Channel 7 is the #1 Station in New York and the Nation in the November 2007 Nielsen Sweep

Channel 7 is the #1 Station in New York and the Nation in the November 2007 Nielsen Sweep

'Eyewitness News' Continues to Win Every News Race (5am, 6am, 12pm, 5pm, 6pm and 11pm) and Expands its Lead in Virtually Every Area

WABC-TV Airs 6 of the Top 10 Regularly Scheduled Primetime Programs in the Tri-State Area: 'Grey's Anatomy', 'Dancing With The Stars-Results', 'Dancing With The Stars', 'Ugly Betty', 'Desperate Housewives' and 'Brothers & Sisters'

NEW YORK, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- WABC-TV is New York's most watched broadcast station in both Households and Adults 25-54 for the 36th consecutive ratings survey period, delivering a 3.8 rating/10 share in DMA Households, Monday-Sunday Sign-On to Sign-Off in Nielsen's November 2007 sweep, providing WABC-TV with a 23% lead over its nearest competitor. With each rating point representing 73,920 Tri-State area TV households, Channel 7 attracts a larger audience than any other station in the nation.

WABC-TV leads the market in news broadcasts all day long, beginning with the morning news race. WABC-TV's "Eyewitness News This Morning" with Lori Stokes, Ken Rosato and Bill Evans dominates its competition, beating both of its closest competitors at 5am (WCBS-TV & WNBC-TV) by 55% in DMA Households. At 6am, WABC-TV tops its closest competitor (WNBC-TV) by 23% in DMA Households. The margins of victory are larger than in November 2006, when WABC-TV topped WNBC-TV by 6% at 5am and by 3% at 6am.

"Eyewitness News This Morning" is equally dominant among Adults 25-54, where its 5am rating is more than any two competitors combined, and its 6am rating is 91% greater than that of its closest competitor (WCBS-TV).

At Noon, "Eyewitness News" with Lori Stokes, Ken Rosato and Bill Evans is more than double its competition on WCBS-TV in DMA Households, and draws more than three times as many Women 25-54 viewers.

WABC-TV's "Eyewitness News at 5pm" with Diana Williams, Sade Baderinwa and Lee Goldberg outdelivers 2nd-place WCBS-TV by +40% in DMA Households and 115% among Adults 25-54. WABC-TV's rating among Adults 25-54 is higher than the combined deliveries of "CBS2 News at 5," WNYW-TV's "Fox News at 5" and WNBC-TV's "Newschannel 4 at 5:30."

"Eyewitness News" continues its domination of the competition at 6pm with the Mon-Fri "Eyewitness News at 6pm" with Bill Ritter, Liz Cho, Lee Goldberg and Scott Clark. WABC-TV tops closest competitor "CBS2 News at 6pm" by 76% in DMA Households and more than doubles WCBS-TV's delivery in Adults 25-54. November 2007 marks the 47th consecutive ratings survey period that WABC-TV finished an outright #1 in Households for M-F 6pm newscasts.

The Mon-Fri "Eyewitness News at 11pm" featuring Bill Ritter, Liz Cho, Lee Goldberg and Scott Clark completes the total weekday victory for WABC-TV's "Eyewitness News". WABC-TV wins the 11pm Late News race in DMA HH and Adults 25-54, beating WCBS-TV by 21% and 68%, respectively; and beating WNBC-TV by 43% and 106%, respectively. These margins of victory for WABC-TV at 11pm are all higher than in November 2006, when WABC-TV topped WCBS-TV in DMA HH & A25-54 by 15% and 27%, respectively, and beat WNBC-TV by 7% in DMA HH and 10% in Adults 25-54.

Source: NY Nielsen LPM Live Only Overnights 11/1/07-11/28/07 & 11/2/06-
11/29/06.

On weekend mornings, "Eyewitness News" with Michelle Charlesworth, Phil Lipof and Jeff Smith delivers the key Adult 25-54 demographic. On Saturday, "EWN" from 6-8am posts a 1.3 A25-54 rating, 63% more than WCBS-TV's 6-7am newscast and 333% more than WNBC-TV's 6am newscast. On Sunday morning, the "EWN" combination of 6-8am and 9-10a delivers a 1.1 A25-54 rating, 57% greater than WCBS-TV's Sunday morning 6-9am news programming and 38% more than WNBC- TV's 7-8:30am news programming.

At 11pm on Sunday nights, "Eyewitness News at 11pm," featuring Joe Torres, Sandra Bookman, Heidi Jones and Marvell Scott, continues the dominance that WABC-TV and "Eyewitness News" demonstrate during the week. WABC-TV outdelivers 2nd-place WCBS-TV by 56% in DMA Households. In Adults 25-54, WABC-TV holds a 125% advantage over "CBS2 News at 11pm."

