ARTICLE: RATINGS: Encores of ‘The Price is Right’ Top Final Season of ‘The Talk,’ ‘The View’ Sustains Lead Among Network News & Talk Shows

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During the week of February 3-7, 2025, encore broadcasts of “The Price is Right” on CBS averaged just over 1.7 million viewers in the time slot previously occupied by “The Talk,” Soap Opera Network can report exclusively.

According to figures released by Nielsen, an encore of the second half-hour episode of “The Price is Right” averaged 1.769 million viewers at 2:30 p.m. ET/1:30 p.m. PT while an encore of the first half-hour averaged 1.694 million viewers at 2:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. PT, well and above the 15th and final season average of “The Talk” (1.240 million).

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Compared to the same week last year, encores of “The Price is Right” were up substantially from the performance of “The Talk,” which averaged just 1.352 million viewers during the week of February 5-9, 2024. Ironically, that particular week marked one of the better performances for the show compared to its 14th season average among Total Viewers.

Note: Original episodes of “The Price is Right” aired in the game show’s regular timeslot. Total Viewers for the original episodes were not available at press time.

Out of the 13 weeks “The Talk” aired during its final season, only the final week of shows performed the best, averaging 1.319 million viewers (week of December 16-20, 2024). One week earlier, the show averaged 1.302 million (week of December 9-13, 2024). The talk show hit a season low during week two of the season (week of September 30-Octobebr 4, 2024), averaging just 1.166 million viewers.

In other ratings news, “The View” continues to top the charts among daytime network talk shows and news programs, averaging 2.565 million viewers for the week. It beat out “TODAY 3rd Hour” (1.917 million), “TODAY with Jenna & Friends” (1.429 million) and “NBC News Daily” (1.230 million). Meanwhile, “GMA3: What You Need to Know” averaged 1.429 million viewers.

Wrap-Up

What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows performed during the week of February 3-7, 2025 among Women 18-49 rating and Women 25-54 rating, including their performance during the comparable week last year.

A closer look at how the daytime soaps performed, specifically their daily performance breakdown in the demos, can be viewed here.

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

Week of February 3-7, 2025 Rankers

Women 18-49 Rating

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2024
1. The Price Is Right 2 (CBS)	0.44	0.36	0.40
2. The Price Is Right 1 (CBS)	0.37	0.32	0.36
3. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.30	0.25	0.29
4. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.26	0.23	0.27
— The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.26	0.24	0.35
6. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.24	0.24	0.28
— TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.24	0.23	0.32
8. The View (ABC)	0.20	0.19	0.20
9. General Hospital (ABC)	0.19	0.19	0.21
— TODAY with Jenna & Friends (NBC)	0.19	0.21	0.25
11. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.16	0.15	0.14
12. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.14	0.15	0.15
Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day) – February 3-7, 2025

Women 25-54 Rating

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2024
1. The Price Is Right 2 (CBS)	0.63	0.51	0.57
2. The Price Is Right 1 (CBS)	0.53	0.47	0.53
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.49	0.45	0.53
4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.40	0.39	0.43
— TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.40	0.40	0.49
6. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.37	0.34	0.42
7. The View (ABC)	0.35	0.31	0.33
8. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.33	0.30	0.38
9. TODAY with Jenna & Friends (NBC)	0.32	0.33	0.39
10. General Hospital (ABC)	0.30	0.31	0.39
11. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.24	0.24	0.24
12. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.21	0.24	0.24
Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day) – February 3-7, 2025

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.

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)*

• There were no preemptions, schedule changes or interruptions reported by Nielsen during the week of February 3-7, 2025.

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