YOUNGER SEASON SIX FINALE DRAWS 1.2 MILLION TOTAL VIEWERS AND IS SERIES’ TOP-RATED SEASON FINALE AMONG W25-54
​New York, NY, September 9, 2019 - The September 4 season six finale of TV Land's hit series Younger drew 1.2 million total viewers in L+3 and ranks as the #1 rated season finale in series history among W25-54 (1.4 rating). The season finale also scored season highs among several key demos, including P25-54 (.89 rating), W18-49 (1.1) and P18-49 (.70), while outperforming the season-to-date average by double digits in those demos (L+3).
To date in 2019, Younger is the #1 rated original ad-supported cable sitcom among female viewers, W18-49 and W25-54. The series finished 2017 and 2018 with those top rankings, as well (L+7).
For the sixth season in a row, Younger's season finale was rated higher than the season premiere, with the finale posting a +10% gain from the season six premiere among P25-54. L+3 ratings from the season six finale are included below:
- P18-49: .70 rating, up +20% from the season-to-date average
- W18-49: 1.1 rating, up +18% from the season-to-date average
- P25-54: .89 rating, up +18% from the season-to-date average
- W25-54: 1.4 rating, up +19% from the season-to-date average
- Total Viewers: 1.2 million total viewers, up +5% from the season-to-date average
Younger season six generated 49 million social video views, up +70% from season five. The Younger season six finale was the #1 most-social scripted comedy of the day across all of TV on September 4, with 30,000 total interactions. The finale also generated 1.2 million streaming video views.
TV Land previously announced a seventh season pickup of Younger. The series' passionate fan base has helped the series expand off the TV screen to include the five-star reviewed weekly podcast, Younger Uncovered, a weekly after-show entitled Getting Younger, and the launch of two books from Simon and Schuster entitled, Marriage Vacation and The Miseducation of Henry Cane.
Younger is created, executive produced and written by Darren Star, with Tony Hernandez of JAX Media executive producing. Dottie Zicklin, Eric Zicklin and Alison Brown also serve as executive producers and writers on the series.
About TV Land
TV Land is a curated lineup of time-tested sitcoms topped off by breakout hit original series Younger from Darren Star, all available on air, at TVLand.com and on the TV Land app. Younger continues to thrive with a winning combination of comedy and drama, making it the #1 original ad-supported cable sitcom with women 18-49 and women 25-54 in 2017 and 2018. In addition, TV Land continues to reign as the destination for the best of memorable television series and modern-day classic sitcoms with a programming slate that includes the hit comedies Everybody Loves Raymond, The Goldbergs, The Golden Girls and Two and a Half Men.
YOUNGER RECORDS HIGHEST-RATED SEASON PREMIERE IN ITS HISTORY IN KEY P25-54 DEMO, DRAWS 1.3 MILLION TOTAL VIEWERS
The Season Six Premiere Registered a 1.21 W25-54 Rating, Up +30% From Season Five
Watch a Preview Clip of This Week's Episode Here
New York, NY, June 17, 2019 - The season six premiere of TV Land's hit series Younger recorded its highest-rated season premiere ever in the key P25-54 and W25-54 demos on Wednesday, June 12. For L+3 viewing, Younger recorded a 1.21 W25-54 rating (457,000 viewers), up +30% from the previous season premiere. Among P25-54, Younger hit a .81 (601,000 viewers), up +29% from the season five premiere.
TV Land's series was also up +23% among total viewers, with 1.3 million tuning in to see Kelsey (Hilary Duff) makes her debut as publisher, quickly realizing that the company is in trouble.
The season six premiere of Younger grew from the previous season premiere in additional demos. Among P18-49, the show was up +15% (.64 rating) and it grew +13% among W18-49 (.95 rating).
In this week's episode, airing Wednesday, June 19 at 10 p.m. ET/PT, Liza and Kelsey clash with Quinn, who's walking the line between author and investor. Meanwhile, Diana offends Enzo and Lauren throws Josh and Clare a gender reveal party. Watch a preview clip here.
Season five of Younger aired in summer 2018 and was its highest-rated season to date among P 18-49 (L+SD). The series ranked as the #1 original ad-supported cable sitcom with W18-49 and W25-54 in 2017 and 2018. Younger's success combined with TV Land's carefully curated hit acquisitions in the 2018 fiscal year led to the brand's highest ratings since 2011.
The series' passionate fan base has helped the series expand off the TV screen to include the five-star reviewed weekly podcast, Younger Uncovered, a weekly after-show entitled Getting Younger, and the launch of a book from Simon and Schuster entitled, Marriage Vacation.
Younger is created, executive produced and written by Darren Star, with Tony Hernandez of JAX Media executive producing. Dottie Zicklin, Eric Zicklin and Alison Brown also serve as executive producers and writers on the series.
