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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. [1] The numbers provided represent the percentage of TV households in the United States watching that particular show in a year. [1]
In the 1960s daytime soap operas became more prevalent on the networks, with talk shows moving to (and thriving in) syndication during the 1970s and 1980s. Since the 1990s, both NBC and ABC have added talk shows to their network lineups, while CBS had a single talk show - The Talk - from 2010 to 2024.
Soap opera United States 57 15,762 [2] [3] June 30, 1952: September 18, 2009: General Hospital: Soap opera United States 62 15,600 [4] April 1, 1963: Currently in production Days of Our Lives: Soap opera United States 60 15,000 [5] November 8, 1965: Currently in production As the World Turns: Soap opera United States 54 13,858 [6] April 2, 1956 ...
"Tune in tomorrow," daytime's dramas implore us. And since 1949, when Irna Phillips' These Are My Children premiered, we have. But there are, and have always been, some soap operas for which we've ...
Heading into this year’s strikes-delayed Daytime Emmys ceremony, ABC’s General Hospital led the soap opera pack with 19 total nomination. On Friday night, the long-running sudser converted on ...
For the first time in decades, daytime TV might be getting another soap opera. CBS Studios and the NAACP announced on Wednesday, March 6, that they are developing The Gates, a new daytime drama ...
During the 1990s, the mob, action and adventure stories fell out of favor with producers, due to generally declining ratings for daytime soap operas at the time. With the resultant budget cuts, soap operas were no longer able to go on expensive location shoots overseas as they were able to do in the 1980s.
Nominations for the 50th annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced on Wednesday, and ABC’s General Hospital leads the soap opera pack with 19 nominations, including for Outstanding Daytime Drama ...