Channel 7 Is Top Station in New York and the Nation in Feb'07 Nielsen Sweeps

Channel 7 Is Top Station in New York and the Nation in Feb'07 Nielsen Sweeps

'Eyewitness News' Wins Every News Race: 5AM, 6AM, 12PM, 5PM, 6PM and 11PM

'Desperate Housewives', 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Ugly Betty' All Rank Within Top 10 Regularly Scheduled Primetime Programs in Tri-State Area

NEW YORK, March 1 /PRNewswire/ -- WABC-TV is New York's highest-rated broadcast station for the twenty-seventh consecutive rating period, delivering a 4.9 rating/12 share in DMA Households, Monday-Sunday Sign-On to Sign-Off in Nielsen's Feb'07 sweeps. With each rating point representing 73,670 Tri-State area TV households, Channel 7 attracts a larger audience than any other station in the nation.

Equally impressive is the "Eyewitness News" franchise's DMA HH win in every local news race, with margins as large as 138% over competitors WCBS-TV & WNBC-TV. "Eyewitness News" also beats its competitors (WCBS-TV & WNBC-TV) in every local news race in the Adult 25-54 demographic with margins reaching as high as 121%.

Other highlights for ABC/7 in the Feb'07 sweeps are "Grey's Anatomy", "Ugly Betty" and "Desperate Housewives" respectively ranking #3, #5 and #8 among regularly scheduled Primetime programs within New York DMA households.

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

WABC-TV HH RATING
FEB'07 FEB'07 % ADVANTAGE OVER
Program DMA HH RANK WCBS-TV WNBC-TV
RTG/SHR

Sign-on to Sign-off M-Su 7:00-1:00am 4.9/12 #1 40% 63%
Eyewitness News
This Morning 5am M-F 5:00-6:00am 2.0/12 #1 122% 18%
Eyewitness News This
Morning 6am M-F 6:00-7:00am 3.5/16 #1 133% 40%
Good Morning America M-F 7:00-9:00am 4.3/14 #2 231% ---
Live! with Regis &
Kelly M-F 9:00-10:00am 5.6/19 #1 409% 124%
Rachael Ray M-F 10:00-11:00am 4.3/15 #1 378% 187%
The View M-F 11:00am-
12:00pm 4.8/17 #1 85% 700%
Eyewitness News
at Noon M-F 12:00-12:30pm 5.4/18 #1 64% NA*
Afternoon Rotation M-F 12:00-4:00pm 3.7/12 #1 42% 208%
Oprah Winfrey M-F 4:00-5:00pm 6.8/17 #1 74% 278%
Eyewitness News 5pm M-F 5:00-6:00pm 7.0/15 #1 126% 80%
Eyewitness News 6pm M-F 6:00-6:30pm 7.6/15 #1 138% 81%
Eyewitness News 6pm M-Su 6:00-6:30pm 6.8/14 #1 119% 66%
ABC's World News
Tonight M-F 6:30-7:00pm 7.7/15 #1 148% 57%
Jeopardy! M-F 7:00-7:30pm 9.7/17 #1 143% 137%
Wheel of Fortune M-F 7:30-8:00pm 8.4/14 #1 83% 133%
Primetime M-Sa 8:00-11:00pm/
Su 7:00-11:00pm 7.2/11 #2 --- 41%
Eyewitness News 11pm M-F 11:00-11:35pm 7.0/13 #1 32% 17%
Eyewitness News 11pm M-Su 11:00-
11:35pm 6.5/12 #1 23% 14%

* WNBC-TV does not air a Noon News Source: NY Nielsen LPM Live Only
Overnights 2/1/07-2/28/07

FINAL NIELSEN AVERAGES

FEB'07 FEB'06
DMA HH DMA HH
MON.- FRI. PROGRAMMING RTG/SHR RTG/SHR

WABC-TV M-Su 7am-1am 4.9/12 5.3/12
WCBS-TV M-Su 7am-1am 3.5/ 8 3.1/ 7
WNBC-TV M-Su 7am-1am 3.0/ 7 4.9/11
WNYW-TV M-Su 7am-1am 2.4/ 6 2.2/ 5
WPIX-TV M-Su 7am-1am 1.7/ 4 2.0/ 5
WWOR-TV M-Su 7am-1am 0.8/ 2 1.1/ 3

WABC Eyewtns News-Early 5-6am 2.0/12 1.9/11
WCBS CBS2 News Morning 5-6am 0.9/ 5 1.0/ 6
WNBC Today New York 1 5-6am 1.7/10 2.1/12
WNYW Good Day Wakeup 5-6am 0.7/ 4 0.8/ 5
WPIX WB11 Morning News 5-6am 1.0/ 6 1.2/ 7

