Of course ALL the soaps were up..
It was the season..
People were off and home, time to look in, others clicking in, others giving a long awaited second look..
When people are home they are apt to click-in and click-in and a quick scan/watch will count in the numbers…
These ratings, during that week may be deceiving..

The next 3 weeks will be telling, I will wait for those ratings ..

you rate the shows that are tuned in daily,
What about the thousands of people who recorded them on DVR
Because they’re at work or have other things to attend to
I don’t understand how you get the numbers if you’re not including people who are recording the shows daily
I love my soaps I’ve been watching but 30 years the Bo and Hope Brady 30 years, along with all the rest of the soaps, and as a fan I would be crushed if they took these off

Will always miss are Bo Brady a hero for the books even if it was just TV

What this tells me is what I’ve always felt in my heart, IF you write good stories and be loyal to the shows history and keep or favorites around and give them something to do, ALL four of our daytime delights will SURVIVE and THRIVE!

I’m ever hopeful that GH will climb to #2….if there were
6-7 soaps on and it remained at a steady #3 then we’re o.k.
But………..

Glad to see all shows can still attract viewers and especially happy for GH, which IMO is finally watchable again with more intelligent writing.

GH viewers did NOT want to miss the “happy ever after” ending of Patrick and Robin–they had waited so long for SOMETHING POSITIVE happening at GH. Again, thanks to the professionalism of the two leads–Kimberly Mc and to JT–and to all the other actors who made the scenes memorable and emotional; in short, TPTB gave loyal viewers what the justly deserved after following this great love story. (Maybe the new writing team learned a lesson from the old regime re that point after the debacle and the aftershocks of their 52nd anniversary episode (and TG’s “leaving”–his way, or be damned, it seemed) that left loyal viewers outraged.
Over at DAYs–what can I say?–TPTB have figured out how to create emotional tension–and how to sustain it–but they also know when to give the viewers what they want–and are doing it so well. And they know just how long to keep a story going; GH could benefit from DAY’s lead on this one for sure. I think Days will continue to get–and hold–strong numbers. Go Team Days!

Huge monster numbers for GH and the third straight week they are up in viewership and sixth time in the last ten weeks they’ve posted gains. The last time that GH was over 3 million for the week was in mid March 2015, but that was only at 3.2 million for that week, and these ratings for the end of December 2015 have them at 3.3 million for the week. ABC needs to issue a press release. I want to know the last time GH scored 3.3 million viewers.

It is clear that Robin Scorpio Drake and the entire Scorpio family brings in viewers. As for DAYS, it is the best it’s been since Jack Deveraux was killed off. Glad to see ratings reflecting that.

Its hard to pick the best when i dont watch all four…i watch Days everyday if i can…only watch GH a few times a week and Y&R only once in awhile…im just happy they all did well for now-thats what really matters…its the holidays with schools closed and some people off of work that helped…now that school is open and people are back working only time well tell if the soaps can keep those ratings…its up to the soaps to keep viewers tuning in…we need good more down to earth stories and some romantic moments…a nice uninterupted weddings…ive been watching some recently uploaded Another World episodes i thought were lost forever…two from the 60s…the 1964 episode was copied off a screen and scenes are partially cut off but this is a rare find from Another Worlds early days…also the wedding of Walter and Lenore from 1968…its in b&w and on kinescope but this wedding on AW is beautiful and my all time favorite soap wedding…the church is full of guests…there is no predictable moments with someone stopping the wedding…the wedding party so realistic…guest signing guest book and congratulating the bride and groom, the newlyweds cutting the cake, the rice thrown, music and dancing and a rare glimpse of Audra Lynley as Liz Mathews no.2… Steve first meets Alice…this is a real treat…i know soaps have to keep costs down but we need more beautiful wedding episodes like this…also episodes from AW in the 70s are from 73, 74, 76 , 77 and many from 1979 with rare glimpses of Steve, Alice, 1st Sharlene, Molly, Sven(very brief) and so many more…i felt like i died and gone to Soap Heaven…the remaining soaps need to look back at all these old soap episodes on youtube and just maybe they will realize what is missing today…good storytelling that makes you tune in tomorrow…any any soap fan if you watched AW or not should take a glance at those episodes especially the 1968 wedding episode…they are a real treat from soaps golden era!!!

All four soaps had good stories to end the year indeed, and it is heartening to see renewed viewership. I do not believe for a minute interest in daytime dramas has ebbed. Our culture has changed, yes: fewer at-home viewers through the day part, corporate budget squeeze, passing fads and fancies, more viewing options… Look even broadcast primetime audiences have eroded. I pray for a renewed interest and launch of another soap some day soon. The artistry and talent it takes to tell good stories is prevalent and appreciated.

