Wednesday, January 9, 2019

Lifetime Ratings

Lifetime Reaches 18.8 Million Viewers Across All Linear Telecasts of "Surviving R. Kelly"
Lifetime further spins the numbers for the series to date.
[via press release from Lifetime] LIFETIME REACHES 18.8 MILLION VIEWERS ACROSS ALL LINEAR TELECASTS OF "SURVIVING R. KELLY"

Documentary Ranks as Cable's #1 Non-Fiction Series in Key Demos and Lifetime's Strongest Non-Fiction Series in Seven Years

#1 Most Social Primetime Program Across Broadcast and Cable for Three Consecutive Nights
Los Angeles, CA - January 8, 2019 - Lifetime's ground-breaking documentary series Surviving R. Kelly continued its ratings domination with its telecasts across Lifetime and LMN, reaching 18.8 million Total Viewers. Live +3 Data will be available on Thursday.

The six-part averaged 2.1m Total Viewers, 1.2m A25-54 and A18-49, 858,000 W25-54, and 798,000 W18-49 in premieres on Lifetime in Live + Same Day. For the week of 12/31 - 1/6, Lifetime had the #1 entertainment telecast across all of cable among A25-54, W25-54, A18-49, and W18-49 with the finale of Surviving R. Kelly. Additionally, the documentary accounted for six of the top eight cable entertainment telecasts of the week with these demos.

Surviving R. Kelly drove Lifetime to rank as cable's #1 entertainment network for the week with A25-54, W25-54, A18-49, and W18-49. Surviving R. Kelly was Lifetime's strongest non-fiction series in seven years among Adults 25-54 (1.2 million) and Women 25-54 (858,000), making it the #1 non-fiction series on cable since October 1, 2018 in those demos and the #2 overall cable series, behind AMC's The Walking Dead.

Peaking in Night 3 across most key demos, Saturday night's performance was Lifetime's best non-fiction premiere in more than five years with Adults 25-54 (1.3 million) and Women 25-54 (900,000).

Surviving R. Kelly was also the #1 most social primetime program across broadcast and cable for three consecutive nights (excluding sports), delivering 1.4 million total interactions across Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, cementing itself as Lifetime's most talked-about series on social media in the network's history.

An encore marathon of all six-hours of Surviving R. Kelly will air on Friday, January 11 starting at 6pm on Lifetime.

In Surviving R. Kelly, women are emerging from the shadows and uniting their voices to share their stories. Celebrated as one of the greatest R&B singers of all time, R. Kelly's genre defining career and playboy lifestyle has been riddled with rumors of abuse, predatory behavior, and pedophilia. Despite damning evidence and multiple witnesses, to date, none of these accusations have seemingly affected him. For the first time ever, survivors and people from R. Kelly's inner circle, are coming forward with new allegations about his sexual, mental, and physical abuse. They are now finally ready to share their full story and shed light on the secret life the public has never seen.

With over 50 interviews including civil rights activist Tarana Burke, musicians John Legend and Sparkle, talk-show host and former DJ Wendy Williams, ex-wife Andrea Kelly, ex-girlfriend Kitti Jones, brothers Carey and Bruce Kelly, and many others, the true story of R. Kelly's controversial past will be revealed beginning in 1970 through present day, shedding light on the R&B star whose history of alleged abuse of underage African American girls has, until recently, been largely ignored by mainstream media.

Surviving R. Kelly is executive produced by cultural critic, filmmaker and passionate activist dream hampton, Tamra Simmons, Joel Karsberg and Jesse Daniels for Kreativ Inc. which has a production deal with Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP), and Brie Miranda Bryant from Lifetime. This program falls under Lifetime's commitment to provide a platform to give women a voice where they have previously been unheard to bring awareness to the abuses and harassment of women.

ABOUT LIFETIME
Lifetime is a premier entertainment destination for women dedicated to offering the highest quality original programming spanning scripted series, non-fiction series and movies. In 2015, Lifetime launched Broad Focus, a major global initiative dedicated to supporting and hiring female directors, writers and producers to make its content which totals over 450 original hours. Lifetime Television(R), LMN(R), Lifetime Real Women(R) and Lifetime Digital(TM) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A+E Networks. A+E Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation.


