Ratings Report: Week of December 22, 2014 (National Live + Same Day Program Ratings)

"LIVE's" Christmas Week Earns the Show's Best Numbers Since the Start of the Year

"LIVE's" Christmas Eve Special is the Show's Top Single-Day Telecast Since March's Post-Oscars Broadcast

"LIVE" Scores its Strongest Christmas Eve Show in 7 Years in Households

"LIVE with Kelly and Michael" is the Week's No. 1 Syndicated Talk Show

"LIVE" Marks its Best 17-Week Average in HHs in 7 Years and in Viewers in 8 Years

"LIVE with Kelly and Michael"

During the Christmas week of December 22, 2014, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" grew over the prior week in Households (+6% - 3.3 rating vs. 3.1 rating), Total Viewers (+11% - 4.540 million vs. 4.102 million) and Women 25-54 (+13% - 1.7 rating vs. 1.5 rating) to deliver season highs and its top numbers since the beginning of the year - since the weeks of 3/3/14, 2/3/14 and 3/3/14, respectively. In fact, "LIVE" matched its post-Oscars week performance (w/o 3/3/14) in both Homes and Women 25-54 to earn its top-rated week since February 2014 - week of 2/3/14.

Marking new season highs, Wednesday's Christmas Eve telecast (on 12/24/14) was "LIVE's" highest-rated single telecast on any day since the show's post-Oscars broadcast in March in Households (3.7 rating) and Total Viewers (5.163 million) -- since 3/3/14. In addition, "LIVE's Cozy Classic Christmas" was the show's strongest Christmas Eve special in 7 years in Homes and in 9 years in Total Viewers - since 2007 and 2005, respectively.

· "LIVE" was the week's No. 1 syndicated talk show in Households (3.3 rating), Total Viewers (4.540 million) and Women 25-54 (1.7 rating).

· "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" is up for the 2nd consecutive year to deliver its strongest 17-week average in 7 years in Homes (+7% - 3.0 rating vs. 2.8 rating) and in 8 years in Total Viewers (+7% - 3.952 million vs. 3.709 million) - since the 2007-08 and 2006-07 seasons, respectively.

· On average for the 2014-15 season to date, "LIVE" stands as the No. 2 syndicated talker in Households, Total Viewers and Women 25-54 (tie).

"LIVE with Kelly and Michael" is distributed in national syndication by Disney/ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution. Produced by WABC-TV in New York and executive produced by Michael Gelman, "LIVE" airs in more than 200 markets across the U.S. Visit "LIVE" on the web at LIVEKellyandMichael.com, on Facebook, or follow "LIVE" on Twitter and Instagram, @KellyandMichael.

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live + Same Day Program Ratings, weeks of 12/22/14, 12/15/14 & 12/23/13 and 2014-15=9/1/14-12/28/14.