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[07/18/14 - 08:38 AM]
"Rookie Blue" Draws Its Biggest Overall Audience Since Its Season Premiere
ABC spins the numbers for Thursday, July 17.
[via press release from ABC]

ABC's "Rookie Blue" Draws Its Biggest Audience in 4 Weeks/"NY Med" Wins at 10pm for the 4th Straight Week

Info on ABC's Thursday, ahead of the regular press release.

Rookie Blue (9-10pm - 5.3 million and 0.9/3 in AD18-49): From 9-10pm, ABC's Rookie Blue (5.3 million) took a strong second to CBS' Big Brother in Total Viewers, outdrawing Fox's Gang Related (2.7 million) by 2.6 million viewers and NBC's comedies (Welcome to Sweden/Working the Engles = 2.5 million) by 2.8 million. Rookie Blue grew its overall audience from the prior week in Total Viewers (+4%) to post its most-watched telecast since its season premiere 4 weeks ago (since 6/19/14) and was up over its year-ago telecast (+2% - 7/18/13).

NY Med (10-11pm - 5.1 million and 0.9/3 in AD18-49): In the 10 o'clock hour, ABC's NY Med was the most-watched TV show for the 4th week in a row (5.1 million), beating its summer competition on NBC by 1.8 million Total Viewers (Last Comic Standing = 3.3 million).

Quick Take for Thursday, July 17, 2014 (Fast Affiliate Live + Same Day Ratings)

"Rookie Blue" Draws its Biggest Overall Audience Since its Season Premiere

"NY Med" Wins its 10pm Hour in Total Viewers for the 4th Straight Week

"Rookie Blue" (9:00-10:00 p.m. - 5.3 million and 0.9/3 in AD18-49):

From 9:00-10:00 p.m., ABC's "Rookie Blue" (5.3 million) took a strong second to CBS' "Big Brother" in Total Viewers, outdrawing Fox's "Gang Related" (2.7 million) by 2.6 million viewers and NBC's comedies ("Welcome to Sweden"/"Working the Engles" = 2.5 million) by 2.8 million.

· "Rookie Blue" grew its overall audience from the prior week in Total Viewers (+4%) to post its most-watched telecast since its season premiere 4 weeks ago (since 6/19/14) and was up over its year-ago telecast (+2% - 5.2 million on 7/18/13).

"NY Med" (10:00-11:00 p.m. - 5.1 million and 0.9/3 in AD18-49):

In the 10 o'clock hour, ABC's "NY Med" was the most-watched TV show for the 4th week in a row (5.1 million), beating its summer competition on NBC by 1.8 million Total Viewers ("Last Comic Standing" = 3.3 million).

Source: The Nielsen Company (Fast Affiliate, Live + Same Day Ratings), 07/17/14.





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· BIG BROTHER (CBS)
· GANG RELATED (FOX)
· LAST COMIC STANDING (NBC)
· NY MED (ABC)
· ROOKIE BLUE (ABC)
· WELCOME TO SWEDEN (NBC)
· WORKING THE ENGELS (NBC)




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