Daytime Nielsen Ratings Week of May 18-22, 2009

From Soap Opera Network:
Total Viewers (Compared to Last Week/Compared to Last Year)
1. Y&R 4,874,000 (-121,000/+228,000)
2. B&B 3,369,000 (+81,000/-198,000)
3. OLTL 2,560,000 (+65,000/-176,000)
4. GH 2,550,000 (-8,000/-230,000)
5. DAYS 2,527,000 (-178,000/-310,000)
6. AMC 2,518,000 (-37,000/+22,000)
7. ATWT 2,394,000 (-77,000/-278,000) <------- new low
8. GL 1,951,000 (-93,000/-294,000)

Household Rating (Compared to Last Week/Compared to Last Year)
1. Y&R 3.5/13 (-.1/+.1)
2. B&B 2.5/9 (same/-.2)
3. GH 2.0/7 (+.1/-.2)
4. DAYS 1.9/7 (-.1/-.2)
4. AMC 1.9/7 (-.1/-.1)
4. OLTL 1.9/7 (same/-.3)
7. ATWT 1.8/7 (-.1/-.2)
8. GL 1.5/5 (same/-.2)

From the ABC Daytime ratings release:
* ABC ranked as Daytime's No. 1 network in Women 18-49 for the third week running (1.3 rating/853,000).

* In Women 18-49, ABC positioned all shows among Daytime's Top 5 for the second straight week: GENERAL HOSPITAL (No. 2 - 1.4 rating/905,000), THE VIEW (No. 3T - 1.3 rating/865,000), ONE LIFE TO LIVE (No. 3T - 1.3 rating/848,000) and ALL MY CHILDREN (No. 5T - 1.2 rating/793,000).

* In Women 18-34, all ABC programs landed among Daytime's Top 5: GENERAL HOSPITAL (No. 2 - 1.0 rating/342,000), ONE LIFE TO LIVE (No. 4T - 0.9 rating/321,000) and THE VIEW (No. 4T - 0.9 rating/319,000) and ALL MY CHILDREN (No. 4T - 0.9 rating/304,000).

Daytime Network Rank - Total Viewers:
No. 1 CBS 3.36 million
No. 2 ABC 2.84 million
No. 3 NBC 2.53 million

Daytime Network Rank - Women 18-49 (Rtg/000s)
No. 1 ABC 1.3/853,000
No. 2 NBC 1.2/802,000
No. 3 CBS 1.0/680,000

Daytime Show Rank - Women 18-49 (rank based on rating)
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS CBS 1.7/1.09 million
GENERAL HOSPITAL ABC 1.4/905,000
THE VIEW ABC 1.3/865,000
ONE LIFE TO LIVE ABC 1.3/848,000
DAYS OF OUR LIVES NBC 1.3/802,000
ALL MY CHILDREN ABC 1.3/793,000

Source: NTI, Live + Same Day: Week of 5/18/09. All ranks based on rating unless otherwise noted.