The results are in from the We Love Soaps Daytime Soap Best of the Week poll for August 13-17, 2012. NBC's DAYS OF OUR LIVES returned after a two week hiatus and finished as the No. 1 favorite daytime soap opera of our readers. ABC's GENERAL HOSPITAL came in second followed by CBS' THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL. See the complete list of shows below as well as the favorite couples, actors and actresses.| RANK | SHOW | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 |
| 1 | DAYS OF OUR LIVES (NBC) | - | 132 |
| 2 | GENERAL HOSPITAL (ABC) | 1 | 57 |
| 3 | THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (CBS) | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (CBS) | 2 | 61 |
| 5 | EL SECRETARIO (Telemundo) | - | 0 |
| 6 | AMORCITO CORAZÓN (Univision) | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | EMPERATRIZ (Azteca America) | 4 | 0 |
In our Favorite Couple poll, John & Marlena from DAYS OF OUR LIVES finished at No. 1
| RANK | COUPLE | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 |
| 1 | John & Marlena, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 1 | 37 |
| 2 | Todd & Blair, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 2 | 9 |
| 3 | Dante & Lulu, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 3 | 8 |
| 4 | Sonny & Will, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 7 |
| 5 | EJ & Sami, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 2 |
| 6 | Dani & Karen, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL | 4 | 10 |
| 7 | Rafe & Sami, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | Bo & Hope, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 5 |
| 9 | Michael & Starr, GENERAL HOSPITAL | - | 0 |
| 10 | Jason & Sam, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 6 | 0 |
Drake Hogestyn from DAYS OF OUR LIVES edged out Roger Howarth from GENERAL HOSPITAL as Favorite Actor this week.
| RANK | ACTOR | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 |
| 1 | Drake Hogestyn, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 2 | 23 |
| 2 | Roger Howarth, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 1 | 15 |
| 3 |
Dominic Zamprogna, GENERAL HOSPITAL
| 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Freddie Smith, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 0 |
| 5 | Galen Gering, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | James Scott, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 3 |
| 7 | Peter Reckell, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 2 |
| 8 | Chandler Massey, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 4 |
| 9 | Steve Burton, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 5 | 0 |
| 10 | Sebastian Roche, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 6 | 0 |
GENERAL HOSPITAL's Kassie DePaiva edged out Deidre Hall as Favorite Actress. There were more actresses with multiple votes this week than ever before.
| RANK | ACTRESS | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 |
| 1 | Kassie DePaiva, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | Deidre Hall, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 1 | 22 |
| 3 | Alison Sweeney, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 5 | 12 |
| 4 | Lauren Koslow, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 9 | 0 |
| 5 | Crystal Chappell, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Kristian Alfonso, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 2 |
| 7 | Robin Mattson, GENERAL HOSPITAL | - | 2 |
| 8 | Kelly Monaco, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 7 | 0 |
| 9 | Kate Mansi, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 0 |
| 10 | Laura Wright, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 3 | 1 |
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