Did you happen to see Simone and Rae's love scene on Passions last summer? It was hot!

You KNOW I did, Simone coming out is what lead me to watch Passions. I liked Simone right away and I like Passions and it's particularly quirky niche in the world.

Simone is laying in bed under the covers, cut to Rae as her clothes fall to the floor. She climbs into bed wth Simone and they start kissing, touching, hugging and moaning.

Yeah, baby. Credit to Passions, *gulp* JER and NBC who took things further than AMC did on the physical expression but AMC, despite how badly they f*cked things up, did better portraying relationships for Bianca, imo. But that may change as we move through Simone's story. I was very very proud of Passions for those scenes though. And golly gee, the world didn't come crashing to an end after all.

Simone's thang with Rae seemed sort of random though and didn't flow, they rewrote them about every time Rae appeared. I can deal with all that on some levels though as it's a soap. I am probably in the minority but the actor playing Rae doesn't do it for me and I don't think she and Cathleen Doe didn't have a lot of physical chemistry.

Cathy's getting better, more confident/comfortable with the physical expressions as she goes along, though. And she is as KA-YOOT, as can be. I adore Paloma, too...the actress just makes me giggle. Paloma is hotter than Rae (to me) and more personality-appropriate for Simone. Also Simone being with a core-family character is really important for longevity's sake. I hope, hope, hope they put them together for a whole other sort of Lesbian Rampage. *wink*

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I'm *this* close to start paying real attention to DOOL again. I keep up and half/kind watch, listen to it in the background now. I am happy for the show's fans and in my own self-interest as an AMC fan, I hope DOOL"s scores a ratings bonanza that leaves McT and Frons crying like leetle gurls...and on their way out.

Its SOOOO nice to see DAYS back in the #3 position. They totally deserve it and the 2.7 is just awesome. I only hope that trend continues, but you can definetly tell the J&M fans have tuned out for the time being, I think DAYS made a HUGE HUGE mistake by writing them out for now.

Good to see DAYS up so high in the older demos and #3 in 18-49 and #1 in 18-34.

The show truly deserves the highest ratings they can get because the show has turned it around in a huge way in the last month and a bit and Hogie isn't even on board yet, CANNOT WAIT!

We would probably be at that 2.8 if we had the J/M fans back. Days was stupid for doing this.

Wow, 7 out of 9 soaps have more viewers than they had last year at this time.... that's soooo great to see!

Does anyone think that soaps might start increasing in viewers maybe??

Interesting to see what would happen if GL passed ATWT in the ratings......

It frustrates me to no end to know that ATWT does so great in the Women 50+ ratings, yet TPTB don't seem to want to acknowledge that. It's like they're ashamed to say that their best ratings come from the "old ladies."

Honestly, if the old ladies continue to watch the show now, adding just a pinch of vets-in-storylines would probably do wonders. All it would take is the return of Don Hughes and a triangle with Lisa and Susan.

How in the WORLD is OLTL ranked so high!?!?!?! Last week was VERY boring.

How in the WORLD is OLTL ranked so high!?!?!?! Last week was VERY boring.

And how come its rating point is so low?? I don't get it

It frustrates me to no end to know that ATWT does so great in the Women 50+ ratings, yet TPTB don't seem to want to acknowledge that. It's like they're ashamed to say that their best ratings come from the "old ladies."

Honestly, if the old ladies continue to watch the show now, adding just a pinch of vets-in-storylines would probably do wonders. All it would take is the return of Don Hughes and a triangle with Lisa and Susan.

It's not just an old lady's soap..but a men's soap as well. It's always in the top half of the male demos. In fact the whole CBS line up usually is.

And how come its rating point is so low?? I don't get it

The ratings point represents households, not individual people.

So we can pretty much figure out from OLTL's high number of viewers that OLTL's households had more viewers watching the show.

It's not just an old lady's soap..but a men's soap as well. It's always in the top half of the male demos. In fact the whole CBS line up usually is.

Old men. Old, retired men watching with their wives. Whether they want to or not, lol.

A BIG congrats to DAYS!!

Agreed. As an old-time fan since the early 1980s, it's good to see characters like Patch and Kayla bring up the show's profile.

THIRD place. Wow. Days has to fire headwriters more often.

The ratings point represents households, not individual people.

So we can pretty much figure out from OLTL's high number of viewers that OLTL's households had more viewers watching the show.

Old men. Old, retired men watching with their wives. Whether they want to or not, lol.

That's possible but you can't say that for sure because it says men 18+.

