Daytime Broadcast Ratings for the Week of October 16-20, 2023

THE NUMBERS

“The Young and the Restless” (3.184 million) was the only daytime broadcast series to see improvement of +100,000 viewers or more during the week of October 16-20, 2023, and the series marked a season high just four weeks into the very young 2023-2024 television season.

Although “The View” (2.287 million) was down week-to-week among Total Viewers, the talk show still managed to see improvement compared to the same week last year, adding +84,000 viewers.

The first half-hour of “Let’s Make a Deal” (2.271 million) saw week-to-week improvement, adding +80,000 viewers, and so did “The Bold and the Beautiful” (2.707 million) which increased by +30,000 viewers over one week earlier. Also seeing improvement week-to-week among viewers was “General Hospital” (2.014 million) which gained +45,000 viewers and helped bring the show back over the two million viewer mark. The ABC soap was the only daytime broadcast series to see improvement over its performance during the comparable week in 2020.

What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows performed during the week of October 16-20, 2023 in Women 18-49 Rating, Women 25-54 Rating, Households and Total Viewers, including a look at their comparable performance in 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively. A closer look at the daytime soaps, including their daily performance breakdown in the demos, can be read here.

Week of October 16-20, 2023 Rankers

Women 18-49 Rating (Rounded)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2022	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6
— The Price is Right (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4
— TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
— The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.3	0.4
— Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4
— TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
— Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
9. General Hospital (ABC)	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.4
— The View (ABC)	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4
— The Talk (CBS)	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2
— NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3*	0.3*
— GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3

Source: Nielsen (Live+SD)

Women 18-49 Rating (Unrounded)*

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2022	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.40	0.41	0.46	0.46	0.55
2. The Price is Right (CBS)	0.36	0.38	0.43	0.41	0.49
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.33	0.31	0.39	0.40	0.44
4. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.32	0.38	0.35	0.36	0.49
5. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.28	0.28	0.38	0.32	0.37
6. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.27	0.28	0.33	0.36	0.39
7. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.26	0.28	0.28	0.26	0.35
8. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.25	0.25	0.29	0.33	0.35
9. General Hospital (ABC)	0.23	0.22	0.27	0.29	0.35
10. The View (ABC)	0.22	0.25	0.27	0.28	0.37
11. The Talk (CBS)	0.18	0.18	0.21	0.20	0.23
12. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.16	0.18	0.19	0.25*	0.34*
— GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.16	0.17	0.18	0.19	0.31

Source: Nielsen (Live+SD)

Women 25-54 Rating (Rounded)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2022	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.6	0.6	0.8	0.7	0.8
2. The Price is Right (CBS)	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.6	0.8
— The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.5	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.8
— TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.5	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.7
5. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.7
— Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6
— General Hospital (ABC)	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.6
— TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5
— Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.5
— The View (ABC)	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.6
11. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.4*	0.5*
— GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.5
— The Talk (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4

Source: Nielsen (Live+SD)

Women 25-54 Rating (Unrounded)*

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2022	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.60	0.60	0.75	0.68	0.84
2. The Price is Right (CBS)	0.54	0.54	0.67	0.62	0.75
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.53	0.47	0.68	0.65	0.76
4. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.49	0.55	0.54	0.57	0.73
5. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.44	0.42	0.64	0.55	0.68
6. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.43	0.42	0.51	0.52	0.55
7. General Hospital (ABC)	0.41	0.39	0.51	0.48	0.58
8. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.40	0.42	0.41	0.42	0.54
— Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.40	0.38	0.44	0.47	0.49
10. The View (ABC)	0.36	0.40	0.42	0.43	0.61
11. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.27	0.28	0.24	0.36*	0.49*
— GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.27	0.27	0.29	0.31	0.46
13. The Talk (CBS)	0.26	0.26	0.33	0.32	0.36

Source: Nielsen (Live+SD)

Households

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2022	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	2.7	2.7	2.8	2.8	3.3
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	2.3	2.4	2.5	2.5	2.9
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	2.1	2.1	2.3	2.5	2.3
4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	1.8	1.8	2.0	2.0	2.0
5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	1.6	1.6	1.8	1.8	2.0
— The View (ABC)	1.6	1.6	1.5	1.7	2.1
7. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	1.4	1.4	1.5	1.6	1.7
8. General Hospital (ABC)	1.3	1.3	1.4	1.5	1.4
— TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	1.3	1.4	1.4	N/A	1.7
10. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	0.9	1.0	1.0	N/A	1.1
— GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.1
— The Talk (CBS)	0.9	0.9	1.0	1.0	1.1
13. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.8	0.8	0.7	1.1*	1.2*

Source: Nielsen (Live+SD)

Total Viewers (In Millions)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2022	2021	2020
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	4,211	4,225	4,434	4,444	4,862
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	3,686	3,717	3,898	3,952	4,295
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	3,184	3,050	3,427	3,638	3,234
4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	2,707	2,677	3,029	2,982	2,806
5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	2,564	2,567	2,713	2,830	3,059
6. The View (ABC)	2,287	2,316	2,203	2,326	2,876
7. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	2,271	2,191	2,277	2,503	2,609
8. General Hospital (ABC)	2,014	1,969	2,088	2,180	1,974
9. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	1,866	2,060	2,040	N/A	2,314
10. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC)	1,382	1,497	1,503	N/A	1,564
11. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC)	1,382	1,414	1,526	1,509	1,628
12. The Talk (CBS)	1,289	1,308	1,473	1,496	1,532
13. NBC News Daily (NBC)	1,121	1,225	1,038	1,583*	1,688*

Source: Nielsen (Live+SD)

Note*: Officially, the demo ratings are sorted by the rounded figures released by Nielsen. “NBC News Daily” 2021 and 2020 figures are compared to the performance of “Days of our Lives,” which moved to Peacock exclusively beginning September 12, 2022.

The numbers above are calculated using Live+Same Day viewing and DVR playback, defined as 3:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m. and are courtesy of Nielsen. Household ratings are the percentage of TV homes in the U.S. tuned into television, each of which representing 1,250,000 homes as of the 2023-2024 television season.

**Notable Preemptions/Schedule Changes

“General Hospital” aired for just 47 minutes on Friday, October 20 due to a 13-minute preemption for ABC News coverage of the Gaza hostage release.
“Let’s Make a Deal” was broken out on Wednesday, October 18 during its first half-hour due to CBS News coverage of President Biden’s remarks regarding his meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister. The weekly average for the first half-hour of the show is based on four days (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday).
“NBC News Daily” aired for just 26 minutes on Friday, October 20 due to a 34-minute preemption for NBC News coverage of the Gaza hostage release.
“The Talk” aired for just 53 minutes on Friday, October 20 due to a 7-minute preemption for CBS News coverage of the Gaza hostage release.
“TODAY 3rd Hour” was amended on Wednesday, October 18 due to NBC News coverage of President Biden’s remarks regarding his meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister. The episode aired for just 22 minutes Therefore, the show’s average is based on four days (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday).
“TODAY with Hoda & Jenna” was amended out on Wednesday, October 18 due to NBC News coverage of President Biden’s remarks regarding his meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister. The episode aired for just 18 minutes. Therefore, the show’s average is based on four days (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday).