As longtime television viewers know, soap operas filled the networks’ daytime schedules. Today, only four of them remain — The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS), Days of Our Lives (NBC), General Hospital (ABC), and The Young and the Restless (CBS). Their ratings are a fraction of what they used to be, even just a few years ago, so it can feel like they’re on borrowed time. How long will these four survive? That will likely have a lot to do with the ratings. Stay tuned.
Note: Each network measures the success of its own programming. Still, it’s fun to see how the four remaining soap operas rank against each other.
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Season-to-date averages are compared to previous season averages. Raw data courtesy Soap Opera Network.
What do you think? Are you surprised by any of the ratings? Which shows should be doing better? Which one do you think will be cancelled next?
I think soaps are getting to be a thing of the past. The storylines used to be interesting but no longer. I watched As the World Turns for many years and really liked the stories. I seldom actually watch The Young and Restless but I read summaries of the show episodes.
Stopped wathching the show. terrible writing same stupid story. not worth the time.
I am guessing many of you berating the long-standing soaps are young and bored. Go watch something else then. The only soap I really hate is Bold and beautiful. Talk about boring, they have spent the last 2 weeks reiterating Finn and Steph’s reunion to the point of boring. And just dragging out the rest with such slowness it’s not worth watching more than twice a week if that. GH is my favorite and for those that don’t like it, just watch something else. There is no need to run it into the ground. I’m long retired and still look… Read more »
IF YOU DONT BELEVE ME/GO TO B/B RATING THROUGHT CBS/
ON BOLDAND THE BEAUITFUL THE RATING WENT DOWN/IT -25%DOWN THE MELL 6 WEEKS IN A ROLL IT BEEN-0.00% AND 6/22 IT 1.46% AND OLLY 30 NO 35%
I think General Hospital is thumbs down. I just wish someone would euthanize it and get it over with. All the actors are ready for social security or if not not far off. I imagine Tony Geary was happy to be killed off from all of these so called actors. Sorry General Hospital it is hard to remember the good ole days and watch now. Shame on ABC.. I have noticed almost all of the women on the show has paid alot money for face work.. You can tell and some of them (almost all) are not that great. So… Read more »
General hospital sucks I hate nina
That parasite is really sucking the life out of the show. She’s worse than Frodd or Whiny Heiny.
My 1st Love is YOUNG & RESTLESS grew up on watching the show with my Grandmother and now I’m 64 years young and my 2nd G.H. hope they never go away & my 3rd is Bold & the Beauty full can’t wait to get my day Going.
Leave Y&R and B&B alone. Like all shows at times it gets boring. Especially when they bring on new writers that know nothing about the stories. Been watching since the first day. In fact I would like to see As The World Turns Come BACK. It is hard to watch Josh be a bad guy. But doing a good job. I actually started with soaps on the radio with my mom. Then came tv and the 15 min. shows. So leave my shows alone.
Hope they never take The Young And The Restless n The Bold And The Beautiful off because if they do then they just as well take every movie show etc off the air.
GH might as well not renew. The new writers are ruining the whole feel of the show. Might as well have Cyrus blow up PC and everyone in it and be done with it. They even changed the opening music…should have just left it alone. The ratings will continue to drop.
Explain “the whole feel of the show” please? Oh, and thanks for the positive comment.
I don’t see much of goings and comings of Days of our Lives characters are leaving the show.
Y&R is soooo boring and slow paced, I don’t understand why it is so high in the ratings..