I've noticed that no one has been posting the soap ratings here, so I decided to start doing it. Here are the latest ratings!

Week of January 19 - 23, 2004
1. The Young & the Restless (CBS, 4.6/15)
2. Days of Our Lives (NBC, 3.6/11)
3. The Bold & the Beautiful (CBS, 3.5/11)
4. As the World Turns (CBS, 3.2/10)
5. General Hospital (ABC, 3.1/9)
6. All My Children (ABC, 2.8/9)
6. One Life to Live (ABC, 2.8/9)
8. Guiding Light (CBS, 2.5/8)
9. Passions (NBC, 2.2/7)

And, for the record...

Week of January 12 - 16, 2004
1. The Young & the Restless (CBS, 4.5)
2. The Bold & the Beautiful (CBS, 3.4)
3. General Hospital (ABC, 3.2)
4. Days of Our Lives (NBC, 3.1)
5. As the World Turns (CBS, 3.0)
6. All My Children (ABC, 2.9)
6. One Life to Live (ABC, 2.9)
8. Guiding Light (CBS, 2.5)
9. Passions (NBC, 1.9)

Source: Soap Opera Network (http://www.soapoperanetwork.com/boards/index.php?showtopic=2759)

Be careful! Neilsen will hunt you down and kill you for doing this

From nbcmv:

Last week, "Days" (3.1 rating, 18 share among women 18-49, 3.5/21 among women 18-34) earned a 3.1 rating or higher for two weeks in a row for the first time since the weeks of June 10-14 and 17-21, 2002. Also, no daytime series on any network has earned a 3 rating or higher two weeks in a row since February 2003. Last week, "Days" was #1 in the valuable women 18-34 category for the 443rd time in 445 weeks. "Days" also topped the women 25-54 category (2.9/16) for the second week in a row. Prior to this two-week period, the last time "Days" was #1 among women 25-54 was the week of July 8-12, 2002.

Passions" (1.8/11 among women 18-49, 2.1/12 among women 18-34) tied for #7 among women 18-49 last week, was #2 among women 18-34 and women 18-24 (2.2/15) and #1 among females 12-17 (0.9/11).

According to in-home viewing figures from Nielsen Media Research, for the week of Feb. 2-6, averages among women 18-49 were: NBC, a 2.5 rating, 15 share; ABC, 2.1/13; CBS, 1.8/11. Women 18-34 averages were: NBC, 2.8/17; ABC, 1.7/10; CBS, 1.4/9. Women 18-24 results were: NBC, 2.5/18; ABC, 1.3/10; CBS, 0.9/7. In total viewers, averages were: CBS, 4.7 million; ABC, 3.9 million; NBC, 3.8 million.


Although Passions is not a ratings dynamo, it clearly does very well in younger viewers and will be around for a long time to come, as here's the proof, Passions haters!