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RATINGS: The Young and the Restless Hits Five-Month High in Total Viewers
The emergence of Aunt Jordan played by As the World Turns favorite Colleen Zenk, and Claire’s (Hayley Erin) machinations against Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), gave CBS daytime’s The Young and the Restless a ratings spike.
For the week of November 13-17, 2023, (the 17th being the episode which featured Aunt Jordan’s first appearance in the cliffhanger) gave Y&R a total of 3.343 million viewers.
According to SON, the series celebrating their 50th anniversary season, added +168,000 week-to-week and all in all their highest number of viewers since the week of June 26-30, 2023.
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One can only expect next week’s ratings which would be for the week of November 20-24th and the numbers for the following ratings week of November 27-December 1, to also bring in some hefty numbers for the top-rated soap opera, as viewers witnessed the drama that unfolded between the entire Newman family vs. Aunt Jordan and Claire’s vengeful plot.
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In addition, Y&R’s sister soap, The Bold and the Beautiful also had a strong week averaging 2.862 million viewers. B&B had a net gain of +66,000 viewers compared to the week prior. The series continues to play up the story that has Eric Forrester (John McCook) trying to cope with the fact he has been told he only has a short time left to live.
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So, what do you think about the ratings performance of The Young and the Restless? Were you tuning-in to see what went down when Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) was stabbed with a hypodermic needle than put on an IV-drip of alcohol? Let us know in the comment section below, and make sure to check out our brand new livestream interview replay with Y&R’s Hayley Erin below.
Sad but CZ was pure campy I was embarrassed for all of them.
Agree with you 100 percent.
This story line on Y & R was straight up embarrassing!! It made no sense. The good actors had to act horribly because of the poorly written farce. I am beyond disappointed with all of it! Chance and Sharon?? She’s mold enough to be his mother!! Eeeewe!! Tucker and Ashley?? C’mon….again?? Really?? Who is writing this stuff???!!! It’s getting worse by the day! Fifty years and this is where they are now? Ugh!!!
So agree. the ending of her behind the grate was comical not suspenseful.
Did they forget it’s Christmas time? What kind of a show is that for The Christmas holidays I thought it was terrible. What a shame waste of time. If they can’t do better, they should hang up.. do you wanna restless oh I said did they forget it’s Christmas time what kind of a show is that for the Christmas holidays? I thought it was terrible what a shame shame waste of time if they can’t, they said that a lot of people like it a lot of people don’t like it to on talking about it, or you gonna be tired
I thought she did great and I am sure that she was the reason ratings were up, ATWT viewers wanted to see her. She looked fantastic, just like she did when ATWT ended.
Please! She was the best thing to happen to this sad-sack show in years! It was a shot of adrenalin.
The whole thing was very badly written, like cringe worthy. The only saving grace was the having the great Colleen Zenk on the screen again.
100% correct
It’s all because of Coleen Zenk. She is pure gold. She just won that emmy she has deserved for the past 30 years. If Y&R is smart, they will somehow find a way to keep her on Y&R permanently.
Absolutely! Remember the famous line by James to her: “Hello Barbara?” Pure gold!
Yes it was
So well deserved! MTS knocked it out of the park and better finally win her long overdue Emmy next year! And Colleen Zenk is a queen who has breathed new life into the show. All hail the queen and May she please stay forever!
Amen! Zenk can put this all back on track. Stop with the stupid switching jobs stories.
Unbelievable— Jordan’ is unarmed and no one goes for her to end the whole mess, unbelivable, I’d be on her after 10 seconds and secure her in 5..
As for the poisoning – Jordan’ would never give up the antidote, but- Clair seeing Jordan taken down would give it up after threats to her body’s well-being..
And- a call to 911 regarding the poisoning would be a good idea too..
It could have been put to rest in minutes when facing 2 unarmed dings-
The writers failed–for what’s to be a high drama thriller and not one person is armed, nonsense.
Well, Nick being shot – too little too late..
And- it’s like a flesh nonthreatening wound… story=fail…imo sigh
Nick wasn’t shot. He was stabbed
000pps on me.. yes, stabbed–brain burp from me ,,lol
It’s because it was an exciting story line. Too much corporate story lines. Let’s have more chance and summer. Does anyone else have an issue with Sharon and chance?