DAYS is doing a phenomenal job as of late. But one thing I’m really not impressed with is all the death since Josh Griffith and Dena Higley took over. In the last 6 months, 7 characters have been killed: Serena, Paige, Will, Aiden, Bo, Daniel and Stefano. Was all this death really necessary? I understand that some was needed to facilitate the necktie killer story, but once Will died, things began going downhill for me.

On top of that, Greg Vaughan, Kassie DePaiva and now Kate Mansi are all leaving the show in the near future, meaning that DAYS is losing 3 more very talented actors and, even worse, 3 great characters. Hopefully neither one of them exit the show in a body bag, but with this version of DAYS, you can’t be sure of anything. All of these departures since August have made it very difficult to watch DAYS because there doesn’t seem to be any stability with the show’s cast yet.

It’s only made worse by the fact that these departures are making way for newbie characters like Eduardo, Finn, Lani, Deimos, Alla Korot’s new character Janet, and the entire teen scene. Don’t get me wrong, while additions like A. Martinez, Jordi Vilasuso and Vincent Irizzary to the cast are great, I would rather continue seeing Eric, Eve and Abigail on screen.

I really hope Josh and Dena can turn the tide, but if history repeats itself, there will be another “reboot” in a couple of years. It’s been a trend for DAYS to hire a new head writing duo after firing the previous pair, and make massive cast changed in the process. When Higley was fired, DAYS hired Marlene McPherson and Darrel Ray Thomas, then they were fired a year later and replaced with Gary Tomlin and Chris Whitesell, then they were let go and in comes Josh and Dena.

Each time this has happened, major changes were made in front of the camera. This causes major instability in long-term story because it feels like DAYS reinvents itself and becomes a new show every few years. There are very few comparisons between DAYS now and this time last year. It might be a good thing, but unless DAYS is able to create and maintain a long-term story plan to utilize their whole cast and prevent the revolving door of exits, debuts and returns we’ve seen as of late, the show will always feel in the midst of a reboot.

network execs – take note…..

Days of OUR Lives : Arianna Zucker’ Nicole Walker

Arianna Zucker is riveting

Nicole Walker’ : it’s so heartbreaking… watching her “going” to and fro aimlessly not wanting to acknowledge, move forward, and deal in any way shape or form… the love of her life (Daniel ) gone

watching her breakdown… w/Marlena; w/Chloe; w/Maggie and Melanie

tearful stuff !

at least: it seems… we are truly seeing a character finish out a character death. the pain she’s going through… AZ has this…

sidebar: Jennifer came out of this 3 car crash… with Brady, Eric, and Daniel. it’s interesting… that she came out of this… with just a few scratches and bruises… ???? what ???
if ???

it’s later revealed… (because her character, is not needed ) that it was she… who caused the accident… ) and this lets THE ACTOR… and I say this… because of how beloved Greg Vaughan… Eric… is so loved, by the audience… and he’s going through all the guilt… but… it’s Melissa Reeves’ Jennifer who did this… what if she should fall in a coma… and it’s all revealed whilst she’s in… (angelic Jack comes back ) and when she awakens… or should she

and it’s all of SAlem PD… around HER !

I’m always glad to see soap opera ratings increase, but B&B is at an all time low; I thought when we got ride of Hope and her arrogance (and that incredibly annoying Kim Matula with THAT laugh) we’d got out of that cycle of Liam Spencer love triangles but oh no we’re back to the same old crap again now but with Ivy and Wyatt, it’s BORING and the stories are stupid, Ivy’s constant accidents, Liam accidentally flying to Oz, come on Bell you can do better than this.

Glad ratings were up. As someone said because of Hoilday breaks, I watched Days more than I usually am able to. There were some good performances and drama, but Dena seems to descend into a little too much darkness for me. When she was head writer last time, I think she did the baby switch storyline which was good, but then the show started to get too dark, ugly, and mean. I hope that they will start to let up on the constant murders and deaths. You can only watch so much of that, and it starts to get too sad and depressing for a show that is supposed to be a more pleasant escape from reality. As I said, we can watch the news for that. Perhaps, they had to clean house or make some changes, and unfortunately, death and murders are a part of life, but now they have had so many one after another. They need to change it up. I like the Chad/Abigail romance, love seeing Steve and Kayla, Belle and Phillip, Brady and Theresa. Good to have some intriguing story lines, and couples working together to solve mysteries, and problems, but let’s move away from so many deaths and murders.

Well I am into 15 minutes of Y&R Jason Thompson is owning the role of Billy Abbott! Bravo I do not care for JFP but she made a good call this time he has brought the humor everything. Now if Pratt could write this show like todays I will start to enjoy it again. Please don’t miss todays episode.