The results are in from the We Love Soaps Daytime Soap Best of the Week poll for October 15-19, 2012. ABC's GENERAL HOSPITAL remained at No. 1 as favorite daytime soap opera of our readers for the second consecutive week. 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) | 1 | 64 |
| 2 | DAYS OF OUR LIVES (NBC) | 2 | 139 |
| 4 | THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (CBS) | 3 | 67 |
| 4 | THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (CBS) | 4 | 20 |
| 5 | AMORCITO CORAZÓN (Univision) | 5 | 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 again this week to finish at No. 1 again. John fans also like him with the newly-returned Kristen as well. Jason & Sam from GENERAL HOSPITAL cracked the Top 3 for the first time as they reunited with their baby.
| RANK | COUPLE | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 | ||
| 1 | John & Marlena, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 1 | 46 | ||
| 2 | Todd & Blair, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 2 | 18 | ||
| 3 | Jason & Sam, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 4 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Sonny & Will, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | Rafe & Sami, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | EJ & Sami, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 6 | 2 | ||
| 7 | John & Kristen, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 0 | ||
| 8 | Dante & Lulu, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 7 | 8 | ||
| 9 |
| 8 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Bo & Hope, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 5 |
GENERAL HOSIPTAL's Roger Howarth topped Drake Hogestyn from DAYS OF OUR LIVES as Favorite Actor this week.
| RANK | ACTOR | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 |
| 1 | Roger Howarth, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 1 | 22 |
| 2 | Drake Hogestyn, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 2 | 30 |
| 3 |
James Scott, DAYS OF OUR LIVES
| 4 | 5 |
| 4 | Galen Gering, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Steve Burton, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 7 | 0 |
| 6 | Freddie Smith, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | Chandler Massey, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 5 | 4 |
| 8 | Peter Reckell, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 3 |
| 9 | Dominic Zamprogna, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 8 | 4 |
| 10 | Peter Bergman, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS | - | 0 |
DAYS OF OUR LIVES star Deidre Hall was voted Favorite Actress for the ninth week in a row. Fans of Kassie DePaiva and Eileen Davidson mounted big challenges this week for the top spot.
| RANK | ACTRESS | LAST WEEK | TOP 3 |
| 1 | Deidre Hall, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 1 | 30 |
| 2 | Kassie DePaiva, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 2 | 12 |
| 3 | Eileen Davidson, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 4 | 1 |
| 4 | Alison Sweeney, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 3 | 19 |
| 5 | Kristian Alfonso, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 7 | 2 |
| 6 | Kelly Monaco, GENERAL HOSPITAL | 5 | 0 |
| 7 | Peggy McCay, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | - | 0 |
| 8 | Florencia Lozano, GENERAL HOSPITAL | - | 3 |
| 9 | Suzanne Rogers, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 8 | 0 |
| 10 | Lauren Koslow, DAYS OF OUR LIVES | 10 | 0 |
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Glad to see Peggy McCay get some kudos for her brave performance. She will be missed when Caroline leaves Salem with Bo. :(
ReplyDeleteLauren Koslow is great - but she hasn't been onscreen in quite sometime.