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The following is a list of television Nielsen ratings and rankings for American daytime soap operas from 1950 to the present, as compiled by Nielsen Media Research.[1] The numbers provided represent the percentage of TV households in the United States watching that particular show in a year.[1] Ratings beginning with the 2013-14 television season count Live+Same Day households as opposed to Live+7 Days. Before 1996, the season average included only ratings from late September through mid-April. Since 1996, the numbers represent full-year ratings, from September through September.
- ^ a b Waggett, Gerard J. (November 1997), "Part VI: Soap Opera Nielsen Ratings", The Soap Opera Encyclopedia, HarperPaperbacks, pp. 625–642, ISBN 0-06-101157-6