THE FOSTERS' Summer Finale on ABC Family Delivers Multi-Month High

With season highs, the summer finale of ABC Family's critically acclaimed "The Fosters" delivered a near 8-month high in Adults 18-34 (767,000/1.1 rating) and set 5-month highs in Adults 18-49 (1.16 million/0.9 rating) and Women 18-49 (934,000/1.5 rating) - since 12/8/14, 3/16/15 and 3/23/15, respectively.

• For the season, "The Fosters" stood as cable TV's #1 scripted series in the hour across Adults 18-34, Women 18-34, Adults 18-49, Women 18-49, Viewers 12-34 and Females 12-34, and as the #2 scripted original cable TV series in Total Viewers.

• Based on available full-week Live + 7 ratings, "The Fosters" surges by solid double digits over Live + Same Day across the board, including with Total Viewers (+78% - 2.14 million vs. 1.20 million), Adults 18-34 (+87% - 720,000 vs. 386,000), Adults 18-49 (+84% - 1.14 million vs. 618,000) and Viewers 12-34 (+85% - 1.15 million vs. 621,000).

"Young & Hungry" (8:00-8:30 p.m.)

The summer 15 premiere of "Young & Hungry" out-delivered its Spring 15 launch in Adults 18-49 (+4% - 747,000 vs. 715,000) and across Women 18-34 (+3% - 383,000 vs. 372,000), Women 18-49 (+13% - 570,000 vs. 506,000) and Females 12-34 (+4% - 538,000 vs. 519,000) - ranking as cable TV's #1 telecast in THE HALF HOUR in the target demographics - and was up by 4% in Total Viewers (1.21 million vs. 1.16 million) to rank as the #1 original cable comedy in the time slot.

• Based on spring season Live + 7 ratings, "Young & Hungry" grew by solid double digits over its Live + Same Day across the board, including Total Viewers (+75% - 1.29 million vs. 736,000), Adults 18-34 (+89% - 603,000 vs. 319,000), Adults 18-49 (+79% - 833,000 vs. 466,000) and Viewers 12-34 (+94% - 801,000 vs. 413,000).

Source: NTI, U.S. ratings, 8/19/15, Live + 3; "The Fosters" L+7 vs. L+SD: 6/8/15-8/3/15; "Young & Hungry" Spring 15: 3/25/15-6/27/15.

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