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RATINGS: Good Week As All Soaps Add Viewers!

After a dismal ratings week previously, the week of March 3rd through March 7th showed that all four network soaps rebounded and gained in their total viewers numbers with The Young and the Restless adding the most viewers for the week with a +188,000  bringing their weekly total to 5,027,000!

Next, it was General Hospital, who this week saw the final airshows of Kimberly McCullough’s return as Robin, gained the ABC soap +94,000 viewers, bringing them to 2,972,000, and The Bold and the Beautiful added +94,000 total viewers with their total at 3,679,000.

Finally, Days of our Lives added +31,0000 totaling 2,717,000 for the week.  And while those increases for all four show are not staggering, they are not in the negative.  To view the entire ratings picture courtesy of SON click here!

Now tell us, what is working on your favorite soaps?  What is not working?  It’s time for you to be our Soap Opera Programming Executive Armchair Quarterback, weigh-in on what would you do to ensure the ratings success of your favorite soap!

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AbbyS.
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AbbyS.

On DOOL, John Black’s return has made the show appointment TV for me. Knowing/ hoping that there’s a Jarlena reunion in the future makes me tune in. I’m also enjoying the nice, slow pace of Hope and Aiden. He’s a newbie who is not being shoved in my face all the time. It’s a smart move to write him as nothing like Bo and not have him be related to Stefano (so far). Using Hope’s and Aiden’s kids as a way for the parents to meet is natural and original for DOOL.

jimh(leave it beaver)
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jimh(leave it beaver)

Days is the best serial right now…i predicted the Hope and Aiden coupling and i knew one of the newbies would be evil…but i thought Liam would somehow be tied to Jordans mysterious past…like her abusive ex but i dont think that’ll happen now…i now think Jordan and Ben are in some protective witness program and this is why they change identities…still hoping Jordan and Ben are Eve’s children…maybe Eve was once involed with Liam and is coming to Salem to warn Jordan and Ben who are fleeing from him anyway?

Phil
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Phil

Agree! DAYS is best right now… welcome back!

4everDAYS
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4everDAYS

Yes!!!

Kim Huck
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Kim Huck

Well I had it! Im sick of Victor and sick of Cassie and this entire mess with Billy on Y&R . Bring back the classic vets and not Victor Im so finished with him and what he does

Izabel
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Izabel

I Agree!

Kim Huck
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Kim Huck

SUMMER BETTER BE JACKS KID NOT NICKS

jimh(leave it beaver)
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jimh(leave it beaver)

Its good news for all soaps but the neilson system is outdated and discriminates against men and older viewers. Im certain these ratings would be much higher with a new ratings system that includes men and people of all ages and not just women of certain ages…we all buy things advertised on these shows!!!

jimh(leave it beaver)
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jimh(leave it beaver)

GH today with Donna Mills first appearance as Ninas momma was its best in weeks…looks like Nathan is tied to Maddie…her son? her grandson? HER LOVER!!! Maybe they are working together to get Ninas money? They knocked off Ninas father too!!! OK, its not Couger Town but i do hope Nathan is Silas’s and Nina’s son like someone else said…and is this Jordan T.J.’s mommy???

jimh(leave it to beaver)
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jimh(leave it to beaver)

Maybe Donna Mills character is Anthony Zaccharas sister and she was also Ric Lansings real mother and this is why she is funding the Jeromes to take Sonny down???

DAVID
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DAVID

THEY NEED TO FIRE DEIDRE HALL AGAIN. HER ACTING REALLY REALLY SUCKS, RECAST HER WITH CONSTANCE TOWERS EX HELENA GH. ALSO KASSIE DEPAIVA, WILL BE GREAT AS EVE DONOVAN.

No1_ILoveLucyFan
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No1_ILoveLucyFan

Crack is whack.

Mark
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Mark

All the shows are good except for gh which is a confused mess.

Dan
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Dan

I couldn’t disagree more, I’m loving GH right now. So many exciting storylines going on.

