Daytime Nielsen Ratings - Week of August 408, 2008

From the ABC Daytime ratings release:
* ABC captured its 13th consecutive win as Daytime's No. 1 network in Women 18-49 (1.2 rating/772,000), surpassing CBS by 9% (1.1 rating/738,000) and NBC by 20% (1.0 rating/658,000).

* ABC ranked as Daytime's No. 1 network in Women 18-34 (0.8 rating/253,000), marking the 6th time in 8 weeks the Network scored the week's Top position.

* In Women 18-34, ABC ranked all programs among Daytime's Top 5 for the 18th week in a row, marking the 3rd time in 4 weeks all shows were Top 5 players: "The View" (No. 2T, 0.8 rating/269,000)*, "One life to Live" (No. 2T, 0.8 rating/254,000), "All My Children" (No. 4T, 0.7 rating/248,000) and "General Hospital" (No. 4T, 0.7 rating/241,000).

* In Women 18-49, for the 4th time in 5 weeks, all ABC shows positioned among Daytime's Top 5, representing the 18th week running the net has ranked at least 3 shows among the Elite 5: "General Hospital" (No. 2T, 1.2 rating/804,000), "One Life to Live" (No. 2T, 1.2 rating/790,000), "All My Children" (No. 4T - 1.1 rating/751,000) and "The View" (No. 4T, 1.1 rating/744,000)*.

* A Top 5 player in Daytime for the 17th straight week in key young women, "One Life to Live" overshadowed CBS' "As the World Turns" at 2 o'clock by 56% in Women 18-34 (254,000 vs. 163,000) and by 24% in Women 18-49 (790,000 vs. 638,000).

* At 3 o'clock, "General Hospital" surpassed CBS' "Guiding Light" by a solid 61% in Women 18-34 (241,000 vs. 150,000), by 36% in Women 18-49 (804,000 vs. 590,000) and by 17% in Total Viewers (2.67 million vs. 2.30 million).

Following are the Daytime Lineup averages, plus Top 5 Programs Ranks - Week of August 4, 2008:

Daytime Rank:        Total Viewers       Women 18-49 (Rtg/000s)
No. 1 CBS            3.62 million        No. 1 ABC    1.2/772,000
No. 2 ABC            2.66 million        No. 2 CBS    1.1/738,000
No. 3 NBC            2.48 million        No. 3 NBC    1.0/658,000

Top 5 Daytime Programs in Women 18-49 (rank based on rating)

Program                    Net              Rtg/000s
The Young & the Restless   CBS              1.6/1.07 million
General Hospital           ABC              1.2/804,000
One Life to Live           ABC              1.2/790,000
All My Children            ABC              1.1/751,000 
The View                   ABC              1.1/744,000
Bold and the Beautiful     CBS              1.1/736,000
Days of our Lives          NBC              TBD/TBD
As The World Turns         CBS              TBD/638,000
Guiding Light              CBS              TBD/590,000