Ratings for the week September 21-25, 2026

BTG gained viewers, but dropped in the demos?

BTG last in demos is not good.

1 hour ago, MontyB said:

BTG gained viewers, but dropped in the demos?

I don't understand this at all!!!

Per TheTVRatingsGuide source, General Hospital’s video streaming ranking via Hulu. During the week of Sept 20-26, 2026: Sun 9/20: #6; Mon 9/21: #7; Tues 9/22: #2; Wed 9/23: #3; Thurs 9/24: #5; Fri 9/25: #5 and Sat 9/26: #4.

With the shows coming back from their finales, it's been interesting to see GH try to maintain on that list. Though the average from what I can tell stays around 7 and 8.

That is totally bizarre that BTG went down in the demos but up in total viewers. I wonder which demographic caused the rise?

1 hour ago, skiman12082004 said:

That is totally bizarre that BTG went down in the demos but up in total viewers. I wonder which demographic caused the rise?

55+

5 hours ago, MontyB said:

BTG gained viewers, but dropped in the demos?

More older people tuned in than younger people, hence the increase in Total Viewers. When Total Viewers are stagnant or fall, but demos increase, it means more young people are tuning in and more older people are tuning out.

10 minutes ago, Errol said:

More older people tuned in than younger people, hence the increase in Total Viewers. When Total Viewers are stagnant or fall, but demos increase, it means more young people are tuning in and more older people are tuning out.

Thanks for the explanation.

I understand the explanation for the BTG ratings, but I'm not buying it. I just don't have a lot of faith in these weekly fluctuations.

HUGE numbers of the main demos stopped watching that week but HUGE numbers of over-55s tuned in?

I think it makes sense to question these numbers.

1 hour ago, ranger1rg said:

I understand the explanation for the BTG ratings, but I'm not buying it. I just don't have a lot of faith in these weekly fluctuations.

HUGE numbers of the main demos stopped watching that week but HUGE numbers of over-55s tuned in?

I think it makes sense to question these numbers.

I wouldn't call a 3% rise in viewers huge. The demos are a VERY low percentage of the broadcast audience. In the Live + 7 numbers Errol posted for the first 42 weeks of last season, women 25-54 made up only 10% of BTG's total viewers. For the other 3 soaps it was 8%. So fluctuations between viewers and demos makes perfect sense.

2 minutes ago, bongobong said:

I wouldn't call a 3% rise in viewers huge. The demos are a VERY low percentage of the broadcast audience. In the Live + 7 numbers Errol posted for the first 42 weeks of last season, women 25-54 made up only 10% of BTG's total viewers. For the other 3 soaps it was 8%. So fluctuations between viewers and demos makes perfect sense.

So the soap audience is essentially ancient? Sounds like it.

1 hour ago, ranger1rg said:

So the soap audience is essentially ancient? Sounds like it.

well, i prefer boomer to ‘essentially ancient’ — but, yeah.

why? hard to say — maybe we boomers have a bit more patience than the target demos. maybe it’s ‘hope watching.’ this show is squandering so much potential and we are waiting to see if the writers can pull their sh** together and the whole will finally exceed the sum of its parts, because we’re old enough to remember what soaps have been in the past.

i do wonder though if the issues with the narrative structure are some effort to appeal to the younger demo. if so, it ain’t working.

Edited October 14Oct 14 by wonderwoman1951

3 hours ago, ranger1rg said:

So the soap audience is essentially ancient? Sounds like it.

The median age of soap viewers is almost 70! I believe Errol posted that data a couple of years ago. I seriously doubt it has dropped significantly.