LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL Beats 'Ellen' Premiere Week

During the week of September 9, 2013, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" ranked as the No. 2 Syndicated talk show in Households (2.7 rating), beating the 10th season premiere week of "Ellen" by 4% (2.6 rating).

Building for the 2nd consecutive week, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" grew to 27-week highs in Homes (+8% - 2.7 rating vs. 2.5 rating) and Total Viewers (+4% - 3.474 million vs. 3.344 million) - since the week of 3/4/13. "LIVE" also shot up week to week by 15% in Women 25-54 (1.5 rating vs. 1.3 rating) to its highest rating since early July - since w/o 7/8/13.

"LIVE with Kelly and Michael" grew over the year-ago week across all key Nielsen measures: HH (+13%), Total Viewers (+13%), Women 25-54 (+7%). In fact, "LIVE" scored the biggest year-over-year growth in Total Viewers of any Syndicated talk show.

On Friday the 13th (9/13/13), the show's "First Anniversary Viewer's Choice Show," "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" soared to its best performance so far this season in Homes (2.9 rating) and Total Viewers (3.805 million), marking its highest numbers in over 6 months for any single telecast - since 4/1/13.

"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.

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