ABC Family's THE FOSTERS Sets Series Highs for 2nd Straight Week; SWITCHED AT BIRTH Rises to Season Highs in Key Demos

The ABC Family Monday night soap operas continued to be a ratings success on July 1.

At 8 p.m., SWITCHED AT BIRTH recorded season highs in Adults 18-49 (929,000/0.7 rating) and Women 18-49 (725,000/1.1 rating), ranking as cable TV's #1 scripted telecast in the hour in the demos, as well as Adults 18-34 (530,000/1.2 rating), Women 18-34 (413,000/1.2 rating), Viewers 12-34 (847,000/0.9 rating) and Females 12-34 (717,000/1.6 rating).

· SWITCHED AT BIRTH outperformed its season premiere (6/10/13) in key categories, including by 11% in Adults 18-34 (530,000 vs. 479,000), by 9% in Adults 18-49 (929,000 vs. 855,000) and by 7% in Women 18-49 (725,000 vs. 679,000).

At 9 o'clock, THE FOSTERS levied series highs for the 2nd consecutive week in Adults 18-34 (609,000/0.9 rating), Adults 18-49 (875,000/0.7 rating) and Females 12-34 (913,000/2.0 rating), and also set highs in Women 18-34 (469,000/1.4 rating) and Women 18-49 (684,000/1.1 rating). Moreover, "The Fosters" ranked as Monday's #1 scripted TV telecast in Females 12-34.

· Competitively, THE FOSTERS ranked as cable TV's #1 telecast in the hour in Females 12-34, TV's #1 telecast in Teens 12-17 (472,000/2.0 rating) and Female Teens (443,000/3.8 rating) and cable TV's #2 scripted telecast in Women 18-34, Women 18-49 and Viewers 12-34.

· Week to week, THE FOSTERS was up by solid margins in core measures, including by 16% in Adults 18-34 (609,000 vs. 525,000), by 27% in Women 18-34 (469,000 vs. 370,000) and by 13% in Women 18-49 (684,000 vs. 606,000).