WABC-TV, Channel 7, is the #1 Station in New York and the Nation in the November 2008 Nielsen Sweep

‘EYEWITNESS NEWS’ CONTINUES TO WIN EVERY LOCAL NEWS RACE (5AM, 6AM, 12PM, 5PM, 6PM AND 11PM) BY A COMFORTABLE MARGIN.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1 /PRNewswire/ — WABC-TV is New York’s most watched broadcast station in both Households and Adults 25-54 in Nielsen’s November 2008 sweep. With a 4.4 rating/10 share in DMA Households, Monday-Sunday Sign-On to Sign-Off, WABC-TV has a 33% lead over its nearest competitor. With each rating point representing 74,338 Tri-State area TV households, Channel 7 attracts a larger audience than any other television station in the country.

WABC-TV leads the market in news broadcasts throughout the day, beginning with the early morning news race. At 5am, WABC-TV’s “Eyewitness News This Morning” with Lori Stokes, Ken Rosato and Bill Evans boasts a DMA Household rating that is 78% higher than that of any competitor. At 6am, WABC-TV tops its closest competitor (WNBC-TV) by 20% in DMA Households.

“Eyewitness News This Morning” is equally dominant among Adults 25-54. At 5am, WABC-TV delivers double the rating of any competitor in this demographic, and its 6am rating is 50% greater than that of its closest competitor (WNBC-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 twice 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 59% in DMA Households and 118% among Adults 25-54. WABC-TV’s rating among Adults 25-54 is higher than the combined deliveries of WCBS-TV’s “CBS2 News at 5,” WNYW-TV’s “Fox News at 5″ and WNBC-TV’s “Newschannel 4 at 5.” This sweep marks the 54th consecutive ratings period that WABC-TV has finished an outright #1 in DMA Households among local M-F 5pm newscasts.

“Eyewitness News” continues its domination of the competition with the Mon-Fri “Eyewitness News at 6pm” with Bill Ritter, Liz Cho, Lee Goldberg and Scott Clark. WABC-TV’s Household rating is 78% higher than that of its closest competitor, WCBS-TV’s “CBS2 News at 6pm.” Among Adults 25-54, WABC-TV’s delivery is more than the combined deliveries of WCBS-TV’s “CBS2 News at 5,” WNYW-TV’s “Fox News at 5″ and WNBC-TV’s “Newschannel 4 at 5.” This sweep marks the 59th consecutive ratings survey period that WABC-TV has finished an outright #1 in DMA Households among local 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” franchise. WABC-TV wins the 11pm Late News race in DMA Households, topping 2nd-place WCBS-TV by 40%. With a 3.6 rating among Adults 25-54, WABC-TV ranks #1 with an 89% advantage over both WCBS-TV and WNBC-TV at 11pm.

Source: NY Nielsen LPM Live Only Overnights 10/30/08-11/26/08.

On weekend mornings, “Eyewitness News” with Michelle Charlesworth, Phil Lipof and Jeff Smith delivers the key Adult 25-54 demographic better than any of its competitors. On Saturday and Sunday mornings, WABC-TV’s newscasts collectively average a 1.0 rating in this demographic, which is 20% better than 2nd-place WCBS-TV.

At 11pm on Sunday nights, “Eyewitness News at 11pm,” featuring Joe Torres, Sandra Bookman, Heidi Jones and Marvell Scott, maintains the dominance that WABC-TV’s “Eyewitness News” demonstrates during the week. WABC-TV outdelivers 2nd-place WNBC-TV’s “Newschannel 4 at 11″ by 52% in DMA Households and by 58% among Adults 25-54.

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 DMA Household rating that is higher than the combined deliveries of WNBC-TV’s “NBC Nightly News” and WCBS-TV’s “CBS Evening News.”

In Primetime, WABC-TV is #1 with 5 of the top 10 regularly scheduled programs in Households. WABC-TV also boasts 5 of the top 10 regularly scheduled Primetime shows among Adults 25-54, and 7 of the top 10 among Women 25-54. WABC-TV’s overall Primetime average of a 3.8 in Adults 25-54 tops 2nd-ranked WCBS-TV by 27%.

“Live with Regis and Kelly” continues its long stretch of dominance in the 9am time period, where it delivers a Household rating twice that of its closest competitor, WNBC-TV’s “Today Show 2.” Among Women 25-54, “Live” has a commanding 89% lead over its two closest competitors, WNBC-TV’s “Today Show 2,” and WPIX-TV’s “Maury.”

“Live with Regis and Kelly” joins WABC-TV’s syndicated programs “Rachael 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 10/30/08-11/26/08.

