Eight weeks into the 2024-2025 broadcast television season, CBS’ “The Young and the Restless,” “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “The Talk” either hit or tied their season highs in Women 18-49 and Women 25-54 rating, according to latest figures released by Nielsen.
During the week of November 11-15, 2024, “The Young and the Restless” hit a new season high in both key women sales demographics, averaging a 0.27 rating among Women 18-49 and a 0.49 rating among Women 25-54, up +0.02 and +0.06 week-to-week, respectively.
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The fallout from the 13,000th episode, airing Wednesday, November 13, saw Genoa City dealing with multiple lives in peril as evil revealed itself. The Friday, November 15 episode was the highest-rated episode overall for the daytime drama series, attracting a 0.30 rating among Women 18-49 and a 0.52 rating among Women 25-54.
“The Bold and the Beautiful” was also up week-to-week, hitting a new season high among Women 18-49 (0.27 rating), and virtually on par with its season high among Women 25-54 (0.40 rating vs. 0.41 rating two weeks earlier). The standout episode for the week was the Tuesday, November 12 episode, which hit a 0.29 rating among Women 18-49 and a 0.46 rating among Women 25-54.
Although “General Hospital” was flat week-to-week in Women 25-54 (0.32 rating), the daytime drama series was up among Women 18-49 (0.22 rating) week-to-week, on par with its performance two weeks prior when Kelly Monaco concluded her 21-year run as Sam McCall.
With just over a month to go before “The Talk” signs off after 15 seasons, the daytime talk show tied its season high among Women 18-49 (0.17 rating) while hitting a new season high among Women 25-54 (0.27 rating). In fact, the show also hit a season among Women 25-54 viewers, averaging 165,000 viewers in the demographic, up +11,000 viewers week-to-week. Additionally, Among Women 25-54 viewers, the show performed significantly higher than “NBC News Daily” (147,000 viewers) and “GMA3: What You Need to Know” (136,000 viewers).
Wrap-Up
What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows performed during the week of November 11-15, 2024 among Women 18-49 rating and Women 25-54 rating, including their performance during the comparable week last year.
A closer look at how the daytime soaps performed, specifically their daily performance breakdown in the demos, will be posted shortly.
Note: Only figures available to Soap Opera Network at press time are published below.
Women 18-49 Rating (Unrounded)
| Rank / Show / Network | This Week | Last Week | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. The Price Is Right 2 (CBS) | 0.34 | 0.38 | 0.44 |
| 2. The Price Is Right 1 (CBS) | 0.33 | 0.36 | 0.41 |
| 3. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC) | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.31 |
| 4. The Young and the Restless (CBS) | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.37 |
| — The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) | 0.27 | 0.24 | 0.32 |
| 6. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS) | 0.26 | 0.27 | 0.30 |
| 7. TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC) | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.26 |
| 8. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS) | 0.23 | 0.25 | 0.27 |
| 9. General Hospital (ABC) | 0.22 | 0.20 | 0.25 |
| 10. The View (ABC) | 0.20 | 0.29 | 0.23 |
| 11. The Talk (CBS) | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.20 |
| 12. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC) | 0.16 | 0.17 | 0.25 |
| — NBC News Daily (NBC) | 0.16 | 0.15 | 0.22 |
Women 25-54 Rating (Unrounded)
| Rank / Show / Network | This Week | Last Week | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. The Price Is Right 2 (CBS) | 0.55 | 0.54 | 0.64 |
| 2. The Price Is Right 1 (CBS) | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0.60 |
| 3. The Young and the Restless (CBS) | 0.49 | 0.43 | 0.52 |
| 4. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC) | 0.46 | 0.43 | 0.47 |
| 5. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS) | 0.40 | 0.39 | 0.43 |
| 6. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS) | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.45 |
| — TODAY with Hoda & Jenna (NBC) | 0.36 | 0.28 | 0.39 |
| 8. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS) | 0.32 | 0.33 | 0.41 |
| — General Hospital (ABC) | 0.32 | 0.32 | 0.41 |
| 10. The View (ABC) | 0.31 | 0.44 | 0.37 |
| 11. The Talk (CBS) | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.27 |
| 12. NBC News Daily (NBC) | 0.24 | 0.22 | 0.22 |
| 13. GMA3: What You Need to Know (ABC) | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
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.
Beginning August 31, 2020, national ratings include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Previously, ratings did not include OOH viewing. Averages are based on regular telecasts.
LEGEND
| R = Repeat | S = Special | P = Premiere |
| NR = Not Rated / Not Ranked | N/A = Not Available | * denotes further information |
Summary (Preemptions/Schedule Changes)*
- “The Price is Right 1” aired for just 19 minutes due to a CBS News special report on the Biden/Trump White House visit on Wednesday, November 13.
- “The View” was retitled to “View-ABC” due to an ABC News special report on the Biden/Trump White House visit on Wednesday, November 13. The retitled telecast is excluded from the weekly and season averages. “The View”’s weekly averages are based on four days (Monday-Tuesday and Thursday-Friday).