Jimmy
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Jimmy

I, too, disagree. What do you mean by confused mess?

4everDAYS
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4everDAYS

The “Is Abby pregnant”? storyline is spectacular!!!
Eric and Nicole are pulse pounding!!!
Hope and Aiden are great!!!
The weddings should be fun!!!
Welcome back John!!!
I like JJ falling for Paige!!!
Will Liam kill Jennifer?!?!?!
Jordan is the calm before the storm!!!

Days of our Lives is the time of OUR lives!!!

Patrick
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Patrick

Abs dream… “wed” ??? when she was at a “DiMera doctor”

LOL… when he told EJ

doctor: as she’s coming too… “waking” up….

and she “didn’t” know… what had happened….

as she last heard… “she’s not now…” as in not preggers…

blew me away – I believed it

that was good drama

I still cannot believe how good DAYS is… going on two years strong… PLUS

LOVE DOOL

4everDAYS
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4everDAYS

Yes, I fell for that too!!! DAYS knows how to be chilling and funny at the same time!!! From the DAYSaster to now, DAYS is delectable!!! In your words, Patrick, DAYS deserves…repeat emmy win!!! OUR days…OUR lives…OUR win!!! Days of OUR Lives.

DAYS turns 49 on the 8th of November. NBC should change their logo to the hourglass at the beginning of DAYS 50th year!!! The peacock can dance in the sand!!!

Shari
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Shari

For the most part, all the storylines are working for me. Its the little details that get missed that bother me and mostly because they bother my husband, who watches the show from behind hos iphone but criticizes. I actually tweeted Rob C about it and he tweeted me back but it really was a lame response lol. I am talking about the AJ shooting. My husband keeps saying all they need to do is pull up the security footage from Ava’s building and check who came and went and what time. I agree but I also know its a… Read more »

su0000
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su0000

The number of watchers is nit as important as ”who” is watching. advertisers care more about demographics. If they want to reach young adults, they don’t care that your soap is number one with people 55 and older. Not what they want. A Nielsen report is divided into a long list of age groups. While it may be tiresome to compare the numbers between women ages 18-34 versus men ages 25-54, these are the numbers that matter most to advertisers. Nielsen can’t monitor every home in a city, much less the entire country, so it chooses a small number of… Read more »

jimh(leave it beaver)
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jimh(leave it beaver)

You are right about some especially demos but if 4 people are in a home doing neilsons all 4 is registered and participate in the research not just 1…yes, 18 to 49 is still the most important age group but they still keep record of all in that house of whoever is watching what…thats how they learn what childrens shows kids are watching and how they knew 50% of Edge Of Nights viewers were men, and how many over 50 are watching certain shows…i was part of the neilsons when there were 4 in my house and all were included…Now… Read more »

GH50
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GH50

Total viewers, older viewers are important. All this talk about demos is great and makes people sound like they know something but there is a larger picture that is important. GH for example reaches approx 250,000 women 18-34 and about 700,000 women 18-49. Advertising is sold on a cost per thousand basis. If you only sold to advertisers targeting those demos, about 700,000 people, you could not generate enough ad dollars to sustain the show. The bulk of the advertising revenue is generated by the advertisers paying to reach the other 2 million viewers.The younger demos are important because they… Read more »

Sharonda
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Sharonda

Well, I know they didn’t gain an increase by me, I’ve been too busy for over a month and am only able to watch via YouTube for GH (which has sucked since Robin left) and Days. Screw Y&R! I don’t care about the characters over there anymore. Spring Break and vacation time helped these increases, they’ll fall again after March is over.

