48 HOURS: SOLVE THIS CASE Was Saturday's No. 1 Broadcast with Viewers

By: Jan. 31, 2017
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48 HOURS: SOLVE THIS CASE: "Who Killed Kay Wenal?" was Saturday's #1 broadcast with viewers, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Jan. 28. At 10:00 PM, 48 HOURS delivered 5.00 million viewers and a 1.1/04 with adults 25-54, the demographic that matters most to those who advertise in news. Compared to the previous week, 48 HOURS added +500,000 viewers (up +11% from 4.50m) and was even in adults 25-54. This was 48 HOURS second largest audience of the season. Compared to the same night last year, 48 HOURS was up +16% in viewers.

Saturday's broadcast featured Erin Moriarty and 48 HOURS's report on the investigation into a hard-to-close murder case that has perplexed local police and private investigators since Kay Wenal, a well-liked, former model was found brutally murdered inside the Gwinnett County, Ga., home she shared with her real-estate millionaire husband in May of 2008.

Wenal's murder case has been difficult to solve because the only blood found at the horrific scene belonged to the victim. There were no fingerprints or footprints, no evidence of a break-in and the killer took the weapon with him, police and investigators say. Her husband, Hal Wenal, had a solid alibi, and Kay didn't seem to have any enemies. But police do have some clues - an expletive-filled cut-and-paste note about the murder, and a sketch of an unknown man seen by a neighbor the day before and the day of the murder.

48 HOURS: SOLVE THIS CASE: "Who Killed Kay Wenal?" is produced by Lisa Freed and Michelle Feuer. Alicia Tejada is the field producer. Phil Tangel, Gregory F. McLaughlin and George Baluzy are the editors. Judy Tygard is the senior producer. Susan Zirinsky is the senior executive producer.

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