Yesss..I can’t stand Chance & Sharon together..she’s to old.. No chemistry period..Pls.. Nick can’t stay away from her..they shud be together. Let Chance be with Summer!
Absolutely agree!! Sharon is old enough to be his mother!
So true those writers need a dose of strong coffee
Yes! More Sharon and Chance. Love them. On Monday s episode they’re featured again! A cpl episodes amidst the boring Ashley Tucker Abbott scene they were the only thing worth watching. Love Sharon Case and Connor Fylodd together. Absolutely stunning together!
Let’s not confuse a ratings bump with the massive ratings decline for Y&R over the years. In 2 weeks it could, and most of the time is, erased.
The ratings are loyal viewers watching with hope in the back of their minds that the storytelling will improve. The bump is definitely because we all heard the awesome COLLEEN ZENK was coming on board.
What we got: IT, the clown from a Stephen King novel, popping his/her head up from being a sewer/air vent. Comical.
It’s news and exciting when the ratings continually uptick. But we know with most of griffiths stories that we will see a tiny bump and then reality sets in and a drop back down.
That is not success.
…Totally agree!!
I think the whole thing hooking Nicki up to an alcohol IV knowing she’s an alcoholic is just disgusting. What kind of message does this send. This is just the cruelest thing ever
What I found ridiculous was Victoria who is so clever in business… her ,Cole don’t even think of getting a DNA done. To be sure if Claire was their live daughter. First thing l thought of. To confirm either way. Yes.. writers take forever .. surprised it didn’t take a month to find Nikki.
An alcohol IV would be painful…putting Vodka into a person’s bloodstream
to cause alcoholism could/would destroy vital organs and even death..
Stupid writers,,
The plot and acting were terrible. BB is about as bad.
Agree totally! What are these writers being paid for? Stories are rehashed garbage from yrs ago…Same dialog week after week..B& B…I can’t stomach anymore of Eric coughing up blood & then kissing Donna, .I stopped watching after tht!! Having watched tht great Hope & Thomas chemistry..the rest is just not worth watching..Brooke is sickening with stupid lectures to Hope as if she were a child..I totally love Hope, great actress!!
Y& R going downhill fast..Nothing ever going on anymore except their hatred of Adam ! Sick of the Tucker drama..boringgggg!!
Geez. It’s like saying people prefer microwaved egg over rotten eggs. Garbage both.
Minus imo maybe the return of Danny,Cricket and Nina nothing s really happened the last several months.
Victor’s pretend illness was just plain stupid, the ptb are really forcing Ashley and Tucker as a couple and it’s just not happening, Nikki prior to this was so unbearable in her bitchiness and who knows or cares who’s in charge at any of the gazillion companies in tiny rural Wisconsin. Sharon and Chance a couple I’m really loving are on once a week if I’m lucky and Chance got shot and recovered in two spots.
Only credit goes to bringing back all the faves but a five month high from nothing is really not anything to brag about.
Sally–it is hard to tolerate now..She used to be an investing character..
And, poor Adam is stuck with her and putting up with her degrading him almost every time she opens her mouth..
The problem is, there are no other women that Adam could be with so he has to be
with her,,If I were Adam I’d throw Sally out the window into the garbage can and be a happy bachelor..
I would like know why Claire went after Nikki and not Victoria
Anytime Nikki is partaking in alcohol you can bet it’s entertaining. And usually there’s a hit & run involved . You people who complain its not realistic forget its make believe. Bravo Y&R. You’ve successfully entertained me.
Poor Nikki–the alcohol seems to have closed her eyes..Nikki is blind!!!
Can’t wait to see her driving into her next hit & run…
”my blindness made me do it ” lol
It’s been GREAT….. so riveting ‼️‼️
Waiting for drunk Nikki to drunkenly confess to hitting and killing Delia..
I’ve been watching Young and the restless since I was a teenager. I’m now in my 60s. This whole storyline made no sense whatsoever. I love Colleen Zenk. I was it as the worlds fan as well. Also saw her live in a few shows. She’s a fantastic actress. The young and the restless should definitely work to keep her there on a full-time basis, but the story makes no sense whatsoever. You need to revamp this current storyline. I agree with the comments below. So I had to wait to keep her on the show full-time and throw the story out the window. Also, Sharon and Chance make no sense at all. She is old enough to be his mother. I’m all for differences in ages but this is ridiculous. I definitely can see him with summer.. Please don’t embarrass Sharon case by putting her with such a younger man and why is Paul off the show, bring Paul back. Will be nice to see Paul involved with Colleen Zenk.
