WABC-TV Wins All Major Races In November'06 New York Nielsen Ratings

WABC-TV Wins All Major Races In November'06 New York Nielsen Ratings

'Eyewitness News' Is # 1 In The Morning, #1 In The Evening, and # 1 at Night In Households and Adults 25-54.

ABC-TV Is # 1 In New York In Network Dayparts.

NEW YORK, Nov. 30 /PRNewswire/ -- WABC-TV is the top-rated station in New York, delivering more Households and Adults 25-54, Monday-Sunday 6am-2am, than any other television station reported in Nielsen's November'06 New York People Meter Overnights. Channel 7's 4.3 rating/11 share in HHs, and 2.0 rating/ 9 share in A25-54, give it an advantage of 30% and 25%, respectively, over its nearest competitor. Additionally, this is the eleventh survey period since September'05 that the ABC-Owned station outdistances its competition in HHs by a least one full rating point.

"Eyewitness News" continues to sweep every news race, notching wins in HHs and A25-54 in Nov'06 for its 5AM, 6AM, 12PM, 5PM, 6PM and 11PM newscasts. Details of "Eyewitness News'" strong performances are as follows:

# 1 News at 11pm - "Eyewitness News"
6.6 Rtg/12 Shr in HHs; 3.6 Rtg/11 Shr in A25-54, M-Su

* Wins Mon-Fri and Mon-Sun late news races in both Households and A25-54.
* Scores its 14th consecutive M-Sun HH ratings win since Oct'05.
* Outdelivers competing M-Sun newscasts on WNBC and WCBS:
* Beats NewsChannel 4 by 16% in HH and 24% in A25-54 ratings
* Holds an advantage of 25% in HH and 44% in A25-54 ratings over CBS2
News
* Bill Ritter, Liz Cho, Lee Goldberg and Scott Clark anchor the 11pm
edition of "Eyewitness News."

# 1 News at 6pm - "Eyewitness News"
6.9 Rtg/14 Shr in HHs; 2.8 Rtg/11 Shr in A25-54, M-F

* Wins Mon-Fri and Mon-Sun 6pm news races in both Households and A25-54.
* Notches its 36th consecutive HH ratings win in the M-F 6pm news race
(Nov'03 to Nov'06)
* Outdelivers competing newscasts on WNBC, WCBS and WNYW:
* Commands a 73% HH and 115% A25-54 ratings advantage over NewsChannel 4
* Outperforms CBS2 News by 109% in HHs and 87% in A25-54 ratings
* Has more than a 5.0 rating pt. lead in HHs over FOX5 News at 6, and
over a 200% advantage in A25-54 rtgs.
* Bill Ritter, Liz Cho, Lee Goldberg and Scott Clark anchor the 6pm
edition of "Eyewitness News."

# 1 News at 5pm - "Eyewitness News"
6.7 Rtg/15 Shr in HHs; 2.6 Rtg/13 Shr in A25-54, M-F

* Wins the 5pm news race in both Households and A25-54.
* Marks its 33rd consecutive win in the M-F 5pm news race (Jul'04 to
Nov'06, HHs.)
* Outdelivers competing newscasts on WNBC, WCBS and WNYW:
* Shows advantages of 72% in HH and 86% in A25-54 ratings over Live At
Five
* Outdistances CBS2 News by 116% in HH and 86% in A25-54 ratings
* Beats FOX5 News by 4.8 HH and 1.7 A25-54 rating points
* Diana Williams, Sade Baderinwa and Sam Champion anchor the 5pm edition
of "Eyewitness News."

# 1 News at Noon - "Eyewitness News"
4.7 Rtg/17 Shr in HHs; 2.4 Rtg/18 Shr in W25-54, M-F

* Wins the midday news race in both Households and W25-54.
* Beats the combined deliveries of CBS2 News and FOX 5 News by 27% in HHs
and 140% in W25-54 rating points
* Shows Nov'05 to Nov'06 growth in HH ratings (+15%) and Women 25-54
ratings (+26%)
* Lori Stokes, Steve Bartelstein and Bill Evans anchor the 12pm edition of
"Eyewitness News."

# 1 News at 6am - "Eyewitness News"
3.1 Rtg/14 Shr in HHs; 1.5 Rtg/13 Shr in A25-54, M-F

* Wins the 6am news race in both Households and A25-54
* First Place in HH ratings on 13 of 20 days (M-F)
* First Place in A25-54 ratings on 14 of 20 days (M-F)
* Lori Stokes, Steve Bartelstein and Bill Evans anchor the 6am edition of
"Eyewitness News."

