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RATINGS: General Hospital and The Young and the Restless Have Strong Week!

April 8, 2013

Courtesy/ABC

Courtesy/ABC

The ratings are in for the week of March 25th – March 29th, which was a key week for two daytime soap operas. This, it was reflected in the total viewers tuning into see what is going to happen on General Hospital as it has its lead-in week to it’s 50th anniversary episodes and The Nurses’ Ball, and The Young and the Restless which on March 26th celebrated its 40th anniversary. In addition, one fantastic overall note to the stats in this rating period, all four network soap operas are up in viewers significantly from this time last year in 2012!

Courtesy/CBS

Breaking this down, General Hospital added a astounding +303,000 viewers for the ratings period! We think the number may be even higher when the next rating period numbers come to light! GH came in third among the network soaps with total viewers at 2,754,000, but the lone ABC soap is up 449,000 viewers from the previous date last year! With all the returns, blasts from the pasts, and the events leading up to The Nurses’ Ball, and Luke and Laura’s battles with Helena Cassadine, GH fans had a lot of story to keep up to date on!

Over at The Young and the Restless, as Nikki and Victor celebrating their “I do’s”, Adam was shot and then there was that bomb! Those episodes and the aftermath gave Y&R, which ushered in its 40th years during the ratings week, 4,755,000 viewers. That is gain of +44,000 for the ratings week, but an amazing +631,000 total since the same time last year. The show continues to have its stronghold as the number one soap. Does this mean that the regime of Phelps and Griffith are bringing it to Y&R?

While The Bold and the Beautiful and Days of our Lives both lost viewers for the ratings week, B&B -99,000 and DAYS -56,000, they are still well ahead of their numbers from last year at this time. The Bold and the Beautiful is up +408,000, while Days of our Lives is up +134,000. To view the entire ratings picture courtesy of Soap Opera Network click here!

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Alrighty then, time to be our Soap Opera Programming Executive Armchair Quarterback! What is working for you on General Hospital and The Young and the Restless? What would you fix to The Bold and the Beautiful and Days of our Lives that you think would put them in the plus column for adding viewership? Have you been pleased and excited with the events leading to GH’s 50th anniversary celebration , and Y&R’s 40th anniversary episodes? Weigh-in!

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Derrick

Eventhough I don’t watch GH, Happy 50th!!!

Keep it going Y&R….You’re on a roll!!!!!

Jeffery

It’s so nice to see fans of other shows supporting the industry as a whole. It blows my mind that more people watch Y&R than GH, even though I love both. I’m hopeful for Y&R to recover and flourish, just as GH has done in recent months. And I’m even more hopeful that Prospect Park has two runaway hits with my favorite, ONE LIFE TO LIVE, and its sister soap opera, ALL MY CHILDREN. May they all succeed like gangbusters (whatever that’s supposed to mean!).

susan M.

One Life To Live is my favorite soap also!

Dawn D

I’m so enjoying all the returns to GH. Love the pairing of Liz and A.J., Ellie and Spin, of course Patrick and Sabrina!! I also enjoy the other two soaps Y&R (I love
S.B. is back) and a little dissappointed in B&B Brooke/Hope and Caroline what pathetic women and now Bill also. Love Steffy and Liam (even tho Liam is and idiot) also loving Maya and Rick and I never liked Rick before. Hope Brooke’s Bedroom fails and Thomas gets his chance. Let Taylor enjoy some happiness with Eric. Looking fwd to the renewed OLTL coming and will give AMC a try also.

susan M.

If Robin ever comes back, I prefer Patrick with her than Sabrina! She is sweet & all
but it isn’t the same. Robin , Patrick, & Emma are a family.

Christy

if/when Robin comes back…. doubt she’ll be the same either! ;-(

Bart

Jill Farren Phelps and Josh Griffith are doing an EXCELLENT job of re-invigorating “Y & R” and cleaning up the mess that Maria Arena Bell made during her tenure! Despite all the trashing I have read since JFP took over as the EP of “Y & R”, I think she has done a commendable job of working with the debacle MAB left!! Josh Griffith is an Emmy-award winning scribe and I have enjoyed everything I have seen since he took over the Head Writer reins!!

