{"id":551720,"date":"2026-03-29T04:42:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T04:42:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/551720\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T04:42:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T04:42:11","slug":"soap-opera-ratings-for-the-week-of-march-16-20-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/551720\/","title":{"rendered":"Soap Opera Ratings for the Week of March 16-20, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

NOTE: Please do not copy and paste the entire ratings. Thank you.<\/p>\n

NOTE: CBS soaps did not air on Thursday and Friday due to NCAA Basketball.<\/p>\n

Numbers are based on Live+Same Day ratings<\/p>\n

(Compared to Last Week\/Compared to Last Year)<\/p>\n

Summary \/ Rankings<\/p>\n

Total Viewers<\/p>\n

RankShowTotal
ViewersChange
(LW\/LY)1. The Young and the Restless \/ Y&R3,348,000(+118,000\/+290,000)2. The Bold and the Beautiful \/ B&B2,947,000(+109,000\/+346,000)3.General Hospital \/ GH2,138,000(+48,000\/+213,000)4.Beyond the Gates \/ BTG1,716,000(+97,000\/+31,000)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 March 16-20, 2026<\/p>\n

Households<\/p>\n

RankShowHousehold
RatingChange
(LW\/LY)1.The Young and the Restless \/ Y&R2.1(same\/+0.1)2.The Bold and the Beautiful \/ B&B1.9(+0.1\/+0.2)3.General Hospital \/ GH1.4(same\/+0.2)4.Beyond the Gates \/ BTG1.1(same\/same)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 March 16-20, 2026<\/p>\n

Women 18-49 Rating<\/p>\n

RankShowW18-49
RatingChange
(LW\/LY)1.The Young and the Restless \/ Y&R0.27(+0.04\/-0.04)2.The Bold and the Beautiful \/ B&B0.25(+0.03\/-0.03)3.Beyond the Gates \/ BTG0.18(+0.03\/-0.04)4.General Hospital \/ GH0.17(-0.01\/-0.04)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 March 16-20 2026<\/p>\n

Women 25-54 Rating<\/p>\n

RankShowW25-54
RatingChange
(LW\/LY)1.The Young and the Restless \/ Y&R0.45(+0.03\/-0.07)2.The Bold and the Beautiful \/ B&B0.33(-0.02\/-0.14)3.Beyond the Gates \/ BTG0.26(+0.01\/-0.1)4.General Hospital \/ GH0.23(same\/-0.08)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 March 16-20, 2026<\/p>\n

Day-To-Day \u2013 Women 18-49\/Women 25-54<\/p>\n

BTG \/ Beyond the Gates (CBS)<\/p>\n

DayW18-49
RatingW25-54
RatingDuration
(In Minutes)Monday0.180.2360Tuesday0.160.2660Wednesday0.210.2960ThursdayFridaySUM:0.180.26180Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 March 16-20, 2026<\/p>\n

B&B \/ The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS)<\/p>\n

DayW18-49
RatingW25-54
RatingDuration
(In Minutes)Monday0.320.3830Tuesday0.200.3030Wednesday0.230.3130ThursdayFridaySUM:0.250.3390Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 March 16-20, 2026<\/p>\n

GH \/ General Hospital (ABC)<\/p>\n

DayW18-49
RatingW25-54
RatingDuration
(In Minutes)Monday0.200.2760Tuesday0.170.2460Wednesday0.180.2360Thursday0.220.2360Friday0.090.1660SUM:0.170.23300Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 March 16-20, 2026<\/p>\n

Y&R \/ The Young and the Restless (CBS)<\/p>\n

DayW18-49
RatingW25-54
RatingDuration
(In Minutes)Monday0.280.4160Tuesday0.260.4660Wednesday0.270.4860ThursdayFridaySUM:0.270.45180Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 March 16-20, 2026<\/p>\n

The numbers above are calculated using\u00a0Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel<\/a>\u00a0viewing and DVR playback, defined as 3:00 a.m.-3:00 a.m., and are courtesy of Nielsen. Ratings are the percentage of U.S. TV viewers who tuned in to a specific program.<\/p>\n

Beginning August 31, 2020, national ratings include Out-of-Home (OOH) viewing. Previously, ratings did not include OOH viewing. Averages are based on regular telecasts.<\/p>\n

LEGEND<\/p>\n

P\u00a0= PremiereR\u00a0= RepeatS\u00a0= SpecialNR\u00a0= Not Rated \/ Not RankedN\/A\u00a0= Not Available*\u00a0denotes further information<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NOTE: Please do not copy and paste the entire ratings. Thank you. NOTE: CBS soaps did not air…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[80196,88,21033,25572,86836,8902,19332,92],"class_list":{"0":"post-551720","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-beyond-the-gates","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-general-hospital","11":"tag-ratings","12":"tag-soap-opera-ratings","13":"tag-the-bold-and-the-beautiful","14":"tag-the-young-and-the-restless","15":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=551720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/551720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=551720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=551720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=551720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}