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The second half-hour of \u201cLet\u2019s Make a Deal\u201d saw the largest year-over-year gain among Total Viewers, while the first half-hour was up by nearly +400,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Price is Right\u201d posted the second-largest year-over-year gain among Total Viewers, with its second half-hour up nearly half a million viewers and its first up by nearly +400,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d averaged more than three million viewers for its 18th consecutive week.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d saw the largest week-to-week gain among Women 18-49, while game show \u201cThe Price is Right\u201d continued to lead the pack across Women 18-49 and Women 25-54, both week-to-week<\/a> and year-over-year<\/a> during the week of May 25-29, 2026.<\/p>\n For the week, \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d tied \u201cTODAY 3rd Hour\u201d for third place among Women 18-49, each with a 0.25 rating. The long-running soap opera was up +0.04 week-to-week (0.25 rating vs. 0.21 rating), while the news program saw a minor dip. Meanwhile, among Women 25-54 (0.41 rating), the CBS drama series continued to rank third with \u201cTODAY 3rd Hour\u201d right behind in fourth place (0.40 rating). With 3.138 million viewers tuning in, \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d crossed the three million viewer mark for the 18th consecutive week, up +2,000 week-to-week, up +259,000 compared to the same week last year and up +163,000 viewers compared with the same week in 2024.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Price is Right\u201d continued to rank atop the charts in both Women 18-49 and Women 25-54, with the second half-hour up +0.02 and 0.03, respectively, week-to-week and year-over-year among Women 18-49 (0.39 rating), while its first half-hour was up +0.01 and +0.02, respectively, with a 0.35 rating. Meanwhile, among Women 25-54, the second half-hour of the game show was up +0.08 week-to-week (0.58 rating vs. 0.50 rating) and up +0.01 year-over-year (0.58 rating vs. 0.57 rating). Compared to the same week last year, the first half-hour was up +0.06 week-to-week (0.52 rating vs. 0.46 rating), but remained flat year-over-year (0.42 rating). Among Total Viewers, the second half-hour saw the largest week-to-week gain across daytime broadcast, up +121,000 (4.439 million vs. 4.318 million), and was also up +468,000 year-over-year (4.439 million vs. 3.971 million). The first half-hour was up +374,000 year-over-year (3.844 million vs. 3.470 million). Further, the second half-hour is also up over the comparable week in 2024 (+190,000), 2023 (+270,000), 2022 (+41,000) and 2021 (+121,000). Meanwhile, the first half-hour is up compared to the same week in 2024 (178,000), 2023 (+119,000), 2022 (+24,0000) and 2021 (+20,000).<\/p>\n Though down among Total Viewers, with the weakest performance overall since the week of January 19-23, 2026, \u201cBeyond the Gates\u201d still managed to mark its 17th consecutive week of year-over-year gains, up +66,000 year-over-year (1.576 million vs. 1.510 million). Meanwhile, the soap opera was up +0.02 week-to-week among Women 18-49 (0.17 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.24 rating), tying time slot competitor \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d in the former and topping the ABC drama in the latter (0.24 rating vs. 0.23 rating). \u201cThe drama series \u201cBeyond the Gates\u201d continues to outperform the 2024 (+358,000), 2023 (+311,000) and 2021 (+330,000) performances of the former time slot occupant, \u201cThe Talk,\u201d among Total Viewers. In 2022, \u201cThe Talk\u201d averaged 1.619 million viewers, marking one of its strongest performances during the 2021-2022 television season.<\/p>\n \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d marked its first year-over-year gain among Women 18-49 (0.17 rating) for the first time since the week of December 29, 2025 \u2013 January 2, 2026, up +0.02 week-to-week and +0.01 compared to the same week last year. Among Women 25-54, the long-running soap opera was also up +0.02 week-to-week (0.23 rating vs. 0.21 rating), meanwhile, the series was up by +34,000 viewers week-to-week (1.843 million vs. 1.809 million).<\/p>\n \u201cTODAY with Jenna & Sheinelle\u201d continues to impress, ranking fifth among Women 18-49 (0.24 rating) and tied for fifth among Women 25-54 (0.35 rating), up +0.06 year-over-year in the former and +0.08 year-over-year in the latter compared to the prior performance of \u201cTODAY with Jenna & Friends.\u201d Among Total Viewers, the fourth hour in the \u201cTODAY\u201d brand was up +72,000 week-to-week and +371,000 year-over-year.<\/p>\n The second half-hour of \u201cLet\u2019s Make a Deal\u201d posted the largest year-over-year gain across daytime broadcast, up +475,000 viewers compared to the same week last year (2.619 million vs. 2.144 million), while also gaining +16,000 viewers week-to-week. The first half-hour was up +373,000 viewers year-over-year (2.213 million vs. 1.840 million).<\/p>\n \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful\u201d was flat week-to-week among Women 18-49 (0.20 rating), but was up +0.02 year-over-year among Households (1.8 rating vs. 1.6 rating) and +276,000 viewers (2.705 million vs. 2.429 million). The half-hour soap opera was also up +174,000 viewers compared to the same week in 2024.<\/p>\n Wrap-Up<\/p>\n What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows\u00a0performed during the week of May 25-29, 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