About TV Land
TV Land is a curated lineup of time-tested sitcoms topped off by breakout hit original series Younger from Darren Star, all available on air, at TVLand.com and on the TV Land app. Younger continues to thrive with a winning combination of comedy and drama, making it the #1 original ad-supported cable sitcom with women 18-49 and women 25-54 in 2017 and 2018. In addition, TV Land continues to reign as the destination for the best of memorable television series and modern-day classic sitcoms with a programming slate that includes the hit comedies Everybody Loves Raymond, The Goldbergs, The Golden Girls and Two and a Half Men.
"Teachers" Hits Back-to-Back Series Highs in Live Viewing Among Key Adults 25-54 Demo
TV Land further spins the numbers for the season to date.
[via press release from TV Land] "TEACHERS" HITS BACK-TO-BACK SERIES HIGHS IN LIVE VIEWING AMONG KEY ADULTS 25-54 DEMO
Don't Miss "TEACHERS" Tonight at 10PM ET/PT on TV LAND
New episodes of "Teachers" are off to a strong start, posting double-digit increases over season 2A, and hitting series highs for two consecutive weeks in live viewing (P25-54). In tonight's episode, "Nightmare On Fillmore Street," when the Wi-Fi goes out, Ms. Snap is forced to go into the forgotten and seemingly haunted library in order to get a book. Ms. Watson has a confusing dream about Principal Pearson.
"Teachers" revolves around a group of elementary school teachers who are trying to mold the minds of America's youth, but don't have their own lives together at all. The series is created by and stars the improv group The Katydids - Caitlin Barlow, Katy Colloton, Cate Freedman, Kate Lambert, Katie O'Brien and Kathryn Renée Thomas. The second part of season two will see Ms. Bennigan (O'Brien) keep naively pursuing Hot Dad (guest star Ryan Caltagirone), Ms. Watson (Lambert) in an unexpected relationship, Mrs. Adler (Thomas) and Ms. Feldman (Freedman) dealing with a "serial pooper" around the school, Ms. Snap (Colloton) finding the school's forgotten library, Ms. Cannon (Barlow) discovering an artistic prodigy, and even an entire episode taking place in the 1940s. "Teachers" has already been renewed for a 20-episode third season to premiere in 2018.
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YOUNGER’S” FOURTH SEASON MARKS HIGHEST-RATED AND MOST-WATCHED IN SERIES HISTORY
Further incredible highlights from season four of "Younger" include:*
*(All Data is L+3 unless otherwise noted).
SHOW WINS TOP SPOT AS #1 ORIGINAL AD-SUPPORTED CABLE SITCOM WITH WOMEN
New York, NY – September 19, 2017 – More successful and buzzy than ever in its fourth season, TV Land's "Younger" achieved its highest-rated and most-watched season ever in series history, and is the #1 Original Ad-Supported Cable Sitcom with Women 18-49 and Women 25-54, year-to-date. The series saw its highest ratings of all time, scoring double digit percentage increases versus prior season in all of TV Land's key demos and total viewers, and #YoungerTV trended on Twitter every week. Additionally, the season finale episode, which aired Wednesday, September 13th, saw series highs with Adults and Women 18-49. (All Data is L+3). "Younger's" record-breaking season mirrors a similar trend for TV Land, as the network has seen 10 consecutive months of year-over-year growth and, pacing +17% versus year ago, is experiencing the highest year-over-year growth out of any top 20 non-news cable network (L+SD, Total Day, Quarter-to-Date, P25-54).
- Highest-ratings ever in all key demos and total viewers on a Live, Live + SD, and Live +3 basis:
- In Live +3, season ratings saw double-digit increases, with a .85 in Adults 25-54 (+31% vs prior season); 1.31 with Women 25-54 (+31%); .72 with Adults 18-49 (+32%); 1.13 with Women 18-49 (+31%); and 1.3 million total viewers (+29%).
- "Younger" saw 2.1 million full episode starts on TVLand.com and the TV Land app, the highest in-season consumption in series history.
- #YoungerTV trended on Twitter every Wednesday night for each of the 12 weeks that new season four episodes premiered.
- New Facebook Live aftershow "Getting Younger" generated over 2 million video views throughout the season, and, on average, reached almost half a million Facebook users each week.
- Average weekly engagement with "Getting Younger" was nearly 5x stronger than the average engagement with Facebook posts for Younger's prior season.
- Season four had a median age 10 years younger than TV Land's 4Q 17 (to date) primetime viewer average.
- The season finale episode, "Irish Goodbye," scored series highs with a .82 with Adults 18-49 and a 1.30 with Women 18-49.
