‘The View’ Ranks Second In Key Women 18-49 Demo – RATINGS

During the week of December 15-19, 2025, “The View” on ABC set a new season high among Women 18-49 (0.28 rating), while ranking second overall, just ahead of the first half-hour of “The Price is Right” and “TODAY 3rd Hour,” each tied for third with a 0.26 rating. Additionally, the talk show saw its best performance in the demo since the week of November 4-8, 2024, while gaining +98,000 viewers week-to-week and attracting its second-best performance of the season among Total Viewers (2.576 million) and Women 25-54 (0.39 rating). Compared to the same week last year, the program was up a whopping +263,000 viewers.

Over at CBS, “Beyond the Gates” ranked last for the first time ever (excluding ties) among Women 18-49 actuals, while setting a new season and series low in the key sales demographic. For the week, the daytime drama series attracted 1.569 million viewers, a 0.25 rating among Women 25-54 and a 0.12 rating among Women 18-49, down from last week’s 0.13 rating. Though down -30,000 viewers from the prior week, the soap opera saw a year-over-year gain of +250,000 viewers compared to the performance of former time slot holder “The Talk,” which had wrapped its 15th and final season during the same week in 2024. While flat week-to-week among Women 25-54, the soap opera topped time slot competitor “General Hospital” (0.25 rating vs. 0.23 rating) and was up +0.02 over the year ago performance of “The Talk.”

“TODAY 3rd Hour” was up +180,000 viewers week-to-week and up +124,000 viewers year-over-year, marking its second-best performance of the season among Total Viewers (2.160 million), behind only the week of November 24-28, 2025. The news program tied its season high among Women 25-54 (0.42 rating) and marked its fourth-best performance among Women 18-49 (0.26 rating), placing third in the latter demo in a tie with the first half-hour of “The Price is Right.”

With 1.956 million viewers tuned in, “General Hospital” was up +73,000 viewers week-to-week and attracted its second-largest audience of the season, with its best performance overall among Total Viewers since the week of September 22-26, 2025. The long-running daytime drama series was up +0.03 week-to-week among Women 18-49 (0.18 rating vs. 0.15 rating) and up +0.01 among Women 25-54 (0.23 rating vs. 0.22 rating).

“The Bold and the Beautiful” and “The Young and the Restless” tied for No. 1 among the four network soaps in Women 18-49 (0.20 rating), marking the tenth time in 13 weeks that the half-hour drama has ranked first in the demo (including ties). Compared with one week earlier, the sister soaps were up by +25,000 and +42,000 viewers, respectively.

Among Total Viewers, “NBC News Daily” was up week-to-week (+67,000) and saw the largest year-over-year gain across daytime broadcast, up +298,000.

Wrap-Up

What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows performed during the week of December 15-19, 2025 among Women 18-49 rating, Women 25-54 rating, Households and Total Viewers, including week-to-week and year-over-year comparisons.

Note*: Figures under the 2024 column for “Beyond the Gates” are compared to the performance of the former time slot occupant, “The Talk.” “TODAY with Jenna & Friends” is compared with the performance of its predecessor, “TODAY with Hoda & Jenna.” “GMA3” is compared with its predecessor, “GMA3: What You Need to Know.”

Additionally, 2024 comparisons, particularly Households and Total Viewers, were unavailable to this publication for most daytime broadcast shows, unless stated otherwise, until at least February 2025.

Starting with the 2025-2026 television season, ratings are based on Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel. Figures under the 2024 column are based on the former Nielsen Live+Same Day Panel-only data model (2024-2025 season).