# 1 News at 5am - "Eyewitness News"
1.7 Rtg/11 Shr in HHs; 0.7 Rtg/10 Shr in A25-54, M-F

* Wins the 5am news race in both Households and A25-54.
* First Place in HH ratings on 13 of 20 days (M-F)
* First Place in A25-54 ratings on 12 of 20 days (M-F)
* Lori Stokes, Steve Bartelstein and Bill Evans anchor the 5am edition of
"Eyewitness News."

WABC-TV also wins the following local program races:

Top-rated Morning Programs -- "Live! With Regis and Kelly" wins its time period with a 4.7 rating/17 share in HHs and a 2.2 rating/16 share in W25-54. Newcomer "Rachael Ray" is # 1 in its 10-11am time slot, posting a 3.4 rating/13 share in HHs and a 1.8 rating/14 share in W25-54. Its W25-54 rating is up 38% over the Nov'05 time period performance.

Top-rated Early Fringe Program -- "Oprah Winfrey" ranks # 1 at 4pm with a 6.9 rating/17 share in HHs. Its 4.5 rating/23 share in Women 25-54 beats the combined deliveries of "Judge Judy" on WCBS-TV and "Ellen" on WNBC-TV.

Top-rated Access Programs -- "Jeopardy!" and "Wheel of Fortune," deliver a 9.7 rating/18 share and an 8.5 rating/15 share, respectively, in HHs, to continue in what is now their seventeenth broadcast season of complete domination in Access time periods. "Jeopardy's!" HH share is up 13% over Nov'05, while "Wheel of Fortune" share is up 7% over its prior year performance.

ABC Television is # 1 in all network races in New York in Nov'06. Highlights include:

# 1 Network News at 6:30PM - "ABC World News"
7.0 Rtg/13 Shr in HHs; 2.6 Rtg/10 Shr in A25-54, M-F

* New York's most-watched network newscast, now anchored by Charles
Gibson, holds advantages of 46% and 63% in HH and A25-54 ratings,
respectively, over its nearest competitor (NBC Nightly News.)

# 1 in Primetime
7.6 Rtg/12 Shr in HHs; 4.2 Rtg/11 Shr in A25-54, M-Su

* "Desperate Housewives," "Boston Legal," "Dancing With The Stars,"
"Brothers and Sisters," "LOST" and "Ugly Betty" power ABC to be the #1
network in New York.
* ABC Prime on WABC-TV beats CBS Prime by 4% in HHs and 17% in A25-54
ratings. It also outdelivers NBC Prime by 19% in HHs and 17% in A25-54
ratings.

Ties for # 1 in Network Morning News/Information 7-9am -
"Good Morning America"

* "GMA" is in a dead heat with The Today Show, both delivering a 4.0
Rtg/13 Shr in HHs and a 1.6 Rtg/11 Shr in A25-54.

WABC-TV, Channel 7, is the ABC, Inc. Owned Television Station in New York City.

FINAL NIELSEN AVERAGES

NOV'06 NOV'06
DMA HH ADULT 25-54
MON.- FRI. PROGRAMMING RTG/SHR RTG/SHR

WABC-TV M-Su 6am-2am 4.3/11 2.0/ 9
WCBS-TV M-Su 6am-2am 3.3/ 8 1.5/ 7
WNBC-TV M-Su 6am-2am 3.2/ 8 1.6/ 7
WNYW-TV M-Su 6am-2am 1.9/ 5 1.0/ 5
WPIX-TV M-Su 6am-2am 1.7/ 4 0.9/ 4
WWOR-TV M-Su 6am-2am 0.9/ 2 0.4/ 2

WABC Eyewtns News-Early 5-6am 1.7/11 0.7/10
WCBS CBS2 News Morning 5-6am 0.7/ 4 0.3/ 4
WNBC Today New York 1 5-6am 1.6/10 0.6/ 8
WNYW Good Day Wakeup 5-6am 0.5/ 3 0.2/ 3
WPIX CW11 Morning News 5-6am 1.4/ 9 0.7/ 9

WABC Eyewtns News-Morn 6-7am 3.1/14 1.5/13
WCBS CBS2 News Morning 6-7am 1.3/ 6 0.6/ 6
WNBC Today New York 2 6-7am 3.0/13
WNYW GDNY 1st Edition 6-7am 1.7/ 7 1.0/ 9
WPIX CW11 Morning News 6-7am 1.6/ 7 0.9/ 8

