ABC Ranks as Daytime’s No. 1 Network Among Women 18-49
“General Hospital” is Daytime’s No. 1 Program in Women 18-49 for the 1st Time Since October 08, Driven by James Franco’s Return and the Lead-Up to Sonny and Brenda’s Anticipated Wedding; Ranks No. 1 for the 2nd Straight Week in Women 18-34
“General Hospital” Hits a Near 4-Month High in Women 18-34 and an 8-Week High in Women 18-49; Posts its 2nd-Best Week of the Season in Women 18-49
ABC Claims 3 of the Week’s Top 5 Programs in Daytime in Women 18-49
With “General Hospital,” “The View” and “One Life To Live”
•ABC stood as Daytime’s No. 1 network among Women 18-34 (0.6 rating/216,000 – tie) and Women 18-49 (1.1 rating/721,000 – tie).
•“General Hospital” ranked as Daytime’s No. 1 program in Women 18-49 (1.3 rating/874,000 – tie) for the first time since the week of October 27, 2008, and ranked No. 1 for the 2nd consecutive week among Women 18-34 (0.8 rating/267,000).
•This week stood as “General Hospital’s” most-watched week in nearly 4 months in Women 18-34 and in 8 weeks in Women 18-49 – since weeks of 11/8/10 and 12/27/10, respectively. In addition, this was the show’s 2nd-most-watched week of the season in key Women 18-49.
•ABC aired 3 of Daytime’s Top 5 programs in Women 18-49: “General Hospital” (No. 1T – 1.3 rating/874,000), “The View” (No. 3 – 1.1 rating/763,000) and “One Life To Live” (No. 5T – 1.0 rating/670,000).
Following are the Daytime Lineup averages, plus Top 5 Programs Ranks –
Daytime Rank: Total Viewers Women 18-49 (Rtg/000s)
No. 1 CBS 3.63 million No. 1T NBC 1.1/739,000
No. 2 ABC 2.97 million No. 1T ABC 1.1/721,000
No. 3 NBC 2.76 million No. 3 CBS 0.9/617,000
Top 5 Daytime Programs in Women 18-49 (rank based on rating) Program Net Rtg/000s
General Hospital ABC 1.3/874,000
The Young & The Restless CBS 1.3/864,000
The View ABC 1.2/763,000
Days Of Our Lives NBC 1.1/739,000
One Life To Live ABC 1.0/670,000
Price is Right 1/2 CBS 1.0/670,000
Source: NTI, Live + Same Day: Week of 2/21/11. All ranks/ties based on rating unless otherwise noted. ”Price is Right” = 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
- All My Children
- One Life to Live
- The Young and the Restless
- Days of our Lives
- General Hospital
- Ratings
- The Bold and the Beautiful