Every daytime broadcast show saw week-to-week gains among Total Viewers with “The Bold and the Beautiful” (3.091 million) gaining the most viewers overall, up +187,000 viewers, followed by “TODAY with Hoda & Jenna” (1.682 million, up +114,000 viewers, and the second half-hour of “The Price is Right” (4.401 million), up +106,000 viewers, respectively. “The Bold and the Beautiful” also gained the most viewers year-to-year, up +238,000, and the most compared to the same week in 2020, up +336,000. This week marked a season high for the half-hour drama and was the soap’s best performance among Total Viewers since the week of July 25-29, 2022 (3.091 million vs. 3.174 million).

Also hitting a season high among Total Viewers, “General Hospital” (2.242 million) attracted its largest overall audience since the week of May 16-20, 2022 (2.242 million vs. 2.244 million). The soap was up +91,000 viewers week-to-week and up +139,000 viewers compared to the same week last year. In fact, compared to its performance in 2020, “General Hospital” was up +213,000 viewers, the second largest gain behind only “The Bold and the Beautiful.” Further, “General Hospital” was up in Women 18-49 and Women 25-54 rating compared to its performance one week earlier, one year earlier and in 2020. See below for more.

“General Hospital” Women 18-49 Rating Comparison

• 0.4 rating this week vs. 0.3 rating last week
• 0.4 rating this week vs. 0.3 rating last year
• 0.4 rating this week vs. 0.3 rating in 2020

“General Hospital” Women 25-54 Rating Comparison

• 0.6 rating this week vs. 0.5 rating last week
• 0.6 rating this week vs. 0.5 rating last year
• 0.6 rating this week vs. 0.5 rating in 2020

Additional shows hitting a season high in Total Viewers include “The View” (2.387 million), the first half-hour of “The Price is Right” (3.918 million), both half hours of “Let’s Make a Deal” (2.380 million / 2.778 million) and “TODAY with Hoda & Jenna,” the latter of which also gained viewers compared to the same week last year (+127,000) and in 2020 (+46,000).

“The Talk” was up week-to-week among Total Viewers, gaining +97,000 viewers, and was up a smidge compared to its performance one year earlier (+16,000 viewers). The show was flat among viewers compared to 2020, but the daytime talker did hit a new season high in Women 25-54 rating, marking its best performance in the demo since the week of May 9-13, 2022.

What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows performed during the week of November 14-18, 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 on Thursday.

Note: “NBC News Daily” year ago and 2020 figures are compared to the performance of “Days of our Lives.”

Week Of November 14-18, 2022 Rankers

Women 18-49 Rating

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.6
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5
2. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.4
2. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
2. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.4	0.3	0.4	0.5
2. General Hospital (ABC)	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3
7. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.4
7. The View (ABC)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
7. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
7. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
11. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3
11. The Talk (CBS)	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.2
11. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.2	0.2	0.3*	0.3*

Source: Nielsen (Live+SD)

Women 25-54 Rating

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

Source: Nielsen (Live+SD)

Households

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	2.8	2.8	2.8	3.3
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.9
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	2.3	2.2	2.3	2.3
4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	2.1	1.9	2.0	2.0
5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	1.8	1.7	1.8	2.1
6. The View (ABC)	1.6	1.6	1.6	2.2
7. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	1.5	1.5	1.6	1.8
7. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	1.5	1.4	1.5	1.7
7. General Hospital (ABC)	1.5	1.4	1.5	1.4
10. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	1.1	1.1	1.1	1.2
11. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.2
11. The Talk (CBS)	1.0	0.9	1.0	1.0
13. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.8	0.8	1.1*	1.2*

Source: Nielsen (Live+SD)

Total Viewers

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	Last Year	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	4,401,000	4,295,000	4,308,000	4,905,000
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	3,918,000	3,817,000	3,833,000	4,387,000
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	3,397,000	3,332,000	3,420,000	3,239,000
4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	3,091,000	2,904,000	2,853,000	2,755,000
5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	2,778,000	2,703,000	2,798,000	3,239,000
6. The View (ABC)	2,387,000	2,379,000	2,284,000	2,894,000
7. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	2,380,000	2,306,000	2,399,000	2,701,000
8. General Hospital (ABC)	2,242,000	2,151,000	2,103,000	2,029,000
9. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	2,148,000	2,089,000	2,120,000	2,295,000
10. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	1,682,000	1,568,000	1,555,000	1,636,000
11. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	1,580,000	1,518,000	1,502,000	1,703,000
12. The Talk (CBS)	1,437,000	1,340,000	1,421,000	1,437,000
13. NBC News Daily (NBC)	1,209,000	1,116,000	1,634,000*	1,728,000*

Source: Nielsen (Live+SD)

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

• “NBC News Daily” aired for just 43 minutes on Friday, November 18, 2022
• “The Talk” aired for just 45 minutes on Friday, November 18, 2022

Note: The post ‘General Hospital,’ ‘The View’ and ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ Among Several to Hit Season Highs appeared first on the Soap Opera Network website.

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YAY for General Hospital. Despite its negative points, it is still the only American daytime soap opera worth watching.

...Douglas brings in the ratings LOL

as does Tridge/Steffy/Thomas @Jeff Bridge sure as heck never has lol!