LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL is Week's No. 2 Syndicated Talk Show
By: Caryn Robbins
Based on National ratings for the first week of March 2013, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" ranked as the No. 2 Syndicated talk show in Households for the 7th week in a row, beating "Ellen" by 4% (2.7 rating vs. 2.6 rating), despite "LIVE's" early time periods with lower overall TV usage levels. "LIVE" also finished the week as the No. 2 syndie talk show for the 2nd straight week in both Total Viewers (outdrawing "Ellen" by 3% -- 3.565 million vs. 3.458 million) and Women 25-54 (tied with "Ellen" - 1.7 rating).
"LIVE" held 100% of its week-ago numbers in Homes, Women 18-34 (0.7 rating) and Women 25-54, while growing week to week in Total Viewers (3.565 million vs. 3.552 million) and Women 18-49 (1.3 rating vs. 1.2 rating). "LIVE" matched its 2nd-best Women 18-49 rating this season and tied its highest Women 25-54 number since November 2011 - since the week of 11/21/11. "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" posted gains over the same week last year (w/o 3/5/12) in Homes (+4%), Total Viewers (+2%), Women 18-49 (+8%) and Women 25-54 (+13%).Videos