{"id":674610,"date":"2026-05-30T18:59:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/674610\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T18:59:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T18:59:12","slug":"soap-opera-ratings-for-the-week-of-may-11-15-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/674610\/","title":{"rendered":"Soap Opera Ratings for the Week of May 11-15, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime soap operas\u00a0performed during the week of May 11-15, 2026,\u00a0in Total Viewers, Households, Women 18-49 rating and Women 25-54 rating, including changes compared to Last Week (LW) and Last Year (LY).<\/p>\n

Note: Starting with the 2025-2026 television season, Nielsen ratings are based on the\u00a0Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel<\/a>\u00a0model, with last year\u2019s figures based on the former Live+Same Day Panel-only model (2024-2025 season).<\/p>\n

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Week of May 11-15, 2026 Summary \/ Rankings<\/p>\n

Total Viewers<\/p>\n

RankShowTotal
ViewersChange
(LW\/LY)1. Y&R3,132,000(-78,000\/+279,000)2. B&B2,737,000(-1,000\/+260,000)3.GH1,897,000(-104,000\/+107,000)4.BTG1,605,000(-22,000\/+33,000)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 May 11-15, 2026<\/p>\n

Households<\/p>\n

RankShowHousehold
RatingChange
(LW\/LY)1.Y&R2.0(same\/+0.1)2.B&B1.8(+0.1\/+0.2)3.GH1.2(-0.1\/+0.1)4.BTG1.1(+0.1\/same)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 May 11-15, 2026<\/p>\n

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

RankShowW18-49
RatingChange
(LW\/LY)1.Y&R0.25(+0.01\/-0.02)2.B&B0.21(+0.01\/-0.04)3.GH0.19(same\/-0.01)4.BTG0.18(+0.01\/-0.03)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 May 11-15, 2026<\/p>\n

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

RankShowW25-54
RatingChange
(LW\/LY)1.Y&R0.42(+0.01\/same)2.B&B0.34(+0.01\/-0.06)3.BTG0.27(+0.03\/-0.05)4.GH0.26(same\/-0.02)Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 May 11-15, 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)Monday0.160.2660Tuesday0.190.2760Wednesday0.180.2760Thursday0.230.3060Friday0.150.2560SUM:0.180.27300Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 May 11-15, 2026<\/p>\n

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

DayW18-49
RatingW25-54
RatingDuration
(In Minutes)Monday0.160.3130Tuesday0.250.3630Wednesday0.240.3930Thursday0.180.2930Friday0.210.3730SUM:0.210.34150Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 May 11-15, 2026<\/p>\n

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

DayW18-49
RatingW25-54
RatingDuration
(In Minutes)Monday0.200.2760Tuesday0.220.2760Wednesday0.180.2560Thursday0.160.2460Friday0.180.2560SUM:0.190.26300Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 May 11-15, 2026<\/p>\n

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

DayW18-49
RatingW25-54
RatingDuration
(In Minutes)Monday0.240.3860Tuesday0.250.4260Wednesday0.270.4560Thursday0.240.4260Friday0.230.4160SUM:0.250.42300Source: Nielsen (Live+Same Day Big Data + Panel) \u2013 May 11-15, 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":"What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime soap operas\u00a0performed during the week of May 11-15, 2026,\u00a0in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":674611,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[80196,88,21033,25572,86836,8902,19332,92],"class_list":["post-674610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-beyond-the-gates","tag-entertainment","tag-general-hospital","tag-ratings","tag-soap-opera-ratings","tag-the-bold-and-the-beautiful","tag-the-young-and-the-restless","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674610","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=674610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/674610\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/674611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=674610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=674610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=674610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}