Lifetime's "Surviving R. Kelly" Delivers 1.9 Million Total Viewers and Ranks as the Largest Social Premiere in Network History
Lifetime spins the numbers for Thursday, January 3.

[via press release from Lifetime] LIFETIME'S "SURVIVING R. KELLY" DELIVERS 1.9 MILLION TOTAL VIEWERS AND RANKS AS THE LARGEST SOCIAL PREMIERE IN NETWORK HISTORY

Night One of Three-Night Event Ranked as Lifetime's Best Performance in More Than Two Years in Key Demos

Documentary Was #1 Most Social Primetime Program Across Broadcast and Cable for The Night
Los Angeles, CA - January 4, 2019 - The premiere of Lifetime's ground-breaking documentary series Surviving R. Kelly captivated audiences and commanded the social conversation, delivering 1.9 million Total Viewers and marking Lifetime's best performance in more than two years in all key demos including Adults 25-54 (1.2 million), Adults 18-49 (1.1 million), Women 25-54 (837,000), and Women 18-49 (767,000), according to Nielsen Media Research. Surviving R. Kelly was Lifetime's best unscripted performance in more than three years in all key demos.

From the first to last half hour, Surviving R. Kelly also saw impressive double digit growth in Total Viewers (+18%), Women 18-49 (+19%), Women 25-54 (+16%) and Adults 18-49 (+13%).
Surviving R. Kelly also dominated social media, ranking as the #1 most social primetime program across Broadcast and Cable for January 3, excluding sports, according to Nielsen Social Content Ratings. With over 743,000 total interactions across Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, Surviving R. Kelly was Lifetime's largest social premiere for any series or movie in network history.
Surviving R. Kelly continues tonight, January 4, at 9pm ET/PT, and the final installment of the six-part documentary series will debut on Saturday, January 5, at 9pm ET/PT.
Encore marathons of all six-hours of Surviving R. Kelly will air as follows:
Sunday, January 6 starting at 10am on Lifetime
Sunday, January 6 starting at 6pm on LMN
Friday, January 11 starting at 6pm on Lifetime

In Surviving R. Kelly, women are emerging from the shadows and uniting their voices to share their stories. Celebrated as one of the greatest R&B singers of all time, R. Kelly's genre defining career and playboy lifestyle has been riddled with rumors of abuse, predatory behavior, and pedophilia. Despite damning evidence and multiple witnesses, to date, none of these accusations have seemingly affected him. For the first time ever, survivors and people from R. Kelly's inner circle, are coming forward with new allegations about his sexual, mental, and physical abuse. They are now finally ready to share their full story and shed light on the secret life the public has never seen.

With over 50 interviews including civil rights activist Tarana Burke, musicians John Legend and Sparkle, talk-show host and former DJ Wendy Williams, ex-wife Andrea Kelly, ex-girlfriend Kitti Jones, brothers Carey and Bruce Kelly, and many others, the true story of R. Kelly's controversial past will be revealed beginning in 1970 through present day, shedding light on the R&B star whose history of alleged abuse of underage African American girls has, until recently, been largely ignored by mainstream media.

Surviving R. Kelly is executive produced by cultural critic, filmmaker and passionate activist dream hampton, Tamara Simmons, Joel Karlsberg and Jesse Daniels for Kreativ Inc. which has a production deal with Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP), and Brie Miranda Bryant from Lifetime. This program falls under Lifetime's commitment to provide a platform to give women a voice where they have previously been unheard to bring awareness to the abuses and harassment of women.

ABOUT LIFETIME
Lifetime is a premier entertainment destination for women dedicated to offering the highest quality original programming spanning scripted series, non-fiction series and movies. In 2015, Lifetime launched Broad Focus, a major global initiative dedicated to supporting and hiring female directors, writers and producers to make its content which totals over 450 original hours. Lifetime Television(R), LMN(R), Lifetime Real Women(R) and Lifetime Digital(TM) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A+E Networks. A+E Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation.


"Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance" on Lifetime Debuts as Cable's Best Original Movie of the Year in Key Demos
Lifetime spins the numbers for Sunday, May 13.

