The results are in from the We Love Soaps Daytime Soap Best of the Week poll for October 8-12, 2012. ABC's GENERAL HOSPITAL moved up to No. 1 as the favorite daytime soap opera of our readers. NBC's DAYS OF OUR LIVES came in second with CBS' THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS third. See the complete list of shows below as well as the favorite couples, actors and actresses.| RANK | SHOW | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 |
| 1 | GENERAL HOSPITAL (ABC) | 2 | 63 |
| 2 | DAYS OF OUR LIVES (NBC) | 1 | 138 |
| 4 | THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (CBS) | 3 | 66 |
| 4 | THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (CBS) | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | AMORCITO CORAZÓN (Univision) | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | EMPERATRIZ (Azteca America) | 6 | 0 |
| 7 | EL SECRETARIO (Telemundo) | 7 | 0 |
In our Favorite Couple poll, John & Marlena from DAYS OF OUR LIVES edged out Todd & Blair from GENERAL HOSPITAL by just a few votes this week to finish at No. 1 again.
| RANK | COUPLE | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 | ||
| 1 | John & Marlena, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 1 | 45 | ||
| 2 | Todd & Blair, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 2 | 17 | ||
| 3 | Sonny & Will, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 3 | 14 | ||
| 4 | Jason & Sam, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 7 | - | ||
| 5 | Rafe & Sami, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | EJ & Sami, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 6 | 2 | ||
| 7 | Dante & Lulu, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | Duke & Anna, GENERAL HOSPITAL | - | 0 | ||
| 9 |
| 8 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Adam & Chelsea, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS | - | 0 |
GENERAL HOSIPTAL's Roger Howarth just beat out Drake Hogestyn from DAYS OF OUR LIVES as voted Favorite Actor this week.
| RANK | ACTOR | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 |
| 1 | Roger Howarth, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 2 | 21 |
| 2 | Drake Hogestyn, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 1 | 29 |
| 3 |
Galen Gering, DAYS OF OUR LIVES
| 3 | 5 |
| 4 | James Scott, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 5 | 4 |
| 5 | Chandler Massey, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 6 | 4 |
| 6 | Freddie Smith, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 7 | 3 |
| 7 | Steve Burton, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 8 | 0 |
| 8 | Dominic Zamprogna, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 4 | 4 |
| 9 | Michael Easton, GENERAL HOSPITAL | - | 0 |
| 10 | Ian Buchanan, GENERAL HOSPITAL | - | 0 |
DAYS OF OUR LIVES star Deidre Hall was voted Favorite Actress for the eighth week in a row. Kassie DePaiva fans made her a strong second. Eileen Davidson's return to DAYS OF OUR LIVES put her in fourth place.
| RANK | ACTRESS | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 |
| 1 | Deidre Hall, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 1 | 29 |
| 2 | Kassie DePaiva, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Alison Sweeney, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 3 | 19 |
| 4 | Eileen Davidson, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 9 |
| 5 | Kelly Monaco, GENERAL HOSPITAL | - | 0 |
| 6 | Finola Hughes, GENERAL HOSPITAL | - | 3 |
| 7 | Kristian Alfonso, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | Suzanne Rogers, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 8 | 0 |
| 9 | Melissa Reeves, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 9 | 0 |
| 10 | Lauren Koslow, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 7 | 0 |
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