Complex sentence: At the end of the 1981-82 television season, "The Edge of Night" pulled in a 5.0 rating, but with the resulting pre-emptions, the show's rating dropped to a 3.8 in 1983.
Split into simpler sentences: At the end of the 1981-82 television season, "The Edge of Night" pulled in a 5.0 rating. However, with the resulting pre-emptions, the show's rating dropped to a 3.8 in 1983.