April 3-7, 2006

[PhoenixRising05]

Great posts Toups and Rick, and you too AMCfan. I don;t care if other like it or not but it seems all the people who were predicting bad ratings this week for Days are now going after people for liking the show and calling the ratings patheitc. Well they are not pathetic and what people say on the internet doesn;t matter. I have talked to many people enjoying the show. My nephew's college campus has people watching it everyday (which is why I will be happy when colleges count). SON is the most pro-days place right now but the boards I have been too that are negative about Days are yet again fanbases complaining yet again and that is nothing new. I guess people are realizing what I have been saying-the couples breaking up is not gonna bring ratings decline. Last year it did because the stories suck but the stories are good right now for the most part and clearly people are enjoying it. The ratings could be better sure but these are a hell of alot better then last year and face it-Days, Y&R, and B&B are the only three up from last year so Days' numbers are hardly pathetic.

I can;t wait until May and summer because Days is gonna explode and be must see even more then now

[OneLife Fan]

OLTL beat out AMC in a few of the ratings charts...that's good. Great seeing OLTL in 2nd place with the 12-17 Girls chart.

[irish secra]

Well, let me just say that the daily Days ratings prove that Jennifer/Frankie isn't popular at all. The days of their big love scene is when the ratings dropped for the week.

[sungrey]

Not only that, it appears to have driven Missy right off the show, if this week's soap mags are any indication.

[Gray Bunny]

Last week it was NBC and ABC, this week it is CBS's turn. Unfortunately for ABC, they didn't rebound like NBC almost did.

GL's 2.1 isn't an all-time low; they received a 2.1 in May of 2004 during the height of the Eden/mob storyline.

Ponz and others, it's all a matter of who you talk to. The people I talk to who watch[ed] DAYS are watching less and less and complain about the ridiculousness of some things (i.e. the Alex/Marlena story, etc.).

DAYS' version of "traditional storytelling" is different than other soaps who are traditional. The story itself may sound traditional and true-to-life, but it's packaged differently. The day-to-day episodes are repetitive, the flashbacks are too frequent, the music is hokey, you see ridiculous things like a war veteran amputee going to save a girl in a sewer, there's lame cheesy stuff about glowing fish that symbolize new love, etc. As a whole, DAYS' version of traditional storytelling is a different product than what, say, The Young & the Restless produces. I think this is why no matter what is says on paper (oh dear, I just flash backed to Kellie Pickler!), DAYS won't ever be looked at as a "traditional" soap opera.

[beachbum]

I pray that GH will takeover the number 2 soon, especially in may with the return of Robert, Anna and Holly

[jpoliver78]

Lost in the shuffle of all the James Reilly/"Days" discussion (as usual) is an interesting ABC development...

"One Life to Live" seems poised to hand over its dubious title of ABC's lowest rated soap to "All My Children".

Last week, OLTL beat or tied AMC for four of the five days; AMC only triumphed on Wednesday.

[SteveFrame]

Well I for one would not want it to be like all the other shows. I love for shows to keep some of their unique qualities. That has been my biggest complaint about All My Children is that it used to set itsself apart from other shows, but now tells stories in the same manner as everyone else and follows suit with the other ABC shows with the big events and all. I loved AMC when it was different and was unique.

Days and ATWT are my absolute 2 favorite shows and both are alot alike in storytelling now but are totally different too. ATWT also has a much stronger male cast than Days does. They both approach their stories in different ways, and ATWT's daily writing is much better. Days always comes close to them on Thursdays. Sofia Landon Geier is a great script writer and does a wonderful job each Thursday.

I like that both are unique in their own ways, and have different ways to tell their traditional stories.

I want Days to be different but not different as it used to be with all the sci-fi stuff. I love that little element of camp that they have every once in awhile now. I hope it never loses that.

[PhoenixRising05]

Agreed Steve .

[2shane8]

Good point, but actually, OLTL beat AMC for a good majority of last year (2005), so it's not like it never happens..

I wouldn't say either of the shows has much to crow about at the moment, though. There was a really good week last month, but it's been rather dismal overall. GH, on the other hand, has been riding high.

[Angela]

It's not like OLTL hasn't beat AMC before in HH Ratings (as has GL for a time), and man for a year or so back in the early 2000s OLTL use to always place above AMC in 18-49.

shane, beat me to that punch.

Y&R, B&B, GH aside - which were 1-3 for everyday of soap, viewers wise - I just marked which of the remaining 6 soaps had the highest viewed episode out of the 6 not as well-to-do soaps for each day of the week. Monday was generally the high-day of the week for each soap this week.