MONDAY, JUNE 19

1.(1) Y&R: Monday: 4.3/5,739,000 (+744,000) [HIGH DAY]

2.(2) B&B: Monday: 3.1/4,214,000 (+213,000)

3.(3) AMC: Monday: 2.7/3,626,000 (+408,000) [HIGH DAY]

4.(6) OLTL: Monday: 2.6/3,506,000 (+375,000)

5.(7) ATWT: Monday: 2.5/3,391,000 (+386,000) [HIGH DAY]

6.(5) GH: Monday: 2.7/3,380,000 (+196,000)

7.(4) DAYS: Monday: 2.5/3,252,000 (+60,000) [LOW DAY]

8.(8) GL: Monday: 2.3/3,056,000 (+366,000)

9.(9) PSNS: Monday: 1.4/1,801,000 (-210,000) [LOW DAY]

TUESDAY, JUNE 20

1.(1) Y&R: Tuesday: 4.2/5,496,000 (-243,000) [LOW DAY]

2.(2) B&B: Tuesday: 3.2/4,285,000 (+71,000) [HIGH DAY]

3.(7) DAYS: Tuesday: 2.7/3,517,000 (+265,000)

4.(4) OLTL: Tuesday: 2.5/3,406,000 (-100,000)

5.(6) GH: Tuesday: 2.5/3,357,000 (-23,000)

6.(3) AMC: Tuesday: 2.6/3,323,000 (-303,000)

7.(5) ATWT: Tuesday: 2.4/3,172,000 (-219,000)

8.(8) GL: Tuesday: 2.2/2,879,000 (-177,000)

9.(9) PSNS: Tuesday: 1.6/2,154,000 (+353,000) [HIGH DAY]

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21

1.(1) Y&R: Wednesday: 4.2/5,702,000 (+206,000)

2.(2) B&B: Wednesday: 3.1/4,232,000 (-53,000)

3.(3) DAYS: Wednesday: 2.8/3,534,000 (+17,000) [HIGH DAY]

4.(4) OLTL: Wednesday: 2.5/3,486,000 (+80,000)

5.(5) GH: Wednesday: 2.6/3,384,000 (+27,000)

6.(7) ATWT: Wednesday: 2.3/3,279,000 (+107,000)

7.(6) AMC: Wednesday: 2.4/3,251,000 (-72,000) [LOW DAY]

8.(8) GL: Wednesday: 2.2/3,108,000 (+229,000) [HIGH DAY]

9.(9) PSNS: Wednesday: 1.5/1,866,000 (-288,000)

THURSDAY, JUNE 22

1.(1) Y&R: Thursday: 4.4/5,626,000 (-76,000)

2.(2) B&B: Thursday: 3.4/4,248,000 (+16,000)

3.(6) ATWT: Thursday: 2.6/3,327,000 (+48,000)

4.(5) GH: Thursday: 2.5/3,313,000 (-71,000) [LOW DAY]

5.(3) DAYS: Thursday: 2.7/3,304,000 (-230,000)

6.(7) AMC: Thursday: 2.5/3,269,000 (+18,000)

7.(4) OLTL: Thursday: 2.5/3,248,000 (-238,000) [LOW DAY]

8.(8) GL: Thursday: 2.4/3,016,000 (-92,000)

9.(9) PSNS: Thursday: 1.5/1,909,000 (+43,000)

FRIDAY, JUNE 23

1.(1) Y&R: Friday: 4.2/5,686,000 (+60,000)

2.(2) B&B: Friday: 3.1/4,136,000 (-112,000) [LOW DAY]

3.(4) GH: Friday: 2.5/3,536,000 (+223,000) [HIGH DAY]

4.(7) OLTL: Friday: 2.6/3,531,000 (+283,000) [HIGH DAY]

5.(6) AMC: Friday: 2.7/3,441,000 (+172,000)

6.(5) DAYS: Friday: 2.6/3,388,000 (+84,000)

7.(3) ATWT: Friday: 2.3/3,102,000 (-225,000) [LOW DAY]

8.(8) GL: Friday: 2.1/2,834,000 (-182,000) [LOW DAY]

9.(9) PSNS: Friday: 1.5/1,963,000 (+54,000)

Honestly, I don't get it. Day-to-day, ATWT does very good it seems, sometimes in the top half, sometimes staying towards the bottom, yet for the whole week, the bottom prevails.

I know so many men who watch ATWT, and they're not 50+. Isn't it surprising, that a show like ATWT that's supposed to be for "old ladies" gets bigger ratings w/ men than a show w/ the mafia and shoot-outs every damn week. Just saying...

The show needs to start looking at its two key demos (Women 50+, Men 18+) and start respecting them; otherwise, P&G is going to can both its soaps next year. JMO

I know so many men who watch ATWT, and they're not 50+. Isn't it surprising, that a show like ATWT that's supposed to be for "old ladies" gets bigger ratings w/ men than a show w/ the mafia and shoot-outs every damn week. Just saying...

The show needs to start looking at its two key demos (Women 50+, Men 18+) and start respecting them; otherwise, P&G is going to can both its soaps next year. JMO

I can't remember exactly where I read it.....but I read that over 80% of male soap viewers were over 50. That seems reasonable to me, since my grandparents (both sets) have always watched the CBS soaps, and my grandfathers don't seem particularly interested in them despite watching with my grandmothers.

And the truth is, the networks would be perfectly willing to lose every single male soap viewer, because they don't make a dime off them.