HGTV TAKES TOP SPOT AMONG W25-54 ON THURSDAY, JULY 7

New York [For Immediate Release - July 12, 2016] HGTV ranked as the #1 cable network among W25-54 and upscale W25-54 on Thursday, July 7. Flip or Flop at 9 p.m. ET/PT, featuring married house flippers Tarek and Christina El Moussa, was the #1 primetime cable program that night among W25-54, averaging a 1.34 rating. The series'ratings performance on Thursday night also placed HGTV in the #2 spot on cable among P25-54 for the night. More than seven million total viewers tuned into the network that evening.

The Thursday night premiere episode of Flip or Flop garnered a 1.06 rating among viewers P25-54 - making it the highest-rated episode of the current season. The fifth season is on pace to be the highest-rated season of the series, up seven percent from year-ago levels.

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