LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL is #1 for Third Week

During the week of January 6, 2014, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" ranked as the No. 1 Syndicated talk show for the 3rd straight week in Households (3.4 rating), tying with "Dr. Phil" and beating "Ellen" by 10% (3.1 rating). In addition, "LIVE" outdrew "Ellen" by 5% in Total Viewers (4.510 million vs. 4.298 million) to rank No. 2 during the week. "LIVE" was the week's No. 1 syndie talker in Women 25-54 (1.9 rating), tied with "Dr. Phil" and "Ellen."

On average for the 2013-14 season to date, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" stands as the No. 2 Syndicated talker in Households (2.9 rating) and Total Viewers (3.822 million), moving ahead of "Ellen" (2.7 rating and 3.781 million) in both Nielsen measures.

· "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" held 100% of its week-ago season-high numbers in Households (3.4 rating) and Women 25-54 (1.9 rating) to equal its highest-rated week in over 2 years - since the week of 11/21/11. In addition, "LIVE" retained nearly all (97%) of its week-ago Total Viewer count (4.510 million) to draw its 2nd-biggest overall audience so far this season, behind only the prior week.

· For the 2nd week in a row, "LIVE" posted solid double-digit gains over the year-ago week (w/o 1/7/13) in Households (+31%), Total Viewers (+37%) and Women 25-54 (+27%). In fact, through the first 19 weeks of the season, "LIVE" is up year to year by 12% in Households (2.9 rating vs. 2.6 rating), by 11% in Total Viewers (3.796 million vs. 3.409 million) and by 7% in Women 25-54 (1.6 rating vs. 1.5 rating) to deliver its strongest performance through this point in a season in 6 years - since the 2007-08 season. The year-to-year growth for "LIVE" is even more impressive considering its year-ago averages include the high-rated first weeks of Kelly and Michael as a new team.

· During the course of the week, "LIVE" scored its best numbers for any single-day telecast since the final broadcast of "Live with Regis and Kelly" in November 2011 (on 11/18/11) in Households (3.8 rating) on Monday and Tuesday, in Total Viewers (5.213 million) on Monday and in Women 25-54 (2.3 rating) on Tuesday.

"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 1/6/14, 12/30/13 & 1/7/13.

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