Week of December 15-19, 2025 Rankers

Women 18-49 Rating (Actuals)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2024
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.29	0.31	0.32
2. The View (ABC)	0.28	0.22	0.22
3. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.26	0.28	0.31
— TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.26	0.22	0.28
5. TODAY with Jenna & Friends (NBC)	0.21	0.18	0.22*
6. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.20	0.20	0.22
— The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.20	0.19	0.22
— The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.20	0.19	0.24
9. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.19	0.18	0.20
10. General Hospital (ABC)	0.18	0.15	0.22
11. GMA3 (ABC)	0.16	0.13	0.18*
12. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.13	0.12	0.13
13. Beyond the Gates (CBS)	0.12	0.13	0.15*

Women 18-49 Rating (Rounded)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2024
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.3
— The View (ABC)	0.3	0.2	0.2
— The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.3
— TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.3	0.2	0.3
5. TODAY with Jenna & Friends (NBC)	0.2	0.2	0.2*
— Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.2	0.2	0.2
— The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.2	0.2	0.2
— The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.2	0.2	0.2
— Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.2	0.2	0.2
— General Hospital (ABC)	0.2	0.2	0.2
— GMA3 (ABC)	0.2	0.1	0.2*
12. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.1	0.1	0.1
— Beyond the Gates (CBS)	0.1	0.1	0.2*

Women 25-54 Rating (Actuals)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2024
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.58	0.55	0.51
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.53	0.49	0.48
3. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.42	0.35	0.44
4. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.39	0.35	0.43
— The View (ABC)	0.39	0.32	0.32
6. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.37	0.35	0.32
7. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.35	0.32	0.27
8. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.33	0.32	0.36
9. TODAY with Jenna & Friends (NBC)	0.30	0.25	0.32*
10. Beyond the Gates (CBS)	0.25	0.25	0.23*
11. General Hospital (ABC)	0.23	0.22	0.34
12. GMA3 (ABC)	0.20	0.19	0.26*
— NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.20	0.16	0.21

Women 25-54 Rating (Rounded)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2024
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.6	0.6	0.5
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.5	0.5	0.5
3. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.4	0.4	0.4
— The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.4
— The View (ABC)	0.4	0.3	0.3
— Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.3
— Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.4	0.3	0.3
8. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.4
— TODAY with Jenna & Friends (NBC)	0.3	0.3	0.3*
— Beyond the Gates (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.2*
11. General Hospital (ABC)	0.2	0.2	0.3
— GMA3 (ABC)	0.2	0.2	0.3*
— NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.2	0.2	0.2

Households

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	2.6	2.6	N/A*
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	2.3	2.3	N/A*
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	1.8	1.8	N/A*
4. The View (ABC)	1.7	1.6	1.6
5. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	1.6	1.6	N/A*
— Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	1.6	1.6	N/A*
7. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	1.4	1.3	1.4
— Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	1.4	1.3	N/A*
9. General Hospital (ABC)	1.2	1.2	N/A*
10. Beyond the Gates (CBS)	1.0	1.0	0.9*
— GMA3 (ABC)	1.0	0.9	N/A*
— TODAY with Jenna & Friends (NBC)	1.0	0.9	1.0*
13. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.9	0.9	0.8

Total Viewers (In Millions)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2024
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	4,325	4,313	N/A*
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	3,855	3,840	N/A*
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	2,883	2,841	N/A*
4. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	2,615	2,569	N/A*
5. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	2,594	2,569	N/A*
6. The View (ABC)	2,576	2,478	2,313
7. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	2,268	2,179	N/A*
8. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	2,160	1,980	2,036
9. General Hospital (ABC)	1,956	1,883	N/A*
10. Beyond the Gates (CBS)	1,569	1,599	1,319*
11. NBC News Daily (NBC)	1,439	1,372	1,141
12. TODAY with Jenna & Friends (NBC)	1,438	1,456	1,408*
13. GMA3 (ABC)	1,429	1,456	1,402*

The numbers above are calculated using Live+Same Day, Big Data + Panel viewing and DVR playback, defined as 3:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m., and are courtesy of Nielsen. Ratings are the percentage of U.S. TV viewers who tuned in to a specific program.

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

P = Premiere	R = Repeat	S = Special
NR = Not Rated / Not Ranked	N/A = Not Available	* denotes further information

Summary (Preemptions/Schedule Changes)

• “TODAY with Jenna & Friends” was coded as a breakout on Monday, December 19, 2025. The program’s weekly average is based on four days (Tuesday through Friday).