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Donnell Turner, Tabyana Ali, Josh Swickard, Amanda Setton
Christine Bartolucci\/Disney<\/p>\n
After ranking No. 1 among soaps in Women 18-49 for four out of the last five weeks, \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful\u201d fell to second place (0.20 rating), behind \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d (0.24 rating), and was just barely ahead of \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d (0.19 rating) and \u201cBeyond the Gates\u201d (0.17 rating). The half-hour show hit a 15-week low in the key demo and tied its second-lowest performance of the season. Overall, the soap opera was down 0.06 week-to-week among Women 18-49 (0.20 rating vs. 0.26 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.33 rating vs. 0.39 rating). On the positive side, the series was up +371,000 viewers compared to the same week last year (2.738 million vs. 2.367 million), and up +105,000 viewers compared to the same week in 2024 (2.738 million vs. 2.633 million).<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d averaged 3.210 million viewers, up +67,000 viewers week-to-week and +299,000 year-over-year, marking a five-week high and the 15th consecutive week above the three million viewer mark. The long-running drama series was up +131,000 viewers compared to the same week in 2024 (3.210 million vs. 3.079 million), and was up +0.01 week-to-week and year-over-year among Women 25-54 (0.41 rating vs. 0.40 rating).<\/p>\n
Airing just three episodes due to being preempted for UEFA Champions League coverage on Tuesday, May 5, and Wednesday, May 6, \u201cBeyond the Gates\u201d was up +0.02 week-to-week among Women 18-49 (0.17 rating vs. 0.15 rating), while flat with its week ago performance among Women 25-54 (0.24 rating). The soap opera hit a 15-week low among Households (1.0 rating), but marked its ninth consecutive week of year-over-year gains among Total Viewers, up +89,000 (1.627 million vs. 1.538 million). Further, the drama series was up by +438,000 viewers compared to the 2024 performance of former time slot occupant, \u201cThe Talk\u201d (1.627 million vs. 1.189 million).<\/p>\n
\u201cLet\u2019s Make a Deal,\u201d which also aired just three episodes due to preemptions by UEFA Champions League coverage on Tuesday, May 5, and Wednesday, May 6, continues to thrive. For the week, the second half-hour of the game show was flat with its week-ago performance among Women 18-49 (0.24 rating), and up +0.01 among Women 25-54 (0.34 rating vs. 0.33 rating). Compared to the same week last year, it was up +0.04 among Women 18-49 (0.24 rating vs. 0.20 rating) and up +0.02 among Women 25-54 (0.34 rating vs.\u00a00.32 rating). Meanwhile, the first half-hour was up +0.04 and +0.06, respectively, week-to-week among Women 18-49 (0.21 rating vs. 0.17 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.30 rating vs. 0.24 rating). Compared to the same week last year, the program was up +0.02 among Women 18-49 (0.21 rating vs. 0.19 rating) and up +0.01 among Women 25-54 (0.30 rating vs. 0.29 rating). Among Total Viewers, the second half-hour was up +128,000 week-to-week (2.687 million vs. 2.559 million), while the first half-hour was up +231,000 (2.233 million vs. 2.002 million). The year-over-year gains were even more impressive, with the second half-hour up +570,000 (2.687 million vs. 2.117 million) and the first half-hour up +407,000 (2.233 million vs. 1.826 million).<\/p>\n
\u201cTODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle\u201d has greatly improved over its predecessor, \u201cTODAY with Jenna & Friends,\u201d particularly in terms of demographics, and has emerged as a top-five program in both Women 18-49 and Women 25-54. The fourth hour of the \u201cTODAY\u201d franchise was up an impressive +0.08 and +0.07, respectively, over the year-ago performance of \u201cTODAY with Jenna & Friends\u201d among Women 18-49 (0.25 rating vs. 0.17 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.34 rating vs. 0.27 rating). The news program also gained +120,000 viewers year-over-year (1.399 million vs. 1.279 million) and increased by +50,000 viewers over \u201cTODAY with Hoda & Jenna\u201d in 2024 (1.399 million vs. 1.349 million). <\/p>\n
Wrap-Up<\/p>\n
What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows\u00a0performed during the week of May 4-8, 2026,\u00a0in Women 18-49 rating, Women 25-54 rating, Households and Total Viewers, including week-to-week and year-over-year comparisons.<\/p>\n