The results are in from the We Love Soaps Daytime Soap Best of the Week poll for October 1-5, 2012. NBC's DAYS OF OUR LIVES remained the No. 1 favorite daytime soap opera of our readers. ABC's GENERAL HOSPITAL came in second with CBS' THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS a distant third. 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) | 1 | 137 |
| 2 | GENERAL HOSPITAL (ABC) | 2 | 62 |
| 4 | THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (CBS) | 3 | 65 |
| 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 finished at No. 1 again this week.
| RANK | COUPLE | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 | ||
| 1 | John & Marlena, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 1 | 44 | ||
| 2 | Todd & Blair, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 2 | 16 | ||
| 3 | Sonny & Will, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 3 | 13 | ||
| 4 | Dante & Lulu, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | Rafe & Sami, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | EJ & Sami, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 2 | ||
| 7 | Jason & Sam, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 7 | 0 | ||
| 8 | Todd & Carly, GENERAL HOSPITAL | - | 0 | ||
| 9 |
| - | 0 | ||
| 10 | Bill & Katie, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUITFUL | - | 0 |
Drake Hogestyn from DAYS OF OUR LIVES was voted Favorite Actor again this week.
| RANK | ACTOR | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 |
| 1 | Drake Hogestyn, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 1 | 28 |
| 2 | Roger Howarth, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 2 | 20 |
| 3 |
Galen Gering, DAYS OF OUR LIVES
| 5 | 4 |
| 4 | Dominic Zamprogna, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | James Scott, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 10 | 4 |
| 6 | Chandler Massey, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 6 | 4 |
| 7 | Freddie Smith, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | Steve Burton, GENERAL HOSPITAL | - | 0 |
| 9 | Doug Davidson, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS | - | 0 |
| 10 | Brandon Barash, GENERAL HOSPITAL | - | 0 |
DAYS OF OUR LIVES star Deidre Hall was voted Favorite Actress for the seventh week in a row.
| RANK | ACTRESS | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 |
| 1 | Deidre Hall, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 1 | 28 |
| 2 | Kassie DePaiva, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Alison Sweeney, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 3 | 18 |
| 4 | Julie Marie Berman, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Arianne Zucker, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 0 |
| 6 | Kristian Alfonso, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 4 | 2 |
| 7 | Lauren Koslow, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 6 | 0 |
| 8 | Suzanne Rogers, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 10 | 0 |
| 9 | Melissa Reeves, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 0 |
| 10 | Molly Burnett, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 8 | 0 |
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