a Halloween party goes on at Chamberlain house on GL)

1. Y&R 8,6
2. AMC 6,9
3. ATWT 6,2
4. B&B 6,0
5. GH 5,7
6. GL 5,6
7. OLTL 5,2
8. DAYS 4,9
9. AW 3,4
10. LOV 2,7
11. SB 2,6

Week of December 14 1992 (Christie Clark returned as Carrie Brady on DAYS, Sophia ends up in a hospital on SB and Lucas' custody hearing happens on GH).

1. Y&R 7,9
2. AMC 6,6
3. ATWT 5,8
4. B&B 5,6
5. GH 5,4
6. GL 5,3
7. OLTL/DAYS 5,1
8. AW 3,2
9. SB 2,5
10. LOV 2,4

Week of December 28 1992 (On GH, A.J. attempts suicide, Stacey pulls a knife on Clay and Aldens talk about having her committed on LOV and Opal enjoys her newborn baby on AMC)

1. Y&R 9,1
2. AMC 8,0
3. B&B 6,5
4. GH 6,3
5. OLTL/ATWT 6,1
6. GL 5,9
7. DAYS 5,3
8. AW 3,6
9. LOV 3,2
10. SB 2,9

 

[Soapsuds]

Ratings from 89 to 2000s can be found here

http://www.jason47.com/days/nielsensweekly.html

[Manny]

Ha! Awesome!

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Thanks for sharing (and saving me the typing :))

[titan1978]

Interesting to see Monty’s 1991 return to GH.  Through the first of the year into her first month or so, the show was still hitting high 6’s and 7’s.  Then it collapses as viewers clearly reject the new characters and changes.  But by the end of the year the ratings have almost recovered.  Riche’s first year is very up and down before settling in, but I don’t think she or the show ever got as high as a 7.0 again.

[alwaysAMC]

Man, AMC was SO good in the 90s.  That entire decade had me hooked.  

[Soapsuds]

You're welcome!

[Chrissy81730]

Sad to see #GH completely collapse in the ratings - never to recover again.. I hope they can pick up in the ratings again - and find a new audience…