[via press release from Lifetime] VIEWERS FALL IN LOVE WITH "HARRY & MEGHAN: A ROYAL ROMANCE" ON LIFETIME DEBUTING WITH 2.2 MILLION TOTAL VIEWERS AND AS BEST ORIGINAL MOVIE OF THE YEAR IN KEY DEMOS

Lifetime Currently Claims Cable's Top Four Original Movies Of The Year In Key Demos
Los Angeles, CA - May 14, 2018 - 2.2 million Total Viewers said "I Do" to the Lifetime original feature Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance on Sunday night, making it cable's best original movie of the year with Adults 25-54 (872,000), Adults 18-49 (742,000), Women 25-54 (662,000) and Women 18-49 (552,000), according to Nielsen Media Research. Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance was also Lifetime's highest delivering telecast since Beaches across all key demos.

Lifetime currently claims cable's top four original movies of the year with Adults 18-49 and Women 18-49 (Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance, Faith Under Fire, Cocaine Godmother and The Simone Biles Story: Courage to Soar) and cable's top two original movies of the year with Adults 25-54 and Women 25-54 (Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance and Faith Under Fire).

Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance was also a hit on social media, ranking 1st in social interactions on Facebook and Twitter for new primetime ad-supported cable shows (excluding sports, news and specials) on May 13th, according to Nielsen Social Content Ratings. The Lifetime Twitter account generated over 1 million organic impressions on Sunday, resulting in the most impressions the page has produced in a single day in 2018.

Following the movie, the special Harry & Meghan: Royal Rebels delivered 1.7 million total viewers, 562,000 Adults 25-54 and 433,000 Women 25-54.

Lifetime will air encore presentations of Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance on May 15 at 8 pm ET/PT and May 19 at 11 pm ET/PT.

Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance follows the fairytale romance of Prince Harry (Murray Fraser, The Loch) and Meghan Markle (Parisa Fitz-Henley, Midnight Texas) from the moment they met after being set up by friends, through their initial courtship when they were able to keep their romance under wraps, and ultimately the intense global media attention surrounding their relationship and Meghan's life as a divorced American actress.

Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance also stars Steve Coulter as Prince Charles, Bonnie Soper as Diana, Burgess Abernethy as Prince William, Laura Mitchell as Kate Middleton, Maggie Sullivun as Queen Elizabeth II, Deborah Ramsay as Camilla Bowles, Preston Jakub Karwat as Prince George and Briella Wintraub as Princess Charlotte. Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance is produced by Crown Productions and Lighthouse Pictures for Lifetime with Meredith Finn and Michele Weiss executive producing. Menhaj Huda directs from a script written by Scarlett Lacey and Terrence Coli.
A+E Networks holds worldwide distribution rights to Harry & Meghan: A Royal Romance.

About Lifetime
Lifetime is a premier entertainment destination for women dedicated to offering the highest quality original programming spanning scripted series, non-fiction series and movies. The critically acclaimed UnREAL, Project Runway, Bring It!, Married at First Sight, The Rap Game and Little Women franchises anchor the network's programming, in addition to its over 25 original movies annually that continue to define the TV movie genre. In 2015, Lifetime launched Broad Focus, a major global initiative dedicated to supporting and hiring female directors, writers and producers to make its content which totals over 450 original hours. Lifetime Television(R), LMN(R), Lifetime Real Women(R) and Lifetime Digital(TM) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A+E Networks. A+E Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation.


Lifetime's "Faith Under Fire" Premieres as #1 Original Movie on Cable in All Key Demos
Lifetime further spins the numbers for Saturday, January 27.

