Nielsen is a funny fellow. Some weeks they will round up and then the next week they won't. I know one week they didn't round anyone's 4's on up and then the next week they did. You never know what they are gonig to do.

Yay for AMC! Its nice to see them rebound from the past couple of weeks.

One positive note is that DAYS is up in every category from last year, except for the mens demo which has tanked lately.

APRIL 10-14, 2006

01..Y&R: Friday, 4/14: 4.5/5,800,000 (+745,000)

02..Y&R: Wednesday, 4/12: 4.1/5,338,000

03..Y&R: Monday, 4/10: 4.1/5,330,000

04..Y&R: Thursday, 4/13: 3.9/5,055,000

05..Y&R: Tuesday, 4/11: 4.0/4,979,000

06..B&B: Friday, 4/14: 3.2/4,178,000 (+469,000)

07..B&B: Monday, 4/10: 3.2/4,139,000

08..B&B: Wednesday, 4/12: 3.0/3,936,000

09..B&B: Thursday, 4/13: 3.0/3,709,000

10..B&B: Tuesday, 4/11: 2.9/3,696,000

11..AMC: Friday, 4/14: 2.8/3,573,000 (+530,000)

12..GH: Friday, 4/14: 2.8/3,557,000 (+266,000)

13..GH: Monday, 4/10: 2.9/3,522,000

14..GH: Tuesday, 4/11: 2.9/3,499,000

15..AMC: Tuesday, 4/11: 2.8/3,443,000

16..OLTL: Friday, 4/14: 2.7/3,439,000 (+482,000)

17..GH: Wednesday, 4/12: 2.8/3,430,000

18..ATWT: Friday, 4/14: 2.5/3,338,000 (+418,000)

19..AMC: Monday, 4/10: 2.7/3,330,000

20..GH: Thursday, 4/13: 2.7/3,291,000

21..OLTL: Monday, 4/10: 2.7/3,266,000

22..DAYS: Tuesday, 4/11: 2.5/3,257,000

23..ATWT: Monday, 4/10: 2.5/3,235,000

24..DAYS: Monday, 4/10: 2.6/3,207,000

25..OLTL: Tuesday, 4/11: 2.6/3,073,000

25..ATWT: Wednesday, 4/12: 2.4/3,073,000

27..DAYS: Friday, 4/14: 2.4/3,066,000 (+23,000)

28..AMC: Thursday, 4/13: 2.6/3,043,000

29..DAYS: Wednesday, 4/12: 2.4/3,012,000

30..ATWT: Tuesday, 4/11: 2.3/3,010,000

31..AMC: Wednesday, 4/12: 2.5/2,987,000

32..OLTL: Thursday, 4/13: 2.4/2,957,000

33..OLTL: Wednesday, 4/12: 2.5/2,920,000

33..ATWT: Thursday, 4/13: 2.3/2,920,000

35..DAYS: Thursday, 4/13: 2.3/2,889,000

36..GL: Friday, 4/14: 2.2/2,917,000 (+467,000)

37..GL: Wednesday, 4/12: 2.2/2,865,000

38..GL: Monday, 4/10: 2.2/2,822,000

39..GL: Tuesday, 4/11: 2.1/2,628,000

40..GL: Thursday, 4/13: 1.9/2,450,000

41..PSNS: Friday, 4/14: 1.6/2,206,000 (+284,000)

42..PSNS: Wednesday, 4/12: 1.6/2,139,000

43..PSNS: Monday, 4/10: 1.6/2,028,000

44..PSNS: Tuesday, 4/11: 1.5/1,982,000

45..PSNS: Thursday, 4/13: 1.5/1,922,000

PREVIOUS FRIDAY (Thu to Fri) NET GAIN = 1,098,000

GOOD FRIDAY (Thu to Fri) NET GAIN = 3,684,000

I'm fine with Days dropping for last week..the show was very boring..The chelsea sewer stuff did nothing for me..

I have only caught glimpses of DAYS last week and this week. When *I* tune out, you know nothing is going on....less than nothing!

Yay for AMC going up ATWT is so good, wish the ratings would reflect that

I'm interested to see how the ratings will be for the Tad & Dixie reunion from Monday

Time for some positive spin!