On Mon-Fri 6:30-7pm, "ABC's World News Tonight" with Charles Gibson holds a commanding lead over its network news competitors with a 73% Household advantage over WNBC-TV's "NBC Nightly News," and a 113% lead over WCBS-TV's "CBS Evening News."

In Primetime, WABC-TV is #1 with 6 of the top 10 regularly scheduled programs in Households. WABC-TV also boasts 7 of the top 10 regularly scheduled Primetime shows among Adults 25-54, and 8 of the top 10 among Women 25-54. WABC-TV's overall Primetime average of a 7.0 in Households tops 2nd-ranked WCBS-TV by 8%. Among Adults 25-54, WABC-TV's 3.8 rating ranks #1 and is 23% higher than #2 WCBS-TV.

In the daytime hours, "Live! with Regis & Kelly" continues to lead all others with a Household rating that is higher than any other non-news program from 9am-4pm. "Live!" joins WABC-TV's syndicated programs "Rachel Ray", "Millionaire", "Oprah", "Jeopardy" and "Wheel of Fortune" in continuing to be the #1 programs in their respective time periods in Households and most key demographics, including Adults and Women 25-54.

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

Source: NY Nielsen LPM Live Only Overnights 11/1/07-11/28/07 & 11/2/06-
11/29/06.

WABC-TV HH RATING
Nov'07 Nov'07 % ADVANTAGE OVER
Program DMA HH RANK WCBS-TV WNBC-TV WNYW-TV
RTG/SHR
Sign-on to

Sign-off M-Su 6:00-2:00am 3.8/10 #1 23% 52% 111%

Eyewitness
News This
Morning 5am M-F 5:00-6:00am 1.7/12 #1 55% 55% 325%
Eyewitness
News This
Morning 6am M-F 6:00-7:00am 3.2/14 #1 52% 23% 220%
Good Morning
America M-F 7:00-9:00am 3.8/13 #2 124% --- 245%
Live! with
Regis &
Kelly M-F 9:00-10:00am 4.3/16 #1 291% 59% 760%
Rachael Ray M-F 10:00-11:00am 3.1/12 #1 288% 82% 675%
The View M-F 11:00am-12:00pm 4.2/17 #1 83% 282% 740%
Eyewitness
News at
Noon M-F 12:00-12:30pm 4.9/19 #1 104% NA* 880%
Afternoon
Rotation M-F 12:00-4:00pm 2.5/9 #1 19% 127% 108%
Oprah
Winfrey M-F 4:00-5:00pm 5.3/14 #1 4% 657% 194%
Eyewitness
News 5pm M-F 5:00-6:00pm 6.6/15 #1 40% 187%* 340%
Eyewitness
News 6pm M-F 6:00-6:30pm 6.5/14 #1 76% 97% 400%
Eyewitness
News 6pm M-Su 6:00-6:30pm 6.3/13 #1 70% 91% 320%
ABC's World
News
Tonight M-F 6:30-7:00pm 6.4/13 #1 113% 73% NA*
Jeopardy! M-F 7:00-7:30pm 7.5/14 #1 79% 188% 369%
Wheel of
Fortune M-F 7:30-8:00pm 7.3/13 #1 70% 170% 265%
Primetime M-Sa 8:00-11:00pm/
Su 7:00-11:00pm 7.0/11 #1 8% 56% 84%**
Eyewitness
News 11pm M-F 11:00-11:35pm 6.3/12 #1 21% 43% 110%**
Eyewitness
News 11pm M-Su 11:00-11:35pm 6.7/13 #1 31% 49% 123%**

* WNBC-TV does not air news at Noon or 5pm, and its 5:30pm news is listed
here as being at 5pm; WNYW-TV does not air network news
** WNYW-TV Prime airs M-Sa 8-10pm/Su 7-10pm & Late News airs 10-11pm

Source: NY Nielsen LPM Live Only Overnights 11/1/07-11/28/07.

