APN: 2020 Stats

[Dallas]

For the first time, I'm doing an annual stat list. This will let you know how many episodes each series on the APN released this past year and which characters were featured the most. For One Day at a Time, the numbers total how many episodes each character was featured in; for Chasing Diamonds, the numbers total how many scenes each character was featured in. I did this differently as the way Diamonds is set up, you see almost every character in each episode - sometimes multiple times. I hope you find this interesting, I had some interesting revelations doing this.

One Day at a Time
- Total episodes released in 2020: 71

Rank | Character | Number of Episodes
1 | Donovan | 45
2 | Kim | 44
3 | Natasha | 43
4 | Andrew | 42
5 | Leah | 41
6 | Paige | 40
7 | Max, Shane | 39
9 | Dominick, Eva, Brooke | 38
12 | Abby, Nicholas, Andy, Robbie | 37
16 | Jeff, Greg | 36
18 | Meggan | 35
19 | Tyler, Dawn | 33
21 | Robin, Trenyce, Cheresa | 32
24 | Lukas | 31
25 | Jacob | 30
26 | Adam | 29
27 | Brad, Cassie | 27
29 | Cory, Vinny, Craig | 26
32 | Victoria | 25
33 | Daisy | 24
34 | Helen, Chris | 23
36 | Felicia | 21
37 | Albertinah | 17
38 | Brett | 14
39 | Simona | 11
40 | Melissa | 9
41 | Bob | 8
42 | Sofia, Phil | 7
44 | Shelley, Josh | 6
46 | Lois, Franklin | 5
48 | Sophie | 2

Thoughts: I was surprised to see Donovan at the top of this list, however when going back through the episodes, he was featured a lot early in the year with Victoria's DID story wrapping up; he was at the cabin when she was shot and at the hospital. Post that storyline, he was also featured in the Robertson Enterprises story, which gave him air time. Lastly, he and Lukas' wedding and the avalanche really helped him be the most seen character this year. I had suspected it would be have been Robbie/Natasha/Kim/Cory since that storyline was front burner all year long. I was surprised to see Cory with so few episodes, even though 26 episodes is still a good amount!


Chasing Diamonds
- Total number of episodes released in 2020: 13

Rank | Character | Number of Scenes
1 | Stacey | 60
2 | Cole, Lydia | 53
4 | Mac | 46
5 | Kent | 45
6 | Lexington, Lucinda | 41
8 | Carmen | 39
9 | Celeste | 38
10 | Houston | 36
11 | Vivian | 32
12 | Dyhannah | 28
13 | Sabine, Chase | 27
15 | Madison | 26
16 | Marat | 25
17 | Nathan | 23
18 | Grant | 22
19 | Slate, Casper | 20
21 | Mateo | 14
22 | Dane | 10
23 | Noel | 8
24 | Janice | 5
25 | Deacon | 4

Thoughts: Not surprisingly the Rockwell's are near the top. With Stacey being featured in the baby switch, she really jumped out as the leader of the pack this year. I was surprised that Celeste was so high since she was mostly MIA in the Christmas episode; also telling of how strong her story was. I was surprised that Dyhannah had more scenes than Sabine/Chase but she did have her affair with Marat.


I hope you enjoyed this! It was fun to put together.

Dallas

[Michael]

I love doing these and seeing others do them for your series! It puts the finished year in a new context sometimes.

I wouldn't have expected Donovan to be on top (har har) either, but it makes sense. I find this happens with FP -- there will be someone leading or near the top who had a supporting role in a bunch of other things, even if they didn't have an instrumental role in them. But you can really rack up episodes that way. Also, justice for Shelley!

[Dallas]

To be honest - you've been doing this type of list for years and I was inspired by you to do one this year!
and trust and believe, Shelley is featured a lot more this year … there's a big story coming up for her