Return To Peyton Place (TV Series) - Broadcast History/ratings

Broadcast History/ratings

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Return replaced Bright Promise on NBC's schedule at 3:30 PM/2:30 Central; despite its attempts to continue the 1960s primetime phenomenon, it performed no better than its predecessor against ABC's One Life to Live or CBS' The Edge of Night. Worse still, in July 1973, CBS debuted its Match Game at that slot, and within months it became daytime's top-rated program. In response, NBC pulled Return on January 4 in favor of How to Survive a Marriage, another unsuccessful serial.

1971-1972 Season

• 1. As The World Turns 11.1
• 2. General Hospital 10.4
• 3. Days Of Our Lives 9.9
• 11. Return to Peyton Place 7.4 (Debut)

1972-1973 Season

• 1. As The World Turns 10.6
• 2. Days Of Our Lives 9.9
• 3. Another World 9.7
• 13. Return to Peyton Place 7.2

1973-1974 Season

• 1. As The World Turns 9.7
• 1. Days Of Our Lives 9.7
• 1. Another World 9.7
• 4. The Doctors 9.5
• 11. Return to Peyton Place 7.0