During the week of May 26, 2014, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" ranked as the No. 1 Syndicated talk show in Women 25-54 (1.5 rating), tied with "Ellen." Despite its early time periods with lower overall TV usage levels, "LIVE" beat "Ellen" by 8% in Households (2.7 rating vs. 2.5 rating) and by 9% in Total Viewers (3.617 million vs. 3.319 million) to rank No. 2 for the week. In fact, "LIVE" topped "Ellen" for the 12th time in the last 13 weeks in both Homes and Viewers.
On average for the 2013-14 season to date, "LIVE" stands as the No. 2 Syndicated talker in Households (2.9 rating) and Total Viewers (3.870 million), leading "Ellen" (2.7 rating and 3.769 million) in both Nielsen measures. "LIVE" was up over the year-ago week for the 23rd week in a row in Households (+4%) and for the 29th straight week in Total Viewers (+6%). "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" matches its top Household rating and is generating its biggest overall audience 39 weeks into a TV season in 7 years and is posting its strongest 39-week average in Women 25-54 in 6 years - since the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons, respectively. Up over the comparable weeks last season in Households (+12% - 2.9 rating vs. 2.6 rating), Total Viewers (+13% - 3.856 million vs. 3.410 million) and Women 25-54 (+7% - 1.6 rating vs. 1.5 rating), 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.Videos