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[03/28/07 - 03:17 PM]
Quick Take for Tuesday, March 27, 2007 (Based on Fast Affiliate Ratings)
ABC spins the numbers for Tuesday, March 27.

[via press release from ABC]

Quick Take for Tuesday, March 27, 2007 (Based on Fast Affiliate Ratings)

ABC Draws its Largest Tuesday Night Audience in Over 4 Months and Its Top Adult 18-49 Number on the Evening in More Than 3 Months

Despite an "American Idol"-Fueled Fox During the 9 O'clock Hour, ABC's "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show" Opens with its Best Start Ever

A Special Preview of Donny Osmond-Hosted "Dream Vote" Takes Second At 10pm in Young Adults and Across Each of the Key Women Demographics

Tuesday Night (8:00-11:00 p.m.)

With the season opener for "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show" and a preview airing of "Dream Vote," ABC took second place to "Idol"-boosted Fox in Total Viewers (11.0 million), Adults 25-54 (3.6/9-tie), Women 18-49 (3.9/10) and Kids 2-11 (1.5/6).

� ABC delivered its largest Tuesday night audience (11.0 million) in more than 4 months and its top Adult 18-49 number (2.8/8) on the night in over 3 months � since 11/14/06 and 12/12/06, respectively. The Network was up from the same Tuesday last year by 4.3 million viewers and by 22% in Adults 18-49 (6.7 million & 2.3/6 on 3/28/06).

"Dancing with the Stars: Performance Recap Show" (8:00-9:00 p.m.)

A special recapping the first two performance shows for "DWTS" this season took second place in its time period to Fox's "American Idol" with Women 18-49 (3.0/8) and Women 25-54 (3.9/9).

� "Dancing with the Stars: Performance Recap Show" produced the Net's biggest audience (9.3 million) in the time slot since December and its top Adult 18-49 number (2.1/6) since early January � since 12/12/06 and 1/9/07, respectively.

"Dancing with the Stars the Results Show" (9:00-10:00 p.m.)

Despite facing an "American Idol"-boosted Fox in the 9 o'clock hour, ABC's "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show" opened with its best-ever numbers. "DWTS the Results Show" took a strong second in its time period to Fox in Total Viewers (17.6 million) and Adults 18-49 (4.4/11). Supermodel Paulina Porizkova was the first celebrity dancer to be eliminated from the contest.

� Marking its best start ever, "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show" was up by 1.3 million viewers and by 7% in Adults 18-49 from its season opener last September (16.3 million & 4.1/13 on 9/13/06) and jumped by 4.7 million viewers and 47% in Adults 18-49 from its year ago January opener (12.9 million & 3.0/9 on 1/6/06).

� "DWTS the Results Show" generated ABC's 3rd largest audience in the hour this season and its best Adult 18-49 number in 4 months (since 11/21/06).

"Dream Vote" (10:00-11:00 p.m.)

A special preview airing of "Dream Vote," hosted by Donny Osmond, took second place during the 10 o'clock hour among Adults 18-49 (1.9/5-tie), Adults 18-34 (1.6/5) and across the key women demographics: W18-34 (2.2/6), W18-49 (2.6/7) and W25-54 (3.1/7).

Editors please note: "Dream Vote" moves to its regular Wednesday 8:00-9:00 p.m. time period tonight on 3/28/07.

Source: Nielsen Media Research (Fast Affiliate Ratings, Live+SD), 3/27/07.





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