ABC's LAST MAN STANDING Draws Biggest Audience in 6 Weeks

With a mix of original and repeat programming, ABC came in as the 2nd most-watched TV network on Tuesday night to CBS, outdrawing Fox's all-original line up by 4% and NBC's first-run schedule by 14%. In addition, the Net grew its overall audience year to year by 9%.

Surging by 10% week to week to draw its biggest audience in 6 weeks (since 10/18/11), ABC rookie Last Man Standing registered as the 2nd-most-watched TV program overall at 8pm, besting Fox's Glee by 2.6 million viewers and NBC's The Biggest Loser 12 by 3.3 million viewers. The broad-skewing Tim Allen comedy beat out The Biggest Loser among Adults 18-49, and once again delivered the #2 position in its time slot with Adults 25-54 and key Men (M18-49/M25-54).

· ABC self-starter Last Man Standing once again qualified as Tuesday's most-watched comedy, pulling in 2.6 million more viewers than Fox's runner-up Glee-boosted New Girl at 9pm.

· The freshman comedy continued to improve its time period year to year. In fact on average since its debut, Last Man Standing has boosted the half-hour for ABC by 2.8 million viewers and by 45% in Adults 18-49.

At 8:30pm opposite stiff competition, ABC's Man Up! equaled its top Adult 18-34 number in 6 weeks and marked best-since-debut results with key Men (M18-34/M25-54).

More than doubling the audience of its repeat The Middle lead-in and jumping by 38% in Adults 18-49, ABC's Body of Proof returned (after being preempted for the DWTS finale the prior week) as the most-watched drama in the 10 o'clock hour, surpassing NBC's Parenthood by 3.7 million viewers.

· Body of Proof scorEd Strong time-period increases for the Net over the same night last year (w/Detroit 1-8-7) with Total Viewers (+29%) and Adults 18-49 (+13%). On average season to date, the ABC sophomore drama is improving Tuesday's 10pm hour year over year by 2.4 million viewers and by 14% in Adults 18-49.