Y&R had the biggest drop because fans hate the new Billy and Phyllis. They hate that they had sex. They cannot stand Luca and Summer. Too much Winters drama which bores us to tears! AND, Stitch and his psycho son suck! Ben is a one dimensional character and Max, well it is sickening to have a little kid commit heinous crimes!

GH had the biggest gain because fans are excited about Kevin and Laura. Fans like Finn and Griff. The Q’s have been seen lately. Jason finally WOKE UP! And even if you hate the mob stuff, The whole Julian, Alexis and Sonny stuff was interesting.

The NB should boost the ratings again. Even if it sucks and they do the same old striptease crap, fans like seeing the characters let lose!

DAYS of OUR Lives is “maintaining” it’s core audience ????

with Daniel Cosgrove… RETURN

YES YES and MORE …. Yum

This Jasam story is horrible, BM looks lost and KM is not a leading lady.

For May when most soaps are at their best I am finding story wise none of them are offering anything that compelling at the moment. I found that whole flu outbreak at Days a giant yawn— and please pairing Chad with Ciara even in a dream sequence would be a nightmare.

Y&R really misjudged the appeal of a Billy and Phyllis hook up– I tuned out most of that episode trying to avoid it. And big bad Victor huffing and puffing from jail is getting old fast.

I really don’t care for the whole Zende, Sasha and Nicole triangle over at B&B. And as much as I liked Quinn and Liam together, having Quinn pleading with him to “love her” was much more disturbing to watch than all of Quinn’s misdeeds put together. Don’t know what type of cologne Liam wears but obviously it is powerful stuff to get all these smart women mooning and fighting over him–

At least GH had some action going for it with the car crash and Carlo’s murder, might not have been great action worthy of Sweeps period but it kept my eyeballs open which is more than can say for the other three soaps right now.

Because the Philly affair is disgusting and aside from some people on Twitter, no one wanted to watch them or their re-written history. This pairing is sleazy and it BOMBED. Big time.

You mean the much anticipated, highly promoted Billy/Phyllis desecration of the Chancellor Mansion didn’t work? I’m shocked I tell you shocked.

These two recasts should not be leading this show, period. Long time audiences are not stupid.

Y&R made last week Philly week. The actors, The accounts, heck they even got a segment for their love scene on Entertainment Tonight. No one watched. Another Chuck Pratt fail.

Because Philly are disgusting and no where near as popular as this show wants to portray them as. Villy and Phack have always and will always be more loved. This is another sleazy nasty story.

Not at all surprised at Y&R’s numbers.

Despite Y&R writing “Philly” as the biggest thing since sliced bread, they’ve not done well at all when heavily promoted.

It’s pretty abysmal when you lose this many viewers and you even got a segment on ET on CBS the night before. Yikes.

Phyllis and Billy are gross. No surprise on the Y&R numbers. Fans don’t like change. But it doesn’t say a lot for you when you are given that much promotion by the network and those are the numbers to show for them. Hope they have a back up plan.

Days continues to be horrible too. Dena must go

I’m glad GH’s numbers went up, I’ve really been enjoying the show lately. Looking forward to the Nurses Ball this coming week.

I do have to say though, I really think the Nielsen ratings are becoming an outdated, antiquated way to measure how many people actually watch the soaps. I don’t know many people that watch a show live on a week day afternoon, or record and watch the same day anymore. On the other hand, I know a lot of people that do like myself and record a show during the week and then binge watch a week’s worth of episodes on the weekend. The way I understand it, the ratings don’t reflect that. I know a lot of people that watch on Hulu and other platforms nowadays. The ratings don’t reflect that.

The way people watch television is rapidly changing. They need to come up with a better way to measure viewership that takes into account all of the different methods that people use nowadays.

The ratings are bad, very bad.
There was a lot of propping, begging and promotion.
Executives begging, writers telling the viewers they are writing specifically for a certain fan base and promos endlessly featuring the replacement couple.

