Friday’s Broadcast Scares Up “The Talk’s” Biggest-Ever Halloween-Themed Episode

CBS Leads Daytime with Weekly Growth of +5% in Viewers, +8% in Women 25-54 and +20% in Women 18-34  

      THE TALK delivered its biggest average weekly audience in eight months, paced by the show’s largest-ever Halloween-themed episode on Friday, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Nov. 1.

      For the week, THE TALK averaged 2.88 million viewers, up +14% from last week and its largest weekly audience since the week ending Feb. 27, 2015.

      Friday’s broadcast averaged 3.09 million viewers, “The Talk’s” biggest audience ever for a Halloween-themed episode.

      CBS Daytime was first for the week in viewers (+5% from last week), women 25-54 (+8%), women 18-34 (+20%) and women 18-49 (nc) with the top seven programs in viewers (PRICE IS RIGHT 2, PRICE IS RIGHT 1, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, LET’S MAKE A DEAL 2, BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, LET’S MAKE A DEAL 1 and THE TALK).  CBS also had the top four programs in women 25-54 and women 18-49.

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