Inaugural Broadcast of LIVE WITH KELLY AND RYAN Soars in Time Slot in Households

With the surprise announcement of Ryan Seacrest as Kelly Ripa's new co-host on Monday, May 1, 2017, LIVE WITH KELLY AND RYAN scored an impressive 3.1 Household rating, 11 share in the 56 U.S. Metered Markets. The newly re-christened Syndicated talk show also delivered a 1.3/11 among Women 25-54 in the 25 LPM Markets on Monday.

"Live with Kelly and Ryan" scored the program's strongest telecast in Households on any day since the show's highly rated post-Oscars telecast in February - since 2/27/17.

The inaugural broadcast of "Live with Kelly and Ryan" was the No. 1 Syndicated talk show on Monday in Households (3.1/11) and Women 25-54 (1.3/11), topping both "Dr. Phil" (2.8/8 and 0.9/6, respectively) and "Ellen" (2.6/7 and 1.2/8, respectively).

Among U.S. Metered Market Homes, "Live with Kelly and Ryan" ranked No. 1 in its 9:00 a.m. time period in each of the Top 5 U.S. Markets (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia and Dallas).

In its home market of New York, "Live with Kelly and Ryan" delivered a time-period winning 4.4/15 in Households, more than doubling NBC's "Today Show 2" head-to-head in the 9:00 a.m. hour (+144% - 1.8/5).

"Live with Kelly and Ryan" is distributed in national Syndication by Disney | ABC Home Entertainment and TV Distribution. The show is produced by WABC-TV in New York and executive produced by Michael Gelman, Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest. Visit "Live" on Facebook and Instagram (@LiveKellyandRyan), and Twitter and SnapChat (@LiveKellyRyan).

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