April 3-7, 2006

[Toups]

Ratings for the week April 3-7, 2006

(Compared to Last Week/Compared to Last Year)

Total Viewers

1. Y&R 5,281,000 (-181,000/+310,000)

2. B&B 3,982,000 (-220,000/+232,000)

3. GH 3,506,000 (+131,000/-97,000)

4. DAYS 3,245,000 (+144,000/+204,000)

5. OLTL 3,202,000 (+218,000/-53,000)

6. ATWT 3,189,000 (-144,000/-132,000)

7. AMC 3,094,000 (+117,000/-282,000)

8. GL 2,700,000 (-255,000/-129,000)

9. PSNS 2,026,000 (+206,000/-333,000)

HH

1. Y&R 4.1/15 (-.2/+.1)

2. B&B 3.0/10 (-.3/same)

3. GH 2.8/9 (same/-.1)

4. DAYS 2.6/9 (+.2/+.2)

5. AMC 2.5/9 (same/-.3)

6. OLTL 2.5/9 (same/-.2)

7. ATWT 2.5/8 (-.1/-.2)

8. GL 2.1/7 (-.2/-.2) <-------- ties low rating

9. PSNS 1.6/6 (+.2/-.2)

Women 18-49 Viewers

1. Y&R 1,429,000 (-18,000/+123,000)

2. GH 1,303,000 (+108,000/-85,000)

3. DAYS 1,265,000 (+69,000/+149,000)

4. AMC 1,206,000 (+203,000/-104,000)

4. OLTL 1,206,000 (+166,000/-60,000)

6. B&B 1,021,000 (-12,000/-18,000)

7. PSNS 938,000 (+130,000/-11,000)

8. ATWT 867,000 (-19,000/-64,000)

9. GL 765,000 (-123,000/-112,000)

Women 18-49 Rating

1. Y&R 2.2/15 (same/+.2)

2. GH 2.0/12 (+.2/-.1)

3. DAYS 1.9/12 (+.1/+.2)

4. OLTL 1.8/12 (+.2/-.1)

4. AMC 1.8/12 (+.3/-.2)

6. B&B 1.6/10 (same/same)

7. PSNS 1.4/9 (+.2/same)

8. ATWT 1.3/8 (-.1/-.1)

9. GL 1.2/7 (-.2/-.1)

Girls 12-17 Viewers

1. GH 51,000 (+8,000/-12,000)

2. OLTL 44,000 (+23,000/+9,000)

3. DAYS 36,000 (-30,000/-18,000)

3. PSNS 36,000 (-28,000/-33,000)

5. AMC 33,000 (+3,000/-13,000)

6. B&B 16,000 (+15,000/-14,000)

7. Y&R 12,000 (-11,000/-51,000)

8. ATWT 6,000 (-6,000/-28,000)

9. GL 4,000 (-10,000/-39,000)

Women 18-34 Rating

1. DAYS 2.0/14 (+.3/same)

2. Y&R 1.7/12 (same/+.3)

3. PSNS 1.6/10 (+.3/-.3)

4. GH 1.4/9 (+.2/same)

5. AMC 1.3/9 (+.3/-.1)

6. OLTL 1.2/8 (+.1/-.1)

7. B&B 1.1/7 (+.1/-.1)

8. ATWT 1.0/7 (same/-.2)

9. GL 0.9/6 (-.2/-.3)

Men 18+ Viewers

1. Y&R 1,245,000 (+43,000/+137,000)

2. B&B 932,000 (+5,000/+117,000)

3. ATWT 693,000 (-23,000/+65,000)

4. DAYS 667,000 (+75,000/-18,000)

5. GL 584,000 (-29,000/+110,000)

6. GH 563,000 (+32,000/-34,000)

7. AMC 542,000 (+7,000/-34,000)

8. OLTL 511,000 (+33,000/+37,000)

9. PSNS 375,000 (+72,000/-164,000)

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Day-To-Day HH Ratings - HH/Total Viewers

