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ABC News 'Nightline' placed second among Total Viewers, A25-54, and A18-49 for the just completed second quarter, outperforming CBS' 'Late Show with David Letterman' according to Nielsen Media Research. The last time 'Nightline' beat Letterman for a 2nd quarter among both Total Viewers and A25-54 was in 2000. Additionally, this marks 'Nightline's' best 2nd quarter total viewer delivery since 2004 and the program's best 2nd quarter A25-54 delivery since 2006.

Ratings Report for ABC News' 'Nightline' For Second Quarter 2010. FIRST TIME IN 10 YEARS 'NIGHTLINE' BEATS 'LETTERMAN' FOR A 2nd QUARTER AMONG BOTH A25-54 & TOTAL VIEWERS

During the week of June 14, 2010, ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' saw increases over the prior week for the 2nd week in a row in both Total Viewers (1.80 million vs. 1.64 million) and Adults 18-49 (859,000 vs. 783,000). In fact, 'JKL' delivered its highest Adult 18-49 number in 17 months - since w/o 11/3/08. In addition, 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' registered its best Adult 18-34 number (384,000) in well over 2 years - since w/o 2/4/08.

During the week of June 7, 2010, ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' was up over the prior week in both Total Viewers (1.64 vs. 1.62 million) and Adults 18-49 (783,000 vs. 725,000). Building week to week by 8%, 'JKL' posted its second-highest Adult 18-49 number in 4 months - since w/o 2/1/10. In addition, 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' scored its top Adult 18-34 number (356,000) in well over 2 years - since w/o 2/4/08.

ABC News' 'Nightline' placed first among Adults 25-54, Adults 18-49 and Total Viewers for the week of May 31, 2010, outperforming CBS' 'Late Show with David Letterman' and NBC's 'The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,' according to Nielsen Media Research. This is the second consecutive week 'Nightline' has ranked first. 'Nightline' posted 3.79 million Total Viewers, increasing +18% compared to the same week last year, while 'The Tonight Show' decreased -43% and 'Letterman' dropped -18%. Season to date, 'Nightline' posted 3.83 million Total Viewers, just 40,000 viewers away from first place.

During the week of May 24, 2010, ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' drew its largest weekly audience ever (2.14 million). In addition, the ABC late night program logged its best performance among Adults 18-49 (851,000) in over 15 months - since w/o 3/2/09.

ABC News' 'Nightline' was the No. 2 program among A25-54, A18-49 and Total Viewers for the week of May 17, 2010, according to Nielsen Media Research. This is the ninth week in a row 'Nightline' placed second among Total Viewers and the sixth consecutive week among A18-49. Compared to last year, 'Nightline' grew +2% among Total Viewers and +2% among A25-54. 'Nightline' also increased week to week: +2% among Total Viewers and +3% among A25-54.

ABC News' 'Nightline' was the No. 2 program among A25-54, A18-49 and Total Viewers for the week of May 10, 2010, according to Nielsen Media Research. This is the eighth week in a row 'Nightline' placed second among Total Viewers and the fifth consecutive week among A18-49. Additionally, 'Nightline' is solidly in second place season to date, with 3.81 million.

During the week of May 3, 2010, ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' was up over the prior week in Total Viewers (1.75 million vs. 1.73 million) for the 2nd consecutive week. In fact, 'Kimmel' drew its largest overall audience in 3 months since w/o 2/8/10. In addition, 'JKL' was up by 11% in Total Viewers (1.75 million vs. 1.58 million) over the same week last year.

During the week of April 26, 2010, ABC's 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' saw increases over the previous week of 12% in Total Viewers (1.73 million vs. 1.54 million) and 10% in Adults 18-49 (727,000 vs. 663,000), attracting the ABC late-night program's largest overall audience in nearly 3 months - since w/o 2/8/10. In addition, 'JKL' was up by 8% in Total Viewers (1.73 million vs. 1.60 million) and 6% in Adults 18-49 (727,000 vs. 688,000) over the same week last year.

