ABC’s ‘The View’ Outperforms CBS’ ‘The Talk’ Across the Board
— -- Week to Week, ‘The View’ Sees Gains in Total Viewers and Women 25-54
‘The View’ Scores Year-To-Year Increases in All Key Target Demos: Total Viewers (+14%),
Women 25-54 (+6%) and Women 18-49 (+9%), Marking the 16th Consecutive
Week in Year-To-Year Total Viewer Gains
ABC’s “The View” averaged 2.737 million Total Viewers, 529,000 Women 25-54 and 411,000 Women 18-49 during the week of June 13, 2016, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “The View” outperformed CBS’ “The Talk” (2.622 million, 514,000 and 399,000, respectively) across the board: Total Viewers (+115,000), Women 25-54 (+15,000) and Women 18-49 (+12,000). In fact, “The View” led the CBS program by its largest overall advantage in 10 weeks – since w/o 4/4/16.
“The View” was up week to week (2.667 million and 521,000, respectively, on w/o 6/6/16) in Total Viewers (+3%) and Women 25-54 (+2%), drawing its largest overall audience in 6 weeks – since w/o 5/2/16.
“The View” improved on the same week last year (2.411 million, 497,00 and 378,000, respectively, on w/o 6/15/15) in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+14%), Women 25-54 (+6%) and Women 18-49 (+9%), posting year-to-year Total Viewer gains for the last 16 weeks.
2016 to date, “The View” is improving in Total Viewers (+133,000 – 2.870 million vs. 2.737 million) and Women 25-54 (+5,000 – 571,000 vs. 566,000) compared to the same point in 2015.
Week of June 13, 2016:
PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS WOMEN 25-54(000)/Rtg WOMEN 18-49(000)/Rtg
ABC “THE VIEW” 2,737,000 529,000/0.9 411,000/0.6
CBS “THE TALK” 2,622,000 514,000/0.9 399,000/0.6
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Women 25-54 and Women 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 6/13/16, 6/6/16 and 6/15/15. Most Current: 2015-2016 Season (9/21/15 – 6/19/16) and 2014-2015 Season (9/22/14 – 6/21/15) and 2016 (12/28/15 – 6/19/16) and 2015 (12/29/14 – 6/21/15). Averages based on regular telecasts.
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