ABC Family's THE FOSTERS Up from Last Week's Series Premiere

In its summer season premiere, ABC Family's award-winning and critically-acclaimed, "Switched at Birth," ranked as Monday's #1 scripted cable TV telecast at 8 o'clock in Adults 18-34 (479,000/0.7 rating), Women 18-34 (393,000/1.2 rating), Adults 18-49 (855,000/0.7 rating), Women 18-49 (679,000/1.1 rating), Viewers 12-34 (835,000/0.9 rating) and Females 12-34 (706,000/1.5 rating).

"Switched at Birth" posted sizeable gains over ABC Family's summer 2012 8 p.m. average in target demos: by 34% in Total Viewers (1.66 million vs. 1.24 million), by 16% in Adults 18-49 (855,000 vs. 738,000), by 20% in Women 18-49 (679,000 vs. 564,000), by 13% in Viewers 12-34 (835,000 vs. 742,000) and by 20% in Females 12-34 (706,000 vs. 590,000).

"The Fosters" (9:00 - 10:00 p.m.)
At 9 o'clock, "The Fosters" surged over its week-ago series launch by double digits in key demos, standing as cable TV's #2 scripted telecast in The Hour in Women 18-34 (379,000/1.1 rating), Viewers 12-34 (977,000/1.0 rating) and Females 12-34 (798,000/1.8 rating).

"The Fosters" built on its lead-in in core Millennials: by 17% in Viewers 12-34 (977,000 vs. 835,000) and by 13% in Females 12-34 (798,000 vs. 706,000).

Week to week, "The Fosters" climbed by 20% in Total Viewers (1.70 million vs. 1.42 million), by 8% in Adults 18-34 (480,000 vs. 445,000), by 10% in Adults 18-49 (781,000 vs. 711,000), by 36% in Viewers 12-34 (977,000 vs. 719,000) and by 25% in Females 12-34 (798,000 vs. 636,000).

Source: NTI, U.S. ratings, Live +SD, 6/10/13; Summer 2012: 5/28/12-8/26/12.