Soap Opera TV Ratings May 17-23, 2010

Compiled from a list of several sources, here are the Nielsen ratings for the week of May 17-23, 2010 for all the daytime and primetime television soap operas.

GREY'S ANATOMY (16.1 million, 10.2/17) - season finale 10 p.m.
GREY'S ANATOMY (13.9 million, 9.0/15) - season finale 9 p.m.
LOST (13.1 million, 7.2/12) - series finale Sunday 10 p.m.
LOST (13.0 million, 7.2/11) - series finale Sunday 9 p.m.
THE GOOD WIFE (12.2 million, 7.9/14)
GLEE (11.6 million, 6.9/11)
LOST: THE FINAL JOURNEY (10.5 million, 5.9/10) - Sunday 8 p.m.
LOST (10.4 million, 6.1/9) - regular Tuesday timeslot
LOST: THE FINAL JOURNEY (9.1 million, 5.2/10) - Sunday 7 p.m.
PARENTHOOD (6.2 million, 4.0/7)
V (5.9 million, 3.8/6)
FLASHFORWARD (5.3 million, 3.5/6)
THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (5.1 million, 3.7/13) - daytime airing only
FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS (3.9 million, 2.6/5)
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (3.25 million, 2.4/8)
DAYS OF OUR LIVES (2.55 million, 1.9/7) - daytime airing only
GENERAL HOSPITAL (2.5 million, 1.9/6) - daytime airing only
ALL MY CHILDREN (2.46 million, 1.9/7) - daytime airing only
ONE LIFE TO LIVE (2.34 million, 1.8/6) - daytime airing only
AS THE WORLD TURNS (2.23 million, 1.7/6)
ONE TREE HILL (2.0 million, 1.3/2) - season finale
GOSSIP GIRL (2.0 million, 1.3/2) - season finale
90210 (1.6 million, 1.0/2)
SMALLVILLE (1.5 million, 1.0/2) - repeat Thursday 8 p.m.
SMALLVILLE (1.3 million, 0.9/2) - repeat Thursday 9 p.m.
LIFE UNEXPECTED (0.96 million, 0.6/1) - repeat

RATINGS NOTES:
- GREY'S ANATOMY topped the ratings with its dramatic season finale.

- LOST ranked high on the soap chart for the week, but didn't make the Top 50 most viewed series finales of all time list.

- ◦ABC ranked as Daytime’s No. 1 network with Women 18-49 (1.1 rating/753,000 – tie).

- ONE LIFE TO LIVE hit a 10-week high in Women 18-34 (0.7 rating/247,000 – tie) and Women 18-49 (1.1 rating/735,000 – tie) – since week of 3/8/10.

- In Women 18-49, GENERAL HOSPITAL (No. 2 – 1.3 rating/848,000), THE VIEW (No. 3 – 1.2 rating /792,000) and ONE LIFE TO LIVE (No. 4T – 1.1 rating/735,000) placed in Daytime’s Top 4 programs.

- In Women 18-34, GENERAL HOSPITAL (No. 2T – 0.9 rating/316,000), THE VIEW (No. 5T – 0.7 rating/253,000), ONE LIFE TO LIVE (No. 5T – 0.7 rating/247,000) and ALL MY CHILDREN (No. 5T – 0.7 rating/229,000) ranked among Daytime’s Top 5 programs.