Soap Opera Ratings: ‘Days Of Our Lives’ Final Week On NBC… in Chart Form!
Soap Opera Ratings: ‘Days Of Our Lives’ Final Week On NBC… in Chart Form!

Soap Opera Ratings: ‘Days Of Our Lives’ Final Week On NBC… in Chart Form!
The latest ratings for all four daytime soap operas.
Nicholas Chavez Won Outstanding Younger Performer
‘General Hospital’ Wins Outstanding Directing Team
Jeff Kober Wins Outstanding Supporting Actor
Kelly Thiebaud Wins Outstanding Supporting Actress Jeff Kober Wins Outstanding Supporting Actor Nicholas Chavez Wins Outstanding Younger Performer GH wins its 15th Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Daytime Drama
2022 Daytime Emmy Awards Predictions Outstanding Younger Performer. Will #Sprina fans find joy or defeat? #GeneralHospital
News broke last week that former General Hospital star Steve Burton will be making a return to daytime- but not in the role that made him famous. Burton won’t be coming back to the ABC soap he spent decades on as Jason Morgan- he’ll be appearing on the upcoming second season of the Days Of…Read more
Y&R surged by nearly 200,000 viewers from last week to 3.601 million viewers. This was the hour-long CBS soap opera’s biggest audience since late January and the second-largest this year. Among women 18-49, Y&R was the only daytime drama not to show a week or week increase. However, the number one daytime drama was up 7 percent in the demographic of women 25-54 with a 0.65 rating.
B&B had the strongest week of any soap opera, especially in the demographics that advertisers are obsessed with. The half-hour CBS soap opera was up double digits in both categories, jumping from last week’s 0.31 rating in women 18-49 to a 0.36 rating. This was the second-highest-rated week of the year for B&B in the demographic. Even more impressive, the soap was up by 21 percent in women 25-54, climbing from a 0.47 to a 0.57 rating.
GH had its biggest audience in five weeks with 2.226 million viewers tuning in, up 109,000 from the previous week. The show celebrated 59 years since its premiere this past week with a small increase in women 18-49, moving up to a 031 rating in the demographic. The ABC soap had a bigger increase among women 25-54 as it jumped 10 percent to hit a 0.46 rating.
Despite being in fourth place across the board, DAYS had reason to celebrate for the second week in a row. The NBC soap opera was up 2 percent in overall viewers with 1.663 million people tuning in this past week. The trend continued in women 18-49 with an increase of 7 percent which brought DAYS to a 0.29 rating just slightly behind third-place GH. The show also managed a 3 percent increase in women 25-54 which sent it over the 0.40 mark in the demographic
February Sweeps came to close as the invasion of Ukraine impacted the schedules of all four soaps The final week of February had the potential to shake up the rankings with continued soccer-preemptions for the CBS soaps, the return of Days Of Our Lives from its two-week hiatus on NBC and a long-awaited death on…Read more
This week marked the second full week of the Olympic Games on NBC, as well as soccer preemptions of the CBS soaps on the West Coast. Last week, I posited that General Hospital might steal second place because of the fact that it would be the only daytime drama airing in some parts of the…Read more
The 2022 Winter Olympics on NBC replaced Days of Our Lives this week, but were no match for the soap operas in total viewers. The Olympics ranked in fourth place behind ‘Young and The Restless’ and ‘Bold and The Beautiful’ on CBS and ‘General Hospital’ on ABC.
Will Soccer Shake Up The Soap Opera Ratings? Soccer tournaments on CBS may shake up the soap opera ratings race. General Hospital on ABC could benefit from Young and The Restless and Bold and The Beautiful being off the air in parts of the country. If you follow the soap opera industry like I do,…Read more
There was good news for all four soap this week. ‘Young And The Restless’ continued its undefeated streak at number one in all three categories while posting large increases compared to a year ago although ‘Bold And The Beautiful’ did lose viewers from last week and last year. ‘General Hospital’ had a big bounce week-to-week…Read more
Here’s a look at how every episode of ‘Days of Our Lives’ performed this season. Overall, ‘DAYS’ is averaging 1.7 million viewers overall with a 0.26 rating in women 18-49 and 0.38 in women 25-54. Highest and Lowest Rated of the Season in Women 18-49 The highest rated episode of ‘Days of Our Lives’ in…Read more
‘Bold And The Beautiful’ & ‘General Hospital’ Add Viewers, All Soaps Fall In Demographics in Latest Soap Opera Ratings: Week of 1/28/2022
DAYS Hits Season High, CBS Soaps Bounce Back, GH Slips Slightly Here’s how each of the four daytime soap operas performed this week: Week of 1/17-1/21/22 Total Viewers(in millions) (+/-)Last Week (+/-) Last Year Young and The restless 3,672,000 (+83,000)+2% (+385,000)+12% Bold andthe beautiful 2,955,000 (+73,000)+3% (+77,000)+3% General Hospital 2,184,000 (-125,000)-5% (+169,000)+8% Days of ourlives…Read more
The littlest soap opera that could, keeps on chugging along. ’Days of Our Lives’, that had the most impressive week of all four soaps, up 119,000 viewers week-to-week. ’DAYS’, hit a season high with a massive 1.909 million viewers tuning in to see Johnny possessed by the Devil. That was an increase of 7 percent…Read more
2021-2022 season-To-Date (Weeks #1 to 17) Here’s how each of the four soap operas currently airing in daytime have performed every week so far this season. The season highs so far this season are highlighted in green and the season low are highlighted in red. 2021-2022 season-To-Date (Weeks #1 to 17) Compared to 2020-2021 (Weeks…Read more
Television In Transition The average American doesn’t watch television like they once did, that is, if they even watch TV at all. The days of viewers reliably tuning in to the networks during primetime from Labor Day through Memorial Day are a thing of the past. However, the media conglomerates that owned the networks eventually…Read more
CBS Soaps Get Coal For Christmas Last week was a snoozefest in the ratings for this soap opera fan- but man, the week of Christmas brought the excitement. It may be halfway through January, but it feels like Christmas to me! Both ‘GH’ and ‘DAYS’ made Santa’s list for their networks, who are sure to…Read more
Soaps have a slow week heading into XMAS This was not the worst week for the four remaining soap operas- not by a long shot. Although there were some declines for every soap opera, these shows have seen worse. Compared to last year, every show is either building or maintaining its overall audience to some…Read more
‘Days of Our Lives’ is having its moment and could be saving the genre as we know it. This soap opera blogger and die-hard ‘General Hospital’ fan couldn’t be happier- or more jealous. I have to say this: I would not have bet in a million years that ‘Days Of Our Lives” would be in…Read more
Check out last week’s ratings here And if you are curious about how well are doing compared to past years, I got you covered. You can check out the last seven season’s worth of soap ratings here. And if you want to see how a certain former GH cast member impacted ratings click here and…Read more