ABC's The Chew, The Revolution Ratings for Week of February 20th

The Chew is now almost tied with All My Children year-to-year.  It drew 2.437 million viewers last week, compared to 2.30 million last week.  That was a five-week high. The Chew now has 3% fewer viewers than its predecessor, which was drawing lower 2.505 million people at this time in 2011.

The Revolution improved as well, albeit slightly.  It had 1.541 million viewers last week and 1.53 million the previous week.

I know a lot of our readers and others disappointed by the loss of their soaps are boycotting ABC daytime and primetime, but these replacement shows are holding their own.

But, let’s take a real look.  The numbers are not good when you compare them to the other networks.  ABC daytime is way below #1 CBS and, the CBS soaps are doing better and better.  And NBC, which has no significant daytime programming beyond Days of Our Lives, is virtually tied with ABC.  Obviously ABC viewers have defected to CBS.

Here are the soap ratings:

Program	Network	Viewers
Young and the Restless	CBS	4.58 million
Bold and the Beautiful	CBS	3.08 million
General Hospital	ABC	2.35 million

Here are the daytime rankings:

Network	Viewers	Rank
Young and the Restless	3.598 million	#1
Bold and the Beautiful	2.545 million	#2
General Hospital	2.489 million	#3
Days of Our Lives	TK	#4