"The Talk" Matches "The View" in Key Women Demographics

          THE TALK, CBS's daytime talk show, delivered its largest weekly audience ever and posted its best women 18-49 ratings since September, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending Jan. 13.

         Now in its third season, THE TALK averaged a record audience of 2.49 million viewers, up +10% from the same week last year (2.27m).  In key women demographics, THE TALK averaged 0.8/05 in women 18-49, its best rating in that demo since the week ending Sept. 28 and a 1.1/06 in women 25-54.

         THE TALK also matched "The View" in women 25-54 and women 18-49 for the first time this season in a week of regularly scheduled broadcasts.

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