ARTICLE: Daytime Broadcast Ratings For The Week of September 16-20, 2024

[Errol]

Closing out the 2023-2024 broadcast television season, ABC’s “The View” (2.393 million; 1.7 HH rating) was once again the standout performer among Total Viewers during the week of September 16-20, 2024.

Not only did “The View” attract its largest overall audience since the week of July 22-26, 2024, but it was also the show’s best performance during the third week into a television season since the third week into Season 24 (week of September 21-25, 2020).

“The View” was up +118,000 viewers over its week ago performance, and up +133,000 viewers over its performance during the comparable week last year. Further, the daytime talk show was up +226,000 viewers over its performance during the same week in 2022, and up +8,000 viewers over its performance during the same week in 2021.

Among the key sales demographics, “The View” was virtually on par with its performance one week earlier among Women 18-49 (0.18 rating vs. 0.19 rating) while flat week-to-week among Women 25-54 (0.28 rating). That said, compared to the same week last year, the talk show was down the most among all daytime broadcast shows among both demographics.

General Hospital

Despite the carriage dispute no longer impacting DIRECTV subscribers when it came to accessing the ABC Owned Television Stations, “General Hospital” (1.818 million; 1.2 HH rating) saw week-to-week declines across the board.

For the week, “General Hospital” was down -14,000 viewers compared to its performance one week earlier (week of September 9-13, 2024) among Total Viewers, down -0.03 among Women 18-49 (0.19 rating vs. 0.22 rating) and down -0.02 among Women 25-54 (0.32 rating vs 0.34 rating). The show’s year-to-year declines were even steeper, down -198,000 viewers compared to the same week last year (1.818 million vs. 2.016 million), the most for any daytime broadcast show, down -0.07 among Women 18-49 (0.19 rating vs. 0.26 rating) and down -0.11 among Women 25-54 (0.32 rating vs. 0.43 rating).

“General Hospital” has now averaged less than two million viewers for the 23rd consecutive week and the 29th time overall out of the now concluded broadcast television season (2023-2024). Although the streak officially began during the week of April 15-19, 2024, the first time the ABC soap averaged less than two million viewers during the 2023-2024 television season was during the week of October 9-13, 2023. That was followed by a four-week streak that ran from the week of November 27-December 1, 2023 through the week of December 18-22, 2023.

Note: “General Hospital” averaged less than two million viewers on a few occasions in the past, primarily during the early stages following the show’s return to originals in the fall of 2020, and again over a five-week period before the start of the 2023-2024 season, starting the week of August 14-18, 2023 through the week of September 11-15, 2023. For at least two of those weeks, there was a carriage dispute between Disney and Charter Communications (including Spectrum).

The Bold and the Beautiful / The Young and the Restless

Opposite its daytime soap opera competition, “The Bold and the Beautiful” (2.579 million; 1.7 HH rating) ranked a solid number one for the fifth time in six weeks (including ties) among Women 18-49, tying “The Young and the Restless” (2.881 million; 1.9 HH rating) for the week, each with a 0.25 rating in the key sales demographic. That said, both soaps were down -0.02 compared to their week ago performance among Women 18-49 (0.25 rating vs. 0.27 rating).

Among Women 25-54, the CBS soaps were up +0.02 over their performance one week earlier with “The Bold and the Beautiful” averaging a 0.43 rating this week vs. 0.41 rating last week while “The Young and the Restless” averaged a 0.46 rating this week vs. 0.44 rating last week.

Among Total Viewers, “The Young and the Restless” once again averaged less than three million viewers, this time marking its 10th consecutive week below that number. Overall, the soap has averaged less than three million viewers 13 times during the 2023-2024 broadcast television season.

Note: “The Bold and the Beautiful” opened Season 38 on Monday, September 16, 2024.

The Talk / GMA3: What You Need to Know / NBC News Daily

Already off to a lackluster start last week, the 15th and final season of “The Talk” (1.177 million; 0.8 HH rating) is turning into a dud for CBS. Not only did the show drop week-to-week among Total Viewers, down -54,000 viewers, but the show also managed to drop among Women 18-49, down -0.02 (0.15 ratings vs. 0.17 rating). Interestingly, “The Talk” did see week-to-week increases among Women 25-54, up +0.02 (0.26 rating vs. 0.24 rating).

Compared to the second week of Season 14 (week of October 16-20, 2023), “The Talk” is down -112,000 viewers and down -0.03 among Women 18-49 (0.15 rating vs. 0.18 rating). The show was flat with its year ago performance among Women 25-54 (0.26 rating).

Overall, “The Talk” is attracting some of its lowest ratings ever for first-run episodes despite topping “GMA3: What You Need to Know” (1.300 million; 0.9 HH rating) among Women 18-49 (0.15 rating vs. 0.14 rating), and topping both “GMA3” and “NBC News Daily” (1.123 million; 0.7 HH rating) among Women 25-54 (0.26 rating vs. 0.22 rating).

