Daytime Ratings: New All-Time Low Audience for 'Days of our Lives'

The Live + Same Day daytime Nielsen ratings are in for May 8-12, 2017. Days of our Lives was only watched by 1.943 million viewers, a new record low. General Hospital also reached a dubious new all-time low, with only 359K female viewers in the 18-49 age demographic. Both shows also reached new lows in the Women 18-34 demo.

On Pop TV, same-day repeats of CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless made the cable Top 150 rankings on Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. The Bold and the Beautiful did not appear in the Top 150 during the week. For the latest Pop's soap opera ratings, visit our Pop TV Ratings Hub.

Check out a breakdown below of the daytime soap opera Nielsen ratings by category:

Total Viewers (versus previous week/versus same week last year)
1. The Young and the Restless 4,168,000 (+3,000/-554,000)
2. The Bold and the Beautiful 3,457,000 (+110,000/-238,000)
3. General Hospital 2,325,000 (-121,000/-421,000)
4. Days of our Lives 1,943,000 (-125,000/-282,000)

Women 18-49 Viewers
1. The Young and the Restless 492,000 (same/-146,000) <—— ties low (2nd straight week) 2. The Bold and the Beautiful 413,000 (+2,000/-108,000)
3. General Hospital 359,000 (-51,000/-106,000)
4. Days of our Lives 291,000 (-37,000/-139,000)

Women 18-34 Viewers
1. The Young and the Restless 111,000 (-2,000/-56,000)
2. The Bold and the Beautiful 97,000 (-4,000/-44,000)
3. General Hospital 74,000 (-23,000/-61,000)
4. Days of our Lives 60,000 (-9,000/-41,000)

Women 25-54 Viewers
1. The Young and the Restless 776,000 (+21,000/-158,000)
2. The Bold and the Beautiful 673,000 (+17,000/-107,000)
3. General Hospital 540,000 (-45,000/-81,000)
4. Days of our Lives 397,000 (-58,000/-143,000)

(via SON)

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