Keep up the good work!

PS – HAPPY 50th, “General Hospital”!!

Derrick

Bingo!

jim

I hope GH keeps it up long after the nurses ball. Ratings prove there is still fans who want ‘love in the afternoon.’ Now email this ratings report to Brian Frons…stat! lol

susan M.

We should e-mail Gh’s ratings to Brian Frons!

spencer smith

amen to this!!! Brian Frons jumped the gun and made a very unwise decision.

JAISAM/MCBAMFANS

I LOVE SAM MCALL CHARACTER!!

HER DRESS WAS DIVINE!!

FAR AS YR GOES, I SOMETIME WATCH BUT I’M NOT A FAN)

NOW STEVE BURTON!!!!!!

HE NEEDS TO COMEBACK AND GO TO-TO WITH MICHAEL EASTON

BUT I LOVE JASAM & MCBAM

Ces

Yeah GH!!
Days deserves to be on the bottom with their horrible Daniel/Chloe/Jen crap.

Sal Piscioneri

GH IS THE BOMB. I wonder how many of us watch GH and are not accounted for in the ratings? What gives? someone please explain how us long time viewers can get counted for watching our beloved GH? Everything is working for me on GH love that they are spreading out the air time and giving us a variety of cast. I dont care how many days a week each appear, just so we can see the variety of cast members. I love this new concept I see daily…..

su0000

WEll, Y&R (and BB) is shown in 32 countries and GH is USA and Canada ..

Gillian

So Y&R’s ratings include all countries, not just North America? I didn’t realize that. GH is on fire and has been for about a year or so. GREAT job to all involved! I also watch Y&R and I find myself fast forwarding through most of B&B. Nothing compares to GH IMHO. 😉

Mickey (from Italy)

Y&R’s ratings DON’T include all countries, obviously 🙂

Mary SF

I really hope the ptb over at NBC are paying attention and do something to revive Days soon. They have great characters and wonderful actors to portray them, all they need is a story- the writing at Days is at all time low– even Kristen is becoming boring due to lack of direction in the writing department. I am really rooting for Days to get better– if it happened with GH and Y&R, it is not too late for this show to make a come back.

As for B&B– that show too needs a new head writer– I think poor Brad Bell has just run out of ideas– it is getting to the point he might be just using old scripts to write new ones. If ever a show needed a head to toe shake up it is this one. At this point I would be willingly to give his sister in law MAB a crack at this show– it might be horrible, but at least it will be something different- this show’s look, writing and characters are stuck in a time warp that left them in the 90’s. I still try to watch but most of the time I end up changing the channel. I love soaps, but it comes a point it becomes too painful to watch this once great soap become a cartoon version of what it once was.

Ces

I couldn’t agree with you more about Days. It’s extremely painfully boringggg!!! No direction whatsoever! great characters. Great actors and crappy writing makes for a poor soap. blah..

jimh

Britt Pregnant! No Robin, ok! Frisco leaving, no suprise here! Noah does have an uncanny resembalance to Rick Springfield, lol! Richard Simmons out of the closet…why im not suprised, lol! He should have disguised as a waiter and served Lucy roast duck, lol! Why Lucy upset Richards lyrics might upset Monica, then didnt seem to care what Mac and his dummy said about Frisco? Magic Milos dance company needed a little more dance practice, and some, not Felix…lol…could use a little time in the tanning booth! And where is that dang boat heading for Luke and Laura? But we get two reasons to celebrate: the return of the nurses ball, and BIG ratings for GH!

jimh

P.S. Faison, Dr.O and Britt…the new Cassidines?

susan M.

No wonder she is such a WITCHED WIITCH!

Ces

I kinda like this new twist even though I hate Britt, she fits in with these nuts quite well 🙂

jimh

Here’s an outrageous plot twist: Britchs carrying Dante and Lulu’s surrogate baby to pass it off as Patrick and Britch just got lucky that Maxi got pregnant by Spinneli or when Maxi showed up at the hospital after her doggie encounter a clever Britch managed to get a hold of Spins donor supply and she used that to make certain Maxi was pregnant! And since Olivia has seen a dog at the hospital it could represent Britch!

