LIVE WITH KELLY & MICHAEL Is Highest-Rated Single-Day Telecast in 2 Years

By: Caryn Robbins Feb. 04, 2014

During the week of January 20, 2014, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" ranked as the No. 2 Syndicated talk show in Households (3.2 rating), beating "Ellen" for the 2nd consecutive week (3.1 rating).

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), Total Viewers (3.853 million) and Women 25-54 (1.7 rating - tied with "Dr. Phil").

· "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" was up week to week by 7% in Households, 12% in Women 25-54 and 6% in Women 25-54.

· "LIVE" grew over the year-ago week for the 4th week in a row in Households (+14%), Total Viewers (+19%) and Women 25-54 (+6%). In fact, through its first 21 weeks of the season, "LIVE" is up year to year by 12% in Households (2.9 rating vs. 2.6 rating), by 12% in Total Viewers (3.828 million vs. 3.421 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.

As the show celebrated Michael's induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" scored an impressive 4.3/13 in Households in the 56 U.S. metered markets on Monday, January 3, 2014, marking the show's highest-rated single telecast on any day since the final broadcast of "Live with Regis and Kelly" more than 2 years ago - since 11/18/11.

· "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" ranked No. 1 in its time period in Homes in 14 of the Top 15 U.S. markets, including New York. In New York, "LIVE" delivered a strong 6.3/16 in HHs in its 9:00 a.m. time period, nearly doubling runner-up NBC's "The Today Show" in The Hour (+85% - 3.4/8).

"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 and Instagram, @KellyandMichael.

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live + Same Day Program Ratings, weeks of 1/20/14, 1/13/14 & 1/21/13. National Most Current Program Ratings for 2013-14=9/9/13-1/26/14.