(Photos: CBS & ABC)
Soap operas once filled all of the networks’ daytime schedules, but most of them were cancelled years ago. Until this year, just three remained: The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS), General Hospital (ABC), and The Young and the Restless (CBS). In 2025, CBS introduced the first new daytime network soap in 25 years, Beyond the Gates. Are these series here to stay, or are they still living on the edge? Stay tuned.
Note: Each network measures the success of its own programming. Still, it’s fun to see how the four 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?
Watching Beyond the Gates is like watching a high school play. Very unemotional and immature.
I still look at the young and the restless and now I’m looking at beyond the gates.
I watch all four of the Soaps and I’ve been very disappointed because of the ReUse of old Scripts. Maybe the writers need to start listening to the viewers because I would hate for any of them to be canceled