As Soap Opera Network gets ready to celebrate its 13th anniversary on Wednesday, October 8, we are proud to announce that we will begin providing our readers with weekly ratings reports for not just the daytime soaps, but also talk shows “The Chew,” “The Talk,” “The View,” “The Today Show 2” and “The Today Show 3,” as well as game shows “Let’s Make a Deal” and “The Price is Right,” along with the previously reported ratings for “The Young and the Restless,” “Days of our Lives,” “General Hospital” and “The Bold and the Beautiful.” The charts, which will vary week to week, does not take away from the weekly daytime drama rankings we will continue posting each week, but instead represents what daytime programming as a whole looks like when compared with one another and not based solely on genre.
What follows is the daytime rankings for the week of September 22-26, 2014 in the categories of Total Viewers, Households, Women 25-54 Viewers, Women 18-49 Viewers and the rarely seen Adults 18-49 Viewers.
Note: Numbers are based on Live+Same Day
(Rank / Show / Network / Compared to Last Week / Compared to Last Year)
TOTAL VIEWERS
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS) — 5,224,000 (+14,000/-97,000)
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS) — 4,651,000 (+90,000/+134,000)
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS) — 4,544,000 (+22,000/-184,000)
4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) — 3,637,000 (+208,000/+72,000)
5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS) — 3,425,000 (+398,000/+205,000)
6. The View (ABC) — 2,986,000 (-381,000/+148,000)
7. The Today Show 2 (NBC) — 2,973,000 (-48,000/-489,000)
8. General Hospital (ABC) — 2,938,000 (-58,000/+136,000)
9. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS) — 2,876,000 (+238,000/+225,000)
10. The Talk (CBS) — 2,701,000 (+68,000/+81,000)
11. The Chew (ABC) — 2,595,000 (+163,000/-2,000)
12. Days of our Lives (NBC) — 2,435,000 (-99,000/-191,000)
13. The Today Show 3 (NBC) — 2,007,000 (+13,000/-388,000)
HOUSEHOLD RATING/SHARE
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS) — 3.7/13 (+.1/same)
2. The Young and the Restless (CBS) — 3.4/12 (+.1/-.1)
3. The Price is Right 1 (CBS) — 3.3/12 (+.1/+.1)
4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) — 2.7/9 (+.1/+.1)
5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS) — 2.5/9 (+.3/+.2)
6. The Today Show 2 (NBC) — 2.3/8 (same/-.3)
6. The View (ABC) — 2.3/8 (-.2/-.1)
8. General Hospital (ABC) — 2.2/8 (same/+.1)
9. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS) — 2.1/8 (+.1/+.1)
10. The Chew (ABC) — 2.0/7 (+.2/+.1)
10. The Talk (CBS) — 2.0/7 (same/same)
12. Days of our Lives (NBC) — 1.9/6 (same/-.1)
13. The Today Show 3 (NBC) — 1.6/6 (same/-.2)
WOMEN 25-54 VIEWERS
1. The Young and the Restless (CBS) — 1,122,000 (+13,000/-7,000)
2. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) — 951,000 (+130,000/+46,000)
3. General Hospital (ABC) — 840,000 (-11,000/-114,000)
4. The Price is Right 2 (CBS) — 780,000 (+1,000/-75,000)
5. The Today Show 2 (NBC) — 703,000 (-39,000/-144,000)
6. The Price is Right 1 (CBS) — 693,000 (+22,000/-67,000)
7. Days of our Lives (NBC) — 669,000 (-36,000/-102,000)
8. The View (ABC) — 661,000 (-46,000/-24,000)
9. The Talk (CBS) — 647,000 (+61,000/-37,000)
10. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS) — 580,000 (+102,000/-49,000)
11. The Today Show 3 (NBC) — 571,000 (+35,000/-97,000)
12. The Chew (ABC) — 547,000 (-16,000/-106,000)
13. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS) — 518,000 (+80,000/-13,000)
WOMEN 18-49 VIEWERS
1. The Young and the Restless (CBS) — 785,000 (-2,000/+21,000)
2. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) — 670,000 (+93,000/+40,000)
3. General Hospital (ABC) — 635,000 (-8,000/-95,000)
4. The Price is Right 2 (CBS) — 585,000 (+6,000/-40,000)
5. The Today Show 2 (NBC) — 564,000 (-34,000/-98,000)
6. Days of our Lives (NBC) — 527,000 (-50,000/-103,000)
7. The Price is Right 1 (CBS) — 513,000 (+11,000/-49,000)
8. The View (ABC) — 510,000 (-21,000/+7,000)
9. The Talk (CBS) — 475,000 (+56,000/+8,000)
10. The Today Show 3 (NBC) — 458,000 (+25,000/-67,000)
11. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS) — 447,000 (+92,000/-47,000)
12. The Chew (ABC) — 424,000 (-9,000/-117,000)
13. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS) — 388,000 (+76,000/-22,000)
ADULTS 18-49 VIEWERS**
1. The Young and the Restless (CBS) — 1,040,000 (+43,000/+29,000)
2. The Price is Right 2 (CBS) — 972,000 (+23,000/-75,000)
3. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) — 875,000 (+123,000/+54,000)
3. The Price is Right 1 (CBS) — 875,000 (+36,000/-67,000)
5. General Hospital (ABC) — 838,000 (+9,000/-61,000)
6. The Today Show 2 (NBC) — 813,000 (-18,000/-83,000)
7. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS) — 710,000 (+102,000/-34,000)
8. The View (ABC) — 687,000 (-46,000/+22,000)
9. Days of our Lives (NBC) — 639,0000 (-97,000/-131,000)
10. The Talk (CBS) — 618,000 (+64,000/+31,000)
11. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS) — 613,000 (+172,000/+17,000)
12. The Today Show 3 (NBC) — 605,000 (+48,000/-83,000)
13. The Chew (ABC) — 599,000 (+8,000/-106,000)
**Adults 18-49 is the primary demographic used to measure primetime television ad sales (Daytime is measured primarily in Women 18-49 and Women 25-54). We’ve decided to highlight this demographic in particular as a base of comparison between the two dayparts.