People wonder why soaps are dying is because the mean spirited comments about all the soaps today. You make the networks not care for there daytime dramas because they know it’s a losing battle. No matter what YR would do people is going to find something to bitch about the soap. If Bill Bell could come back to life people will still bitch about YR. YR doesn’t get a break regardless, I know it’s a shell of its former glory but I think there are some good stuff coming up on YR. Most of the time the haters are jealous because YR (and CBS) is still pretty strong on broadcast TV compared to GH & Days is streaming now. Bitch a blue streak because I’m sitting back and enjoying a glimmer of fun I’m watching on my soap. There are closeted viewers, people say they are turning it off or stop watching the show but it’s amazing the spike YR gets with viewers as GH & Days languish in the basement with backhoe.
—- GH Rules ! —–
For the majority (about 95%) of you, if you hate what you’re seeing, then why are you watching??? The addition of THE COLLEEN ZENK was by far the biggest casting surprise and coup in DECADES!!! I for one am really enjoying this story. Thank you Colleen for coming back to daytime. You’ve been missed!!
Loaded question… even storyline haters count as viewers which must add to the rating that keep the last 4 soaps going (?).
Agree that the return of Coleen Zenk is certainly helping the ratings for Y&R. It is NOT the writing for sure. Yes she deserves an Emmy. Loved her on ATWT. If Y&R is smart, they will keep her on Y&R. As for B&B, the Eric storyline has me in tears every day. Another Emmy is awaiting John McCook. Keep up the good work and B&B could reach 3M viewers.
People who are criticizing this story have obviously forgotten that in its prime and in its heyday, this show was pure melodramatic camp as written by Bill Bell!
Have we forgotten the decades of Sheila?!
How about David Kimble with KILLER carved into his forehead before he was crushed in a garbage compactor?
Brenda Dickson as Jill??
I could go on and on!
After many years of seemingly taking the LEAST dramatic path in all the stories, finally the show has some edge of your seat viewing!
It roped in all the vets. It plays right into the show history that we actually watched on air! And it gives the Newman family an entirely new member and dynamic.
I think this whole story is classic Y & R and is a long term umbrella story!
I also think it is kind of neat that Amelia Heinle and J. Eddie Peck played a couple on All My Children as Mia and Jake circa 2001.
Colleen Zink looks very frail! A at
How long will this story line with Nikki Newman last…it’s so boring. Can we sent her to the asylum or back to retirement…soon. Let’s move on!!!
Oh my gosh, Nikki is breaking their first rule of Alcoholics Anonymous. The first draw for a female is never ever have a mail sponsor!
I have watched since Snapper was on the show 50 yrs. I am sick and tired of seeing the witch snatch Harrison and Victoria’s daughter.
she is mentally unstable and we don’t need to promote that type of behavior in this work right now. It is sad that you have allowed young people involved in this type of situation. The witch should be taken off the show so the Newman’s can’t get on with their lives and especially Nicki.
American Idol
ABC Renews ‘American Idol’ for Season 8 and ‘The Bachelor’ for Season 29
While Katy Perry is exiting her gig at the judges table on American Idol at the end of this season, that will not stop the show from continuing on. The popular reality-singing competition had been renewed for its 8th season on ABC and its 23rd season overall.
American Idol started on Fox and was given new life at ABC seven years ago. The announcement of the renewal comes ahead of its Season 22 finale set to air on Sunday, May 19th.
As for Perry, she revealed back in February that she is stepping away from the show to pursue other career interests. The show is actively looking for the right chemistry and person to sit alongside judges and music superstars, Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan, who will be back next season, as will longtime host, Ryan Seacrest.
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In other renewals, The Bachelor will be back following Joey Graziadei’s ratings winner of a season. The reality-dating competition will serve up its 29th season.
There is no premiere date set, but as has been in the past, the series usually premieres in January of the new year. While ‘Bachelor Nation’ will need to await, just who will be the next ‘Bachelor’, that person will most likely be selected from Jen Tran’s season of The Bachelorette, which is currently in production.
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Jen’s journey to find love as the lead in The Bachelorette, marks that shows 19th season. It’s set to premiere this summer on July 8th and will again be hosted by Jesse Palmer.