Wrap-Up

What follows is a breakdown of how daytime broadcast performed during the week of September 16-20, 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: Only figures available to Soap Opera Network at press time are published below. The full ratings report, including individual show rankings, will return following the official start of the 2024-2025 broadcast television season (week of September 23-27, 2024).

Week of September 16-20, 2024 Rankers

Women 18-49 Rating

Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2023
The Price is Right 2 (CBS) – R	0.41	0.38	0.40
The Price is Right 1 (CBS) – R	0.38	0.34	0.38
TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.27	0.26	0.32
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.25	0.27	0.29
The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.25	0.27	0.32
TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.22	0.19	0.25
General Hospital (ABC)	0.19	0.22	0.26
The View (ABC)	0.18	0.19	0.27
The Talk (CBS)	0.15	0.17	N/A*
NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.15	0.15	0.15
GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.14	0.14	0.17

Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day) – September 16-20, 2024

Women 25-54 Rating

Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2023
The Price is Right 2 (CBS) – R	0.59	0.53	0.61
The Price is Right 1 (CBS) – R	0.57	0.49	0.55
The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.46	0.44	0.54
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.43	0.41	0.46
TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.39	0.37	0.51
General Hospital (ABC)	0.32	0.34	0.43
TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.30	0.29	0.39
The View (ABC)	0.28	0.28	0.40
The Talk (CBS)	0.26	0.24	N/A*
GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.22	0.23	0.29
NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.22	0.22	0.25

Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day) – September 16-20, 2024

Households

Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2023
The Young and the Restless (CBS)	1.9	2.0	2.1
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	1.7	1.8	1.8
The View (ABC)	1.7	1.6	1.5
General Hospital (ABC)	1.2	1.2	1.3
GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.9	0.8	0.9
The Talk (CBS)	0.8	0.8	N/A*
NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.7	0.8	0.8

Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day) – September 16-20, 2024

Total Viewers (In Millions)

Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2023
The Young and the Restless (CBS)	2,881	2,989	3,064
The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	2,579	2,689	2,667
The View (ABC)	2,393	2,275	2,260
General Hospital (ABC)	1,818	1,832	2,016
The Talk (CBS)	1,177	1,231	N/A*
GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	1,300	1,227	1,424
NBC News Daily (NBC)	1,123	1,158	1,075

Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day) – September 16-20, 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)*

• “The Talk” aired for just 19 minutes on Monday, September 16, Nielsen reported.
  
  The show launched Season 15 during the week of September 9-13, 2024. Since late June, the show aired amended repeats which were not reported by Nielsen and did not factor into the show’s weekly or Season 14 average. Speaking of Season 14, that season did not launch until the week of October 9-13, 2023 due to the dual Hollywood strikes.

There were no further preemptions or schedule changes reported by Nielsen for the week of September 16-20, 2024.

Note: The post Daytime Broadcast Ratings For The Week of September 16-20, 2024 appeared first on the Soap Opera Network website.

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[Soapsuds]

The big winner is The View.

A rerun of TPIR is the only program to go up in the 18-49 demo. That's bad!

Lucky s return on GH has been a complete utter failure!!

The Boring and The Beautiful dropped in almost all categories.

@Errol Thanks for posting the ratings!

[Soapsuds]

TPIR is a winner too with reruns!

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Up in all demos!!

[John]

Still interested In Lucky's return I just want him in Port Charles

[Soapsuds]

It also looks like viewers are over Kristina and Sonny getting away with murder again.

They dropped in every category.

[John]

Sonny needs to exit

[Soapsuds]

They'll never get rid of MB.

[MichaelGL]

Of course GH would end up here. It was bound to happen by reinstating that failed writer. 

[jasonminer1974]

That's what happens when give half the viewers the middle finger!

[detroitpiston]

I don’t even know what they could do to boost the numbers at this point but its clear Sonny, Jason, Alexis, Kristina and co as airtime heavy leads isn’t working for the audience. If they end up bleeding more viewers with Monaco’s exit, woof.

[Faulkner]

I’m glad GH didn’t benefit from going back to what wasn’t working before.

Is Steve Kent still more hands-on at Y&R? Certainly the show hasn’t benefited much from his involvement. 

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[Maxim]

I hope people are not still blaming Patrick Mulcahey.  

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 - But sadly GH... did go back. 

[jasonminer1974]

GH seems to be going the AMC route!

[AMCOLTLLover]

But the facebooks mom seem to love Sonny and always sayin that Sonny IS GH and without him or Carly there would be no GH…

Which I call bs lmao I actually think the show would benefit from it to finally lose Sonny. Not just story wise but it would free up money too 

[detroitpiston]

One thing I found interesting was that ABC made sure to highlight High Potential’s performance in the top 15 on Hulu this week. GH maintains a spot there regularly but I’ve yet to see a presser from them hyping that up. I wish we could get the official numbers and I wonder if the show would make the streamer charts if more episodes were made available longer than 2 weeks.

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