Daytime Nielsen Ratings: 'General Hospital' Up in Total Viewers But Hits All-Time Demo Lows

The Live + Same Day daytime Nielsen ratings are in for the week of October 1-5, 2018. General Hospital was up 93,000 viewers from the previous week but new record lows among females 18-49 (303,000) and 18-34 (55,000).

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 4,031,000 (+70,000/-141,000)
2. The Bold and the Beautiful 3,335,000 (+133,000/-185,000)
3. General Hospital 2,304,000 (+93,000/-203,000)
4. Days of our Lives 2,061,000 (-131,000/-31,000)

Women 18-49 Viewers
1. The Young and the Restless 409,000 (+4,000/-49,000)
2. The Bold and the Beautiful 368,000 (+54,000/-3,000)
3. General Hospital 309,000 (-15,000/-87,000)
4. Days of our Lives 283,000 (-6,000/-40,000)

Women 18-34 Viewers
1. The Young and the Restless 106,000 (+14,000/-11,000)
2. The Bold and the Beautiful 100,000 (+23,000/-7,000)
3. General Hospital 55,000 (-13,000/-42,000)
4. Days of our Lives 53,000 (-14,000/-14,000)

Women 25-54 Viewers
1. The Young and the Restless 620,000 (-8,000/-113,000)
2. The Bold and the Beautiful 536,000 (+14,000/-77,000)
3. General Hospital 468,000 (-1,000/-119,000)
4. Days of our Lives 388,000 (-12,000/-49,000)

(Daytime ratings via SON)