Need To Know<\/p>\n
\u201cBeyond the Gates\u201d repeat broadcasts topped its year-ago repeats among Total Viewers.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful\u201d remained No. 1 among soaps in Women 18-49 and saw the largest year-over-year gain among Total Viewers across daytime broadcast.<\/p>\n
\u201cNBC News Daily\u201d attracted its largest audience of the season among Total Viewers.<\/p>\n
During the week of June 29 \u2013 July 3, 2026, several shows saw some of their largest audiences of the season, and marked multi-year highs, particularly \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful\u201d and \u201cNBC News Daily.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Bold and the Beautiful Ratings<\/p>\n
Despite week-to-week drops in the key demos, for the fifth time in 11 weeks (including ties),\u00a0\u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful\u201d again ranked No. 1 among soaps in Women 18-49 (0.22 rating), topping perennial leader \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d (0.22 rating vs. 0.20 rating) and, compared to the same week last year, the half-hour soap was up +0.02 among Women 18-49 (0.22 rating vs. 0.20 rating). Among Total Viewers, the drama series attracted its second-largest audience of the season with 3.010 million viewers tuning in to see the showdown between fashion houses, up +49,000 week-to-week (3.010 million vs. 2.961 million) and a massive gain of +566,000 compared to the same week last year (3.010 million vs. 2.444 million), the largest across daytime broadcast.<\/p>\n
Compared to the same week in 2024, \u201cThe Bold and the Beautiful\u201d was up +365,000 viewers (3.010 million vs. 2.645 million), up +4,000 over 2023 (3.010 million vs. 3.006 million), up +54,000 over 2022 (3.010 million vs. 2.956 million), and up +41,000 over 2021 (3.010 million vs. 2.969 million).<\/p>\n
NBC News Daily Ratings<\/p>\n
Though returning within range of its regular Women 18-49 (0.16 rating) performance, \u201cNBC News Daily\u201d continues to be a force among Women 25-54 (0.25 rating), even with its week-ago performance and up +0.05 year-over-year (0.25 rating vs. 0.20 rating). Among Total Viewers, the news program marked a new season high with 1.634 million viewers tuning in, up +42,000 week-to-week (1.634 million vs. 1.592 million) and up a massive +516,000 viewers compared to the same week last year (1.634 million vs. 1.118 million).<\/p>\n
NBC News recently touted that the program attracted its largest audience ever for a second quarter and marked its sixth consecutive quarter in which it topped its \u201cGMA3\u201d competition across the board among Total Viewers, Adults 25-54, and Adults 18-49, the key sales demographics used to sell ads for news.<\/p>\n
The Young and the Restless Ratings<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d attracted its largest audience in 15 weeks (since the week of March 16-20, 2026), with 3.217 million viewers tuning in to the happenings in Genoa City, marking the show\u2019s 23rd consecutive week above the three-million-viewer mark, a streak that began\u00a0during the\u00a0week of January 26-30, 2026<\/a>. <\/p>\n The long-running soap opera was up +32,000 viewers week-to-week (3.217 million vs. 3.185 million) and up +300,000 compared to the same week last year (3.217 million vs. 2.917 million). Meanwhile, compared to the same week in 2024, \u201cThe Young and the Restless\u201d was up +200,000 viewers (3.217 million vs. 3.017 million).<\/p>\n General Hospital Ratings<\/p>\n Although the show saw week-to-week declines among Women 18-49 (0.18 rating vs. 0.22 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.23 rating vs. 0.28 rating), \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d gained viewers, up +27,000 week-to-week (1.980 million vs. 1.953 million) and up +140,000 viewers compared to the same week last year (1.980 million vs. 1.840 million). The drama was up +79,000 viewers compared to the same week in 2024 (1.980 million vs. 1.901 million). <\/p>\n On Hulu, \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d continues to perform well on the streaming service\u2019s Top 15 Today TV chart for the week of June 28 \u2013 July 4, 2026, according to\u00a0The TV Ratings Guide<\/a>.\u00a0The drama ranked No. 1 on Thursday, July 2; Friday, July 3; and Saturday, July 4, with episodes that dropped on the service after airing on ABC, ahead of the fifth and final season of \u201cThe Bear,\u201d which topped the chart on the four previous days during the covered week, with \u201cGeneral Hospital\u201d ranking second on Tuesday, June 30 and Wednesday, July 1. As was the case the previous week, the long-running soap opera ranked fifth with episodes from the prior week on Sunday, June 28 and Monday, June 29.<\/p>\n Beyond the Gates Ratings<\/p>\n While ratings data for \u201cBeyond the Gates,\u201d which was retitled \u201cBeyond-Gates,\u201d as it aired reruns this week and during the same week last year, do not factor into the show\u2019s official weekly or season averages, it appears that the show continues to gain a new audience as it was up +282,000 viewers this year vs. last year\u2019s comparable week of repeat broadcasts (1.354 million vs. 1.072 million). <\/p>\n The 1.354 million viewers who watched repeats of the soap opera were down 45,000 from the 1.399 million who tuned into original episodes of the former time slot occupant \u201cThe Talk\u201d during the same week in 2022, but up +36,000 over the talk show\u2019s original broadcasts during the same week in 2021 (1.354 million vs. 1.318 million).<\/p>\n Note: \u201cThe Talk\u201d aired repeats during the comparable week in 2023 due to the ongoing writers\u2019 strike, and in 2024 had already concluded Season 14, airing repeats until it kicked off its 15th and final season in the fall of that year.<\/p>\n Wrap-Up<\/p>\n What follows is a breakdown of how the daytime broadcast shows\u00a0performed during the week of June 29 \u2013 July 3, 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