Last weeks ratings will be interesting; considering Jason’s “I remember you tour” with GS glued to his side and the supposed Jason/Sonny bonding on Wednesday.

The enormity of Jason remembering was a bust and should have delivered more than a 2.16

GH should jump up quite a bit more. They tell stories that move and are not filled with ridiculous plot devices like contagious viruses shutting down hospitals and doppelgangers galore — Aiden’s return, Jack Devereaux, Bo Brady, blah blah blah– so tired of the rehash of these old stories. No respect for the viewer’s intelligence. GH has it’s detractors but let’s be honest here, when Alexis had her meltdown with Julian and Sonny it was so worth waiting for. Nancy Lee Grahn is spectacular as Alexis. Jason coming to terms with who he is and finally remembering. Honoring the past with Laura going on the mission to find out the meaning of Helena’s “curse”. The scenes of her remembering the events at Campus Disco were worth it because they didn’t overreach and Kevin being there was comforting to Laura. Nik and Hayden’s story is spectacular. Intensely erotic yet never over the top disgusting. They egg each other on. It’s fun to watch. Carly and Ava bouncing off each other is always a blast to watch. Lucy Coe is fun because she has great comedic timing. I love the re-focus on the Quatermaines and Tracy is so fun to watch because she is so (insert expletive here) to watch. I loved seeing Heather again with Franco. Their chemistry together is magic. The insanity traits are so identifiable when they work together. It comes together realistically. I have to say I am enjoying watching Dylan with Kiki. They work well together because neither of the actors portraying them are solid by themselves but together they set off fireworks. Nina and whatever story are fun because Michelle Stafford is so quirky in her portrayal of Nina. History is honored with various characters and I just love the pacing of GH. Never too slow and always quality in acting. Rock on GH. So excited for what’s to come.

GH is down 207k from last year. I guess that means “The Writer” was not the problem. SMDH

Does week to week really matter? I would think trends over time matter more. Y&R and B&B clearly have international followings that GH and DOOL do not. I’m guessing that makes all the difference, more so than domestic ratings.

GH may have gained but it is way short of the ratings it got last May sweeps. Even Jason getting his memory back didn’t hit 3 million mainly because they dragged it out too long.
I can’t see the Nurses Ball helping at all.

GH is terrible right now and killing Lucas at the nurses ball is a terrible move. #FireShellyAltmanandJeanPassanate

GH has been on fire right now the last two weeks and is the only soap over this span that has delivered sweeps worthy material. The past ten episodes have been very good with some entertaining, compelling, and gripping drama mixed in with some heartfelt poignant moments and explosive confrontations. I am hopeful with the nurses ball kicking off they can have another week of quality episodes.

I thought the scenes last week with NIcole and Deimos were interesting, especially when he was playing the piano. But, there was a HUGE problem. Nicole ran into Deimos’ house from the rainstorm soaking wet, and the next scene with Dario and Kate was having coffee OUTSIDE in the town square. I am also tired of seeing people wearing coats in Salem in May.

B&B is so good right now. It is such an easy watch (being 30 minutes) and with interesting stories.

GH is the best but I really think that the previous writer’s (Ron Carlivati) storylines actually saved GH from cancellation and led to most of the daytime emmy wins including Daytime Drama. Jason Thompson should come back to GH if he wants to join the emmy winners! Y&R EXECUTIVE PRODUCER Jill Farren Phelps will continue its decline. Remember he death of Maureen on GL?!

love philly on y n r , so hot
and love even more zende and nicole on b n b, so sweet

sidebar : STAT

What is General Hospital doing to the fans? The latest rumor that the soap is playing hardball with another actor has me in heart palpitations. A recent issue of Soap Opera Digest included a blind item about an actor who was struggling with his current contract negotiations with ABC.

this is from a yahoo.com “blog” it’s Roger Howarth!

give me an expletive break!

FIRE ! Sonny / Carly / Jason / Sam

this is going to be a huge mishap