ABC’s ‘The View’ Outperforms CBS’ ‘The Talk’ Across the Board

ByABC News
June 16, 2016, 1:57 PM

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Week to Week, The View Sees Gains in All Key Target Demos: Total Viewers (+4%), Women 25-54 (+9%) and Women 18-49 (+10%)

The View Scores Year-To-Year Increases in Total Viewers and Women 18-49 Marking the 15th Consecutive Week in Year-To-Year Total Viewer Gains

 

Week of June 6, 2016:

ABCs The View averaged 2.667 million Total Viewers, 521,000 Women 25-54 and 415,000 Women 18-49 during the week of June 6, 2016, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research.  The View led CBS The Talk (2.645 million, 513,000 and 379,000, respectively) across the board: Total Viewers (+22,000), Women 25-54 (+8,000) and Women 18-49 (+36,000).

The View improved from the previous week (2.564 million, 476,000 and 377,000, respectively, on w/o 5/30/16) in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+4%), Women 25-54 (+9%) and Women 18-49 (+10%). 

The View saw gains on the year-ago week (2.482 million and 407,000, respectively, on w/o 6/8/15) in Total Viewers (+7%) and Women 18-49 (+2%), posting year-to-year Total Viewer increases for the last 15 weeks.

2016 to date, The View is improving in Total Viewers (+123,000 2.873 million vs. 2.750 million) and Women 25-54 (+4,000 572,000 vs. 568,000) compared to the same point in 2015.

Week of June 6, 2016:

PROGRAM AVERAGES      TOTAL VIEWERS    WOMEN 25-54(000)/Rtg    WOMEN 18-49(000)/Rtg 

ABC THE VIEW                           2,667,000                          521,000/0.9                      415,000/0.7

CBS THE TALK                             2,645,000                          513,000/0.9                      379,000/0.6

 

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Women 25-54 and Women 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 6/6/16, 5/30/16 and 6/8/15.  Most Current: 2015-2016 Season (9/21/15 6/12/16) and 2014-2015 Season (9/22/14 6/14/15) and 2016 (12/28/15 6/12/16) and 2015 (12/29/14 6/14/15).  Averages based on regular telecasts.   

ABC Media Relations

Lauri.L.Hogan

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lauri.l.hogan@abc.com

Pons Rongavilla

(818) 460-5615

ponciano.rongavilla@disney.com

 

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