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- 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).
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The following is a list of television Nielsen ratings and rankings for American daytime soap operas from 1950 to the present, as compiled by Nielsen Media Research. The numbers provided represent the percentage of TV households in the United States watching that particular show in a year.
Aug 9, 2022 · With ‘Days of Our Lives’ moving to Peacock, the number of soap operas on broadcast TV has fallen by 75 percent since 1990.
- Ryan’s Hope (13 seasons, 1975–1989) This ABC soap chronicled the ups and downs of a large Irish-American family in Manhattan’s Washington Heights neighborhood, and it happened to feature a pre-CSI Marg Helgenberger and a pre-Mr.
- The Doctors (19 seasons, 1963–1982) This NBC soap — set in Hope Memorial Hospital in the fictional town of Madison — originally premiered as an anthology with new plots either every episode or every week, before going serial a year later.
- The Secret Storm (20 seasons, 1954–1974) The life of the Ames family — widower Peter and his three daughters — provided the drama in this CBS soap. In 1968, Oscar-winning actress Joan Crawford reportedly filled in for ailing daughter Christina Crawford, even though Joan was in her 60s at the time and Christina’s character was in her 20s.
- Love of Life (28 seasons, 1951–1980) The Secret Storm creator Roy Winsor also created this CBS soap two and a half years prior. The current IMDb summary says the show focuses on two siblings: long-suffering Vanessa Dale “and her bitchy sister Meg.”
Jan 31, 2024 · While GH remains the youngest skewing daytime drama at 68.1, all three of the soaps have seen their boomer fans age up this season versus last year. The GH average viewer age is up 4 percent from...
Mar 25, 2020 · Only four soaps remain on the air: Days of Our Lives, The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless. Here, the rest of the best.
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2 days ago · While soap operas once filled the networks’ daytime schedules, only three of them remain today — The Bold and the Beautiful , General Hospital , and The Young and the Restless .
Sep 23, 2023 · As longtime television viewers know, soap operas once filled the networks’ daytime schedules. Today, only three of them remain — The Bold and the Beautiful ( CBS ), General Hospital ( ABC ...