Tony Evans
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Tony Evans

Of course the soaps are doing well, there are only FOUR of them left and what else do “soap” fans have to watch? I gave up praying and hoping for ALL MY CHILDREN to come back, and now I watch Days of Our Lives which is – well, it’s all right, a tad predictable (Like Abby possibly being pregnant) but it’s well acted. The fact that three actors from AMC are on Days of Our Lives helps me get through it. I know that sounds absurd and I don’t mean to offend long-time viewers of Days. I enjoy watching it,… Read more »

Vicky
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Vicky

I turned off Y&R on my set and DVR for the whole month, so don’t blame me for JFP and CBS/SONY not bringing Billy Miller Back and ruining our show! Shame on the rest of you for letting her laugh at the fans and arrogantly think she can destroy the show and the sheep will keep watching.

PatF
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PatF

5 million is a LOT of sheep.

Grazing on YR! Congrats CBS soaps!!!

4everDAYS
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4everDAYS

YawneR puts the viewers to sleep before they can change the channel.

PatF
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PatF

Zzzzz….

Sorry, your comment made me Yawn.

Sue
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Sue

If Y&R doesn’t do it for you of course you should stop watching, reading updates and no more tweets! Give it a break,, If I stop watching I”ll stop everything.. of course the last 3 producers/ writers have ruined Y&R, don’t know if it will ever come back, soaps will not be around many more yrs.. For now I will continue to watch, word being “for now”

Patty
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Patty

I have only been watching GH once a week. They have so many different story lines being juggled that it moves at a very slow pace. It’s too frustrating to watch. With all of the stories, there is NOT 1 love story happening. It’s “love in the afternoon” not constant turmoil !!!!!!!!!

Barbara
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Barbara

I am a great Y&R fan, but do watch B&B fairly often. I would probably watch it more often if Wyatt wasn’t on. I usually do something else while he is on. His acting turns me off, & his Mother is beginning to annoy me too. Am enjoying Y&R a lot right now. Hoping for a real reunion for Nick & Sharon. Victor is an annoyance too. He needs to lose sometimes.

No1_ILoveLucyFan
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No1_ILoveLucyFan

One word: Jarlena. #DropsTheMic

Sue
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Sue

Summer fits better with Nick, that being said I hope she is Jack’s kid! Jack doesn’t need to lose again!.. I heard MS is coming back as Phyllis?? Anybody know?? I would hope for a recast not a fan fav. of MS…+ MS said she was not coming back, if she does, jobs must be hard to get and the dollars bring them back every time.. also way too many actors without jobs!!

Izabel
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Izabel

3RD GENERATION Y&R FAN… Runs in the family lol. Being a faithful fan, for me, has only become painfully hard these last few months. Screw JFP… All this soap needs to do is stick with the wow factor characters, bring in decent younger talent, amp up the storylines and get rid of victor. Plzzz get it together!!! Let’s go ynr! #FOREVER-mrs.c,phyllis,billy,ADAM,chloe 🙁 :@

Jimmy
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Jimmy

On GH, I would love if Ric turned out to be working with a very much alive Claudia Zacchara, since his father, Trevor Lansing, was secretly running the Zacchara mob for years. Then, Madeline would turn out to be Claudia’s mother, Anthony’s ex-wife, and they’d all be working together. I’d really like it if Madeline turns out to be Victor Cassadine’s current/ex-wife, and he would be Nina’s father. That would make sense, as Nina was being kept in the same facility where Victor brought Robin. I also think Nathan is Madeline’s son, so Nina’s brother, and Vinessa Antoine’s character will… Read more »

MattsPlace
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MattsPlace

Loving B&B! The show is a fun, beautifully produced guilty pleasure. I don’t miss an episode. If I forget to DVR, I watch online. B&B reminds me of early Loving but a bit more updated. Glad all the soaps are doing well.

Barbara
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Barbara

Hope Phyllis and her portrayer Michelle do not come back. Don’t miss either of them.

Days Of Our Lives

Louise Sorel Back Taping Episodes at Days of our Lives

During a guest appearance with Harvey Brownstone on his celebrity You Tube interview show, Louise Sorel revealed that she is back in-studio taping all-new episodes of Days of our Lives as Vivian Alamain.