WABC Good Morning America 4.0/13 1.6/11
WCBS CBS Early Show 7 & 730am 1.2/ 4 0.5/ 4
WNBC Today Show 4.0/13 1.6/11
WNYW Good Day NY 1.9/ 6 1.2/ 8
WPIX CW11 Morning News 1.6/ 5 1.0/ 7

NOV'06 NOV'06
DMA HH WOMEN 25-54
RTG/SHR RTG/SHR

WABC Live! With Regis & Kelly 9am 4.7/17 2.2/16
WABC Rachael Ray 10am 3.4/13 1.8/14
WABC The View 11am 4.1/16 2.5/18
WCBS ET/Insider 9am/9:30am 1.0/ 4 0.6/ 4
WNBC Today Show 2 9am 2.4/ 9 1.2/ 8
WNBC Martha 10am 1.6/ 6 0.8/ 6
WNBC Megan Mullally 11am 0.6/ 2 0.4/ 3
WNYW Tyra Banks 9am 1.0/ 3 0.5/ 3

WABC Eyewitness News at Noon 4.7/17 2.4/18
WCBS CBS2 News Noon 2.9/11 0.7/ 5
WNYW Fox 5 Live 11-1130am 0.8/ 3 0.3/ 2
WABC Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 3.7/14 1.7/12

WABC Oprah Winfrey 6.9/17 4.5/23
WCBS Judge Judy 3.9/10 2.0/10
WNBC Ellen 2.0/ 5 1.1/ 6
WCBS Dr Phil 3pm 3.8/12 2.1/13
WNBC Judge Joe Brown 3pm 1.7/ 5 0.8/ 5

FINAL NIELSEN AVERAGES

NOV'06 NOV'06
DMA HH ADULT 25-54
MON.- FRI. PROGRAMMING RTG/SHR RTG/SHR

WABC 5pm Eyewitness News 6.7/15 2.6/13
WCBS CBS2 News at 5 3.1/ 7 1.4/ 7
WNBC Live at 5 3.9/ 9 1.4/ 7
WNYW Fox5 News at 5 1.9/ 4 0.9/ 4

WABC 6pm Eyewitness News 6.9/14 2.8/12
WCBS CBS2 News at 6 3.3/ 7 1.5/ 6
WNBC NewsChannel 4 at 6 4.0/ 8 1.3/ 6
WNYW Fox5 News at 6 1.7/ 4 0.9/ 4

WABC ABC World News 7.0/13 2.6/10
WCBS CBS Evening News 3.1/ 6 1.2/ 5
WNBC NBC Nightly News 4.8/ 9 1.6/ 6

WABC Jeopardy! 9.7/18 2.9/10
WABC Wheel of Fortune 8.5/15 2.5/ 8
WCBS Insider 3.8/ 7 1.9/ 7
WCBS Entertainment Tonight 4.5/ 8 2.2/ 7
WNBC Extra 3.8/ 7 1.8/ 7
WNBC Access Hollywood 3.6/ 6 2.0/ 6
WNYW The Simpsons 2.4/ 4 1.1/ 4
WNYW Seinfeld 2.5/ 4 1.2/ 4
WWOR King of Queens 1.7/ 3 1.1/ 4
WWOR King of Queens 1.9/ 3 1.2/ 4
WPIX Everybody Loves Raymond 1.9/ 3 1.1/ 4
WPIX Everybody Loves Raymond 2.4/ 4 1.5/ 5

WABC M-Su. Prime 7.6/12 4.2/11
WCBS M-Su. Prime 7.3/12 3.6/ 9
WNBC M-Su. Prime 6.4/10 3.6/ 9

WABC 11pm Eyewtns News M-F 6.2/11 3.3/10
WCBS CBS2 News at 11 M-F 5.4/10 2.6/ 8
WNBC NewsChannel 4 at 11 M-F 5.8/11 3.0/ 9

WABC 11pm Eyewtns News M-Su 6.6/12 3.6/11
WCBS CBS2 News at 11 M-Su 5.3/10 2.5/ 8
WNBC NewsChannel 4 at 11 M-Su 5.7/11 2.9/ 9

Source: Nielsen NY LPM Live Only Overnights: 11/2/06 - 11/29/06

Source: WABC-TV

CONTACT: Pat Liguori, Research, of WABC-TV, +1-212-456-3406

Web site: http://www.abc.com/

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