ABC Press Release: Ratings For Week of December 17-21

* ABC's Daytime lineup (1.3 rating -tied /831,000) finished No. 1 for the week in the core demo Women 18-49.

* All four ABC Daytime Programs were up week to week among Women 18-34: "The View" (+3% - 341,000 vs. 332,000), "General Hospital" (+11% - 349,000 vs. 315,000), "One Life to Live" (+7% - 261,000 vs. 244,000) and "All My Children" (+28% - 290,000 vs. 227,000).

* ABC delivered 4 of the week's Top-5 ranking programs in Daytime in Women 18-49: "General Hospital" (#2 - 1.5 rating), "The View" (#4T - 1.2 rating), "One Life to Live" (#4T - 1.2 rating) and "All My Children" (#4T - 1.2 rating).

* "All My Children" was up week to week among Women 18-49 (+8% - 779,000 vs. 723,000) and "General Hospital" was up (+2% - 956,000 vs. 941,000).

Daytime Rank:     Total Viewers    Women 18-49 (Rtg/000s)
        No. 1 CBS  4.10 million    No. 1 NBC  1.3/882,000
        No. 2 ABC  2.82 million    No. 1 ABC  1.3/831,000
        No. 3 NBC  2.61 million    No. 3 CBS  1.2/823,000

Top 5 Daytime Programs in Women 18-49 (rank based on rating) 

Program                       Net         Rtg/000s
The Young & the Restless      CBS      1.7/1.14 million
General Hospital              ABC      1.5/956,000
Days of Our Lives             NBC      1.3/882,000
The View                      ABC      1.2/812,000
Bold & the Beautiful          CBS      1.2/802,000
All My Children               ABC      1.2/779,000
One Life to Live              ABC      1.2/777,000
As the World Turns            CBS      1.2/773,000