ARTICLE: Daytime Broadcast Ratings For The Week Of August 26-30, 2024

[Errol]

While two of the three daytime broadcast soaps saw some recovery among Total Viewers, all three were down among Women 18-49 during the week of August 26-30, 2024. That said, each show did see an increase among unrounded Women 25-54.

For the week, “The Young and the Restless” averaged 2.941 million viewers, up +139,000 viewers week-to-week but down -34,000 viewers compared to the same week last year. The soap was back in the lead among unrounded Women 18-49, pulling in a 0.24 rating after falling to second place behind “The Bold and the Beautiful” for the previous two weeks. Overall, the hour-long soap ended up in a three-way tie among rounded Women 18-49, each pulling a 0.2 rating.

Averaging 2.621 million viewers, “The Bold and the Beautiful” saw a week-to-week increase among Total Viewers, up +49,000 viewers. Compared to the same week last year, the soap was also up +22,000 viewers. The soap fell behind “The Young and the Restless” among rounded Women 18-49 (0.23 rating vs. 0.24 rating) after topping its sister soap the previous two weeks in the key sales demographic.

Marking its 20th consecutive week below two million viewers, ABC’s “General Hospital” averaged just 1.910 million viewers for the week, down -45,000 viewers from last week and down -28,000 viewers compared to the same week last year. Among both rounded/unrounded Women 18-49 the show pulled in a 0.2 rating, down -0.01 from last week and compared to its performance during the same week last year (0.20 vs. 0.21).

Among unrounded Women 25-54, “The Young and the Restless” hit a 10-week high with its 0.47 rating, followed by “The Bold and the Beautiful” with a 0.42 rating and “General Hospital” with a 0.33 rating. Among rounded Women 25-54, the Genoa City-set series pulled a 0.5 rating, followed by “The Bold and the Beautiful” with its 0.4 rating and “General Hospital” with a 0.3 rating. Each soap was virtually on par with their year ago performances among rounded/unrounded Women 25-54.

“GMA3: What You Need to Know” / “NBC News Daily”
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Elsewhere, “NBC News Daily” averaged 1.118 million viewers, while “GMA3: What You Need to Know” averaged 1.147 million viewers. Repeats of “The Talk” averaged 971,000 viewers for the week.

In the key sales demographic, “NBC News Daily” topped “GMA3” on ABC in both Women 18-49 and Women 25-54 Viewers, with “NBC News Daily” averaging 125,000 viewers among Women 25-54, tied with repeats of “The Talk,” followed by 118,000 for “GMA3.”

Among Women 18-49 Viewers, “NBC News Daily” averaged 93,000 viewers, followed by 83,000 viewers for “GMA3” and 77,000 viewers for repeats of “The Talk.”

What follows is a breakdown of how daytime broadcast performed during the week of August 26-30, 2024 in Women 18-49, Women 25-54, Households and Total Viewers, including their performance during the comparable week last year. A closer look at how the daytime soaps performed, including their daily performance breakdown in the demos, will be posted shortly.

Note: “GMA3: What You Need to Know” reportedly aired amended repeats according to Nielsen, however, ABC News issued a press release on Tuesday noting the show managed to rank number one among Total Viewers (opposite “The Talk” CBS and “NBC News Daily” on NBC) for the 35th consecutive week. The ABC press release also noted that “GMA3” was up week-to-week in both Women 18-49 Viewers (83,000 vs. 79,000) and Women 25-54 Viewers (118,000 vs. 114,000). The network did not indicate “GMA3” airing repeats while also citing available figures are courtesy of Nielsen.

Only figures available to Soap Opera Network at press time are shown published below.

Week of August 26-30, 2024 Rankers

Women 18-49 Rating

Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	Last Year (2023)
The Price is Right 2 (CBS) – R	0.35	0.35	0.35
The Price is Right 1 (CBS) – R	0.31	0.33	0.32
TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.25	0.25	0.31
The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.24	0.26	0.29
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.23	0.27	0.25
General Hospital (ABC)	0.20	0.21	0.21
TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.19	0.21	0.25
NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.14	0.15	0.16
The View (ABC) – R	0.12*	0.12*	0.19*
GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)*	N/A*	0.12	0.17

Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day) – Week of August 26-30, 2024

Women 25-54 Rating

Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	Last Year (2023)
The Price is Right 2 (CBS) – R	0.55	0.52	0.54
The Price is Right 1 (CBS) – R	0.51	0.48	0.48
The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.47	0.44	0.51
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.42	0.40	0.43
TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.35	0.38	0.47
General Hospital (ABC)	0.33	0.29	0.37
TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.29	0.31	0.38
The View (ABC) – R	0.20*	0.17*	0.28*
NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.20	0.22	0.25
GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)*	N/A*	0.19	0.26

Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day) – Week of August 26-30, 2024

Households

Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	Last Year (2023)
The Young and the Restless (CBS)	2.00	1.90	2.00
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	1.80	1.70	1.80
General Hospital (ABC)	1.20	1.30	1.30
GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)*	N/A*	0.80	1.00
NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.70	0.70	0.80

Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day) – Week of August 26-30, 2024

Total Viewers (In Millions)

Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	Last Year (2023)
The Young and the Restless (CBS)	2,941	2,802	2,975
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	2,621	2,572	2,599
General Hospital (ABC)	1,910	1,955	1,938
GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)*	1,147*	1,209	1,472
NBC News Daily (NBC)	1,118	1,099	1,176
The Talk (CBS) – R	917*	1,050*	N/A*

Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day) – Week of August 26-30, 2024

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, each representing 1,250,000 homes as of the 2023-2024 television season.

Beginning August 31, 2020, national ratings include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Previously, ratings did not include OOH viewing. Averages are based on regular telecasts.

LEGEND

R = Repeat	S = Special	P = Premiere
NR = Not Rated / Not Ranked	N/A = Not Available	* denotes further information

Summary (Preemptions/Schedule Changes)*

Note*: “The View,” “The Talk,” “Let’s Make a Deal” and “The Price is Right” each aired amended repeats. As a result, figures for each show were (mostly) unavailable and were excluded from their weekly and season averages.

Note: The post Daytime Broadcast Ratings For The Week Of August 26-30, 2024 appeared first on the Soap Opera Network website.

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[Soapsuds]

Mix bag for B&B. You'd think with Steffy kidnapping and the murderer reveal that the show would've seen bigger increases. It was down in certain demos and slightly up in viewers/HH.

GH back to 1.2 and losing numbers in viewers. It's early but is Lucky return a bust already and mobster Sonny getting tiresome?

[John]

The Lucky issue is not that he's back but that he didnt just return to town. I think Viewers dont care about this rescue story. Once Lucky's in PC I am hopeful it will be better. 

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[Errol]

To add to @John's post, GH was #5 on Wednesday, September 4, 2024 on the Hulu Top 15 Today chart. It is #4 today, Thursday, September 5, 2024 (see below).

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

The show did not rate on Tuesday, September 3 as it did not air an all-new episode on Monday, September 2.

 

Tuesday, September 3, 2024

That being said, the show did rank in the Top 15 on Sunday, September 1 and Saturday, August 31, placing 12th and 7th, respectively. I guess people were binging?

Here's how the show did the previous few days:

Sunday, September 1, 2024 (#12)

Saturday, August 31 (#7)

Friday, August 30, 2024 (#7)

Thursday, August 29, 2024 (#4)