Here are the ratings for the week of 9/14 to 9/18 courtesy of Soap Opera Network (SON).

TOTAL VIEWERS
#1) Y&R - 5.00 Million (+4,000)
#2) B&B - 3.34 Million (+116,000)
#3) DAYS - 2.87 Million (+150,000)
#4) GH - 2.70 Million (-85,000)
#5) GL - 2.60 Million (+512,000)
#6) AMC - 2.59 Million (+137,000)
#7) OLTL - 2.56 Million (+83,000)
#8) ATWT - 2.48 Million (+140,000)

HOUSEHOLDS
#1) Y&R - 3.6 (Same)
#2) B&B - 2.4 (Same)
#3) DAYS - 2.1 (+.1)
#4) OLTL - 2.0 (+.1)
#4) GH - 2.0 (-.1)
#6) GL - 1.9 (+.4)
#6) AMC - 1.9 (Same)
#8) ATWT - 1.8 (Same)

WOMEN 18-49 DEMOGRAPHICS: VIEWERS
#1) Y&R - 1.11 Million (-5,000)
#2) DAYS - 901 Thousand (+132,000)
#3) GH - 868 Thousand (-63,000)
#4) OLTL - 758 Thousand (+10,000)
#5) AMC - 729 Thousand (+72,000)
#6) B&B - 676 Thousand (-23,000)
#7) GL - 637 Thousand (+152,000)
#8) ATWT - 553 Thousand (-3,000)

WOMEN 18-49 DEMOGRAPHICS: RATING
#1) Y&R - 1.7 (Same)
#2) DAYS - 1.4 (+.2)
#3) GH - 1.3 (-.1)
#4) AMC - 1.1 (+.1)
#4) OLTL - 1.1 (Same)
#6) GL - 1.0 (+.3)
#6) B&B - 1.0 (-.1) *ALL-TIME LOW*
#8) ATWT - 0.8 (Same)

WOMEN 18-34 DEMOGRAPHICS
#1) Y&R - 1.2 (Same)
#2) DAYS - 0.9 (Same)
#2) AMC - 0.9 (+.1)
#2) GH - 0.9 (-.1)
#2) OLTL - 0.9 (Same)
#6) B&B - 0.7 (-.1)
#7) GL - 0.6 (+.1)
#8) ATWT - 0.5 (-.1)

GIRLS 12-17 DEMOGRAPHICS
#1) GH - 0.46 (-6,000)
#2) OLTL - 0.26 (-6,000)
#3) GL - 0.25 (+22,000)
#4) DAYS - 0.23 (+4,000)
#5) Y&R - 0.21 (+8,000)
#6) ATWT - 0.16 (+11,000)
#7) B&B - 0.11 (-6,000)
#8) AMC - 0.09 (-2,000)

MALES 18+ DEMOGRAPHICS
#1) Y&R - 1.18 Million (-12,000)
#2) B&B - 732 Thousand (+78,000)
#3) DAYS - 575 Thousand (+16,000)
#4) AMC - 556 Thousand (+78,000)
#5) GL - 554 Thousand (+155,000)
#6) ATWT - 516 Thousand (+100,000)
#7) OLTL - 494 Thousand (+72,000)
#8) GH - 493 Thousand (-9,000)

DAY TO DAY RATINGS

AMC
Monday: 2.1/2,755,000
Tuesday: 1.9/2,499,000
Wednesday: 2.0/2,541,000
Thursday: 1.9/2,512,000
Friday: 2.0/2,686,000

ATWT
Monday: 1.7/2,192,000
Tuesday: 1.7/2,392,000
Wednesday: 2.0/2,722,000
Thursday: 1.8/2,610,000
Friday: 1.9/2,523,000

B&B
Monday: 2.5/3,230,000
Tuesday: 2.4/3,455,000
Wednesday: 2.5/3,412,000
Thursday: 2.4/3,337,000
Friday: 2.4/3,297,000

DAYS
Monday: 2,1/2,771,000
Tuesday: 2.2/3,060,000
Wednesday: 2.2/2,935,000
Thursday: 2.2/2,910,000
Friday: 1.9/2,673,000

GH
Monday: 2.2/2,952,000
Tuesday: 2.0/2,664,000
Wednesday: 2.1/2,682,000
Thursday: 1.9/2,628,000
Friday: 2.0/2,584,000

GL
Monday: 1.5/2,045,000
Tuesday: 1.7/2,454,000
Wednesday: 2.0/2,746,000
Thursday: 1.9/2,792,000
Friday: 2.2/2,975,000

OLTL
Monday: 2.2/2,881,000
Tuesday: 1.9/2,513,000
Wednesday: 2.1/2,552,000
Thursday: 1.8/2,436,000
Friday: 1.8/2,429,000

Y&R
Monday: 3.7/4,842,000
Tuesday: 3.6/5,059,000
Wednesday: 3.6/5,053,000
Thursday: 3.5/4,958,000
Friday: 3.6/5,100,000

This goes to show that there are viewers who are willing to watch these shows. They just need to be given why. IS GL the only soap that went up in the ratings its last week? I seem to recall the others going down in the ratings.

I think you're right, Crystal, about other soaps never gaining their final week. GL was #3 for the day on Friday, imagine that!! There was an audience out there for GL, but the shoddy storytelling, starting with Maureen's death in 93, lead to its ultimate demise. I wish CBS could see they could still save ATWT, but they are going to have to rid themselves of CG & JP. Of course, that's not going to happen, so get used to last place Oakdale cuz that's where you are going to be until the ax falls.

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Originally posted by Crystal:
This goes to show that there are viewers who are willing to watch these shows. They just need to be given why. IS GL the only soap that went up in the ratings its last week? I seem to recall the others going down in the ratings.

I think the usual GL fans tuned in, of course. However, I also think non GL fans tuned in at the request of some soap sources to watch out of respect for the show itself respect for the genre of daytime tv. And some, I'm sure, watched out of curiosity to see how it would end.

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Originally posted by Allan:
I think you're right, Crystal, about other soaps never gaining their final week. GL was #3 for the day on Friday, imagine that!! There was an audience out there for GL, but the shoddy storytelling, starting with Maureen's death in 93, lead to its ultimate demise. I wish CBS could see they could still save ATWT, but they are going to have to rid themselves of CG & JP. Of course, that's not going to happen, so get used to last place Oakdale cuz that's where you are going to be until the ax falls.

ANOTHER WORLD had a pretty huge finale week, I believe they beat quite a few shows that were typically ahead of them in the ratings. I wanna say AW landed 4th for its final week, right up from 2nd last place in the ratings. They did very well.

PASSIONS, PORT CHARLES, THE CITY, LOVING and SUNSET BEACH did not get the kind of increases that GL or AW got...which makes sense since all of those shows were unable to amass such a huge following and really none of them were on the same iconic level as AW and especially GL.