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ABC’s daytime lineup, consisting of “The View,” “General Hospital,” and “GMA3,” marked or tied season highs among the key sales demos, with the ABC News programs in particular hitting season highs among Total Viewers.
Despite a minor week-to-week drop among Women 18-49 (0.21 rating vs. 0.24 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.34 rating vs. 0.36 rating), “The Young and the Restless” hit a new season high among Total Viewers (2.992 million) and took back the No. 1 spot among soaps in Women 18-49, leading No. 2 “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “General Hospital” (0.19 rating, tie).
Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, Joy Behar, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Whoopi Goldberg
During the week of December 1-5, 2025, ABC’s “The View” attracted its largest overall audience in eight months (since March 31-April 4, 2025), with 2.598 million viewers tuning in, and its best performance among Women 18-49 (0.27 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.41 rating) since the 2024 presidential election week (November 4-8, 2024).
The increased viewership for the chatfest had a halo effect on the rest of the ABC daytime lineup, with “GMA3” seeing its best performance among Women 18-49 (0.18 rating) since the week of February 10-14, 2025 and best among Women 25-54 (0.24 rating) since the week of March 3-7, 2025. Additionally, the ABC News program attracted its largest audience since the week of February 17-21, 2025, marking a new high among Total Viewers for the rebranded third hour of “Good Morning America,” which launched in June (previously titled “GMA3: What You Need to Know”).
Amanda Setton, Giovanni Mazza
After coming down just a bit in the key demos one week earlier, “General Hospital” once tied its season high among Women 18-49 (0.19 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.27 rating), tying for second place among soaps with “The Bold and the Beautiful” among Women 18-49 (0.19 rating), and topping time slot competitor “Beyond the Gates” in both demographics.
Speaking of “Beyond the Gates,” the soap opera fell to 12th place among Women 18-49 (0.14 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.23), tying its season low in the latter, and falling behind “GMA3” for the first time in both categories. The CBS soap has also fallen behind former time slot holder “The Talk” among Women 18-49 for the eighth time in the 11 weeks thus far into the 2025-2026 television season. That said, “The Talk” was winding down with its 15th and final season during the comparable week last year. Meanwhile, the new drama series continues to attract a significantly larger audience among Total Viewers, this week up +324,000 viewers compared to the year ago performance of “The Talk” (1.593 million vs. 1.269 million). The soap opera also jumped +142,000 viewers from one week earlier, when a repeat was factored into its weekly average.
“The Young and the Restless” once again set a new season high among Total Viewers with 2.992 million tuning in, an increase of +15,000 viewers over last week, and marking the long-running soap opera’s most-watched week overall since the week of August 4-8, 2025. Additionally, the drama was back on top as the No. 1 soap among Women 18-49 (0.21 rating), leading No. 2 “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “General Hospital” (0.19 rating, tie), and was also No. 1 among the four network soap operas in the Women 25-54 demo (0.34 rating), despite minor week-to-week declines in both demographics.
Wrap-Up
What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows performed during the week of December 1-5, 2025 among Women 18-49 rating, Women 25-54 rating, Households and Total Viewers, including week-to-week and year-over-year comparisons.
Note*: Figures under the 2024 column for “Beyond the Gates” are compared to the performance of the former time slot occupant, “The Talk.” “TODAY with Jenna & Friends” is compared with the performance of its predecessor, “TODAY with Hoda & Jenna.” “GMA3” is compared with its predecessor, “GMA3: What You Need to Know.”
Additionally, 2024 comparisons, particularly Households and Total Viewers, were unavailable to this publication for most daytime broadcast shows, unlessed stated otherwise, until at least February 2025. Further, starting with the 2025-2026 television season, ratings are based on Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel, while figures under the 2024 column are based on Nielsen Live+Same Day Panel-only data.
Week of December 1-5, 2025 Rankers
Women 18-49 Rating
Rank / Show / NetworkThis WeekLast Week2024*1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)0.310.340.362. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)0.280.330.343. The View (ABC)0.270.240.224. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)0.230.230.235. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)0.220.290.306. The Young and the Restless (CBS)0.210.240.267. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)0.200.210.208. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)0.190.260.24— General Hospital (ABC)0.190.160.2310. TODAY with Jenna & Friends (NBC)0.180.260.21*— GMA3 (ABC)0.180.110.17*12. Beyond the Gates (CBS)0.140.170.17*13. NBC News Daily (NBC)0.100.160.15Source
Women 25-54 Rating
Rank / Show / NetworkThis WeekLast Week2024*1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)0.520.590.542. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)0.460.560.503. The View (ABC)0.410.360.334. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)0.360.350.325. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)0.350.430.456. The Young and the Restless (CBS)0.340.360.457. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)0.320.290.288. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)0.300.380.419. General Hospital (ABC)0.270.220.3210. TODAY with Jenna & Friends (NBC)0.250.370.32*11. GMA3 (ABC)0.240.150.24*12. Beyond the Gates (CBS)0.230.240.25*13. NBC News Daily (NBC)0.160.240.23Source
Households
Rank / Show / NetworkThis WeekLast Week2024*1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)2.62.6N/A*2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)2.32.3N/A*3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)1.91.9N/A*4. The View (ABC)1.71.61.75. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)1.61.7N/A*— Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)1.61.5N/A*7. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)1.41.41.4— Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)1.41.3N/A*9. General Hospital (ABC)1.21.2N/A*10. Beyond the Gates (CBS)1.01.00.8*— TODAY with Jenna & Friends (NBC)1.01.01.0*12. NBC News Daily (NBC)0.90.90.8— GMA3 (ABC)0.90.8N/A*Source
Total Viewers (In Millions)
Rank / Show / NetworkThis WeekLast Week2024*1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)4,3484,511N/A*2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)3,8373,967N/A*3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)2,9922,977N/A*4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)2,6322,667N/A*— Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)2,6322,538N/A*7. The View (ABC)2,5982,4632,3978. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)2,2562,128N/A*9. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)2,1062,2822,02110. General Hospital (ABC)1,8961,872N/A*11. Beyond the Gates (CBS)1,5931,4511,269*12. GMA3 (ABC)1,4461,2981,361*13. TODAY with Jenna & Friends (NBC)1,4161,6771,396*14. NBC News Daily (NBC)1,3391,3651,210Source
The numbers above are calculated using Live+Same Day, Big Data + Panel viewing and DVR playback, defined as 3:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m., and are courtesy of Nielsen. Ratings are the percentage of U.S. TV viewers who tuned in to a specific program.
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
P = PremiereR = RepeatS = SpecialNR = Not Rated / Not RankedN/A = Not Available* denotes further information
Summary (Preemptions/Schedule Changes)*
“TODAY with Jenna & Friends” was retitled “TDY Jenna & Friends-JF” on Thursday, December 11, 2025. The retitled program will not be included in the program’s weekly or season averages. The show’s weekly average is based on four days (Monday through Wednesday, Friday).
Note: The post ‘The View’ Marks Multi-Month Highs Among Key Demos & Total Viewers, Lifts ‘GMA3’ & ‘General Hospital’ – RATINGS first appeared on Soap Opera Network.
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