GL finale does remarkably well in ratings

Edited: 9/26/09

from the Suds Report

GL finale does remarkably well!

The full Nielsen Ratings haven’t all materialized yet, but Suds Report called a few our favourite producers to find out what GL’s finale did. The last week in Springield reportedly netted 1.9 overall! Not bad, huh? Also, although fans are livid over Y&R’s decision to kill off legacy character, Colleen, the top soap earned a 3.6! And GH nabbed third place with a 2.1! Preliminary results suggest that most of the soaps increased their numbers. Get the full list in Soapgeist on Monday.

from "We Love Soaps "

I did find the numbers on the " We Love Soaps " site. CBS did not put out a press release on it's numbers. I wonder why? Probably feelin guilty!


Daytime Nielsen Ratings Week of Sept. 14-18, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009 Posted by Roger Newcomb
Labels: Ratings
From the ABC/NBC press releases:

Women 18-49 Rating/Viewers by Network
1. NBC 1.4/901,000
2. ABC 1.3/838,000
3. CBS 1.1/729,000

Ratings/Viewers Women 18-34
1. Y&R 1.2
(THE VIEW 1.1/381,000)
2. DAYS 0.9/TBD
2. GH 0.9/315,000
2. OLTL 0.9/307,000
2. AMC 0.9/301,000
6. B&B 0.7
7. GL 0.6
8. ATWT 0.6

Total Viewers by Network
1. CBS 3.59 million
2. ABC 2.99 million
3. NBC 2.87 million

UPDATE: From Soap Opera Network:
During the week of September 14-18, 2009, GUIDING LIGHT drew an average of 2.6 million viewers and a 1.9/6 in households, placing it third in viewers and seventh in households. On Friday, September 18, 2009, 3 million viewers watched the final episode of GUIDING LIGHT placing its third for the day amongst all soaps. The series was seen in 2.2 million households with 6% of all available televisions tuned into GUIDING LIGHT during the soaps timeslot. The series finale was the most watched episode of GUIDING LIGHT since the Friday, March 2, 2007 telecast.

Total Viewers (versus last week/last year)
1. Y&R 5,002,000 (+4,000/+239,000)
2. B&B 3,346,000 (+116,000/-152,000)
3. DAYS 2,870,000 (+150,000/+547,000)
4. GH 2,702,000 (-85,000/-230,000)
5. GL 2,602,000 (+512,000/+572,000)
6. AMC 2,598,000 (+137,000/+68,000)
7. OLTL 2,562,000 (+83,000/+2,000)
8. ATWT 2,488,000 (+140,000/-149,000)

Household Rating (versus last week/last year)
1. Y&R 3.6/13 (same/+.1)
2. B&B 2.4/8 (same/-.2)
3. DAYS 2.1/7 (+.1/+.3)
4. OLTL 2.0/7 (+.1/same)
4. GH 2.0/6 (-.1/-.2)
6. AMC 1.9/7 (same/same)
6. GL 1.9/6 (+.4/+.4)
8. ATWT 1.8/6 (same/-.2)

Women 18-49 Rating
1. Y&R 1.7/11 (same/same)
2. DAYS 1.4/9 (+.2/+.3)
3. GH 1.3/8 (-.1/-.2)
4. AMC 1.1/7 (+.1/-.1)
4. OLTL 1.1/7 (same/-.2)
6. B&B 1.0/7 (-.1/-.3) <------- ties low rating (Last time: August 31 - September 4, 2009)
6. GL 1.0/6 (+.3/+.1)
8. ATWT 0.8/5 (same/-.3)

Women 18-49 Viewers
1. Y&R 1,118,000 (-5,000/-15,000)
2. DAYS 901,000 (+132,000/+192,000)
3. GH 868,000 (-63,000/-130,000)
4. OLTL 758,000 (+10,000/-91,000)
5. AMC 729,000 (+72,000/-59,000)
6. B&B 676,000 (-23,000/-158,000)
7. GL 637,000 (+152,000/+62,000)
8. ATWT 553,000 (-3,000/-194,000)