Created by "Sex and the City's" Darren Star, "Younger" stars two-time Tony® winner Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar, Miriam Shor, Nico Tortorella, Peter Hermann and Molly Bernard. "Younger," which was recently renewed for a fifth season on TV Land, also has an extensive global footprint and is distributed in over 155 countries and territories worldwide.
*(All Data is L+3 unless otherwise noted).
About TV Land
TV Land is the programming destination for consumers in their 30s and 40s, with hit original series and acquisitions on-air, on TVLand.com and on the TV Land app.
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"YOUNGER" BREAKS SERIES RECORDS WITH HIGHEST-RATED AND MOST-WATCHED EPISODE EVER
New York, NY – August 15, 2017 – Following several weeks in a row of season highs, the fans have spoken again and made it clear that this season of "Younger" is absolutely can't-miss television.
- The August 9th episode, "Fever Pitch," delivered the highest ratings in series history in L+3 across all key demos, including a .92 in Adults 25-54, a 1.43 with Women 25-54, a .77 with Adults 18-49, and a 1.23 with Women 18-49.
- "Fever Pitch" was also – for the second week in a row – the most-watched episode in "Younger" history, with 1.4 million viewers in Live + 3.
- Highest playback among all key demos in series history.
- "Younger's" Facebook Live aftershow, "Getting Younger," also continues to grow, with last Wednesday night's episode garnering 257K video views and engaging 26K users, the highest on all counts season-to-date since the premiere week episode.
"We are ecstatic that 'Younger' continues to grow week after week to now its highest ratings EVER," said Frank Tanki, General Manager of TV Land & CMT. "It proves what we've been saying since earlier this year – this is the best season yet, and viewers obviously agree."
In this week's episode of "Younger" – airing Wednesday, August 16th at 10pm ET/PT – Liza gets an opportunity to edit a potential bestseller, but it comes with emotional strings attached. Josh makes a new connection with the help of Liza, and Maggie ruffles some feathers with her neighbors. Get a sneak peek here.
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TV Land is the programming destination for consumers in their 30s and 40s, with hit original series and acquisitions on-air, on TVLand.com and on the TV Land app.
About Viacom
Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) is home to premier global media brands that create compelling television programs, motion pictures, short-form content, apps, games, consumer products, social media experiences, and other entertainment content for audiences in more than 180 countries. Viacom's media networks, including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, MTV, VH1, SPIKE, BET, CMT, TV Land, Nick at Nite, Nick Jr., Logo, Nicktoons, CENTRIC, TeenNick, Channel 5 (UK), Telefe (Argentina) and Paramount Channel, reach over 3.9 billion cumulative television subscribers worldwide. Paramount Pictures is a major global producer and distributer of filmed entertainment. Paramount Television develops, finances and produces programming for television and other platforms.
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"Younger" Has Most-Watched Episode in Series History; Reaches New Season Highs
TV Land further spins the numbers for Wednesday, August 2.
[via press release from TV Land] MOST-WATCHED EPISODE IN SERIES HISTORY LEADS TV LAND'S "YOUNGER" TO EVEN MORE SEASON HIGHS
On the heels of last week's season high ratings, TV Land's hit comedy "Younger" has reached even more season highs AND had its most-watched episode in series history in Live + 3!
· The August 2nd episode, "A Close Shave," reached a season high .85 with Adults 25-54 in L+3, more than doubling its L+SD rating with a +119% playback lift.
· The episode also scored additional season highs in key demos in L+3, including a 1.29 with Women 25-54, a .74 with Adults 18-49 and a 1.12 with Women 18-49.
· "A Close Shave" was the most-watched episode in series history, with 1.3 million total viewers tuning in on a Live +3 basis.
TV LAND’S “YOUNGER” SOARS TO SEASON HIGHS ACROSS NET’S TARGET DEMOS
New York, NY – July 31, 2017 – Following its most-watched and highest-rated telecast ever in Live + SD with the Season 4 premiere episode, "Younger" on TV Land has delivered even higher ratings, scoring season highs across all key demos for the network for the July 26th episode. In Live + 3, the episode achieved increases versus the very strong season premiere, with a .8 (+5%) with Adults 25-54, a 1.2 (+5%) with Women 25-54, a .7 (+1%) with Adults 18-49, and a 1.1 (+4%) with Women 18-49.
Currently outpacing every previous season to-date in both Live + SD and Live + 3 with Adults 25-54, Season 4 is seeing huge increases in urgency to watch from fans, and is up +26% (Live +3) and +40% (Live + SD) versus season three to-date. In addition, this week's episode garnered 1.2 million average total viewers in Live + 3.