Dmitri

DOOL is terribly boring now. EJami are gross and Dannifer, while good, are on way too much with a shit storyline to boot! I will not be tuning in. Glad to see the other soaps doing well!

Ces

I can’t stand Chloe. I can’t stand Jennifer being such a wuss either and Daniel looks constipated most the time! I HATE this storyline so much!!! It’s worse than the Nicole/Jen/Daniel crap – far worse. Make it end. Days is horrible right now.

Jerrilynn Thomas

I love GH! I am so glad that they broke up Patrick and Britt. I am just waiting to see what her bomb shell announcement is going to be. The nurses ball has been so much fun.

I spent almost 50 hours watching content from SoapNet when the GH marathon was on last weekend. The best time of my life. I laughed and cried. Now I’m watching classic episodes on YouTube after seeing the first episode.

Y&R is great but the Lauren storyline is a turnoff. They are wasting Steve Burton’s talent. He needs to go back to GH and just get his memory back so we can watch how he balances his old and new life.

Days of Our Lives just sucks. When you start to root for Jenn and Brady to just get their butts kicked because they are just plain stupid and trusting, you know it’s time to find something else to watch. I fast forward through their scenes.

Now as for The Bold & the Beautiful, they can just cancel it. It’s so incestuous because the cast is small. They have to fit everyone into 30 minutes. They recycle relationships. I used to relate to Brook as the under dog. I even got past the Deacon mess. But sleeping with your sister’s husband because she said she was fed up and giving him to you is just trifling. Taylor blasts Brooke for sleeping with every Forester male but she’s done the same.

Hope was with Liam first but because her daughter wanted him Taylor f felt it was okay to push the relationship instead of telling her to go find someone unattached. Eric is sex starved. They could have found a new woman no one knew. Sleeping with another one of your “son’s” ex wives again” . Since when Steffy and Thomas call him by his first name. Just last month he was grandpa.

Caroline was great when they first brought her on. Now there are just no words for her. The Bold & the Beautifu has been steadily going down hill. They should have kept As the World Turns and cancelled it.

Ces

glad I’m not the only one that wants to strangle Jen & Brady on Days!

Jerrilynn Thomas

🙂 They take being on the righteous side too far. You can only be a victim for so long.

Ces

agree Jerrilynn!! haha.

Derrick

Y&R Lauren storyline is a turnoff?????????
I’m actually enjoying it.

Steve Burton’s character is a waste but I would probably give it more time!!!

Bart

So am I, Derrick – I’ve had a crush on Tracey Bregman for a very long time!!

The Dylan character is pretty good, IMO – needs more development and more interaction with GC inhabitants, but I’m giving it time as well. No problems with Steve Burton here – never saw him on GH, but he’s doing an admirable job on Y & R, IMO.

susan M.

Richard Simmons was a pyschopath on GH today! He was acting like a two year old that didn’t get his way. I thought he was mean & nasty on today’s episode of Gh & locking Lucy in the dressing room. And being carried away before he ruined the Nurses
Ball…Rick Springfield rocked today on GH!! Jessie’s Girl !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

spencer smith

Brian Frons should hold his head in shame. As they would say on soaps, apparently the only taste he has is in his mouth.

David

Was that fall she took why B&B’s Caroline went from sweet to bitch in a blink? HATE her now and NOT in a someone you love to hate way, and also Dayzee is a freak for supporting her against Maya. Cannot wait for my soaps OLTL and AMC to return.

Derrick

What on earth were the writers thinking??? I don’t like what they did to Caroline!!! I’m hoping that fall would explain her behavior!!

robert

Y&R is on fire right now. Been impressed by the new regime.

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DOOL App Set To Launch New Digital Series ‘Last Blast Reunion’

November 20, 2019

Leave it to the DOOL app to bring to its digital space another exclusive fun and exciting series featuring some DAYS faves. Announced today, look for ‘Last Blast Reunion” to kick-off with its first episode on Black Friday on November 29th.

Last Blast Reunion harkens back to the story of Salem’s then high school kids from 2002 and who hung out at the the cybercafe known as “.Com”. Now in 2019, the new series brings the gang back together .