[via press release from Lifetime] LIFETIME'S FAITH UNDER FIRE: THE ANTONIETTE TUFF STORY PREMIERES AS #1 ORIGINAL MOVIE ON CABLE FOR 2018 ACROSS KEY DEMOS

Lifetime Claims Top 2 Original Movies on Cable Among Adults 18-49 with Faith Under Fire and Cocaine Godmother

Los Angeles, CA - February 1, 2018 - The Lifetime Feature Faith Under Fire ranks as the #1 original movie on cable for 2018 to date following its premiere on January 27 among the key Adults 25-54 (993,000), Adults 18-49 (805,000) and Women 18-49 (560,000) demos in Live+3, according to Nielsen Media Research. Lifetime currently has the top 2 original movies on cable for 2018 to date with Adults 18-49 with Faith Under Fire and Cocaine Godmother starring Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Starring seven-time Grammy(R) Award winner Toni Braxton, Faith Under Fire also dominated Saturday night among Women 25-54 (704,000), ranking as the #1 program across all of cable in the demo, and garnered 2.4 million Total Viewers in Live+3. Since its premiere, Faith Under Fire and the subsequent special Bio Presents: Antoinette Tuff Story have reached more than 8.0 million total viewers.*

Additionally, the Faith Under Fire premiere was #1 in social interactions for new primetime cable shows on January 27, according to Nielsen Social Content Ratings (excluding sports, news and specials). The movie also trended in the top three on Twitter across the United States.
In Faith Under Fire, Braxton stars as Antoinette Tuff, a struggling single mom from Georgia who heroically averted a tragedy, saving hundreds of lives when she convinced a deranged gunman who stormed an elementary school to surrender. On August 20, 2013, shortly after arriving to work at the Ronald E. McNair Discovery Learning Academy in Decatur, Georgia, Antoinette the school's bookkeeper, was in the front office when Michael Hill (Trevor Morgan, Abducted), a young man with a history of mental illness, snuck in, armed with an AK-47 and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. As the school went into lockdown, Antoinette was left alone with Michael, who repeatedly threatened to kill everyone. Showing enormous courage and empathy, along with nerves of steel, Antoinette convinced Michael to surrender by using her own life struggles to connect with him. Antoinette's faith in God guided her through the toughest moments of her life, ultimately preparing her for that fateful day. The film also stars Yaya DaCosta (Whitney) as 911 operator Kendra and Malik Yoba (Empire) as Sergeant Franklin. Antoinette Tuff's son Derrick, who was diagnosed with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease, is portrayed in the film by Shalaby Omar (Doubt), a young actor with Spina Bifida.

Faith Under Fire is produced by Sony Pictures Television and based on the book Prepared for a Purpose: An Inspiring True Story of Faith, Courage and Compassion in Crisis by Tuff and Alex Tresniowski. Executive producers are T.D. Jakes (Heaven is for Real), Judith Verno (Masters of Sex), Derrick Williams (Miracles from Heaven), Toni Braxton and Craig Baumgarten (Toni Braxton: Unbreak My Heart). Emmy nominee Vondie Curtis Hall (Abducted: The Carlina White Story) directs from a script written by Laura Harrington and Stephen Kay.

*Source: Nielsen Npower Reach (000s) based on a 1+ Min Qual, 1/27/18-1/28/18, L+3 and most current for Sat 1/27/18 and Sun 1/28/18, P2+, 8 Telecasts

About Lifetime
Lifetime is a premier entertainment destination for women dedicated to offering the highest quality original programming spanning scripted series, non-fiction series and movies. The critically acclaimed UnREAL, Project Runway, Dance Moms, Bring It!, The Rap Game, Married at First Sight and Little Women franchises anchor the network's programming, in addition to its over 25 original movies annually that continue to define the TV movie genre. In 2015, Lifetime launched Broad Focus, a major global initiative dedicated to supporting and hiring female directors, writers and producers to make its content which totals over 450 original hours. Lifetime Television(R), LMN(R), Lifetime Real Women(R) and Lifetime Digital(TM) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A+E Networks. A+E Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation.

About Sony Pictures Television
Sony Pictures Television (SPT) is one of the television industry's leading content providers, producing and distributing programming worldwide in every genre and for every platform. In addition to managing one of the industry's largest libraries of award-winning feature films, television shows and formats, SPT is home to a thriving global production business operating 22 wholly-owned or joint venture production companies in 12 countries around the world. Sony Pictures Television is a Sony Pictures Entertainment Company.

Lifetime Reaches 10.5 Million Viewers for Weekend Telecasts of "Cocaine Godmother" and "Griselda: The Godmother"
Lifetime further spins the numbers for Saturday, January 20.