AMC

Monday: 2.5/3,175,000

Tuesday: 2.4/2,888,000

Wednesday: 2.6/3,078,000

Thursday: 2.4/3,055,000

Friday: 2.5/3,273,000

ATWT

Monday: 2.5/3,338,000

Tuesday: 2.4/3,016,000

Wednesday: 2.4/3,076,000

Thursday: 2.5/3,188,000

Friday: 2.5/3,328,000

B&B

Monday: 3.1/4,117,000

Tuesday: 2.9/3,782,000

Wednesday: 3.1/4,069,000

Thursday: 3.0/3,910,000

Friday: 3.1/4,032,000

DAYS

Monday: 2.6/3,448,000

Tuesday: 2.5/3,104,000

Wednesday: 2.4/3,021,000

Thursday: 2.5/3,209,000

Friday: 2.7/3,442,000

GH

Monday: 3.0/3,764,000

Tuesday: 2.6/3,230,000

Wednesday: 2.7/3,408,000

Thursday: 2.9/3,629,000

Friday: 2.8/3,500,000

GL

Monday: 2.0/2,544,000

Tuesday: 2.0/2,604,000

Wednesday: 2.2/2,730,000

Thursday: 2.2/2,674,000

Friday: 2.2/2,947,000

OLTL

Monday: 2.6/3,398,000

Tuesday: 2.4/2,880,000

Wednesday: 2.5/3,286,000

Thursday: 2.6/3,221,000

Friday: 2.5/3,226,000

PSNS

Monday: 1.5/1,903,000

Tuesday: 1.7/1,920,000

Wednesday: 1.6/1,953,000

Thursday: 1.7/2,127,000

Friday: 1.8/2,226,000

Y&R

Monday: 4.1/5,372,000

Tuesday: 4.0/5,107,000

Wednesday: 4.2/5,323,000

Thursday: 4.2/5,232,000

Friday: 4.1/5,369,000

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For the SEASON September 19, 2005 through April 9, 2006

HH

1. Y&R 4.2

2. B&B 3.3

3. GH 2.8

4. ATWT 2.6

4. OLTL 2.6

4. DAYS 2.6

4. AMC 2.6

8. GL 2.3

9. PSNS 1.7

Women 18-49 Rating

1. Y&R 2.1

2. GH 2.0

3. DAYS 1.9

4. OLTL 1.8

4. AMC 1.8

6. B&B 1.6

7. PSNS 1.4

8. ATWT 1.3

9. GL 1.2

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NBC Ratings Report

ABC Ratings Report

Fringe Ratings Report: ABC Daytime Programming

Week of April 3-7, 2006

ABC'S DRAMA LINEUP RANKS NO. 1* FOR THE 65TH-STRAIGHT WEEK,

ITS LONGEST WINNING STREAK SINCE THE ONE ENDING JUNE 2000,

AND REMAINS NO. 1 SEASON TO DATE AMONG WOMEN 18-49

ABC'S FULL LINEUP IS NO. 1 FOR THE WEEK AND

SEASON TO DATE AMONG WOMEN 18-49

ABC HAS THREE OF THE TOP FIVE SHOWS THIS WEEK

AMONG WOMEN 18-49

ABC IS THE ONLY NETWORK TO SHOW GROWTH VERSUS THE PRIOR WEEK IN BOTH LINEUPS AMONG ALL KEY DEMOS - WOMEN 18-49, WOMEN 18-34 AND FEMALE TEENS

"ALL MY CHILDREN" SHOWS THE MOST GROWTH VERSUS THE PRIOR WEEK

AMONG WOMEN 18-49 AND WOMEN 18-34

"GENERAL HOSPITAL" OUTPERFORMED ITS TIME PERIOD COMPETITOR,

CBS' "GUIDING LIGHT," BY 70% AMONG WOMEN 18-49 FOR THE WEEK

AND BY 62% SEASON TO DATE

"ONE LIFE TO LIVE" OUTPERFORMED ITS TIME PERIOD COMPETITOR,

CBS' "AS THE WORLD TURNS," BY 39% AMONG WOMEN 18-49

FOR THE WEEK AND BY 35% SEASON TO DATE

ABC WINS THE COMMON 1-3PM LIVE TIME PERIOD (THE ONLY TWO HOURS NBC PROGRAMS) FOR THE 23RD-STRAIGHT WEEK, BEATING NBC BY 13% AMONG WOMEN 18-49

