‘Beyond The Gates’, ‘General Hospital’ & ‘GMA3’ Set New Season Highs Among Total Viewers – RATINGS

“Beyond the Gates” marked a new season high among Total Viewers during the week of January 12-16, 2026, attracting its fourth-largest audience since its February 2025 premiere, and its best overall performance among Total Viewers in 10 months (since the week of March 17-21, 2025). With 1.651 million viewers tuning in, the soap opera was up +118,000 week-to-week and tied its season high among Women 18-49 (0.17 rating), up +0.04, and Women 25-54 (0.26 rating), up +0.05. The show’s 1.1 rating in Households was its best since the week of June 9-13, 2025.

While down -0.03 from its week ago season high performance among Women 18-49 (0.18 rating vs. 0.21 rating), “General Hospital” once again set a new season high among Total Viewers, up +6,000 over its performance one week earlier (2.047 million vs. 2.041 million) and crossed the two million viewers mark for the third consecutive week, marking the first time the soap opera has done so since at least April 2024. The series attracted its largest overall audience since the week of July 28 – August 1, 2025, and tied its second-best performance of the season among Women 25-54 (0.26 rating). For the second consecutive week, the show maintained its 1.3 rating in Households, again marking its best performance in the category since the week of February 17-21, 2025.

“The Young and the Restless” was flat with its week ago performance among Women 18-49 (0.22 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.37 rating), and retook the top spot from “The Bold and the Beautiful” among soaps in Women 18-49. The long-running soap opera was on par with its year ago performance among Women 18-49 (0.22 rating) and was up week-to-week among Total Viewers (2.994 million vs. 2.865 million), marking its second-best performance of the season in the category.

Though slightly down from the week ago performance of the final week of “TODAY with Jenna & Friends” among Women 18-49 (0.20 rating vs. 0.21 rating), the premiere of “TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle” was otherwise off to a solid start among Women 25-54 (0.31 rating), up +0.01, and among Total Viewers. With 1.463 million viewers tuning in, the news program was up over the prior performance of “TODAY with Jenna & Friends” both week-to-week (+108,000) and year-over-year (+21,000).

Despite marking a season low among Women 25-54 (0.29 rating), with 2.623 million viewers tuning in, “The Bold and the Beautiful” posted its best performance among Total Viewers in six weeks (since the week of December 1-5, 2025). Among Women 18-49 (0.20 rating), the soap opera was down -0.04 week-to-week (0.20 rating vs. 0.24 rating).

“The Price is Right” saw the largest week-to-week gain among Total Viewers, up +308,000 for the second half-hour (4.510 million vs. 4.202 million) and +206,000 for the first half-hour (3.917 million vs. 3.711 million). Among Women 18-49, the second half-hour was up +0.04 week-to-week (0.38 rating vs. 0.34 rating) and up +0.03 year-over-year (0.38 rating vs. 0.35 rating), while the first half-hour was up +0.01 week-to-week 0.33 rating vs. 0.32 rating) and up +0.03 year-over-year (0.33 rating vs. 0.30 rating). Meanwhile, among Women 25-54, the second half-hour was up +0.06 week-to-week (0.59 rating vs. 0.53 rating) and +0.08 year-over-year (0.59 rating vs. 0.51 rating), while the first half-hour was flat week-to-week (0.50 rating) and up +0.06 year-over-year (0.50 rating vs. 0.44 rating).

“The View” tied its second-best performance of the season among Women 18-49 (0.27 rating) and marked its third-best performance of the season among Women 25-54 (0.37 rating). Among Total Viewers, the talk show was the only program across daytime broadcast to see a week-to-week decline, albeit down just -40,000 viewers (2.570 million vs. 2.610 million). That said, compared to the same week last year, the program was up by +160,000 viewers, up +0.08 among Women 18-49 (0.27 rating vs. 0.19 rating) and up +0.07 among Women 25-54 (0.37 rating vs. 0.30 rating).

Averaging 1.535 million viewers, “GMA3” saw its most-watched week since the week of January 20-24, 2025, and its largest overall since dropping the “What You Need to Know” moniker in June 2025. The program tied “Beyond the Gates” with a 0.17 rating among Women 18-49.

The second half-hour of “Let’s Make a Deal” marked a new season high among Women 18-49 (0.28 rating), ranking third for the week, and up +0.05 week-to-week and up +0.07 year-over-year. Among Women 25-54 (0.36 rating), the second half-hour was up by the same amount week-to-week and year-over-year, and gained +179,000 viewers compared to its performance one week earlier (2.608 million vs. 2.429 million). The first half-hour was also up week-to-week and year-over-year among Women 18-49 (0.22 rating), up +0.02 and +0.03, respectively, and Women 25-54 (0.31 rating), up +0.02 and +0.05, respectively. The first half-hour averaged 2.196 million viewers, up +134,000 from one week earlier.