Glad to hear “Idol” is coming back? Who should replace Katy Perry? Are you over ‘The Bachelor’ or did the last season featuring Joey as the lead, reinvigorate your interest in the show? Comment below.
General Hospital
GH’s Adam J. Harrington Reveals the Behind the Scenes Story of Becoming John “Jagger” Cates
When Adam J. Harrington showed up on all-new episodes of General Hospital, it shocked viewers of the long-running ABC soap opera, because he was the recast John “Jagger” Cates.
The character was previously played more than 30 years ago by Antonio Sabato Jr., and as fans of the soap have seen, Harrington’s version of Jagger and his circumstances are quite different. As it turns out, Adam was in the dark at what GH role he would be eventually cast in.
Speaking with GH co-stars, Steve Burton (Jason) and Bradford Anderson (Spinelli) on their Daily Drama podcast, Harrington shared the behind the scenes journey that led him to being the new version of John.
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Adam shared, “I went into a chemistry read with Laura Wright (Carly) for a different character. I was told I wasn’t going to get the character, but hang tight, there’s something else. Then, that kind of took a couple of months and now we’re in December (2023), and then all of a sudden it was like, ‘here you go.'”
Once Adam was given a role on GH, he explained, “I still didn’t know who I was playing. I should have asked at that point. So the deal gets done, and I go, ‘By the way, who am I playing?'”
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That’s the point where the GH powers-that-be let him in on just what he was about to take on. “They sent me a one sheet with John “Jagger” Kates in the description,” shared Adam. “It wasn’t until I went on YouTube and spent a good three or four days, watching all of Steve (Burton’s) storylines in the nineties (that I figured it out). By the way, they were fantastic. The production value … it was amazing the level of the acting, and the relationships you guys had. I really enjoyed it. So, that’s how I found out (about the character).”
Burton and Anderson asked Harrington about his thoughts on being a recast. “I thought it was important to go back to his circumstances and his upbringing, because that wouldn’t change no matter what he had become in the 20 or 30 or 70 years since we’ve seen him,” Adam shared. “I looked at what Antonio Sabato Jr. did and thought, ‘There was no way in hell I can even touch that or even come close, nor do I want to.’ The only thing I recognized was given his upbringing and what he’d gone through, it was a common sense of humor in there that’s either used defensively or as a way of getting through the world.”
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As to how Adam should approach the part given it was a recast, he noted, “What I had been told from the brass is don’t worry about following that same emotional storyline. He’s gone away for a very, very, very long time, become successful and he’s come back. Basically, they were saying, you bring in you.”
Being part of the fabric of GH for awhile now, Harrington expressed, “I will say this about my experience so far. I am in absolute awe of the cast and the crew and watching how you do this on a train that refuses to stop. I said to a friend, ‘I’m on a train that’s going a hundred miles an hour, and they slow down to about 90 to kick you off after your scene is done.'”
So, what are your thoughts on Adam as John “Jagger” Cates after now seeing how the role has evolved and changed since its original version over 30 years ago? Comment below.
General Hospital
John J. York Back at General Hospital
On Friday, May 10th, General Hospital fans received some wonderful images and news. John J. York who has played the beloved Mac Scorpio on the ABC daytime drama series is back at work and taping all-new episodes of the show.
“Mac is back!” read the General Hospital social media post hashtag. John is pictured with longtime leading lady, Kristina Wagner and in other pics with Wagner, along with his TV son, Josh Kelly. York has played the younger brother of Robert Scorpio (Tristan Rogers) since 1991.
Previously, York announced he was taking time off from GH to undergo treatment for myelodysplastic syndromes and multiple smoldering myeloma (two blood and bone marrow disorders). This included chemo treatments, finding a blood doner match for blood stem cell transplant and more.
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Late in 2023, York shared an update on his health on social media. At that time, John expressed, “(Things) are actually going along very well. I’m still in the middle stages of everything.” He added, “I’m feeling really good. Hopefully, hopefully, things go the way they are, maybe be back on the show late spring, early summer.
York’s return pics were greeted with wonderful excitement from his GH co-stars on the Instagram post, including co-stars Finola Hughes (Anna) and Cameron Mathison (Drew).
Michael Fairman TV is wishing John well, and thrilled to see he is back at work.
Share your thoughts as “Mac is Back” to General Hospital via the comment section below.
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