Week of April 3-6, 2006

ABC's Daytime drama lineup was No. 1 for the 65th-straight week among Women 18-49, ABC's longest winning streak since the one ending June 2000, with a 1.9 rating, delivering 1.2 million Women 18-49 for the week of April 3, 2006. ABC's Daytime drama lineup outperformed CBS' by 21% and NBC's by 12% in actuals among Women 18-49. The lineup was up 15% versus the prior week among Women 18-49 (most growth). Among Women 18-34 it was up 19%. Among Female Teens it is up 34% (only network up).

ABC's full Daytime schedule was No. 1 among Women 18-49, with a 1.8 rating, delivering an average audience of 1.2 million Women 18-49. ABC outperformed CBS by 19% and NBC by 6% in actuals among Women 18-49. The lineup was up 14% versus the prior week among Women 18-49 (most growth). Among Women 18-34, the lineup was up 19% versus the prior week, and among Female Teens it was up 39% (only network up). In the 1-3pm live time period (the only two hours NBC programs), ABC was No. 1 for the 23rd-straight week, with a 1.8 rating and a 12 share - delivering 1.2 million Women 18-49 and outperforming NBC by 13%.

"The View" had a 1.5 rating, delivering an average audience of 960,000 Women 18-49, which was an 11% increase over the prior week, marking the talker's best performance in one month. "The View" beat the combined half-hours of "The Price is Right" by 13% (by 13% in the live time period), "As the World Turns" by 10%, "Guiding Light" by 25% and "Passions" by 2%. Among Women 18-34, the talker was up 15% versus the prior week. Among Female Teens it was up 80% versus the prior week and 4% versus last year.

ABC had three of the top five shows among Women 18-49:

* "General Hospital" was the No. 2-ranked program, with a 2.0 rating, delivering 1.3 million Women 18-49. "General Hospital" outdelivered "Days of our Lives" by 3%, and its time period rival, "Guiding Light," by 70% for the week. Season to date "GH" is outdelivering "GL" by 62% among Women 18-49 (it also beat "GL" by 72% in the live time period this week). The drama was up 9% versus the prior week among Women 18-49. Among Women 18-34, the drama was up 11% versus the prior week. Among Female Teens, it was up 19% versus the prior week.

* "All My Children" was the No. 4*-ranked program, with a 1.8 rating (*tied with "One Life to Live"), delivering 1.2 million Women 18-49. The drama was up 20% versus the prior week among Women 18-49. Among Women 18-34, the drama was up 34% versus the prior week (most growth). Among Female Teens, it was up 10% versus the prior week.

* "One Life to Live" was the No. 4*-ranked program of the week, with a 1.8 rating (*tied with "All My Children"), delivering 1.2 million Women 18-49, posting its best delivery in one month. "OLTL" outperformed time period competitors "As the World Turns" by 39% and "Passions" by 29% for the week. For the season, the drama is outperforming "As the World Turns" by 35% and "Passions" by 31% among Women 18-49 (it also beat both dramas in the live time period this week by 39% and 30%, respectively). Among Women 18-34, the drama was up 15% versus the prior week. Among Female Teens, it was up 110% versus the prior week (most growth) and 26% versus last year (most growth).

* Season to date, ABC Daytime's drama lineup ranks No. 1, with a 1.9 rating, delivering 1.2 million Women 18-49 - outperforming CBS by 20% and NBC by 14% in actuals. In the full lineup, ABC Daytime is No. 1, with a 1.7 rating, delivering 1.1 million Women 18-49, outperforming CBS by 15% and NBC by 7% in actuals.

