Thursday, April 24, 2008

Evening News

Daytime Nielsen ratings for the Week of April 14-18, 2008
From the ABC press release:
* For the seventh straight week, "General Hospital" stood as Daytime's No. 1 program in Women 18-34 (1.1 rating/364,000), and placed a strong No. 2 in Women 18-49 (1.5 rating/1.00 million).

* In Women 18-49, ABC was home to 3 of Daytime's Top 5 programs: "General Hospital" (#2, 1.5 rating/1.00 million), "The View" (#4T, 1.3 rating/862,000) and "One Life to Live" (#4T, 1.3 rating/841,000).

* In Women 18-34, ABC owned 3 of Daytime's Top 5 programs: "General Hospital" (#1, 1.1 rating/364,000), "One Life to Live" (#4, 0.9 rating/296,000) and "The View" (#5T, 1.0 rating/327,000).

* In direct competition, "General Hospital" more than doubled CBS' "Guiding Light" (3:00 - 4:00 p.m.) in Women 18-34 (109% - 364,000 vs. 174,000), and surpassed the time period competitor by a considerable 40% in Women 18-49 (1.00 million vs. 715,000) and by 16% in Total Viewers (2.82 million vs. 2.43 million).

Following are the Daytime Lineup averages, plus Top 5 Programs Ranks - Week of April 14-18, 2008:
Daytime Rank:  Total Viewers    Women 18-49 (Rtg/000s)
No. 1 CBS 3.67 million No. 1 NBC 1.4/950,000
No. 2 ABC 2.75 million No. 2 ABC 1.3/875,000
No. 3 NBC 2.72 million No. 2 CBS 1.3/836,000


Top 5 Daytime Programs in Women 18-49 (rank based on rating)
Program Net Rtg/000s
The Young & the Restless CBS 1.7 /1.12 million
General Hospital ABC 1.5/1.00 million
Days of Our Lives NBC 1.4/950,000
The View ABC 1.3/862,000
Bold and the Beautiful CBS 1.3/844,000
One Life to Live ABC 1.3/841,000
As the World Turns CBS 1.3/827,000

Interview with DAYS actress Kristen Renton
On playing her character Morgan: "I'm still everyday kind of finding new quirks about her and that's part of the fun of it all to be honest. She's quite feisty and every now and then there's a new little thing I find out about her. But we're a lot alike in a lot of different ways, so I do feel like I know her."

Ne-Yo to appear on ALL MY CHILDREN
Ne-Yo is coming closer to Pine Valley. The singer-songwriter will perform his songs "Closer" and "Stop This World" during an ALL MY CHILDREN guest stint set to air May 21 and May 22. Ne-Yo will appear on the ABC daytime soap during the long anticipated second wedding of Angie and Jesse Hubbard, the supercouple played by Debbi Morgan and Darnell Williams.

The Hoff in the Hospital
According to his publicist, Judy Katz, former THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS star David Hasselhoff was admitted to the UCLA Medical Center this past Saturday to have something removed from above his eye. "He's fine, he had something removed, he's coming out tonight," Katz said to the Associated Press on Monday, not elaborating on what he had removed. Hasselhoff is still in the hospital, though, according to his assistant, who drove him there.

Elwood back to ATWT
Alex Charak will reprise his role as Elwood on AS THE WORLD TURNS on May 6.

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