ARTICLE: ‘The View’ & ‘GMA3’ Mark Substantial Growth; ‘The Price Is Right’ & ‘Let’s Make A Deal’ Return Strong – RATINGS

[Maxim]

I agree with this comment. Aaaand the writing for that week in question was not good. I was not happy at all. 

[dragonflies]

Yikes looks like the Luna show is killing BOLD. 

[Maxim]

It's unbearable to watch.

[bongobong]

The numbers don't really bear that out as Bold did relatively better than Y&R & BTG that past 2 weeks. Unless you think the non-Luna storylines are that much better than the stories on the other 2 shows.

I do think it hurt the show, at least on Live + Same Day numbers. Since the first week of repeats aired, BTG hasn't had a demo increase independent of Bold. It has been almost 3 months of that now, leading me to speculate that a good chunk of the new audience fled - at least watching on the same day - and some of those viewers were replaced by traditional CBSD viewers.

I don't think the reasoning behind the order number causing repeats makes sense. If the show was cancelled after its second order, there's no reason it has to end at a certain time. It could end on a Tuesday and CBS can slot TPIR or LMAD reruns or whatever. I'm not a viewer, but it was unfair of CBS to do that to a new soap.

[Soapsuds]

It may be doing the best of the CBS soaps, but their demographics took a nosedive. They're not bringing in viewers for the Luna nonsense. Bold really doesn't have anything new to offer. All their stories are a continuous repetition, and they aren't even well-written.

[Soapsuds]

The Luna show is pure nonsense. There is no more story to tell with Luna. Also, Will and Electra are very boring characters.

[1974mdp]

It'll be interesting if we find out the Live + 3 and Live + 7 numbers. As the article said, many people, including myself, don't watch the soaps when they air but later.

I'd give BTG a solid B. I think it's actually doing reasonably well. Every soap has some growing pains the first year, but it's been reliably entertaining for the most part. I'm not a fan of the Joey casino  or Derek/Ashley stories, but I still really enjoy Leslie/Eva and Martin/Smitty.

[dragonflies]

Brad writes his villian's as snidely whiplash

I get they had all of this filmed while having limited sets due to the move, but seriously yikes 

[Soapsuds]

Where are the ratings? They were MIA last week.

[skiman12082004]

I was wondering the same thing

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