Wrap-Up

What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows performed during the week of January 12-16, 2026 among Women 18-49 rating, Women 25-54 rating, Households and Total Viewers, including week-to-week and year-over-year comparisons (where available).

Note*: Figures under the 2025 column for “TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle” are compared with the performance of its predecessor, “TODAY with Jenna & Friends.” “GMA3” is compared with its predecessor, “GMA3: What You Need to Know.” CBS aired repeats of “The Price is Right” (figures unavailable) following the conclusion of “The Talk.” Unless otherwise stated, 2025 comparisons, specifically among Households and Total Viewers, were unavailable to this publication for most daytime broadcast shows until February 2025.

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

Week of January 12-16, 2026 Rankers

Women 18-49 Rating

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2025*
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.38	0.34	0.35
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.33	0.32	0.30
3. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.28	0.23	0.21
4. The View (ABC)	0.27	0.24	0.19
5. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.22	0.22	0.22
— Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.22	0.20	0.19
7. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.21	0.20	0.26
8. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.20	0.24	0.22
— TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle (NBC) – P	0.20	0.21	0.20*
10. General Hospital (ABC)	0.18	0.21	0.19
11. GMA3 (ABC)	0.17	0.18	0.13*
— Beyond the Gates (CBS)	0.17	0.13	N/A*
13. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.12	0.12	0.14

Women 18-49 Rating (Rounded)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2025*
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.4	0.3	0.4
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.3
— Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.3	0.2	0.2
— The View (ABC)	0.3	0.2	0.2
5. 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
— TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.2	0.2	0.3
— The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.2	0.2	0.2
— TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle (NBC) – P	0.2	0.2	0.2*
— General Hospital (ABC)	0.2	0.2	0.2
— GMA3 (ABC)	0.2	0.2	0.1*
— Beyond the Gates (CBS)	0.2	0.1	N/A*
13. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.1	0.1	0.1

Women 25-54 Rating

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2025*
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.59	0.53	0.51
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.50	0.50	0.44
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.37	0.37	0.43
— The View (ABC)	0.37	0.33	0.30
5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.36	0.31	0.29
6. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.35	0.33	0.41
7. TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle (NBC) – P	0.31	0.30	0.31*
— Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.31	0.29	0.26
9. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.29	0.32	0.37
10. General Hospital (ABC)	0.26	0.26	0.32
— Beyond the Gates (CBS)	0.26	0.21	N/A*
12. GMA3 (ABC)	0.22	0.23	0.22*
13. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.19	0.19	0.22

Women 25-54 Rating (Rounded)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2025*
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.6	0.5	0.5
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.5	0.5	0.4
3. 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	0.3	0.3
— TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.4	0.3	0.4
7. TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle (NBC) – P	0.3	0.3	0.3*
— Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.3
— The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.4
— General Hospital (ABC)	0.3	0.3	0.3
— Beyond the Gates (CBS)	0.3	0.2	N/A*
12. GMA3 (ABC)	0.2	0.2	0.2*
— NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.2	0.2	0.2

Households

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2025*
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	2.7	2.5	N/A*
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	2.4	2.3	N/A*
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	1.9	1.8	N/A*
4. The View (ABC)	1.7	1.7	1.7
— The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	1.7	1.6	N/A*
6. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	1.6	1.5	N/A*
7. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	1.4	1.3	1.4
8. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	1.3	1.3	N/A*
— General Hospital (ABC)	1.3	1.3	N/A*
10. Beyond the Gates (CBS)	1.1	1.0	N/A*
11. TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle (NBC) – P	1.0	0.9	1.0*
12. GMA3 (ABC)	0.9	0.9	N/A*
— NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.9	0.9	0.8

Total Viewers (In Millions)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2025*
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	4,510	4,202	N/A*
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	3,917	3,711	N/A*
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	2,994	2,865	N/A*
4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	2,623	2,484	N/A*
5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	2,608	2,429	N/A*
6. The View (ABC)	2,570	2,610	2,410
7. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	2,196	2,062	N/A
8. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	2,013	1,954	2,067
9. General Hospital (ABC)	2,047	2,041	N/A
10. Beyond the Gates (CBS)	1,651	1,533	N/A*
11. GMA3 (ABC)	1,535	1,479	1,460*
12. TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle (NBC) – P	1,463	1,355	1,442*
13. NBC News Daily (NBC)	1,355	1,325	1,222

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)

• There were no preemptions and/or schedule changes reported by Nielsen during the week of January 12-16, 2026.