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[07/17/07 - 12:09 PM]
Primetime Ratings Report for the Week of July 9, 2007
ABC spins the numbers for the week of July 9-15.

[via press release from ABC]

Primetime Ratings Report For the week of July 9, 2007

A Repeat "Wife Swap" Wins its Hour in Adults 18-49 for the 2nd Consecutive Week, Also Ranking No. 1 in the Time Slot Across All Key Women Demographics

A Rebroadcast "According to Jim" on Tuesday at 8:30pm Delivers ABC's Strongest Numbers in Viewers and Young Adults in 6 Weeks

ABC News' "Primetime: Family Secrets" Hits Series Highs in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49, Hitting the Net's Best Numbers in the Hour Since May and Ranking as the Week's No. 1 Newsmagazine in Both Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54

ABC Ranks No. 1 on Friday Night Among Adults 18-49

Friday's No. 1 Program in Adults 18-49, ABC News' "20/20" Leads its Hour Across All Key Adults Demos, Ranking No. 1 in its Hour for the 4th Week in a Row

ABC's Repeat "America's Funniest Home Videos" Wins Sunday at 7pm For the 3rd Week Running in Adults 18-49, Posting its Best Kids Rating of the Summer

WEEK No. 43:

Monday

"Wife Swap" (8:00-9:01 p.m.)

A repeat "Wife Swap" won the 8 o'clock hour among Adults 18-49 (2.1/7) for the second week in a row. The unscripted ABC program also led its hour across each of the key women demographics: Women 18-34 (2.3/7), Women 18-49 (2.8/8) and Women 25-54 (3.0/8 � tied).

Tuesday

"According to Jim" (8:30-9:00 p.m.)

A repeat of "According to Jim" delivered ABC's best performance in the half-hour in Total Viewers (4.4 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.6/5) in 6 weeks � since 5/29/07.

"Primetime: Family Secrets" (10:00-11:00 p.m.)

In its third telecast, ABC News' "Primetime: Family Secrets" posted series highs in both Total Viewers (7.2 million) and Adults 18-49 (2.4/7). In fact, the ABC newsmagazine turned in the Net's strongest performance in the hour in both Nielsen measures in 6 weeks � since 5/29/07.

� "Primetime: Family Secrets" ranked as the No. 1 newsmagazine of the week in both Adults 18-49 (2.4/7 � tied) and Adults 25-54 (2.8/8). In fact, "Primetime: Family Secrets" has ranked as the week's No. 1 newsmagazine in Adults 18-49 for the 3rd week in a row.

Friday

ABC's Friday night lineup ranked No. 1 on the night among Adults 18-49 (1.4/5 � tied).

"20/20" (10:00-11:00 p.m.)

ABC News' "20/20" won the 10 o'clock hour across each of the key adult demos: Adults 18-34 (1.2/5), Adults 18-49 (1.8/6) and Adults 25-54 (2.3/7). The ABC newsmagazine ranked No. 1 in its hour in the key adult demo for the 4th consecutive week and stood as the No. 1 program on Friday night in Adults 18-49.

Sunday

"America's Funniest Home Videos" (7:00-8:00 p.m.)

For the third week running, a repeat of ABC's "America's Funniest Home Videos" won the opening hour of Sunday's prime among Adults 18-49 (1.4/5). In addition, leading its hour among Kids 2-11 (1.4/6), the video-clip show turned in ABC's best Kids 2-11 rating in the hour this summer and qualified as the No. 1 show of the night among kids.

Source: Nielsen Media Research, NTI (Live + Same Day or Most Current), week of 7/9/07, or as dated.





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· 20/20 (ABC)
· ACCORDING TO JIM (ABC)
· AMERICA'S FUNNIEST HOME VIDEOS (ABC)
· WHAT WOULD YOU DO? (ABC)
· WIFE SWAP (PARAMOUNT)





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