APRIL 3-7, 2006

01..Y&R: Monday, 4/3: 4.1/5,372,000

02..Y&R: Friday, 4/7: 4.1/5,369,000

03..Y&R: Wednesday, 4/5: 4.2/5,323,000

04..Y&R: Thursday, 4/6: 4.2/5,232,000

05..Y&R: Tuesday, 4/4: 4.0/5,107,000

06..B&B: Monday, 4/3: 3.1/4,117,000

07..B&B: Wednesday, 4/5: 3.1/4,069,000

08..B&B: Friday, 4/7: 3.1/4,032,000

09..B&B: Thursday, 4/6: 3.0/3,910,000

10..B&B: Tuesday, 4/4: 2.9/3,782,000

11..GH: Monday, 4/3: 3.0/3,764,000

12..GH: Thursday, 4/6: 2.9/3,629,000

13..GH: Friday, 4/7: 2.8/3,500,000

14..DAYS: Monday, 4/3: 2.6/3,448,000

15..DAYS: Friday, 4/7: 2.7/3,442,000

16..GH: Wednesday, 4/5: 2.7/3,408,000

17..OLTL: Monday, 4/3: 2.6/3,398,000

18..ATWT: Monday, 4/3: 2.5/3,338,000

19..ATWT: Friday, 4/7: 2.5/3,328,000

20..OLTL: Wednesday, 4/5: 2.5/3,286,000

21..AMC: Friday, 4/7: 2.5/3,273,000

22..GH: Tuesday, 4/4: 2.6/3,230,000

23..OLTL: Friday, 4/7: 2.5/3,226,000

24..OLTL: Thursday, 4/6: 2.6/3,221,000

25..DAYS: Thursday, 4/6: 2.5/3,209,000

26..ATWT: Thursday, 4/6: 2.5/3,188,000

27..AMC: Monday, 4/3: 2.5/3,175,000

28..DAYS: Tuesday, 4/4: 2.5/3,104,000

29..AMC: Wednesday, 4/5: 2.6/3,078,000

30..ATWT: Wednesday, 4/5: 2.4/3,076,000

31..AMC: Thursday, 4/6: 2.4/3,055,000

32..DAYS: Wednesday, 4/5: 2.4/3,021,000

33..ATWT: Tuesday, 4/4: 2.4/3,016,000

34..GL: Friday, 4/7: 2.2/2,947,000

35..AMC: Tuesday, 4/4: 2.4/2,888,000

36..OLTL: Tuesday, 4/4: 2.4/2,880,000

37..GL: Wednesday, 4/5: 2.2/2,730,000

38..GL: Thursday, 4/6: 2.2/2,674,000

39..GL: Tuesday, 4/4: 2.0/2,604,000

40..GL: Monday, 4/3: 2.0/2,544,000

41..PSNS: Friday, 4/7: 1.8/2,226,000

42..PSNS: Thursday, 4/6: 1.7/2,127,000

43..PSNS: Wednesday, 4/5: 1.6/1,953,000

44..PSNS: Tuesday, 4/4: 1.7/1,920,000

45..PSNS: Monday, 4/3: 1.5/1,903,000

[KBT]

I think GH has the best chance at catching B&B at least for a week, but with Lesli Kay shaving her head and having a big SL I think B&B will hang onto 2nd place for now.

As for the ratings.....

I am a HUGE DAYS fan, but wasnt DAYS getting their worst ratings almost ever last year at this time, that's a huge reason why DAYS has gained more viewers since last year. I still think the numbers are pretty bad, but I guess all of daytime is.

I honestly think JER is good enough to stay at the helm at DAYS, but DAYS needs new daily/breakdown writers more than anything. The day to day writing just sucks. If DAYS had a writing team like ATWT or Y&R I guarantee DAYS would be neck and neck with B&B/GH.

It is good to see DAYS gaining back most of what they lost last week, hopefully with the great spoilers I just read DAYS is going to start rocking like it was Jan-mid March.

[Adam]

AMC will get an increase you'd think with Tad and Dixie's upcoming reunion..... the Dixie story is heating up so hopefully that will spike the ratings for a few weeks. At least bring em up a couple points into the 2.7-2.8 range.

[KBT]

Irish, I have always respected your posts, but I disagree with you on this. There are so many other things going on in an episode IMO there is no way to tell why the fans tune out or not, unless its a major SL and can tell each time its featured heavily the ratings dwindle.

[Hartless]

Nice to see Days & Passions go back up!