Guiding Light went up in all the demo categories (except for an 8,000 loss in males). The only thing otherwise that didn't go up is the all-important household number.

As for all of daytime as a whole, well, you know what they say...

"April showers bring May flowers!" :)

EEks. OLTL placed lower all over the charts!! Poor GL too!!

That's it! I've had enough!!!!!! I want DK fired from GL. EW gets the boot to if she tries to salvage his job. Conboy never brought these pathetic ratings in. I'm starting a petition to reinstate Jon Conboy as Executive Producer minus Ellen Weston. Then another petition to get rid of DK and steal Hogan Sheffer from ATWT as head writer. I know PGP sees this and they can't be that stupid not to take action and get rid of this hack for bringing GL into the wading waters of Passions territory. Oooooooooooh I'm heated! Anymore bad news and DK has to step down as HW just to spare his life from pissed off GL fans.

David Kreizman....Your Goin Down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That's it! I've had enough!!!!!! I want DK fired from GL. EW gets the boot to if she tries to salvage his job. Conboy never brought these pathetic ratings in. I'm starting a petition to reinstate Jon Conboy as Executive Producer minus Ellen Weston. Then another petition to get rid of DK and steal Hogan Sheffer from ATWT as head writer. I know PGP sees this and they can't be that stupid not to take action and get rid of this hack for bringing GL into the wading waters of Passions territory. Oooooooooooh I'm heated! Anymore bad news and DK has to step down as HW just to spare his life from pissed off GL fans.

David Kreizman....Your Goin Down!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah I agree that April has been a slow month for Days (typically is except for the reunions last year) but alot has happened. I mean I think we all got spoiled by the first three months of 2006 where big events took place almost every week (Zack's accident and death, everyone learning who really killed Zack, the funeral, Calliope, Lois's death, Shimi's wedding, Alex/Marlena wedding, etc). Days took this month to build the stories for May and summer and if you had action all the time they would run out of ideas. I like all the character interactions we have been getting and I am happy Days is being realistic and not rushing Bope's divorced and such. It wouldn't make sense if they did and, while repetitive, I want to see them anguish over the idea of separating. I mean look at what has happened this month:

-Lexie found out she may have cancer and wants to come clean and now you have the Sami/Alex plot

-Bope talked divorce and Hope actually filed for it

-Patrick's past was discovered bringing him closer to Hope

-The sewer twist made Chelsea change which is needed to redeem her a bit and seems to be making Kate the manipulator in this. It also brought Bollie closer and Hotrick too.

-Jen/Frankie made love.

-Carrie/Lucas and Austin/Sami had sex

-Marlena/Alex got married and the story is now building towards its climax.

-The tension between Mimi and Belle grew.

On top of all this there has been great character interactions and some good drama and emotion. Nothing close to what we were getting but its still been watchable and consistently good. This week has been an improvement and next week and beyond will be great. The slow period is over now everyone-time to come back and watch all the time!!!

3.5 million tuned in for the big face to face with Tad and Dixie on AMC, hopefully they build on that with thwe Monday. Overall considering the landscape a very impressive week for AMC and ABC..... at least they haven't lost anything on last year. But no gains either

Here's a breakdown by network vs the same week last year.

CBS

Women 18-34....... (+0.4)

Women 18-49........(+0.1)

Men 18+................(+328,000)

Total Viewers.........(+137,000)

18-49 Viewers.........(+65,000)

Households............(-0.3)

12-17.......................(-25,000)

NBC

Households.................(same)

Women 18-34..... ...... (same)

Women 18-49..............(+0.2)

18-49 Viewers.......(+163,000)

12-17.......................(+5,000)

Total Viewers.........(-207,000)

Men 18+................(-308,000)

ABC

Women 18-49.............(-1.0)

Women 18-34.............(-0.6)

Households.................(-0.1)

18-49 Viewers......(-591,000)

Total Viewers.......(-149,000)

Men 18+................(-73,000)

12-17......................(-7,000)

Thanks for that breakdonw Rick! Hmm so all the sudden ABC doesn't look so good