[via press release from Lifetime] LIFETIME REACHES 10.5 MILLION VIEWERS FOR WEEKEND TELECASTS OF "COCAINE GODMOTHER" AND "GRISELDA: THE GODMOTHER"

The Catherine Zeta-Jones feature drove Lifetime to rank as the #1 cable network in its time period with Women 18-49 on Saturday night

Los Angeles - January 25, 2018 - Lifetime is feeling the ratings high after reaching 10.5 million total viewers with the Lifetime Original Movie Cocaine Godmother and the documentary special Griselda: The Godmother across all weekend telecasts.

On its Saturday, January 20 premiere, Cocaine Godmother delivered 2.2 million Total Viewers in Live+3, according to Nielsen Media Research. It also drove Lifetime to be the #1 cable network in its time period among Women 18-49 (506,000) and #2 with Adults 25-54 (927,000), Women 25-54 (604,000) and Adults 18-49 (762,000).

Following Cocaine Godmother, Saturday's premiere of the one-hour special Griselda: The Godmother averaged 1.4 million Total Viewers in Live+3.

Starring Academy Award winning and Golden Globe nominated-actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cocaine Godmother explores the complicated life of Griselda Blanco, who, at just 17, made her way to the U.S. with a fake passport with her first husband Carlos (Carlos Rodriguez). Living in Queens with her three sons (Dixon, Matteo Stefan; Osvaldo, Spencer Borgeson; Uber, Jose Julian), Griselda became enticed by the money the drug world offered, and quickly became embroiled with local drug runners. Griselda masterminded the use of beautiful women, the elderly and children as the mules and created false-bottom suitcases to smuggle cocaine from Colombia. With money rolling in, her sons abandoned school and entered the family business instead. A move to Miami would further expand Griselda's empire, and lead to the death of her second husband Alberto (Juan Pablo Espinosa), giving the rise to her nickname, The Black Widow. Her willingness to use violence against her Miami competitors, led her rivals to make repeated unsuccessful attempts to kill her. In order to protect her youngest son with third husband Dario (Raul Mendez), Griselda moved to California where she was later arrested by the DEA and sentenced to a decade in jail. The case against her collapsed and upon her release, she was deported to Colombia, where she was ultimately gunned down in 2012. In her lifetime, Griselda's drug distribution network spanned across the United States and she was suspected of ordering over 200 murders. The film also stars Jenny Pellicer as Carolina, Alejandro Edda as Rudy, Jonah Stark as young Dixon, Jaden Rain as young Osvaldo, Dagan Nish as Michael, Lauren Guci as young Michael, Warren Christie as Jimmy and Darcy Laurie as Pablo Escobar.

Cocaine Godmother is produced by Asylum Entertainment for Lifetime with Emmy Award-winning Steven Michaels, Jonathan Koch (The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe), Joan Harrison (Manson's Lost Girls) and Alisa Tager (Enemy at the Gates) executive producing. Guillermo Navarro (Pan's Labrynth, Narcos) directs the script written by David McKenna (American History X) and Molly McAlpine (Nash Bridges).

A+E Networks holds worldwide distribution rights for Cocaine Godmother.
*Source: Nielsen Npower Reach (000s) based on a 1+ Min Qual, 1/20/18-1/21/18, L+3 and most current for Sat 1/20/18 and Sun 1/21/18, P2+, 6 Telecasts (2 specials + 4 movies)

About Lifetime
Lifetime is a premier entertainment destination for women dedicated to offering the highest quality original programming spanning scripted series, non-fiction series and movies. The critically acclaimed UnREAL, Project Runway, Dance Moms, Bring It!, The Rap Game, Married at First Sight and Little Women franchises anchor the network's programming, in addition to its over 25 original movies annually that continue to define the TV movie genre. In 2015, Lifetime launched Broad Focus, a major global initiative dedicated to supporting and hiring female directors, writers and producers to make its content which totals over 450 original hours. Lifetime Television(R), LMN(R), Lifetime Real Women(R) and Lifetime Digital(TM) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A+E Networks. A+E Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation.

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