ARTICLE: Daytime Broadcast Ratings for the Week of May 9-13, 2022

[Errol]

Nearly every daytime broadcast series saw improvement compared to the same week last year among Total Viewers during the week of May 9-13, 2022, spearheaded by “The Bold and the Beautiful” (3.320 million) which was up +515,000 viewers, “The Talk” (1.548 million) up +307,000 viewers, and “The Young and the Restless” (3.525 million) up +247,000 viewers.

“The Price is Right” (3.842 million / 4.393 million ) once again led all daytime broadcast shows among Total Viewers with its second half-hour topping the list in Women 18-49 with a 0.5 rating, same as last week and last year, and the second half-hour tying for first place in Women 25-54 with “B&B” and “Y&R,” each with a 0.7 rating. The first half-hour of the game show ranked fourth in Women 25-54 with a 0.6 rating, tied with “TODAY 3rd Hour” (1.974 million).

For the third time in six weeks, “B&B” attracted its largest overall audience of the 2021-2022 television season which also happened to mark a new high since the week of April 20-24, 2020, the final week of pre-pandemic originals. The soap was up +212,000 viewers week to week and +1.523 million over its comparable performance in 2020 when it aired its third consecutive week of classic episodes as a result of the pandemic production shutdown.

Up over its performance one year earlier, +247,000 viewers, “Y&R” also saw a marked increase in viewership compared to its comparable 2020 performance when it too aired its third consecutive week of classic episodes. The soap was up +1.332 million viewers over 2020.

“General Hospital” (2.268 million) continues to see improvement among viewers, up +53,000 viewers week to week and up +163,000 viewers compared to the same week last year. In fact, “GH” was up +131,000 viewers from its comparable performance in 2020 when it was approaching a period in which it began to run out of pre-pandemic originals. “GH” is just one of two daytime broadcast shows airing originals during the same period in 2020 to see improvement in 2022 – “The Talk” was up +129,000 viewers over its 2020 originals.

In Women 18-49, “GH” tied for second place with the first half-hour of “The Price is Right,” “B&B,” “Y&R” and “TODAY 3rd Hour,” each with a 0.4 rating. In Women 25-54, “GH” ranked fifth, tied with “Let’s Make a Deal” (2.437 million / 2.753 million), both with a 0.5 rating. 

Along with“B&B” and “GH,” “Days of our Lives” (1.746 million) is one of only three daytime broadcast shows to see improvement week to week, up +50,000 viewers, and marking at least the seventh week in a row in which it has attracted a larger overall audience than “TODAY with Hoda & Jenna” (1.470 million). The drama had its best performance in viewers since the week of April 18-22, 2022. Year to year, “DAYS” was up +128,000 viewers.

​​What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows performed during the week of May 9-13 2022 in Women 18-49 rating, Women 25-54 rating, Households and Total Viewers, including a look at their comparable performance in 2021 and 2020, respectively. A closer look at the daytime soaps, including their daily performance in the demos, will be posted soon.

Notes: Viewing levels were hitting multi-year highs in 2020 during the initial shutdown of the country due to COVID-19. “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “The Young and the Restless” began their months-long era of classic episodes which continued through late July 2020 and early August 2020, respectively.

Comparable 2020 figures for “GMA3: What Need to Know” are based on the performance of “Pandemic: What You Need to Know.” The current iteration was rebranded effective June 2020.

Week Of May 9-13, 2022 Rankers

Women 18-49 Rating

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.5/10	0.5	0.5	0.6
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.4/9	0.5	0.4	0.5
2. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.4/8	0.4	0.4	0.2
2. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6
2. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.4/8	0.4	0.5	0.3
2. General Hospital (ABC)	0.4/7	0.3	0.4	0.4
7. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.3/7	0.3	0.3	0.5
7. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
7. The View (ABC)	0.3/7	0.3	0.4	0.4
7. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.3/7	0.3	0.3	0.3
7. Days of our Lives (NBC)	0.3/6	0.3	0.3	0.4
12. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.2/5	0.2	0.3	0.3
12. The Talk (CBS)	0.2/4	0.2	0.2	0.2

Source: Nielsen

Women 25-54 Rating

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.7/11	0.8	0.7	0.9
1. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.7/10	0.6	0.6	0.4
1. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.7/10	0.7	0.8	0.5
4. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.6/10	0.7	0.6	0.9
4. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.6	0.6	0.6	0.9
6. General Hospital (ABC)	0.5/7	0.5	0.6	0.6
6. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.5/8	0.5	0.4	0.7
6. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.5/7	0.5	0.4	0.5
9. The View (ABC)	0.4/7	0.5	0.5	0.7
9. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.6
9. Days of our Lives (NBC)	0.4/6	0.4	0.4	0.6
9. The Talk (CBS)	0.4/5	0.4	0.3	0.3
13. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.3/5	0.3	0.4	0.5

Source: Nielsen

Households

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	2.8/14	2.9	2.8	3.7
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	2.5/13	2.6	2.5	3.4
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	2.4/12	2.4	2.3	1.6
4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	2.2/11	2.1	2.0	1.4
5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	1.7/9	1.8	1.9	2.5
6. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	1.6/8	1.6	1.6	2.1
7. The View (ABC)	1.5/8	1.6	1.7	2.2
7. General Hospital (ABC)	1.5/7	1.5	1.5	1.6
9. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	1.3	1.4	N/A	2.0
10. Days of our Lives (NBC)	1.2/6	1.2	1.1	1.4
11. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	1.0/5	1.0	1.0	1.3
11. The Talk (CBS)	1.0/5	1.0	0.9	1.1
11. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	1.0	1.0	N/A	1.4

Source: Nielsen

Total Viewers

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	4,393,000	4,546,000	4,233,000	5,366,000
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	3,842,000	3,950,000	3,769,000	4,922,000
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	3,525,000	3,542,000	3,278,000	2,193,000**
4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	3,320,000	3,108,000	2,805,000	1,797,000**
5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	2,753,000	2,799,000	2,761,000	3,513,000
6. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	2,437,000	2,462,000	2,402,000	2,858,000
7. The View (ABC)	2,280,000	2,339,000	2,350,000	2,859,000
8. General Hospital (ABC)	2,268,000	2,215,000	2,105,000	2,137,000
9. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	1,974,000	2,012,000	N/A	2,715,000
10. Days of our Lives (NBC)	1,746,000	1,696,000	1,618,000	1,983,000
11. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	1,567,000	1,602,000	1,466,000	1,784,000
12. The Talk (CBS)	1,548,000	1,572,000	1,241,000	1,419,000
13. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	1,470,000	1,473,000	N/A	1,905,000

Source: Nielsen

Note: The numbers above are calculated using Live+Same Day viewing and DVR playback, defined as 3:00 a.m. – 3:00 a.m, and are courtesy of Nielsen. Household ratings are the percentage of TV homes in the U.S. tuned into television.

*Notable Preemptions/Schedule Changes

• There were no notable preemptions/schedule changes during the week of May 9-13, 2022 reported by Nielsen.

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[Soapsuds]

Thanks @Errol!!

[Jeff]

Yes thank you @Errollook forward to the ratings report every Tuesday.  

[Darn]

I think if Y&R bothered to try they could easily go back to over 4 million viewers.