This will mark the first on-screen appearance by Sorel in over three years.  However, we heard Sorel’s voice when Vivian made a call to Stefan (Brandon Barash) back in January of this year.

The last few times Vivian was on-screen in Salem, she was played by two different Daytime Emmy-winning actresses. First, One Life to Live icon, Robin Strasser (ex-Dorian) played the part and then exited the canvas back in the fall of 2019.  Next, Linda Dano (ex-Felicia, AW and ex-Rae OLTL), took on the role in early 2021 for a brief stint.

In this newly released interview, Sorel dished with Brownstone on the rigors of taping a soap opera, and how on her first day back she felt “God-awful.”  Louise qualified that with how she found herself apologizing left and right to the cast and crew because it had been awhile since she had so much dialog to recite and to get back into the swing of things.

The longtime DAYS favorite also speaks to the pace in which everyone works at DAYS to get the episodes completed each day in front of the camera.  Since Days of our Lives tapes so far in advance, it will be months till Sorel is seen on the Peacock streaming series.

Check out Sorel’s interview below, where she also shares some behind the scenes intel on her time on Santa Barbara as Augusta Lockridge.

Excited to see Louise back as Vivian Alamain? Share your thoughts in the comment section.

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Days of our Lives Renewed for Two More Seasons on Peacock

Days of our Lives, which transitioned last fall from NBC to the streamer, Peacock has received a two-season renewal pick-up.  That will bring DAYS through its 60th anniversary season.

Already hitting several milestones within its run including; it’s 14,000th episode back in 2020, and being the longest-running series in NBC history to move to Peacock, the lives, romance, intrigue, and drama will continue for the residents of Salem for at least two more years.

According to Peacock PR, DAYS has consistently been a top 10 title since its exclusive move to the platform last year. 

Throughout its enduring run, the show has garnered 61 Emmy Awards, including 2022’s Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Drama, and 392 nominations, as well as multiple People’s Choice Awards, GLAAD Media Awards and Prism Awards. 

The beloved series is produced by Corday Productions in association with Sony Pictures Television. Ken Corday is the executive producer with co-executive producer Albert Alarr. Ron Carlivati serves as current head writer. 

Excited to know that Days of our Lives received a two-season pick up from Peacock? Comment below.

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Head Writer Ron Carlivati on Bo & Hope Return: “This Is Old School Days of our Lives, and It’s Something That The Audience Has Waited a Very, Very Long Time to See”

Next week, begins the continuation of the shocking story arc that started last summer on Peacock’s limited streaming series, Days of our Lives: Beyond Salem Chapter 2. 

In it, DAYS fans learned that Bo (Peter Reckell) has been kept in cryogenic cylinder for years, and was brought back to life by Stefano’s daughter, Megan Hathaway (Miranda Wilson).

Now, circle March 16th for Reckell’s first episode back as Bo and March 17th as Kristian Alfonso’s first episode back as Hope to the mothership and Days of our Lives.

Head writer, Ron Carlivati previewed the storyline in a new interview with Soap Opera Digest in their latest issue on newsstands now.

Carlivati shared: “We pick up Hope where we left her off.  She had gone though this whole experience with Harris Michaels (Steve Burton), finding out that he was in league with Megan Hathaway, and we ended her on ‘Beyond Salem’ like, ‘I have to bring Megan Hathaway to justice.  I have to find her and make her pay.”‘

While Hope is on mission, she will also have Harris Michaels back in the mix, and as the head scribe shares, “Hope is on a collision course with Bo, and she’s unaware of it.”

As to what lies ahead for viewers, Ron revealed: “This is old-school Days of our Lives, and it’s something that the audience has waited a very, very long time to see.  You won’t want to miss it.”

Check out Peacock’s promo for the return of Bo and Hope below which teases that while most people get over their high school sweethearts, this one never did, alluding to Megan’s past relationship with Bo, which is the impetus for her revenge plot.

Now let us know, are you looking forward to seeing how Bo and Hope’s enduring love story continues? Comment below.

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