"The Young and the Restless" Is Also Number One in Women 25-54 and Women 18-49

CBS Leads Daytime for the 890th Consecutive Week

CBS Daytime placed first for the 890th consecutive week with and against regular schedules. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS was also the top rated daytime drama in households for the 902nd consecutive week in the week ending April 16, week 30 of the 2005-2006 television season.

The Network had the top four programs in households: #1 THE PRICE IS RIGHT, #2 THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, #3 THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 and #4 THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL. CBS had five of the top 10 programs among women 25-54 and women 18-49, including THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS which was first in women 25-54 for the 51st time in 53 weeks and first in women 18-49 for the 16th time in 17 weeks and for the 43rd time in the last 50 weeks.

National Nielsen summary for Daytime/Saturday Morning for the week ending April 16:

DAYTIME:

Households CBS 3.1/11
(04/10-04/14) ABC 2.6/09

SEASON-TO-DATE:
Households CBS 3.3/11
(9/19-04/14) ABC 2.6/09


The Top 12 Regularly Scheduled Programs this week

1. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2 CBS 4.2/16
2. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS CBS 4.1/15
3. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 CBS 3.4/13
4. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL CBS 3.1/11
5. General Hospital ABC 2.8/09
6. All My Children ABC 2.7/09
7. One Life to Live ABC 2.6/09
8. Days of Our Lives NBC 2.5/08
9. AS THE WORLD TURNS CBS 2.4/08
9. The View ABC 2.4/09
11. GUIDING LIGHT CBS 2.1/07
12. Passions NBC 1.6/05

Top 5 Daytime Programs in Viewers (In Millions)

1. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2 CBS 5.57
2. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS CBS 5.30
3. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 CBS 4.58
4. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL CBS 3.93
5. General Hospital ABC 3.46

Top 5 Women 25-54

1. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS CBS 2.6/17
2. General Hospital ABC 2.2/13
3. All My Children ABC 2.0/13
4. BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL CBS 1.9/12
4. One Live To Live ABC 1.9/12

Top 5 Women 18-49

1. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS CBS 2.1/14
2. General Hospital ABC 1.9/12
3. Days of Our Lives NBC 1.8/12
4. All My Children ABC 1.7/11
5. One Life to Live ABC 1.6/11

MORNING NEWS:
Households CBS EARLY SHOW 2.1/08
(04/10-04/14) NBC Today 4.5/16
ABC GMA 3.8/14

SATURDAY MORNING:
7:00 AM 12:00 Noon
Households CBS 0.8/03
(04/15) NBC 1.0/03
ABC 1.3/04
FOX 0.8/02
WB 0.9/03

Children 2 11 CBS 1.0/05
(04/15) NBC 0.3/02
ABC 1.4/06
FOX 0.9/05
WB 1.2/06

SATURDAY MORNING (continued):
7:00 AM 12:00 Noon

Children 2 5 CBS 1.9/10
(04/15) NBC 0.4/02
ABC 1.1/05
FOX 0.9/04
WB 0.7/04

Season-to-date
7:00 AM 12:00 Noon
Households CBS 1.1/03
NBC 1.2/04
ABC 1.4/04
FOX 0.8/02
WB 1.1/03

Children 2 11 CBS 1.5/07
NBC 0.6/02
ABC 1.5/06
FOX 1.2/05
WB 1.6/07

Children 2 5 CBS 2.8/12
NBC 0.6/02
ABC 1.2/04
FOX 1.0/04
WB 1.0/04