Ratings From the 90's

[Khan]

Basically, Victor Miller said he enjoyed working with MMT, while Wisner Washam said she had a big mouth and that he quit AMC the second time because he couldn't stand her.

By now, most who worked with MMT either are dead or retired, so spilling the tea on her wouldn't jeopardize anything.  Heck, Megan has moved onto breeding dogs for a living, lol.

Edited December 13, 2023 by Khan

[JAS0N47]

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 3/30/92-4/3/92 & 4/6/92-4/10/92:

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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 4/13/92-4/17/92 & 4/20/92-4/24/92:

[BoldRestless]

4/13/92-4/17/92:
Days you have an 18 share, SOW has 19

[beebs]

Weird seeing DAYS' ratings ticking upward during Palumbo's short run, considering how tepid a lot of his stories were. Jack and Jennifer and the con artists are a total mess, while the hunt for John's True Identity of the Week kinda worked (for me anyway), the downplaying of the John/Marlena/Roman/Isabella quad in favour of the focus on the Torres mob family was a bizarre choice. The Alamains seem to just meander during this period, antagonizing everyone with little rhyme or reason to it. I believe the Lombards and Lisanne Gardner are introduced around this time as well. 

How the show was netting actually reasonable numbers around this time is kinda beyond me.

[kalbir]

Guiding Light March 30, 1992 Fiona Hutchison debut.

Guiding Light April 6, 1992 Mindy changes the results of Nick's DNA test.

Y&R April 8, 1992 Olivia learns she is pregnant.

B&B April 22, 1992 Lauren Koslow last episode.

[YRfan23]

And also on Y&R April 21, 1992, Lauren and Sheila had their epic lab cat fight!

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[JoeCool]

I love that fight!! Great episode!

[JAS0N47]

FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 4/27/92-5/1/92 & 5/4/92-5/8/92:

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FROM THE VAULT: WEEKLY DAYTIME NIELSEN RATINGS: WEEKS OF 5/11/92-5/15/92 & 5/18/92-5/22/92:

The ratings posts are now on a holiday pause and will return in January with the rest of 1992 and 1993. Happy holidays to all!!

[Gray Bunny]

Thank you for all you do! So funny to see the endless battles between No. 3 through No. 8. 

[kalbir]

May 1992 was a huge month for both Y&R and B&B. Y&R had the baby switch reveal, Sheila disappearance, Victor collapsing and Jack leaves for Victor dead. B&B had Sheila arrival, Brooke learns she is pregnant, Ridge and Taylor get married.

Guiding Light April 30, 1992 Hamp and Gilly get married and Monti Sharp debut, and May 1, 1992 Roberta Flack guest appearance.

So much jockeying for position.

@JAS0N47 Again, thank you so much for bringing this part of daytime television history to us. You should be knighted

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[YRfan23]

You’ve earned a well deserved rest for all you’ve done!! Have a wonderful Christmas my friend!

[yrfan1983]

I guess Bnb had to let Lauren Koslow go, in order to clear a contract slot for Kimberlin Brown.

[BoldRestless]

Looks like we won't quite finish off 2023 perfectly:

 

5/18/92-5/22/92:
GL you have 5.3 and SOW has 5.2. I assume it's SOW's typo as they have a star marking it "tied with above" (B&B at 5.3)

 

Happy holidays and thank you so much for all this! 

[AbcNbc247]

I see Days and AW weren’t doing too well the week I was born lol 

But then again, that was also the week that Sheila kidnapped Lauren.

A big thank you to @JAS0N47!

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Edited December 14, 2023 by AbcNbc247

[MichaelGL]

Makes me wonder what could've helped NBC Daytime during this period. A cross over event between their soaps? Better promotion? 

Ultimately I'm going to assume better writing, at least for DAYS and SB.