Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Posts Across-the-Board Gains This Season

Based on just-released National Live + Same Day ratings for the 2016 November Sweep, "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" with Chris Harrison shot up by strong double digits year over year in Households (+23% - 1.6 rating vs. 1.3 rating), Total Viewers (+30% - 2.250 million vs. 1.727 million) and Women 25-54 (+40% - 0.7 rating vs. 0.5 rating). In fact, "Millionaire" posted the biggest sweep-to-sweep gains for any Syndicated game show in Households and Viewers, and was the only gamer up in Women 25-54.

During the final week of the sweep period (w/o 11/21/16), "Millionaire" hit season highs with Households (1.7 rating-tie) and Total Viewers (2.370 million), delivering its best results in 15-months - since w/o 8/24/15.

On average season to date (11 complete weeks), "Millionaire" is surging across the board from the same point last season: +33% in Homes (1.6 rating vs. 1.2 rating), +32% in Total Viewers (2.187 million vs. 1.663 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 for 10/27-11/23/16, unless otherwise specified.

Photo credit: Ronda Churchill, Disney|ABC Home Entertainment and TV Distribution

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