WABC Eyewtns News-Morn 6-7am 3.5/16 3.7/15
WCBS CBS2 News Morning 6-7am 1.5/ 7 1.5/ 6
WNBC Today New York 2 6-7am 2.5/11 3.2/13
WNYW GDNY 1st Edition 6-7am 1.6/ 7 1.8/ 8
WPIX WB11 Morning News 6-7am 1.3/ 6 1.3/ 5

WABC Good Morning America 4.3/14 4.1/14
WCBS CBS Early Show 7 & 730am 1.3/ 4 1.2/ 4
WNBC Today Show 4.4/14 4.4/15
WNYW Good Day NY 2.1/ 7 1.6/ 5
WPIX WB11 Morning News 1.5/ 5 1.4/ 5
WABC Live! With Regis & Kelly 9am 5.6/19 4.7/17
WABC Rachael Ray 10am 4.3/15 3.0/11*
WABC The View 11am 4.8/17 3.4/12
WCBS ET/Insider 9am/9:30am 1.1/ 4 1.0/ 4
WNBC Today Show 2 9am 2.5/ 8 2.8/10
WNBC Martha 10am 1.5/ 5 3.3/12*
WNBC Queer Eye 11am 0.6/ 2 1.6/ 6*
WNYW Morning Show 9am 0.8/ 3 1.0/ 4*

WABC Eyewitness News at Noon 5.4/18 4.7/16
WCBS CBS2 News Noon 3.3/11 3.2/11
WNYW Fox 5 Live 11am 0.8/ 3 1.4/ 5 (aired 1130a)
WABC Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 4.3/14 4.2/14

WABC Oprah Winfrey 6.8/17 7.5/18
WCBS Judge Judy 4p 3.8/10 3.4/ 8*
WCBS Judge Judy 430p 4.0/10 3.4/ 8*
WNBC Ellen 1.8/ 4 4.4/11*
WCBS Dr Phil 3pm 3.4/10 3.8/11
WNBC Judge Joe Brown 3pm 1.5/ 4 2.0/ 6

FINAL NIELSEN AVERAGES

FEB'07 FEB'06
DMA HH DMA HH
MON.- FRI. PROGRAMMING RTG/SHR RTG/SHR

WABC 5pm Eyewitness News 7.0/15 6.8/15
WCBS CBS2 News at 5 3.1/ 7 2.9/ 6
WNBC Live at 5 3.9/ 8 4.7/10
WNYW Fox5 News at 5 1.9/ 4 1.1/ 2

WABC 6pm Eyewitness News 7.6/15 6.7/14
WCBS CBS2 News at 6 3.2/ 6 3.2/ 6
WNBC NewsChannel 4 at 6 4.2/ 8 4.9/10
WNYW Fox5 News at 6 1.7/ 4 1.2/ 2

WABC ABC World News Tonight 7.7/15 7.1/13
WCBS CBS Evening News 3.1/ 6 3.2/ 6
WNBC NBC Nightly News 4.9/ 9 5.0/10

WABC Jeopardy! 9.7/17 10.2/18
WABC Wheel of Fortune 8.4/14 9.0/15
WCBS Insider 4.0/ 7 3.2/ 6
WCBS Entertainment Tonight 4.6/ 8 4.1/ 7
WNBC Extra 4.1/ 7 4.1/ 7
WNBC Access Hollywood 3.6/ 6 3.8/ 6
WNYW The Simpsons 2.7/ 5 3.2/ 6
WNYW Seinfeld 3.0/ 5 3.7/ 6
WWOR King of Queens 1.8/ 3 2.5/ 4
WWOR King of Queens 2.0/ 3 2.6/ 4
WPIX Everybody Loves Raymond 2.0/ 4 2.3/ 4*
WPIX Everybody Loves Raymond 2.4/ 4 2.7/ 5

WABC M-Su. Prime 7.2/11 9.3/14
WCBS M-Su. Prime 8.0/13 6.7/10
WNBC M-Su. Prime 5.1/ 8 10.5/16

WABC 11pm Eyewtns News M-F 7.0/13 7.2/12
WCBS CBS2 News at 11 M-F 5.3/10 5.2/ 9
WNBC NewsChannel 4 at 11 M-F 6.0/11 7.0/13

WABC 11pm Eyewtns News M-Su 6.5/12 7.7/13
WCBS CBS2 News at 11 M-Su 5.3/10 5.1/ 9
WNBC NewsChannel 4 at 11 M-Su 5.7/11 6.8/13

Source: NY LPM Live Only Overnights: Nielsen 2/1/07 - 2/28/07 &
2/2/06 - 3/1/06

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Source: WABC-TV

CONTACT: Pat Liguori, +1-212-456-3406; Research: Nick Morgan,
+1-212-456-3408

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