CBS's THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS & More Post Largest Audiences in a Year

For the week ending Jan. 5, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (which just celebrated 29 consecutive years as daytime's #1 drama) delivered 4.82 million viewers, its largest weekly audience in a year (since the week of Jan. 6, 2017). The daytime series, currently in its 44th season, began its winning streak the week of Dec. 26, 1988.

THE BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL delivered 3.94 million viewers, also its largest audience since the week ending Jan. 6, 2017.

THE TALK also hit an 11-month high with 2.80 million viewers, its biggest week in over 11 months (since week ending Jan. 27, 2017) CBS' Daytime Emmy Award-winning talk show THE TALK features a panel of well-known news and entertainment personalities discussing current events, pop culture, contemporary issues, family, celebrity and the trending topics of the day. The daily one-hour series is hosted by Julie Chen, Eve, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne and Sheryl Underwood, who swap stories, challenge each other on issues and engage the studio audience and viewers at home about events in the headlines and their own homes. Show segments include guest interviews with entertainers and newsmakers, musical performances, cooking demos with celebrity chefs, as well as real-world advice. Multiple Daytime Emmy Award winner John Redmann serves as executive producer. Gilbert, who developed the show, is also an executive producer. Heather Gray and Kristin Matthews are co-executive producers.

Source: Nielsen, Live Plus Same Day Ratings for the week ending Jan. 5, 2018.

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