“General Hospital” ranked as Daytime’s No. 1 program

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ABC Daytime’s No. 1 Network across key Women demos. Hitting an 11-Week High in Women 18-34, “General Hospital” Stands as the Week’s No. 1 Program in Daytime for the 2nd Straight Week in the Core Demo


“All My Children” Posts the Show’s Best Ratings in More Than 2 Months in All Target Women.

ABC Delivers 3 of Daytime’s Top 4 Programs in Women 18-49 and Women 25-54.

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ABC ranked as the week’s No. 1 network in Daytime with Women 18-34 (0.8 rating/274,000 – tie), Women 18-49 (1.2 rating/784,000) and Women 25-54 (1.5 rating/955,000).

For the 2nd consecutive week, “General Hospital” ranked as Daytime’s No. 1 program in Women 18-34 (1.0 rating/324,000 – tie), posting its best numbers in nearly 3 months – since week of 2/22/10.

“All My Children” hit a 9-week high in Women 18-34 (0.7 rating/251,000 – tie), Women 18-49 (1.0 rating/651,000 – tie) and Women 25-54 (1.3 rating/845,000 – tie) – since week of 3/8/10.

In Women 18-49, “General Hospital” (No. 2 – 1.4 rating/924,000), “The View” (No. 3 – 1.3 rating/836,000) and “One Life to Live” (No. 4T – 1.1 rating/724,000) placed among Daytime’s Top 4 programs.

In Women 25-54, “General Hospital” (No. 2 – 1.7 rating/1.1 million), “The View” (No. 3 – 1.6 rating/1.0 million) and “One Life to Live” (No. 4T – 1.4 rating/886,000) ranked among Daytime’s Top 4 programs.

Following are the Daytime Lineup averages, plus Top 5 Programs Ranks – Week of May 10, 2010:

Daytime Rank:        Total Viewers                Women 18-49 (Rtg/000s)
                No. 1 CBS    3.55 million        No. 1 ABC    1.2/784,000
                No. 2 ABC    2.81 million        No. 2 CBS    1.1/717,000
                No. 3 NBC    2.44 million        No. 3 NBC    0.9/625,000

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

Program                    Net                 Rtg/000s
The Young & the Restless   CBS   1.8/1.20 million
General Hospital           ABC   1.4/924,000
The View             ABC   1.3/836,000
One Life to Live   ABC   1.1/724,000
Price is Right            CBS   1.1/702,000

Source: ABC –  NTI, Live + Same Day:  Week of 5/10/10. All ranks based on rating unless otherwise noted. “Price is Right” based on 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. average. Ties are based on rating.