Soap Opera Nielsen Ratings: 'General Hospital' Up, 'Days of our Lives' Hits New Lows

The Live + Same Day daytime Nielsen ratings are in for July 24-28, 2017. Versus the previous week, General Hospital was up on total viewers (+77K), and with females age 18-49 (+15K), 18-34 (+3K) and 25-54 (+35K). Days of our Lives hit new record lows with female viewers age 18-49 (282,000) and 18-34 (48,000).

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 4,397,000 (-61,000/-228,000)
2. The Bold and the Beautiful 3,348,000 (-128,000/-339,000)
3. General Hospital 2,436,000 (+77,000/-241,000)
4. Days of our Lives 1,976,000 (+1,000/-212,000)

Women 18-49 Viewers
1. The Young and the Restless 499,000 (-18,000/-94,000)
2. The Bold and the Beautiful 396,000 (-22,000/-81,000)
3. General Hospital 379,000 (+15,000/-48,000)
4. Days of our Lives 282,000 (-8,000/-69,000)

Women 18-34 Viewers
1. The Young and the Restless 109,000 (-3,000/-24,000)
2. The Bold and the Beautiful 96,000 (+2,000/-17,000)
3. General Hospital 88,000 (+3,000/-28,000)
4. Days of our Lives 48,000 (-2,000/-41,000)

Women 25-54 Viewers
1. The Young and the Restless 782,000 (-41,000/-81,000)
2. The Bold and the Beautiful 621,000 (-25,000/-105,000)
3. General Hospital 555,000 (+35,000/-57,000)
4. Days of our Lives 388,000 (+1,000/-78,000)

On Pop TV, same-day repeats of CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless made the cable Top 150 rankings on Thursday. (429,000 viewers). The Bold and the Beautiful did not make the cable Top 150 during the week. For the latest Pop's soap opera ratings, visit our Pop TV Ratings Hub.

(Daytime ratings via SON)

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