The cast includes: Brandon Beemer (Shawn), Martha Madison (Belle), Heather Lindell (Jan), Aaron Van Wagner (Jason), Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe) and Lindsay Hollistar (Susan). Due to a scheduling conflict with Farah Fath, the role of Mimi has been recast with actress, Theressa Liane.

In addition, Chadwick Hopson will play Kevin, a role originally played by Brett Lawrence and Robert Benvenisti. There will also be a big surprise for viewers in the first episode when a major fan favorite returns!

Photo: JPI

So, what is said to happen on the series? Well, Belle and Chloe discover their old friend Kevin has reopened the “.Com Café” in New York, similar to the one at which they all used to gather at in Salem. The three of them decide to plan a reunion of the “Last Blast Crew,” and a week later they are joined by Susan, Shawn and Mimi, and the friends reminisce and quickly ease back into their old bonds and rivalries. The story takes an unexpected turn with some shocking twists that will keep viewers at the edge of their seats all the way to the surprise ending.

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Following the November 29 premiere, new episodes will be available every Thursday for the following seven weeks.

In addition, the episodes will also be available on the NBC app and NBC.com one week after streaming exclusively on The DOOL App. Each episode will be approximately 7-10 minutes in length.

Greg Meng, (Co-executive producer, Days) offered up in a statement: “We are excited to bring together some of the most beloved characters from Days of our Lives in the next DOOL App series. As this new digital platform continues to grow, we can provide exciting additional content to complement the air show on NBC.”

Last Blast Reunion was written by DAYS head writer, Ron Carlivati and Corday Productions.

The DOOL App was developed by the Corday Productions team of Greg Meng, creative director (and co-executive producer, “Days of our Lives”); Michael Fairman, content producer; and Maya Frangié, director of communications and strategic initiatives. The DOOL App is a new all-access platform for “Days of our Lives” fans to get more of the show they love, including breaking news from the set, exclusive original content, backstage videos with the cast, quizzes and interactive games, fan-favorite clips, weekly recaps and other fun ways to connect with the cast. More information is available at www.TheDoolApp.com.

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So, excited to check out Last Blast Reunion when it debuts on the DOOL app? Comment below.

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Former GH and DAYS Star Tyler Christopher Update: Judge Rejects Plea From Police To Put Actor In Treatment Program

November 18, 2019

Daytime Emmy winner, Tyler Christopher (ex-Stefan, DAYS; ex-Nikolas, GH), who was arrested back on November 11th for public intoxication, pled guilty to two counts of misdemeanor public intoxication, according to a report from TMZ.

The report also notes that the judge in the case rejected the plea of a police officer who begged the court to put Tyler into an alcoholism treatment program.

As previously reported, Tyler was booked on his birthday and was behind bars for two days until being released. The incident happened in Indiana, where the actor has been residing with his family.

For the public intoxication incident, Christopher will need to pay a $440 fine.

In addition, police noted that they had received multiple calls about Tyler being intoxicated since September 14.

We hate reporting this difficult news. All of is in the daytime community love Tyler and wish him well and want the best for him. He is one of the finest actors ever in this genre.

Share your thoughts on the latest on Tyler Christopher via the comment section below.

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DAYS POLL: What Storypoint Shocked You Most With The Series Time Jump?

November 18, 2019

Last week on NBC’s Days of our Lives viewers got their first taste of what Salem is like following the innovative time jump which throws the lives of the citizens on the canvas in different and surprising directions than one might expect!

In the weeks and months to come, viewers will learn in flashbacks, what happened in the key stories that had your favorites land in the situation they are currently in, while playing out in current time the effect it has on their lives moving forward.

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From: Kristen and Lani becoming nuns, to Will landing in the slammer for Adrienne’s death, to Ben landing in the slammer for the murder of his sister Jordan, to Kayla and Justin being revealed as apparently lovers, to Princess Gina still being around and talking and painting none other than “Steffy” to JJ being hooked on drugs following the death of Hayley and more, there is a lot of exciting turns for DAYS fans to wrap their heads around.

So with that, we ask you to vote in our newest poll below. What storypoint from the DAYS time jump shocked you the most?

After you cast your vote, tell us what you think of the time jump thus far in the comment section.

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