ABC's 'The Chew' Kicks Off 2017 With Near 1-Year Highs in Total Viewers and Key Target Women Demographics

During the week of January 2, 2017, "The Chew" kicked off the new year devouring near 1-year highs in Women 18-49 (435,000/0.7 rating) and Women 25-54 (552,000/0.9 rating) and delivering its 2nd most watched week in close to 1 year in Total Viewers (2.688 million), behind only Thanksgiving week 2016 - since 1/25/16, 2/22/16 and 2/22/16, respectively.

Thursday's show - "Lighten Up," featuring guest Dr. Oz - was the series' most watched non-holiday week telecast in nearly 1 Year in Total Viewers (2.872 million) and 3rd most watched telecast overall - since 2/15/16.

Wednesday's show - "Fresh Start," featuring guest stars Vivica A. FOX and 'Zero Sugar Diet' creator Dave Zinczenko - was the series' No. 1 telecast in close to 1 year in Women 25-54 (593,000/1.0 rating) and its No. 1 non-holiday week telecast in almost 7 months in Women 18-49 (471,000/0.7 rating) - since 2/15/16 and 6/21/16, respectively.

Source: NTI, U.S. ratings, week of 01/2/17, Live + Same Day, excludes breakouts/gapped programming.