Households
                                Rating  Share      % Last Year
 1  Young & The Restless   4.7   18    CBS     -19
 2  General Hosptial       3.6   12    ABC       3
 3  Days Of Our Lives      3.5   13    NBC      -8 
 4  Bold & The Beautiful   3.4   13    CBS     -22
 5  All My Children        3.3   11    ABC      -3
 6  One Life To Live       3.2   11    ABC      -3
 7  As The World Turns     3.0   10    CBS     -17
 8  Guilding Light         2.5    8    CBS     -24
 9  Passions               2.2    9    NBC       5
10  Port Charles           1.7    6    ABC       -

     And give a prize to "General Hospital." The soap ended the summer with tis best ratings since last summer, and was even up for the first time this year. "AMC" and "OLTL" went along for the ride, showing only slight declines. Over on NBC, "Days" was in the mid range, down a bit, whike "Passions" was up only slightly, despite huge demo gains.  As for CBS... "GL" continued to slide into oblivion, "B&B" slipped to fourth overall, tying its worst ratings ever (set last week). 

Women 18-49 
                                Rating  Share 
 1  General Hosptial       2.8   18    ABC
 2  Days Of Our Lives      2.7   18    NBC 
    Young & The Restless   2.7   17    CBS
 4  All My Children        2.4   16    ABC
 5  One Life To Live       2.3   15    ABC
 6  Passions               2.2   15    NBC
 7  Bold & The Beautiful   2.1   13    CBS 
 8  As The World Turns     1.6   11    CBS 
 9  Guilding Light         1.5   10    CBS 
10  Port Charles           1.2    8    ABC 

       Way to go, "General Hospital" ! for the first time in recent memory, the show took the week from perannual top rated "Days," scoring it's best numbers in a long time. "Y&R" also did well, drawing it's best average in months. Alos golden were "AMC" and "OLTL." "Passions," meanwhile, tied its best numbers in the demo ever, and then there were the rest.

Women 18-34
                               Rating  Share 
 1  Days Of Our Lives      3.9   25    NBC 
 2  Passions               2.9   19    NBC 
 3  General Hosptial       2.6   15    ABC 
 4  Young & The Restless   2.4   13    CBS 
 5  One Life To Live       2.2   11    ABC 
    All My Children        2.2   11    ABC
 7  Bold & The Beautiful   1.7    9    CBS 
 8  As The World Turns     1.0    7    CBS 
    Port Charles           1.0    7    ABC
10  Guilding Light         0.7    6    CBS 

      "Passions," "Passions," "Passions." That last official week before the start of school sent this show to within 4 shares of "Days," its lead-in. It was by far "Passions" best week of the summer, as well as being within a hair of a series record. ABC's soap weren't too shabby either, with all of them hitting summer highs. CBS's soaps weren't so lucky, however.