For the fifth straight week, ABC News' 'Nightline' was the No. 2 program among Total Viewers, according to Nielsen Media Research for the week of April 19, 2010. 'Nightline' also placed 2nd among A18-49 for the week and tied CBS' 'Late Show with David Letterman' in the A25-54 rating (1.2). Additionally, 'Nightline' is solidly in 2nd place season to date among Total Viewers, with 3.83 million.

ABC News' 'Nightline' placed second among Adults 25-54, Adults 18-49 and Total Viewers for the week of March 29, 2010, according to Nielsen Media Research. Additionally, 'Nightline' is solidly in second place season to date among Total Viewers, with 3.85 million. Compared to the same week last year, 'Nightline' was the only program to grow versus the competition among A25-54, increasing +5%, while NBC's 'Tonight Show with Jay Leno' decreased -26% and CBS' 'Late Show with David Letterman' decreased -8%.

Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, James Gandolfini, Patti LuPone, Liz Smith, Christine Ebersole, Lesley Stahl, Joni Evans, Cynthia McFadden, and Michael Feinstein were just a few of the stars who gathered at the Carlyle Hotel last night to celebrate the 85th birthday of its most famous resident, Elaine Stritch. In honor of the event, Stritch herself celebrated with an hour long performance of 'At Home At The Carlyle: Elaine Stritch Singin' Sondheim...One Song At A Time.'

The stellar cast of the upcoming Rob Marshall film musical NINE recently reunited at New York's Plaza Hotel for an interview with Cynthia McFadden of ABC News' Nightline.

The cast of the upcoming Maury Yeston film 'Nine' will be featured in an upcoming exclusive interview with 'Nightline' host Cynthia McFadden on Thursday, December 10th. The interview will discuss the upcoming film, including the discoveries the actors made during filming about both themselves and their characters, their experiences with director Rob Marshall, and their favorite moments during the shoot.

The cast of the upcoming Maury Yeston film 'Nine' will be featured in an upcoming exclusive interview with 'Nightline' host Cynthia McFadden on Thursday, December 10th. The interview will discuss the upcoming film, including the discoveries the actors made during filming about both themselves and their characters, their experiences with director Rob Marshall, and their favorite moments during the shoot.

The cast of the upcoming Maury Yeston film 'Nine' will be featured in an upcoming exclusive interview with 'Nightline' host Cynthia McFadden on Thursday, December 10th. The interview will discuss the upcoming film, including the discoveries the actors made during filming about both themselves and their characters, their experiences with director Rob Marshall, and their favorite moments during the shoot.

The cast of the upcoming Maury Yeston film 'Nine' will be featured in an upcoming exclusive interview with 'Nightline' host Cynthia McFadden on Thursday, December 10th. The interview will discuss the upcoming film, including the discoveries the actors made during filming about both themselves and their characters, their experiences with director Rob Marshall, and their favorite moments during the shoot.

The personal theatrical papers of Katharine Hepburn, which were acquired by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in 2007, will be on view for the first time in the new library exhibition, Katharine Hepburn: In Her Own Files, opening Wednesday, June 10. Her long and rich theater career is documented through typescripts (some, like the script for Coco, annotated in Hepburn?s hand), hundreds of photographs (publicity shots and formal portraits, as well as informal snapshots and rehearsal candids), scrapbooks, promotional ephemera, and sixty years of correspondence (fan mail, congratulatory notes, and general letters from such notable friends and admirers as Judy Garland, Richard Burton, John Ford, Vivien Leigh, Peter O?Toole, Cary Grant, Humphrey Bogart, and Jeremy Irons, among scores of others. She saved telegrams from her friends and from stage crews and even the cards that come with flower bouquets, including many signed ?Pot,? Hepburn?s pet name for long-time companion Spencer Tracy). The exhibition continues through Saturday, October 10, 2009 in the Vincent Astor Gallery of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, located on the Lincoln Center campus at 40 Lincoln Center Plaza. Admission is free. For exhibition information, call 212.870.1630 or visit the Library?s website at www.nypl.org/lpa. In conjunction with this exhibition, a series of Hepburn films based on stage plays will be screened on Saturday afternoons in July and August at the Library.