BIG BROTHER: AFTER DARK and THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, which debuted on
TVGN (TV Guide Network) this summer, have delivered triple digit
increases in viewers and women 25-54 for the first 10 weeks of the third
quarter, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings.
“The two fan-obsessed shows book-ending our primetime line-up—BIG
BROTHER: AFTER DARK and Y&R—have helped TVGN become the fastest growing
entertainment network in the country,” said Brad Schwartz, President of
Entertainment and Media, TVGN.
TVGN’s quarter-to-date (July 1 through September 8, 2013) ratings versus
the second quarter 2013 delivery average include the following
highlights:
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BIG BROTHER: AFTER DARK (BBAD) drove triple digit increases among
households (+231%) and women 25-54 (+290%) in late night. BBAD has
averaged 243,000 total viewers, a +238% increase in the time period
and delivered TVGN’s biggest late night weekly audience ever among
households and women 25-54. With L+3 ratings (available through
September 7, 2013), BBAD’s audience grew significantly, averaging
364,000 total viewers. BBAD, the live, late night companion show to
CBS’s BIG BROTHER, currently airs exclusively on TVGN seven nights a
week (Saturday-Wednesday 12:00-2:00 AM, live ET/delayed PT; Thursdays
1:00-3:00 AM, live ET/delayed PT; Fridays 11:00 PM-2:00 AM, live
ET/delayed PT). The show will return for a second season on TVGN next
summer.
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THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (Y&R) on TVGN, which airs every weeknight
at 7:00 PM ET/PT, drove triple digit increases for the time period
among households (+198%) and women 25-54 (+125%). Y&R has averaged
362,000 total viewers, a +199% increase in the time period and
delivered TVGN’s biggest weekly audience Monday through Friday at
7:00-8:00 PM ever among households and women 25-54.
TVGN’s fall programming includes two new original reality series, MOTHER
OF ALL TALENT premiering on Tuesday, October 22 at 8:00 PM PT/ET, and
TEQUILA SISTERS premiering later this fall. MOTHER OF ALL TALENT is an
eight-episode docu-series following the dynamic mother-daughter duo
Nikki and Lorri, who have built one of the nation’s leading talent
agencies for kids straight from their quirky hometown in Staten Island,
N.Y. TEQUILA SISTERS is an eight-episode docu-soap series that follows
the real lives of the Marins, an affluent, multi-generational Hispanic
family living in Southern California who struggle to hold on to
traditional values when faced with the seductions of Hollywood lifestyle.
In addition, TVGN will debut a primetime television special, WENDY
WILLIAMS: HOW YOU DOIN’, BROADWAY?!, on Wednesday October 2 at 8:00 PM
ET/PT starring the multi-talented talk show host, best-selling author
and Broadway star. The network also plans to air a primetime television
special hosted by John Rich (2011 winner of “Celebrity Apprentice,”
judge on “Nashville Star” and one half of country's rockin' duo, Big &
Rich), the GRAMMY-nominated country music sensation whose on-screen
personality and charisma is as magnetic as his music.
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About TVGN:
TVGN (TV Guide Network) is a highly distributed entertainment network
owned by CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) and Lionsgate (NYSE:
LGF). The venture combines CBS’s programming, production and marketing
assets with Lionsgate’s resources in motion pictures, television and
digitally delivered content. Seen in more than 80 million homes, TVGN’s
programming celebrates Hollywood with original series and specials.
TVGN’s new ownership structure is comprised of the company with the #1
broadcast network and many of the top first-run syndication series
(“Entertainment Tonight,” “OMG! Insider”) and the studio that
distributes the blockbuster “Hunger Games” and “Twilight” franchises and
produces such award-winning dramas as “Mad Men.”
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