WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE Delivers Strongest Week in Over 1 Year

Based on National Live + Same Day ratings (w/o 9/26/16), "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" with Chris Harrison built week to week in Households (+7% - 1.6 rating vs. 1.5 rating), Total Viewers (+6% - up for the 3rd straight week - 2.217 million vs. 2.101 million) and Women 25-54 (+17% - 0.7 rating vs. 0.6 rating).

On Wednesday (9/28/16 with 2.267 million viewers), "Millionaire" scored its most watched single-day telecast in 10 months - since 12/28/15. Wednesday was the first day of a two-day run by Father Bill Matheny, a priest from West Virginia who eventually took home $250,000 to be donated to his grade school alma mater.

"Millionaire" delivered 1-year highs in Households (tying season premiere week -w/o 9/12/16) and Total Viewers, while hitting an 8-month high with Women 25-54 - since w/o 9/7/15, 8/24/15 and 1/18/16, respectively.

On average season to date, "Millionaire" is up by double digits across the board: +33% in Homes (1.6 rating vs. 1.2 rating), +33% in Total Viewers (2.132 million vs. 1.606 million) and +20% in Women 25-54 (0.6 rating vs. 0.5 rating).

About "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" The Emmy-nominated "Millionaire" airs across the country weekdays in national syndication. Go to MillionaireTV.com for time and channel. "Millionaire" is produced by Valleycrest Productions Ltd. and is distributed by Disney|ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution. James Rowley serves as executive producer.

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live + Same Day Program Ratings, week of 9/26/16.

Photo credit: Jacob Kepler, Disney/ABC Home Entertainment and TV Distribution

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