LIVE Up Year Over Year for 8th Straight Week in Homes & Total Viewers

During the week of October 28, 2013, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" stood within 1-tenth of a rating point with "Dr. Phil" in Households (3.0 rating vs. 3.1 rating) and ran neck-and-neck in Total Viewers (3.972 million vs. 4.041 million) as the No. 1 Syndicated talk show, despite "LIVE's" early time periods with lower overall TV usage levels. "LIVE" beat "Dr. Phil by 6% in Women 25-54 (1.8 rating vs. 1.7 rating) to rank No. 2 for the week.

Hitting season highs, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" shot up by double-digits in Households (+15% - 3.0 rating vs. 2.6 rating) and Women 25-54 (+13% - 1.8 rating vs. 1.6 rating) to deliver its best performance in nearly 2 years - since w/o 11/21/11 (which was Kelly's first week as a solo host). In addition, "LIVE" soared over the prior week by 15% in Total Viewers (3.972 million vs. 3.450 million) to draw its biggest overall audience since December 2011 - since w/o 12/19/11.

Posting solid double-digit gains, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" grew over the year-ago week (10/29/12) for the 8th week in a row in Homes (+15%) and Total Viewers (+14%) and for the 6th time in 8 weeks in Women 25-54 (+20%).

Marking new season highs, Thursday's Halloween show (on 10/31/13) was "LIVE's" highest-rated telecast on any day in Households (3.5 rating) and Total Viewers (4.730 million) since November 2011 and in Women 25-54 (2.0 rating) since December 2012 - since 11/21/11, 11/18/11 and 12/31/12, respectively. In addition, Thursday's telecast was "LIVE's" top-rated Halloween show in 6 years in Homes and Women 25-54 and its most-watched in 7 years - since 2007 and 2006, respectively.

"LIVE with Kelly and Michael" is distributed in national syndication by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. Produced by WABC-TV in New York and executive produced by Michael Gelman, "LIVE" airs in more than 200 markets across the U.S. Visit "LIVE" on the web at LIVEKellyandMichael.com, on Facebook, or follow "LIVE" on Twitter, @KellyandMichael.

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live + Same Day Program Ratings, weeks of 10/28/13, 10/21/13 & 10/29/12.

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