What a disaster for B&B, that’s worse than I even had expected (I was thinking like a 1.8). They left out back in April with a 2.4. And this week they’ve had a couple pre-emotions with the John Lewis coverage from CBS. B&B should have really waited till a fall premiere. 

CBS should be running episodes of B&B in primetime at 8:30 or 9:30 or as a block at 10pm to get some extra eyes on the show and to promote it. It isn't as if they have a ton of new programming. It's practically August for God's sake.

37 minutes ago, DaytimeFan said:

CBS should be running episodes of B&B in primetime at 8:30 or 9:30 or as a block at 10pm to get some extra eyes on the show and to promote it. It isn't as if they have a ton of new programming. It's practically August for God's sake.

They did this in Australia with ATWT and Days back in the 70's. Helped kick off ATWT here and bring in more viewers for Days as well. I think they both ran in primetime for a few weeks each

B&B left back in April with a 2.4; I was thinking a 1.8 but geez a 1.5 is embarrassing! They really should have waited like others have said for a fall premiere in September along with Y&R. Otherwise this just looks pathetic especially this past week since B&B was pre-emoted in a significant part of the country with the John Lewis coverage. 

1 hour ago, DaytimeFan said:

CBS should be running episodes of B&B in primetime at 8:30 or 9:30 or as a block at 10pm to get some extra eyes on the show and to promote it. It isn't as if they have a ton of new programming. It's practically August for God's sake.

Exactly.THere is little ad revenue for the networks right now and the show is just 30 minutes. It shouldn't that difficult program it in primetime for a while to renew interest. it's basically the only fresh content besides news on CBS!?

Days got 2 million one day and nearly two million another. Not bad at all

With all the classic episodes that they ran all this time another thing B&B should have done IMO is air the last week of original episodes from April, instead of classic episodes the week leading into the return.  Instead of 1 recap episode.  All week long before, have a different actor or actress say, "The Bold and the Beautiful will be returning and new next week.  This episode was aired during the last week before the COVID19 closures, and we hope that this reminds you and catches you up to our new episodes next week."  Or something along those lines.