Following are the Daytime drama and full Daytime ratings averages for the week:

DAYTIME DRAMAS: TOTAL VIEWERS WOMEN 18-49

No. 1 CBS 3,760,000 No. 1 ABC 1.9

No. 2 ABC 3,270,000 No. 2 NBC 1.7

No. 3 NBC 2,640,000 No. 3 CBS 1.6

FULLDAYTIME: TOTAL VIEWERS WOMEN 18-49

No. 1 CBS 4,060,000 No. 1 ABC 1.8

No. 2 ABC 3,210,000 No. 2 NBC 1.7

No. 3 NBC 2,640,000 No. 3 CBS 1.5

CBS Ratings Report

[Angela]

Ratings from ABC MB

ONE LIFE TO LIVE

MONDAY 2.6

TUESDAY Tue 2.4

WEDNESDAY 2.5

THURSDAY 2.6

FRIDAY 2.5

ALL MY CHILDREN

MONDAY 2.5

TUESDAY 2.4

WEDNESDAY 2.6

THURSDAY 2.4

FRIDAY 2.5

GENERAL HOSPITAL

MONDAY 3.0

TUESDAY 2.6

WEDNESDAY 2.7

THURSDAY 2.9

FRIDAY 2.8

DOOL

Monday 2.6

Tuesday 2.5

Wednesday 2.4

Thursday 2.5

Friday 2.7

PAS

Monday 1.5

Tuesday 1.7

Wednesday 1.6

Thursday 1.7

Friday 1.8

ATWT

Monday 2.5

Tuesday 2.4

Wednesday 2.4

Thursday 2.5

Friday 2.5

B&B

Monday 3.1

Tuesday 2.9

Wednesday 3.1

Thursday 3.0

Friday 3.1

GL

Monday 2.0

Tuesday 2.0

Wednesday 2.2

Thursday 2.2

Friday 2.2

Y&R

Monday 4.1

Tuesday 4.0

Wednesday 4.2

Thursday 4.2

Friday 4.1

Final Rankings per Nielson - HOUSEHOLD

1.(1) Y&R 4.1 (-.2)

2.(2) B&B 3.0 (-.3)

3.(3) GH 2.8 (SAME)

4.(7) DOOL 2.6 (+.2)

5.(5) OLTL 2.5 (SAME)

5.(4) ATWT 2.5 (-.1)

5.(5) AMC 2.5 (SAME)

8.(8) GL 2.1 (-.2)

9.(9) PASS 1.6 (+.2)

WOMEN 18-49

1.(1) Y&R 2.2 (SAME)

2.(2) GH 2.0 (+.2)

3.(2) DOOL 1.9 (+.1)

4.(6) AMC 1.8 (+.3)

4.(4) OLTL 1.8 (+.2)

6.(4) B&B 1.6 (SAME)

7.(9) PAS 1.4 (+.2)

8.(7) ATWT 1.3 (-.1)

9.(7) GL 1.2 (-.2)

WOMEN 18-34

1.(1) DOOL 2.0 (+.3)

2.(1) Y&R 1.7 (SAME)

3.(3) PAS 1.6 (+.3)

4.(4) GH 1.4 (+.2)

5.(7) AMC 1.3 (+.3)

6.(5) OLTL 1.2 (+.1)

7.(7) B&B 1.1 (+.1)

8.(7) ATWT 1.0 (SAME)

9.(5) GL .9 (-.2)

WOMEN 25-54

1.(1) Y&R 2.5 (SAME)

2.(2) GH 2.3 (+.2)

3.(3) AMC 2.1 (+.2)

3.(6) OLTL 2.1 (+.3)

5.(3) DOOL 2.0 (+.1)

6.(3) B&B 1.9 (SAME)

7.(7) ATWT 1.5 (-.1)

8.(9) PASS 1.4 (+.2)

9.(8) GL 1.3 (-.2)

[SteveFrame]

Glad to see DAys rebound some. So much for the doom and gloomers who predicted this week to be Days all time low rating. Sorry couldn't resist. They and Passions were the only ones to rise this week. This proves again that poor Passions depends so much on Days. Their ratings always follow with Days.

