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LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL Reaches New Season Highs

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Based on National ratings for the final week of 2012 (week of 12/24/12), LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL grew for the 3rd week in a row in both Households (+4% - 2.9 rating vs. 2.8 rating) and Total Viewers (+8% - 3.923 million vs. 3.619 million) to earn new highs for the season. In fact, LIVE scored its best HH rating and attracted its largest overall audience in 1 year - since the week of 12/26/11. LIVE also delivered gains for the 3rd straight week in Women 25-54 (+6% - 1.7 vs. 1.6) to match its strongest number in over 1 year - since w/o 11/21/11.

· On Monday (12/24/12), LIVE'S CHRISTMAS EVE SPECIAL (4.303 million) attracted the show's biggest audience for a single telecast in 10 months -- since 2/27/12.

· LIVE was the week's No. 1 syndicated talk show in Households for the 2nd consecutive week, as well as in Total Viewers and Women 25-54.

· On average for the 2012-13 season to date, LIVE is up through the same weeks last season by 14% in Women 18-34, and retains 100% of its year-ago delivery in Women 18-49 and Women 25-54 to match its strongest performance through this point in a season in 5 years - since the 2007-08 season. The year-to-year growth for LIVE is even more impressive considering its year-ago averages include the highly promoted and high rated weeks leading up to the departure of Regis in November.

Emmy Award-winning talk show LIVE WITH KELLY AND MICHAEL is distributed in national syndication by Disney-ABC Domestic Television. Produced by WABC-TV in New York and executive-produced by Michael Gelman, LIVE airs in more than 200 markets across the U.S. Visit LIVE on the web at LIVEKellyandMichael.com, on Facebook, or follow LIVE on Twitter, @KellyandMichael.

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live + Same Day Program Ratings (w/o 12/24/12). Most Current for 2012-13 Season (9/10/12 - 12/30/12).