AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS Makes ABC #1 Non-Sports Network in Viewers

ABC Sunday Prime (7-11pm - 10.4 million and 3.2/9 in AD18-49): Featuring AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS and the 2014 American Music Awards against strong NFL-driven competition, ABC surged to Sunday season highs in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49.

America's Funniest Home Videos (7-8pm - 7.0 million and 1.4/4 in AD18-49): Up for the 4th week in Total Viewers (+3%), ABC's AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS hit a new season high with its most watched telecast in nearly 1 year - since 12/8/13.

The 2014 American Music Awards (8-11pm - 11.6 million and 3.8/10 in AD18-49): Opposite big NFL-fueled competition on the evening, including down-to-the-wire SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL CONTEST (Cowboys-Giants) and an NFL overrun-driven CBS (Dolphins-Broncos), the 2014 American Music Awards made ABC the dominant #1 non-sports network from 8-11pm in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49. In addition, the AMAs stood as the night's top-rated broadcast over football in key Women (W18-34/W18-49) and Teens 12-17.

In Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS marked its 2nd-highest numbers in its last 3 years - since 2001. In addition, the AMAs scored its 2nd-highest number in 10 years with Teens 12-17 - since 2004.

Opposite the big NFL competition, the 2014 AMAs produced ABC's strongest entertainment numbers in the time period in nearly 9 months with viewers and young adults - since THE ACADEMY AWARDS on 3/2/14.

ABC's American Music Awards ranked as the #1 most social program on TV Sunday with 5,650,909 million tweets, nearly 5 times higher than NBC's SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL (1,136,366 million).

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