I am totally shocked that ATWT fell this week. I thought they would have a high rating for the Monday anniversary show with the vets. The previous Friday's poor rating may have hurt them some. I hate that they fell (even if it was just .1) on the week of their 50th.

[dtchicago]

Glad to see OLTL jump in most demographics. It was excellent last week.

[amazing7]

I have a question about the ratings. If the Demos when up for the ABC Soaps then why didn't HH go up too. The HH usually goes up. I two weeks ago AMC's HH was 2.8 and last week the Demos and HH went down 300,000 viewers, so why didn't they go back up?

[Ponz]

There's always next week.

[Angela]

There's many other demo's (male demos, 50+ which was posted, but confused me thus I didn't post, every soap seemed to be down in that) and each demo represents a small amount (Women 18-49 being one of the larger sub-sections) of what makes up a Household point. Plus, there's also the fact that a 2.2 or 1.8 in 18-49 this week could be less than what they worth last week because a different amount of viewers were watching that day/week. It happens often, demo up, HH same and sometimes even down or demo down and HH up/same.

[alwaysAMC]

I'm really sad for ATWT - dropping on their 50th

Yeah I don't get how the ABC soaps rose .2-.3 points in the demos, yet stayed the same in HH. Ratings make no sense at all!!!

[PhoenixRising05]

Well proves my point that the ratings decline last week wasn;t because the couples were apart. Nice to see Days and alot of other soaps rebound.

This is really great news-I don't have to deal with the doom and gloomers this week -sorry couldn't resist either. I knew their would be no record lows-more people are enjoying the show then people think.

Now if Days can hold its own until May I think they will be in good shape. Passions needs them too because like Steve said they depend alot on them.

[ksale]

Prove it.

I don't know how anyone can be happy about these ratings for DOOL. They are terrible. Only Monday, and Friday pulled them out of the hole.

[OneLife Fan]

OLTL did a little better than AMC in the Dailie's i see.

[SteveFrame]

I don't think you heard one person say these were great ratings. But they did rebound and even if they had gotten a 2.5 on both Friday and Monday they were still better than last week. I would love to see Days ratings a whole lot better, but I would also love to see the whole genre getting better ratings. The ratings numbers for all the shows are not great, but Days ratings are good when you compare them to the average ratings for all the shows now.

I think they air opposite AMC in most markets and they beat them everyday but one. The next show up above them in rankings was GH and on 2 days they got within .1 of their rating - the closest they have gotten to them in awhile.

The middle pack of shows have been very close for quite awhile and B&B is even getting close to the middle set of shows in some weeks. If B&B takes another week with a drop like they had this week (.3 in households) any of the shows (most likely GH) could possibly overtake them.

For some reason (I don't know why) last week was a bad week for NBC and ABC in HH's and this week it is reverse with NBC's shows rising, ABC staying exactly the same for all 3 shows, and CBS falling a combined .8 (pretty close to a whole point). I don't understand ATWT's fall at all with their 50th and a pretty good week overall. I did not see any of the other CBS shows so cannot say anything about them.

[OneLife Fan]

Days dropped?

[PhoenixRising05]

Look in the ratings threads and you will see that all these months the couples have been apart the ratings have stayed the same or have gone up. I never said these were great but no one's numbers are. ATWT and Days should be alot higher IMO. Steve is right-the ratings are really screwy. Its like when one or two networks go up one week one has a terrible week. I don't know I have given up trying to figure ratings out-I guess its just whatever people feel like watching and not about hoe good something is and such.

[SteveFrame]

Days didn't drop. They are only one of 2 shows who's ratings went up this week. All the rest stayed the same or dropped BUT NOT DAYS THIS WEEK.

Days rose .2 this week.