‘Beyond The Gates’ Marks Season High Among Total Viewers, ‘General Hospital’ Sets Season Low – RATINGS

During the week of October 26-30, 2026, “Beyond the Gates” (1.790 million) and “General Hospital” (1.813 million) were separated by just 23,000 viewers, marking the smallest gap on record between the two soaps among Total Viewers. Meanwhile, the second half-hour of “Let’s Make a Deal” set a new season high among viewers, and “The Young and the Restless” continues its successful run on top among soaps in Women 18-49 and Women 25-54.

Beyond The Gates Ratings

With 1.790 million viewers tuning in, “Beyond the Gates” not only set a new season high among Total Viewers, but the soap opera attracted its fourth-largest audience on record and marked its best performance since the week of June 8-12, 2026, which featured a crossover with “The Young and the Restless.” Additionally, the series was one of only three to see week-to-week gains, up +22,000, and saw the largest year-over-year gain across the daypart, up +267,000 viewers (1.790 million vs. 1.523 million). In Households, the soap was on par with its week-ago performance (1.2 rating), while up +0.2 year-over-year (1.2 rating vs. 1.0 rating)l, and topped “General Hospital” for the first time ever in the category (1.2 rating vs. 1.1 rating).

In the key demos, the program was up +0.01 week-to-week among Women 18-49 (0.21 rating vs. 0.20 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.30 rating vs. 0.29 rating), and saw significant gains year-over-year, up +0.07 in Women 18-49 (0.21 rating vs. 0.14 rating) and +0.06 in Women 25-54 (0.30 rating vs. 0.24 rating).

Beyond The Gates Top 10 Weeks Among Total Viewers

1. Week of January 26-30, 2026 (1.859 million)
2. Week of February 24-28, 2025 (1.810 million)
3. Week of June 8-12, 2026 (1.796 million)
4. Week of October 26-30, 2026 (1.790 million)
5. Week of June 22-26, 2026 (1.788 million)
6. Week of June 15-19, 2026 (1.786 million)
7. Week of October 12-16, 2026 (1.782 million)
8. Week of February 23-27, 2026 (1.781 million)
9. Week of October 19-23, 2026 (1.768 million)
10. Week of September 28 – October 2, 2026 (1.765 million)
11. Week of October 5-9, 2026 (1.756 million)
12. Week of March 3-7, 2025 (1.740 million)

Eight of the top 10 most-watched weeks for “Beyond the Gates” were achieved during the show’s current second season, which began airing in January 2026. Season 3 kicks off on Tuesday, December 29.

General Hospital Ratings

Though it set a new season low among Total Viewers with 1.813 million tuning in, “General Hospital” was up +0.04 week-to-week among Women 18-49 (0.17 rating vs. 0.13 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.26 rating vs. 0.22 rating), while also marking year-over-year growth of +0.01 in Women 18-49 (0.17 rating vs. 0.16 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.26 rating vs. 0.25 rating). Among Households, the long-running soap opera hit a 1.1 rating, its lowest since the week of November 10-14, 2025, a week that was impacted by the Disney/YouTube TV carriage dispute, with “Beyond the Gates” topping the series for the first time (1.2 rating vs. 1.1 rating).

“General Hospital” was down 56,000 viewers week-to-week (1.813 million vs. 1.869 million) and down 22,000 year-over-year (1.813 million vs. 1.835 million).

The Young And The Restless Ratings

“The Young and the Restless” saw the largest year-over-year gains among Women 18-49 (0.28 rating vs. 0.19 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.43 rating vs. 0.35 rating), up +0.09 in the former and +0.08 in the latter, while down 0.01 week-to-week among Women 18-49 (0.28 rating vs. 0.29 rating) and down 0.04 among Women 25-54 (0.43 rating vs. 0.47 rating).

Flat with its week-ago performance among Households (2.1 rating), the long-running soap opera was up +0.2 year-over-year (2.1 rating vs. 1.9 rating), and with 3.189 million viewers tuning in, saw a year-over-year gain of +248,000 viewers, the second-largest across daytime. That said, it was down 93,000 viewers week-to-week (3.189 million vs. 3.282 million).

The Bold And The Beautiful Ratings

“The Bold and the Beautiful” (2.696 million) had the smallest drop week-to-week among Total Viewers, down 30,000, but saw week-to-week and year-over-year gains among Women 18-49 and Women 25-54.

Compared to its performance one week earlier, the half-hour soap was up +0.01 among Women 18-49 (0.24 rating vs. 0.23 rating) and up +0.02 among Women 25-54 (0.38 rating vs. 0.36 rating). Compared to the same week last year, it was up +0.04 among Women 18-49 (0.24 rating vs. 0.20 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.38 rating vs. 0.34 rating).

Wrap-Up

What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows performed during the week of October 26-30, 2026, in Women 18-49 rating, Women 25-54 rating, Households and Total Viewers, including week-to-week and year-over-year comparisons.

Note*: Starting with the 2025-2026 television season, Nielsen ratings are based on the Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel model. Additionally, as of August 31, 2026, the service made “key enhancements” to improve its accuracy for the 2026-2027 television season by correcting timing delays in survey data.

