LIFETIME'S "LITTLE WOMEN: LA" HITS SERIES HIGH IN FIFTH SEASON WITH 1.6 MILLION VIEWERS

LOS ANGELES, CA (September 8, 2016) - Lifetime's hit docu-series Little Women: LA drew big ratings for last night's episode with 1.6 million Total Viewers (Live+SD), making it the most-watched episode in the series' five-season run, according to Nielsen Media Research. Additionally, last night's episode was the strongest of the season among Adults 25-54 (806,000) and Women 25-54 (639,000).

The fifth season is shaping up to be the most successful in franchise history, averaging 1.4 million Live+SD Total Viewers throughout its first nine episodes, up 8% from Season 4 (1.3 million) and 27% from Season 1 (1.1 million).

Little Women: LA chronicles the adventures of a unique group of smart, sexy and funny girlfriends with big hearts and personalities who all happen to be little people. The series stars Terra Jolé (Dancing With the Stars), Tonya Banks, Elena Gant, Christy McGinity Gibel, Briana Manson Renee and Jasmine Arteaga Sorge. With new babies on the horizon for many of the ladies, all is well in love and friendship until everyone is forced to come face-to-face with the hard truth about their relationships. In each hour-long episode, the curtain is pulled back, exposing all the lies, deceit and backstabbing, and teaching the ladies more about themselves than they ever expected.

New episodes of Little Women: LA air Wednesdays at 9pm, followed by spin-off series, Little Women: Atlanta at 10pm.

Little Women: LA is produced by Kinetic Content. Chris Coelen (The Taste), Eric Detwiler (Southern Charm), San Heng (Jersey Couture), Karrie Wolfe (Married at First Sight), Katie Griffin (You Deserve It), Kathleen Burns (Betty White's Off Their Rockers) and Terra Jolé serve as executive producers, along with Lifetime's Mary Donahue and Mariana Flynn.

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