1 hour ago, soapfan770 said:

-Knots Landing two hour finale ending at #10 against repeat Cheers and LA Law. I wonder if Dallas’ finale the week before had given it a boost

I don't think so - ratingswise Knots was pretty stable during season 12. It was really season 13 that killed it. I think it ending up at #10 had more to do with major shows having reruns that week.

It just shows you how little room these soaps had to have a bad season.

1 hour ago, soapfan770 said:

-Knots Landing two hour finale ending at #10 against repeat Cheers and LA Law. I wonder if Dallas’ finale the week before had given it a boost?

Good question!

33 minutes ago, te. said:

I don't think so - ratingswise Knots was pretty stable during season 12. It was really season 13 that killed it. I think it ending up at #10 had more to do with major shows having reruns that week.

It just shows you how little room these soaps had to have a bad season.

@te. My bad my post didn’t upload my reply LOL but S12 was definitely stablized for the most part and had consistently still dipped into the Top #30. There’s two overall season rankings I have seen—Wiki and Primetime Encyclopedia mentions Knots came in at #35 while the TV Ratings Guide has Knots tied at #30th. Not sure which was correct.

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53 minutes ago, Khan said:

Good question!

 

That KL 2-hour finale on 5/9/91 built over the night from 11.6 to 12.6 to 13.0 to 13,9 to 15.3 to 15.7 to 16.0, although it did drop off a little in its last 15 minutes to 15.6.

 Dallas on 5/3/91 has these 15-minute ratings: 20.2, 21.4, 21,9, 22,5, 22.5, 22,1, 22,7, 22.5.

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