This Week vs. 2025 comparisons for “TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle” are based on the prior performances of its predecessor, “TODAY with Jenna & Friends.”

October 26-30, 2026 Rankers (Week #6)

Women 18-49 Rating

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2025
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.37	0.36	0.32
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.33	0.31	0.26
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.28	0.29	0.19
4. The View (ABC)	0.27	0.22	0.22
5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.26	0.20	0.20
6. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.24	0.23	0.20
— TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.24	0.24	0.24
8. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.23	0.18	0.17
9. TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle (NBC)	0.21	0.21	0.19
— Beyond the Gates (CBS)	0.21	0.20	0.14
11. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.19	0.15	0.15
12. General Hospital (ABC)	0.17	0.13	0.16
13. GMA3 (ABC)	0.13	0.14	0.14

Women 18-49 Rating (Rounded)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2025
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.3
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.3
— The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.2
— The View (ABC)	0.3	0.2	0.2
— Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.3	0.2	0.2
6. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.2	0.2	0.2
— TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.2	0.2	0.2
— Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.2	0.2	0.2
— TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle (NBC)	0.2	0.2	0.2
— Beyond the Gates (CBS)	0.2	0.2	0.1
— NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.2	0.2	0.2
— General Hospital (ABC)	0.2	0.1	0.2
13. GMA3 (ABC)	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)	0.57	0.59	0.54
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	0.51	0.52	0.45
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.43	0.47	0.35
4. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.39	0.35	0.33
5. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.38	0.36	0.34
6. The View (ABC)	0.35	0.31	0.32
— TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.35	0.41	0.37
— Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.35	0.31	0.28
9. Beyond the Gates (CBS)	0.30	0.29	0.24
10. TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle (NBC)	0.29	0.32	0.29
11. General Hospital (ABC)	0.26	0.22	0.25
12. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.24	0.23	0.22
13. GMA3 (ABC)	0.19	0.20	0.20

Women 25-54 Rating (Rounded)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2025
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. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	0.4	0.5	0.4
— Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.3
— The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	0.4	0.4	0.3
— The View (ABC)	0.4	0.3	0.3
— TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	0.4	0.4	0.4
— Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	0.4	0.3	0.3
9. Beyond the Gates (CBS)	0.3	0.3	0.2
— TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle (NBC)	0.3	0.3	0.3
— General Hospital (ABC)	0.3	0.2	0.3
12. NBC News Daily (NBC)	0.2	0.2	0.2
— GMA3 (ABC)	0.2	0.2	0.2

Households

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2025
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	2.7	2.7	2.5
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	2.4	2.4	2.2
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	2.1	2.1	1.9
4. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	1.8	1.8	1.6
5. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	1.7	1.7	1.5
— The View (ABC)	1.7	1.6	1.6
7. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	1.4	1.5	1.3
8. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	1.3	1.3	1.3
9. Beyond the Gates (CBS)	1.2	1.2	1.0
10. General Hospital (ABC)	1.1	1.2	1.2
11. NBC News Daily (NBC)	1.0	1.0	1.0
12. GMA3 (ABC)	0.9	0.9	0.8
— TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle (NBC)	0.9	0.9	0.9

Total Viewers (In Millions)

Rank / Show / Network	This Week	Last Week	2025
1. The Price is Right 2 (CBS)	4,414	4,549	4,242
2. The Price is Right 1 (CBS)	3,919	3,974	3,703
3. The Young and the Restless (CBS)	3,189	3,282	2,941
4. Let’s Make a Deal 2 (CBS)	2,728	2,772	2,540
5. The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)	2,696	2,726	2,553
6. The View (ABC)	2,579	2,521	2,374
7. Let’s Make a Deal 1 (CBS)	2,360	2,349	2,143
8. TODAY 3rd Hour (NBC)	1,929	2,042	2,035
9. General Hospital (ABC)	1,813	1,869	1,835
10. Beyond the Gates (CBS)	1,790	1,768	1,523
11. NBC News Daily (NBC)	1,539	1,640	1,432
12. GMA3 (ABC)	1,422	1,469	1,300
13. TODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle (NBC)	1,380	1,429	1,374

LEGEND

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

About Nielsen Ratings

Rating: Estimated percentage of U.S. TV viewers (demographics, households, etc.) tuned in to a specific television program during an average minute.

Methods: As of September 22, 2025, 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.

Starting in early 2026, Nielsen introduced the Advertising Research Foundation’s Latency Adjusted DASH UE (Universe Estimate) survey into its reporting, and as of August 31, 2026, the service has made “key enhancements” to improve its accuracy by correcting timing delays in survey data. Universe estimates are, as the name implies, an approximation of the total number of households or persons in a particular category – in this case, media consumption capabilities of U.S. homes. While previous DASH UEs were based on 2024 survey data, Nielsen is now updating them to reflect more recent trends in consumer behavior.  

Shift: 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.

Preemptions/Schedule Changes

• No preemptions or schedule changes were reported by Nielsen during the week of October 26-30, 2026.