'Live with Kelly and Michael' Ranks as #2 Talk Show

"LIVE with Kelly and Michael" National Ratings With 3 days left to go in the 2013 May sweep, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" ranks as the No. 2 Syndicated talk show in Households (2.5 rating), moving up from the No. 5 position during the year-ago 2012 May sweep. In fact, "LIVE" will finish as the No. 2 syndie talker for the 3rd consecutive sweep (November '12, February '13 and May '13), outperforming "Ellen" in all three sweep periods.

· "LIVE" grew over the year-ago May sweep by 9% in Homes (2.5 vs. 2.3) and by 8% in Total Viewers (3.251 million vs. 3.015 million) to deliver its strongest May sweep in 4 years - since 2009. In addition, "LIVE" posted double-digit year-to-year growth among Women 25-54 (+15% - 1.5 vs. 1.3), marking its highest May number in 6 years - since 2007. In fact, "LIVE with Kelly and Michael" was the only top-tier talk show to improve over May '12 in all three Nielsen measures.

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 LIVE KellyandMichael.com, on Facebook, or follow "LIVE" on Twitter, @KellyandMichael.