Daytime Nielsen Ratings for the Week Ending November 18, 2011: GENERAL HOSPITAL Up, ONE LIFE TO LIVE Up, CBS Soaps Steady

Here's a look at last week's Nielsen Ratings:

- GENERAL HOSPITAL rated a 1.0 Women 18-49 on an audience of about 635,000.

- ONE LIFE TO LIVE delivered a 1.0 Women 18-49 rating on 668,000 viewers.

- Both ABC Soaps were up a tenth of a point compared to last week.

- THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL rated a 1.0 Women 18-49 on an audience of about 648,000.

- THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS delivered a 1.4 Women 18-49 rating on 903,000 viewers.

- DAYS OF OUR LIVES was up to a 0.9 Women 18-49 on an audience of about 594,000 but down from last year.

Here's the ABC press release:

Monday, November 28, 2011
ABC Television Network
PRESS RELEASE - PRESS RELEASE - ENTERTAINMENT -
ABC DAYTIME RATINGS (w/o 11/14)

Fringe Ratings Report: ABC Daytime Programming -- Week of Nov. 14, 2011

ABC Sweeps Daytime Across All Key Women Demos, Ranking as the
No. 1 Network in Women 18-49 and Women 25-54 for the 5th Straight Week

"The Chew" Gobbles Up Series Highs in Total Viewers,
Women 18-34, Women 18-49 and Women 25-54
"The View" Delivers its Highest-Rated Week in Over 6 Months in Key Women
"The View" is Daytime's No. 1 Program of the Week in Women 18-34,
and "The Chew" Ranks Among the Top 5 Programs
"The View," "General Hospital" and "One Life to Live" Place Among
Daytime's Top 3 Programs in Women 18-49 and Women 25-54

ABC Daytime

* ABC stood as Daytime's No. 1 network in Women 18-34 (0.6 rating/202,000 - tie) and, for the 5th week running, in Women 18-49 (1.0 rating/653,000) and Women 25-54 (1.4 rating/851,000).

* Growing its total audience for the 6th straight week, "The Chew" generated series highs across all target demos: Total Viewers (2.384 million), Women 18-34 (182,000), Women 18-49 (521,000) and Women 25-54 (701,000).

* "The View" delivered its most-watched week in more than 9 months (3.926 million) and saw its highest-rated week in over 6 months in both Women 18-49 (1.2 rating/790,000) and Women 25-54 (1.7 rating/1.024 million) - since weeks of 2/7/11 and 5/2/11, respectively.

* Growing by 10% week to week, "General Hospital" hit a 7-week high in Women 18-34 (0.5 rating/177,000) - since week of 9/26/11.

* In Women 18-34, "The View" (0.7 rating/239,000 - tie) was the week's No. 1 program in Daytime and "One Life to Live" (No. 3T - 0.6 rating/211,000) and "The Chew" (No. 5T - 0.5 rating/182,000) placed among the Top 5 Daytime programs of the week.

* In Women 18-49, "The View" (No. 2 - 1.2 rating/790,000), "One Life to Live" (No. 3T - 1.0 rating/668,000) and "General Hospital" (No. 3T - 1.0 rating/635,000) placed among the week's Top 3 Daytime programs.

* In Women 25-54, "The View" (No. 2 - 1.7 rating/1.024 million), "General Hospital" (No. 3T -- 1.4 rating/836,000) and "One Life to Live" (No. 3T - 1.4 rating/844,000) stood among the week's Top 3 Daytime programs.

Following are the Daytime Lineup averages, plus Top 5 Programs Ranks -

Daytime Rank: Total Viewers Women 18-49 (Rtg/000s)
No. 1 CBS 3.32 million No. 1 ABC 1.0/653,000
No. 2 ABC 2.83 million No. 2T NBC 0.9/594,000
No. 3 NBC 2.45 million No. 2T CBS 0.9/584,000

Top 5 Daytime Programs in Women 18-49 (rank based on rating)

Program Net Rtg/000s
The Young & the Restless CBS 1.4/903,000
The View ABC 1.2/790,000
One Life to Live ABC 1.0/668,000
Bold and the Beautiful CBS 1.0/648,000
General Hospital ABC 1.0/635,000

Source: NTI, Live + Same Day: Week of 11/14/11. All ranks/ties based on rating unless otherwise noted. "Price is Right" is average from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.