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[01/22/14 - 02:19 PM]
ABC Family's "The Fosters" Soars to Record Highs in Total Viewers and Target Demos
ABC Family spins the numbers for Monday, January 20.

[via press release from ABC Family]

Ratings Highlights for Monday, January 20, 2014 - Final National Ratings

"Switched at Birth" Ranks as Cable TV's #1 Scripted Telecast at 8 O'Clock in Target Demos for the 2nd-Consecutive Week

"The Fosters" Records Series Highs in Total Viewers, Adults 18-34, Adults 18-49 and Viewers 12-34, and Delivers Its #2 Telecast Ever in Target Females

"Switched at Birth" (8:00 - 9:00 p.m.)

At 8 o'clock, "Switched at Birth" ranked as cable TV's #1 scripted telecast in the hour for the 2nd-consecutive week among Adults 18-34 (548,000/0.8 rating), Women 18-34 (422,000/1.2 rating), Adults 18-49 (868,000/0.7 rating), Women 18-49 (624,000/1.0 rating), Viewers 12-34 (859,000/0.9 rating) and Females 12-34 (695,000/1.5 rating).

· Based on Live + 3 ratings for last week's winter debut, "Switched at Birth" built by double digits across all categories, climbing to 2.3 million Total Viewers (+28% - vs. 1.8 million), 1.3 million Adults 18-49 (+38% - vs. 939,000) and 1.2 million Viewers 12-34 (+25% - vs. 961,000).

"The Fosters" (9:00 - 10:00 p.m.)

At 9 o'clock, last summer's breakout hit, "The Fosters" hit series highs in Total Viewers (2.1 million), Adults 18-34 (710,000/1.1 rating), Adults 18-49 (1.1 million/0.9 rating) and Viewers 12-34 (1.3 million/1.4 rating), and delivered its #2 telecast to date across Women 18-34 (580,000/1.7 rating), Women 18-49 (856,000/1.3 rating) and Females 12-34 (1.1 million/2.3 rating).

· "The Fosters" ranked as Monday's #1 scripted TV telecast in Females 12-34, the #2 scripted cable TV telecast in Women 18-34 and TV's #1 telecast in Female Teens (488,000/4.1 rating).

· In its time period, "The Fosters" stood as cable TV's #1 telecast in Females 12-34 and achieved Top 5 ranks in Adults 18-34 (#4), Women 18-34 (#3), Women 18-49 (#3) and Viewers 12-34 (#2).

· Week to week, "The Fosters" generated strong increases across all demos, including by 11% in Total Viewers (2.1 million vs. 1.9 million), by 12% in Adults 18-34 (710,000 vs. 635,000), by 16% in Adults 18-49 (1.1 million vs. 949,000) and by 18% in Viewers 12-34 (1.3 million vs. 1.1 million).

· Based on Live + 3 ratings for last week's winter premiere, "The Fosters" climbed by double digits across all categories, surging to 2.7 million Total Viewers (+42% - vs. 1.9 million), 1.4 million Adults 18-49 (+48% - vs. 949,000) and 1.5 million Viewers 12-34 (+36% - vs. 1.1 million).

Source: NTI, U.S. ratings, Live +SD, 1/20/14.





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