(SoapOperaNetwork.com) — ABC’s “All My Children” and NBC’s “Days of our Lives” are the only soaps up year-over-year in total viewers. CBS’ “Guiding Light” continues to erode the most viewers year-over-year (down 412,000 viewers compared to the Week of December 31, 2007). The series did, however, gain 175,000 viewers from the week prior. “General Hospital” and “DAYS” tied for #2 in women 18-49 (1.4 rating), but DAYS had a larger share (8 share vs 7 share for “GH”) and about 47,000 more Women 18-49 viewers.
“The Bold and the Beautiful” had a 1.3 in Women 18-49 for its Friday broadcast, tying “AMC” and “OLTL.” Each soap had a 7 share in the demo. “The Young and the Restless” had a 1.9 rating and 10 share on Friday.
While “GH” is tied for fourth place in Women 18-34 (with “AMC”), it remains daytime’s youngest skewing drama series with a median age of 50.2. “OLTL” came close with its median age of 50.7. “GH’s” Friday broadcast had a median age of 49.8. “B&B” is the oldest skewing daytime drama with a median age of 58.6. ABC is the youngest skewing network with a median age of 50.8.
What follows are the daytime ratings results for the week of December 29, 2008 – January 2, 2009:
Daytime Ratings:
Week of December 29, 2008
(in order of Households)
| Rank | Show | Network |
Households (Rating/Share; change vs last week/last year) |
Total Viewers (in millions; change vs last week/last year) |
Women 18-49 (Rating/Share; change vs last week/last year) |
| 1 | The Young and the Restless | CBS | 3.8/11 (+.1/-.3) |
5,385,000 (+131,000/-328,000) | 1.7/10 (+.1/-.3) |
| 2 | The Bold and the Beautiful | CBS | 2.7/8 (+.1/-.2) |
3,781,000 (+213,000/-249,000) | 1.2/6 (+.2/-.3) |
| 3 | Days of our Lives | NBC | 2.3/7 (+.2/same) |
3,282,000 (+275,000/+180,000) |
1.4/8 |
| 4 | General Hospital | ABC | 2.1/6 (-.1/-.2) |
2,865,000 (-90,000/-180,000) | 1.4/7 (-.1/-.1) |
| 5 | All My Children | ABC | 2.0/6 (same/-.1) |
2,838,000 (+152,000/-394,000) | 1.2/7 (same/same) |
| As The World Turns | CBS | 2.0/6 (same/-.1) |
2,776,000 (+44,000/+83,000) | 1.0/5 (+.1/-.5) |
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| One Life to Live | ABC | 2.0/6 (+.1/-.4) |
2,710,000 (-59,000/same) | 1.2/6 (-.1/-.1) |
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| 8 | Guiding Light | CBS | 1.6/5 (+.2/-.3) |
2,232,000 (+175,000/-412,000) | 0.9/5 (+.1/-.4) |
Source: NTI Live+SD
Week of December 29, 2008
(in order of Total Viewers)
| Rank | Show |
Network |
Household Rating |
Total Viewers (in millions) |
Airdate |
| 1 |
The Young and the Restless |
CBS |
4.0 |
5,648,000 | Friday |
| 2 | The Young and the Restless | CBS | 3.7 | 5,471,000 | Wednesday |
| 3 | The Young and the Restless | CBS | 3.6 | 5,312,000 | Tuesday |
| 4 | The Young and the Restless | CBS | 3.9 | 5,193,000 | Monday |
| 5 | The Bold and the Beautiful | CBS | 2.7 | 3,976,000 | Wednesday |
| 6 | The Bold and the Beautiful | CBS | 2.7 | 3,919,000 | Friday |
| 7 | The Bold and the Beautiful | CBS | 2.9 | 3,728,000 | Monday |
| 8 | The Bold and the Beautiful | CBS | 2.6 | 3,694,000 | Tuesday |
| 9 | Days of our Lives | NBC | 2.4 | 3,353,000 |
Monday |
| 10 | Days of our Lives | NBC | 2.3 | 3,329,000 | Friday |
| 11 | Days of our Lives | NBC | 2.2 | 3,163,000 | Tuesday |
| 12 | General Hospital |
ABC |
2.3 | 3,117,000 | Friday |
| 13 | Days of our Lives | NBC | 2.3 |
3,076,000 |
Wednesday |
| 14 | All My Children |
ABC |
2.1 |
3,000,000 |
Monday |
| 15 | General Hospital | ABC | 2.2 | 2,989,000 | Monday |
| 16 | One Life to Live |
ABC | 2.1 | 2,910,000 | Friday |
| 17 | As The World Turns | CBS | 2.1 | 2,874,000 | Friday |
| 18 | As The World Turns | CBS | 2.0 | 2,851,000 | Tuesday |
| 19 | All My Children | ABC | 2.1 | 2,828,000 | Friday |
| 20 | As The World Turns | CBS | 2.1 | 2,790,000 | Monday |
| 21 | One Life to Live | ABC | 2.1 | 2,778,000 | Monday |
| 22 | All My Children | ABC | 1.9 | 2,502,000 | Tuesday |
| 23 | General Hospital | ABC | 1.9 | 2,488,000 | Tuesday |
| 24 | One Life to Live | ABC | 1.8 | 2,441,000 | Tuesday |
| 25 |
Guiding Light |
CBS | 1.7 | 2,440,000 | Friday |
| 26 | Guiding Light | CBS | 1.6 | 2,244,000 | Tuesday |
| 27 | Guiding Light | CBS | 1.7 | 2,212,000 | Wednesday |
| 28 | General Hospital – repeat of 10/31/07 episode |
ABC | 1.4 | 2,055,000 | Wednesday |
| 29 | One Life to Live – repeat of 10/01/08 episode | ABC | 1.3 | 1,896,000 | Wednesday |
| 30 | All My Children – repeat of 10/22/08 episode | ABC | 1.5 | 1,888,000 | Wednesday |
| 31 | As The World Turns – Pre-empted | CBS | N/A | N/A | Wednesday |
| 32 | Guiding Light – Pre-empted | CBS | N/A | N/A | Wednesday |
| 33 | All My Children –Pre-empted | ABC | N/A | N/A | Thursday |
| 34 | As The World Turns – Pre-empted | CBS | N/A | N/A | Thursday |
| 35 | The Bold and the Beautiful – Pre-empted | CBS | N/A | N/A | Thursday |
| 36 | Days of our Lives – Pre-empted | NBC | N/A | N/A | Thursday |
| 37 | General Hospital – Pre-empted | ABC | N/A | N/A | Thursday |
| 38 | Guiding Light – Pre-empted | CBS | N/A | N/A | Thursday |
| 39 | One Life to Live – Pre-empted | ABC | N/A | N/A | Thursday |
| 40 | The Young and the Restless – Pre-empted | CBS | N/A | N/A | Thursday |
| Legend: | Most Watched Episode |
Did Not Count | Least Watched Episode | ||
Source: NTI Live+SD
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