Members Planet Soap Posted May 22, 2022 Members Share Posted May 22, 2022 At what point did each soap become popular in what was then a saturated field. Obvious: GH in 1978/79 after Monty toook the reigns. ATWT: was popular in the 60s and 70s and had a mid 80s resurgence under Marland. When for example did DAYS or OLTL or AMC become popular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted May 22, 2022 Members Share Posted May 22, 2022 Y&R 1984 B&B 1992 Days 1983 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members watson71 Posted May 22, 2022 Members Share Posted May 22, 2022 AW- 1966-67 once Rachel and Ada arrive in Bay City- and Agnes Nixon begins the Rachel/Steve/Alice triangle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted May 22, 2022 Members Share Posted May 22, 2022 GH: When Marland was Hwriting! ATWT: #1 soap for 12 years running AW: a resurgence landing them tucked #2 after ATWT during Lemay HWing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members titan1978 Posted May 22, 2022 Members Share Posted May 22, 2022 It seems like GH was a hit earlier, Monty and Marland just saved it from a low point. It was a very popular and highly rated soap pretty early on. By all accounts, DAYS takes off after Bell takes over as head writer and some key recasts happen- Flannery as Laura, SSH as Julie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted May 22, 2022 Members Share Posted May 22, 2022 SSH was/is Julie #4 although I could swear I remember her earlier. There's an imposter in that 1966 clip! No, it's just a game my brain plays. SSH began 1968. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted May 22, 2022 Members Share Posted May 22, 2022 (edited) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_daytime_soap_opera_ratings?fbclid=IwAR2KcNmUBi5hk6vLqcoxqraBjyaBsKsK5pTmQ2HJONJhZkCKnmnpu9-IvYY#1960s 1959-60 ATWT 1, GL 2 1960-61 ATWT 1, GL 2 1961-62 ATWT 1, GL 2 1962-63 ATWT 1, GL 2 1963-64 ATWT 1, GL 2 1964-65 ATWT 1, GL 2, AW 9 1965-66 ATWT 1, GL 2, AW 8 1966-67 ATWT 1, EON 2, GL 3, AW 7 1967-68 ATWT 1, AW 2, GL 3 1968-69 ATWT 1, SFT 2, AW 3 1969-70 ATWT 1, AW 5 1970-71 ATWT 1, AW 4 (Tie w/DOOL) 1971-72 ATWT 1, AW 6 1972-73 ATWT 1, AW 3 1973-74 ATWT 1, AW 2 1974-75 ATWT 1, AW 2 1975-76 ATWT 1, AW 2 1976-77 ATWT 1, AW 2, GL 3 1977-78 ATWT 1, AW 2, GL 4 1978-79 AMC 1, GH 2, Y&R 3, ATWT 4, GL 5, AW 8 It makes an interesting picture. It goes without saying that P&G would be happy campers when they commanded the top 2 or top 3 of the ranking. Edited May 22, 2022 by Tonksadora Add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Planet Soap Posted May 23, 2022 Author Members Share Posted May 23, 2022 I take it that Sheila's crossover put B&B on the map. What particularly in 1984 boosted Y&R? I believe their was a writer change and storyline direction change around that point? The Brooks and Fosters were mostly written out by then in favor of the Newmans and Abbotts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faulkner Posted May 23, 2022 Members Share Posted May 23, 2022 1983-84 was big for Victor/Nikki leading up to their wedding, right? And Paul/Lauren/Danny/Traci? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members kalbir Posted May 23, 2022 Members Share Posted May 23, 2022 1984 Y&R transition from the Brooks/Foster era to the Abbott/Newman era was complete and Y&R became Y&R as we know it today. 1992 for B&B due to the Y&R crossovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Paul Raven Posted May 23, 2022 Members Share Posted May 23, 2022 (edited) The Doctors debuted in April 1963 and struggled for several years. It changed format from daily to weekly anthology and then became fully fledged serial a year or so later but in August 67 it finally won the timeslot for NBC for the first time in 6 years - beating Art Linkletter's House Party. So officially a hit. Edited May 23, 2022 by Paul Raven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MichaelGL Posted May 23, 2022 Members Share Posted May 23, 2022 GL: I'm just thinking aloud here, but I would take a guess that it really became a hit when Meta Bauer was put on trial for killing Ted White. Ryan's Hope: I want to say around the time Delia's schemes were revealed about what she did to hold on to Pat. Jill and the beach house explosion. Mary and Jack's romance. So maybe 3-4 years after they premiered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Contessa Donatella Posted May 23, 2022 Members Share Posted May 23, 2022 Just to throw a date into the mix since it might give some context: AW 1st hr long show May 3, 1974. AW permanent to hr Jan. 6, 1975. DOOL to 1 hr. Apr 21, 1975 Most of the rest followed along. RH did not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jam6242 Posted May 23, 2022 Members Share Posted May 23, 2022 Days went to #1 for the first time during the week of November 8, 1971. This was the first time a CBS soap didn't top the ratings in something like 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dragonflies Posted May 23, 2022 Members Share Posted May 23, 2022 GH in the late 70's due to the Luke and Laura phenomenon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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