RATINGS: '20/20' Is The Top Newsmagazine In All Key Demos For 11th Straight Week

Surging over its lead-in at 9:00 p.m., ABC's "20/20" delivered its 11th week in a row as Friday's No. 1 newsmagazine (on each telecast in its new 2-hour format). During prime time, ABC's "20/20" dominated NBC's "Dateline" (10:00-11:00 p.m.) by wide margins in Total Viewers (+39% - 3.9 million vs. 2.8 million), Adults 18-49 (+40% - 0.7/4 vs. 0.5/2) and Adults 25-54 (+57% - 1.1/4 vs. 0.7/3). In fact, "20/20" attracted more viewers than "Dateline" for their 10th straight matchup on the evening, delivering its longest winning streak over the NBC newsmagazine in 10 years - since a streak in January-April 2009 (1/2-4/10/09). "20/20" presented "The Dropout Documentary" on SILICON VALLEY star Elizabeth Holmes and her billion dollar blood testing company Theranos.

"20/20" ranked No. 1 in its 2-hour time slot with Adults 25-54 (1.1/4) among the broadcast Nets. In addition, the ABC newsmagazine grew week to week in Adults 18-49 (+17%) and Adults 25-54 (+10%).

Season to date, "20/20" is up from the same point last year with Total Viewers (+23% - 4.9 million vs. 4.0 million), Adults 18-49 (+13% - 0.9/4 vs. 0.8/4) and Adults 25-54 (+18% - 1.3/5 vs. 1.1/4), standing as Friday's No. 1 newsmagazine in all three measures.

In addition, "20/20" leads "Dateline-Fri" in all key target demos: Total Viewers (+9% - 4.9 million vs. 4.5 million), Adults 18-49 (+13% - 0.9/4 vs. 0.8/4) and Adults 25-54 (+8% - 1.3/5 vs. 1.2/5), leading the NBC newsmagazine in Total Viewers and Adults 18-49 for the first time at this point of the season in 3 years and in Adults 25-54 in 4 years - since the 2015-2016 and the 2014-2015 seasons, respectively.

A co-production between "Nightline" and "20/20," the special on the RISE and fall of Elizabeth Holmes and her company, Theranos, is part of "20/20"'s two-hour documentary programming featuring brand-new interviews with key players in some of the biggest newsmaker stories in recent American history. The original eight-week two-hour programming lineup has been extended to 15 weeks and will run through April 12. Since the two-hour documentaries premiered on Jan. 4, "20/20" has been Friday's No. 1 newsmagazine each week in all key demos: Total Viewers, Adults 18-49 and Adults 25-54. "The Dropout" documentary is available to watch now on the ABC and ABC News website, the ABC app, Hulu, Roku, Amazon Fire TV and Apple TV.

Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live + Same Day Program Ratings for 3/15/19. Season to date: Most Current: 2018-2019 Season (9/24/18 - 3/17/19) and 2017-2018 Season (9/25/18 - 3/18/18). Averages based on regular telecasts.

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