Editing All My Children (section)

=== 1980s ratings ===
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'''1979–1980 Season''' (HH Ratings) (Nielsen)
* 1. ''[[General Hospital]]'' 9.9
* 2. ''All My Children'' 9.2

'''1980–1981 Season''' (HH Ratings) (Nielsen)
* 1. ''[[General Hospital]]'' 11.4
* 2. ''All My Children'' 9.1 (Tied with [[One Life to Live]])

'''1981–1982 Season''' (HH Ratings)
* 1. ''[[General Hospital]]'' 11.2
* 2. ''All My Children'' 9.4

'''Highest rated week in daytime history'''
(Week of November 16 – 20, 1981) (HH ratings)
* 1. ''[[General Hospital]]'' 16.0 (3–4pm)
* 2. ''All My Children'' 10.2 (1–2pm) (#2 in viewers)
* 2. ''[[One Life to Live]]'' 10.2 (2–3pm) (#3 in viewers)
* 4. ''[[Guiding Light]]'' 7.4 (3–4pm)
* 5. ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' 7.0 (12:30–1:30&nbsp;pm)
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'''1982–1983 Season'''
* 1. ''[[General Hospital]]'' 9.8
* 2. ''All My Children'' 9.4

'''1983–1984 Season'''
* 1. ''[[General Hospital]]'' 10.0
* 2. ''All My Children'' 9.1

'''1984–1985 Season'''
* 1. ''[[General Hospital]]'' 9.1
* 2. ''All My Children'' 8.2

'''1985–1986 Season''' (HH Ratings)
* 1. ''[[General Hospital]]'' 9.2
* 3. ''All My Children'' 8.0
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'''1986–1987 Season'''
* 1. ''[[General Hospital]]'' 8.3
* 4. ''All My Children'' 7.0 (Tied with ''[[Days of Our Lives]]'' and ''[[As the World Turns]]'')

'''1987–1988 Season'''
* 1. ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' 8.1 (Tied with ''[[General Hospital]]'')
* 3. ''All My Children'' 7.7 (Tied with ''[[One Life to Live]]'')

'''1988–1989 Season''' (HH Ratings)
* 1. ''[[The Young and the Restless]]'' 8.1
* 4. ''All My Children'' 6.7
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