THE NUMBERS
For the fourth consecutive week, and the fifth time overall this season, “General Hospital” attracted fewer than two million viewers during the week of December 18-22, 2023, according to the latest Nielsen figures available to Soap Opera Network. Note: Women 18-49 and 25-54 ratings were unavailable at press time.
“General Hospital” (1.915 million) was down by -12,000 viewers week-to-week, marking its fourth consecutive week in which the series has lost viewers. Among Households, the daytime drama series kept its 1.3 rating.
A possible cause for the show’s decline in recent weeks could be attributed to a carriage dispute between TEGNA and DIRECTV, which began Thursday, November 30, and has resulted in the satellite provider losing access to 66 TEGNA-owned television stations across the United States. Thirteen of those stations are ABC affiliates, including WFAA in Dallas-Fort Worth, the fifth-ranked DMA (Designated Market Area). WFAA is the most watched station in the market and the highest-rated ABC affiliate overall that is not owned by The Walt Disney Company, parent of the ABC Television Network.
That said, TEGNA also owns 15 CBS stations and 22 NBC stations, and neither network is seeing noticeable declines among their daytime shows. In fact, “The Price is Right” (3.978 million / 4.497 million) saw hefty week-to-week gains as viewers headed into a long Holiday break and was the week’s big winner among Total Viewers.
Both half hours of the popular game show added +396,000 viewers on average compared to one week earlier, plus “The Young and the Restless” also saw week-to-week gains, adding +72,000 viewers over the week of December 11-15, 2023. Meanwhile, “NBC News Daily” brought in +75,000 additional viewers compared to last week.
“The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful” continue to show improvement over their 2020 figures, with the former adding +149,000 viewers while the latter added +155,000 viewers. In fact, “The Bold and the Beautiful” is also up over its comparable performance during the same week in 2021, adding +35,000 viewers.
“The Talk” and “The View” aired amended repeats for the week and are excluded from the weekly rankings.
What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows performed during the week of December 18-22, 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, will be posted shortly.
Week Of December 18-22, 2023 Rankers
Households
| Rank / Show / Network | This Week | Last Week | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS) | 2.8 | 2.6 | N/A* | 2.9 | 3.2 |
| 2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS) | 2.5 | 2.3 | N/A* | 2.6 | 2.9 |
| 3. The Young and the Restless (CBS) | 2.2 | 2.1 | N/A* | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| 4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) | 1.8 | 1.9 | N/A* | 1.8 | 1.8 |
| 5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS) | 1.7 | 1.7 | N/A* | 1.8 | 2.0 |
| 6. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS) | 1.4 | 1.4 | N/A* | 1.6 | 1.7 |
| 7. General Hospital (ABC) | 1.3 | 1.3 | N/A* | 1.5 | 1.5 |
| 8. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC) | 0.9 | 0.9 | N/A* | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| 9. NBC News Daily (NBC) | 0.8 | 0.8 | N/A* | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| NR. The View (ABC) | N/A* | 1.5 | N/A* | N/A | N/A |
| N/A. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC) | N/A | 1.4 | N/A* | N/A | 1.8 |
| N/A. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC) | N/A | 1.1 | N/A* | N/A | 1.3 |
| NR. The Talk (CBS) | N/A* | 0.9 | N/A* | 0.8 | N/A |
Total Viewers (In Millions)
| Rank / Show / Network | This Week | Last Week | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS) | 4,497 | 4,054 | N/A* | 4,743 | 4,989 |
| 2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS) | 3,978 | 3,629 | N/A* | 4,229 | 4,414 |
| 3. The Young and the Restless (CBS) | 3,241 | 3,169 | N/A* | 3,457 | 3,092 |
| 4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) | 2,759 | 2,782 | N/A* | 2,724 | 2,604 |
| 5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS) | 2,610 | 2,609 | N/A* | 2,957 | 3,096 |
| 6. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS) | 2,197 | 2,228 | N/A* | 2,637 | 2,622 |
| 7. General Hospital (ABC) | 1,915 | 1,927 | N/A* | 2,204 | 2,178 |
| 8. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC) | 1,323 | 1,308 | N/A* | 1,590 | 1,700 |
| 9. NBC News Daily (NBC) | 1,232 | 1,157 | N/A* | 1,809* | 1,829* |
| NR. The View (ABC) | NR* | 2,221 | NR* | 1,542 | NR* |
| NA. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC) | N/A | 2,010 | N/A* | N/A | N/A |
| NA. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC) | N/A | 1,519 | N/A* | N/A | N/A |
| NR. The Talk (CBS) | NR* | 1,381 | NR* | 1,247 | NR* |
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 represents 1,250,000 homes as of the 2023-2024 television season.
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 Talk” and “The View” aired amended repeats. As a result, neither show was rated by Nielsen.
Year-to-year comparisons (2023 vs. 2022) for most daytime broadcast shows among Households and Total Viewers will be unavailable for the foreseeable future due to figures being unavailable to Soap Opera Network during that period.
Women 18-49 Rating (Rounded)
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Women 18-49 Rating (Unrounded)*
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Women 25-54 Rating (Rounded)
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Women 25-54 Rating (Unrounded)*
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Notable Preemptions/Schedule Changes:
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