FINAL NIELSEN AVERAGES

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

WABC-TV M-Su 6am-2am 3.8/10 4.3/11
WCBS-TV M-Su 6am-2am 3.1/8 3.3/8
WNBC-TV M-Su 6am-2am 2.5/7 3.2/8
WNYW-TV M-Su 6am-2am 1.8/5 1.9/5
WPIX-TV M-Su 6am-2am 1.6/4 1.7/4
WWOR-TV M-Su 6am-2am 0.7/2 0.9/2

WABC Eyewtns News-Early 5-6am 1.7/12 1.7/11
WCBS CBS2 News Morning 5-6am 1.1/8 0.7/4
WNBC Today New York 1 5-6am 1.1/8 1.6/10
WNYW Good Day Wakeup 5-6am 0.4/3 0.5/3
WPIX WB11 Morning News 5-6am 0.8/5 1.4/9

WABC Eyewtns News-Morn 6-7am 3.2/14 3.1/14
WCBS CBS2 News Morning 6-7am 2.1/9 1.3/6
WNBC Today New York 2 6-7am 2.6/12 3.0/13
WNYW GDNY 1st Edition 6-7am 1.0/5 1.7/7
WPIX WB11 Morning News 6-7am 1.4/6 1.6/7

WABC Good Morning America 3.8/13 4.0/13
WCBS CBS Early Show 7 & 7:30am 1.7/6 1.2/4
WNBC Today Show 4.3/15 4.0/13
WNYW Good Day NY 1.1/4 1.9/6
WPIX WB11 Morning News 1.4/5 1.6/5
WABC Live! With Regis & Kelly 9am 4.3/16 4.7/17
WABC Rachael Ray 10am 3.1/12 3.4/13
WABC The View 11am 4.2/17 4.1/16
WCBS ET/Insider 9am/9:30am 1.1/4 1.0/4
WNBC Today Show 2 9am 2.7/10 2.4/9
WNBC Today Show 3 10am 1.7/7 1.6/6*
WNBC Ellen 11am 1.1/4 0.6/2*
WNYW Morning Show 9am 0.5/2 1.0/3*

WABC Eyewitness News at Noon 4.9/19 4.7/17
WCBS CBS2 News Noon 2.4/9 2.9/11
WNYW Fox 5 Live 11am 0.5/2 0.8/3
WABC Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 4.2/16 3.7/14
WNBC Martha 1pm 0.8/3 1.8/6*

WABC Oprah Winfrey 5.3/14 6.9/17
WCBS Judge Judy 4-5pm 5.1/14 3.9/10
WNBC Crosswords/Acc Hollywood 0.7/2 2.0/5*
WCBS Dr Phil 3pm 3.1/10 3.8/12
WNBC Judge Joe Brown 3pm 1.2/4 1.7/5

* denotes that a different show aired in the time period

Source: NY Nielsen LPM Live Only Overnights 11/1/07-11/28/07 & 11/2/06-
11/29/06

FINAL NIELSEN AVERAGES

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

WABC 5pm Eyewitness News 6.6/15 6.7/15
WCBS CBS2 News at 5 4.7/11 3.1/7
WNBC Extra 1.3/3 3.9/9
(Nov'06 5-6p
news)*
WNBC Newschannel 4 at 530p 2.3/5 3.9/9
(Nov'06 5-6p
news)*
WNYW Fox5 News at 5 1.5/3 1.9/4

WABC 6pm Eyewitness News 6.5/14 6.9/14
WCBS CBS2 News at 6 3.7/8 3.3/7
WNBC NewsChannel 4 at 6 3.3/7 4.0/8
WNYW Fox5 News at 6 1.3/3 1.7/4

WABC ABC World News Tonight 6.4/13 7.0/13
WCBS CBS Evening News 3.0/6 3.1/6
WNBC NBC Nightly News 3.7/7 4.8/9

WABC Jeopardy! 7.5/14 9.7/18
WABC Wheel of Fortune 7.3/13 8.5/15
WCBS Insider 4.2/8 3.8/7
WCBS Entertainment Tonight 4.3/8 4.5/8
WNBC NY Nightly News 2.6/5 3.8/7*
WNBC Access Hollywood 2.7/5 3.6/6
WNYW The Simpsons 1.6/3 2.4/4
WNYW Seinfeld 2.0/4 2.5/4
WWOR King of Queens 1.4/3 1.7/3
WWOR King of Queens 1.8/3 1.9/3
WPIX Two and a Half Men 3.2/6 1.9/3*
WPIX Family Guy 2.8/5 2.4/4*

WABC M-Su. Prime 7.0/11 7.6/12
WCBS M-Su. Prime 6.5/11 7.3/12
WNBC M-Su. Prime 4.5/7 6.4/10

WABC 11pm Eyewtns News M-F 6.3/12 6.2/11
WCBS CBS2 News at 11 M-F 5.2/10 5.4/10
WNBC NewsChannel 4 at 11 M-F 4.4/8 5.8/11

WABC 11pm Eyewtns News M-Su 6.7/13 6.6/12
WCBS CBS2 News at 11 M-Su 5.1/10 5.3/10
WNBC NewsChannel 4 at 11 M-Su 4.5/9 5.7/11

* denotes that a different show aired in the time period

Source: NY Nielsen LPM Live Only Overnights 11/1/07-11/28/07 & 11/2/06-
11/29/06

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