                                                      WABC-TV HH RATING
                                      Nov'08  Nov'08   % ADVANTAGE OVER
    Program                           DMA HH   RANK  WCBS-TV WNBC-TV WNYW-TV
                                      RTG/SHR
    Sign-on to
     Sign-off       M-Su 7:00-1:00am   4.4/10    #1     33%     76%   144%
    Eyewitness
     News This
     Morning
     5am             M-F 5:00-6:00am    1.6/9    #1     78%     78%   220%
    Eyewitness
     News This
     Morning 6am     M-F 6:00-7:00am   3.0/13    #1     88%     20%   200%
    Good Morning
     America         M-F 7:00-9:00am   4.0/13    #1(T) 186%     --    264%
    Live with
     Regis and
     Kelly          M-F 9:00-10:00am   4.0/14    #1    122%    100%   471%
    Rachael
     Ray           M-F 10:00-11:00am   3.2/12    #1    433%    113%   300%
    The View     M-F 11:00am-12:00pm   5.2/18    #1    189%    767%   767%
    Eyewitness
     News at Noon  M-F 12:00-12:30pm   5.3/19    #1    130%      NA*  960%
    Afternoon
     Rotation       M-F 12:00-4:00pm   3.2/11    #1     60%    220%   220%
    Oprah
     Winfrey         M-F 4:00-5:00pm   6.1/16    #1     42%    510%   336%
    Eyewitness
     News 5pm        M-F 5:00-6:00pm   6.2/14    #1     59%    377%   343%
    Eyewitness
     News 6pm        M-F 6:00-6:30pm   6.4/13    #1     78%    178%   433%
    Eyewitness
     News 6pm       M-Su 6:00-6:30pm   6.2/12    #1     72%    138%   377%
    ABC's World
     News Tonight    M-F 6:30-7:00pm   6.6/13    #1    100%    113%     NA*
    Jeopardy!        M-F 7:00-7:30pm   7.5/14    #1    114%    295%   295%
    Wheel of
     Fortune         M-F 7:30-8:00pm   7.6/13    #1    130%    280%   300%
    Primetime     M-Sa 8:00-11:00pm/   7.2/11    #1     11%     57%    71%**
                     Su 7:00-11:00pm
    Eyewitness
     News 11pm     M-F 11:00-11:35pm   6.7/12    #1     40%     76%    97%**
    Eyewitness
     News 11pm    M-Su 11:00-11:35pm   6.8/12    #1     45%     62%   106%**

    *  WNBC-TV does not air news at Noon; 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 10/30/08-11/26/08.

    FINAL NIELSEN AVERAGES

                                       NOV'08
                                       DMA HH
    MON.- FRI. PROGRAMMING             RTG/SHR

    WABC-TV M-Su 7am-1am                4.4/10
    WCBS-TV M-Su 7am-1am                3.3/8
    WNBC-TV M-Su 7am-1am                2.5/6
    WNYW-TV M-Su 7am-1am                1.8/4
    WPIX-TV M-Su 7am-1am                1.5/4
    WWOR-TV M-Su 7am-1am                0.8/2

    WABC Eyewtns News-Early 5-6am       1.6/9
    WCBS CBS2 News Morning 5-6am        0.9/5
    NBC Today New York 1 5-6am          0.9/5
    WNYW Good Day Wakeup 5-6am          0.5/3
    WPIX CW11 Morning News 5-6am        0.9/6

    WABC Eyewtns News-Morn 6-7am        3.0/13
    WCBS CBS2 News Morning 6-7am        1.6/7
    WNBC Today New York 2  6-7am        2.5/10
    WNYW GDNY 1st Edition 6-7am         1.0/4
    WPIX CW11 Morning News 6-7am        1.3/5

    WABC Good Morning America           4.0/13
    WCBS CBS Early Show 7 & 730am       1.4/5
    WNBC Today Show                     4.0/13
    WNYW Good Day NY                    1.1/4
    WPIX CW11 Morning News              1.3/4
    WABC Live with Regis and Kelly 9am  4.0/14
    WABC Rachael Ray 10am               3.2/12
    WABC The View 11am                  5.2/18
    WCBS The Doctors 9am                1.8/6
    WNBC Today Show 2 9am               2.0/7
    WNBC Today Show 3 10am              1.5/5
    WNBC Martha 11am                    0.6/2
    WNYW Morning Show 9am               0.7/2

    WABC Eyewitness News at Noon        5.3/19
    WCBS CBS2 News Noon                 2.3/8
    WNYW Fox 5 Live 11am                0.5/2
    WABC Who Wants To Be A Millionaire  4.2/15
    WNBC Bonnie Hunt 2pm                1.0/3

    WABC Oprah Winfrey                  6.1/16
    WCBS Judge Judy 4-5pm               4.3/12
    WNBC Deal or No Deal 4-5pm          1.0/3
    WCBS Dr Phil 3pm                    2.2/6
    WNBC Ellen 3pm                      1.7/5
    WABC 5pm Eyewitness News            6.2/14
    WCBS CBS2 News at 5                 3.9/9
    WNBC Newschannel 4 at 5p            1.3/3
    WNBC Extra                          1.2/3
    WNYW Fox5 News at 5                 1.4/3

    WABC 6pm Eyewitness News            6.4/13
    WCBS CBS2 News at 6                 3.6/7
    WNBC NewsChannel 4 at 6             2.3/5
    WNYW Fox5 News at 6                 1.2/2

    WABC ABC World News                 6.6/13
    WCBS CBS Evening News               3.3/6
    WNBC NBC Nightly News               3.1/6

    WABC Jeopardy!                      7.5/14
    WABC Wheel of Fortune               7.6/13
    WCBS Insider                        3.5/6
    WCBS Entertainment Tonight          3.3/6
    WNBC NY Nightly News                1.9/4
    WNBC Access Hollywood               2.0/3
    WNYW The Simpsons                   1.9/3
    WNYW Seinfeld                       1.9/3
    WWOR House of Payne                 1.6/3
    WWOR House of Payne                 1.8/3
    WPIX Two and a Half Men             3.6/7
    WPIX Family Guy                     2.4/4

    WABC M-Su. Prime                    7.2/11
    WCBS M-Su. Prime                    6.5/10
    WNBC M-Su. Prime                    4.6/7
    WNYW M-Su. Prime                    4.2/6

    WABC 11pm Eyewtns News M-F          6.7/12
    WCBS CBS2 News at 11 M-F            4.8/9
    WNBC NewsChannel 4 at 11 M-F        3.8/7

    WABC 11pm Eyewtns News M-Su         6.8/12
    WCBS CBS2 News at 11 M-Su           4.7/9
    WNBC NewsChannel 4 at 11 M-Su       4.2/8

    Source: NY Nielsen LPM Live Only Overnights 10/30/08-11/26/08.

SOURCE WABC-TV