Plus, "Getting Younger," the series' Facebook Live aftershow, keeps the party going every week following the 10pm ET airings. With incredibly strong fan engagement, each episode organically reaches, on average, 300,000 people, and to date, "Getting Younger" episodes have reached a gross of 2 million Facebook users and garnered over half a million total video views. Last week's episode with guest Debi Mazar has nearly 220,000 video views alone, and reached over 500,000 people.
On this week's episode of "Younger" (Wednesday at 10pm ET/PT on TV Land), Liza (Sutton Foster) is caught majorly off guard when she runs into Macmillan publisher Jay (guest star Aasif Mandvi), whom she met while repping Empirical at a conference. Unfortunately, she runs into him while she's out having dinner with her daughter Caitlin (Tessa Albertson). Plus, Lauren (Molly Bernard) gets back into the dating world and drags Maggie (Debi Mazar) with her, who gets more than she bargained for when she meets a woman at a bar.
Created by "Sex and the City's" Darren Star, "Younger" stars two-time Tony® winner Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar, Miriam Shor, Nico Tortorella, Peter Hermann and Molly Bernard. "Younger," which was recently renewed for a fifth seaso n on TV Land, also has an extensive global footprint and is distributed in over 155 countries and territories worldwide.
About TV Land
TV Land is the programming destination for consumers in their 30s and 40s, with hit original series and acquisitions on-air, on TVLand.com and on the TV Land app.
About Viacom
Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) is home to premier global media brands that create compelling television programs, motion pictures, short-form video, apps, games, consumer products, social media and other entertainment content for audiences in more than 160 countries and territories. Viacom's media networks, including MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, BET, CENTRIC, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nick at Nite, Comedy Central, TV Land, SPIKE, Tѓ3s, Paramount Channel and VIVA, reach approximately 700 million television subscribers worldwide. Paramount Pictures, America's oldest film studio, is a major global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment.
For more information about Viacom and its businesses, visit www.viacom.com. Keep up with Viacom news by following Viacom's blog at blog.viacom.com and Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/Viacom.
TV Land's "Younger" Dominates in Season Four Return with Highest-Rated and Most-Watched Episode Ever
TV Land further spins the numbers for Wednesday, June 28.
[via press release from TV Land] TV LAND'S "YOUNGER" DOMINATES IN SEASON FOUR RETURN WITH HIGHEST-RATED AND MOST-WATCHED EPISODE EVER
EPISODE SCORES DOUBLE DIGIT GAINS ACROSS ALL KEYS DEMOS
New York, NY - July 5, 2017 - "Younger," TV Land's hit comedy from Darren Star reached new heights, as its Live + SD season four premiere on Wednesday, June 28th was the highest-rated and most-watched telecast ever. In Live+3, "Younger" posted its highest-rated and most-watched premiere.
· Scoring a .8 Adults 25-54, 1.2 Women 25-54, .7 A18-49, 1.0 W18-49 and 1.3 million average total viewers, the premiere posted double digit gains versus last season's premiere in L+3.
· Double digit gains over last year's premiere were also seen in L+SD with a .4 A25-54, .6 W25-54, .4 A18-49, .5 W18-49 and 802k average total viewers.
· The new LIVE digital aftershow, "Getting Younger," which launched following last week's premiere on Facebook @YoungerTV, reached over half a million people, collected over 180k video views and engaged 46k users and counting. Shot in front of a live audience at Pride Global's Flight Deck in Manhattan, it is hosted by SiriusXM's Taylor Strecker and will immediately follow every episode for the run of the season.
· #YoungerTV trended on Twitter in the US on premiere night. Instagram, Twitter and Facebook are also seeing climbing numbers for "Younger," with double digit increases in followers, respectively, on the show's social media pages since the end of last season.
Created by "Sex and the City's" Darren Star, "Younger" stars two-time Tony(R) winner Sutton Foster, Hilary Duff, Debi Mazar, Miriam Shor, Nico Tortorella, Peter Hermann and Molly Bernard. The series follows Liza (Foster), a 40-year old woman who pretends to be 26 in order to get a job in the highly competitive world of publishing - and succeeds. Last season, as Liza continued her lie, her two lives became irreversibly intertwined - with her longtime best friend, Maggie (Mazar), new friend and partner at Empirical, Kelsey (Duff), prickly boss Diana (Shor), and everyone in between, becoming part of the same world. In the season three finale, Liza came to realize the damage her secret has caused and finally unveiled the truth to Kelsey. Now Liza will be forced to deal with the fallout of her deceit and learn that the truth hurts.
"Younger," which was recently renewed for a fifth season on TV Land, also has an extensive global footprint, reaching countries including Australia, UK, Italy, Canada, Israel, France, India, Spain and many more.
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TV LAND'S "TEACHERS" CONTINUES TO BREAK RECORDS AS NEWEST EPISODE SCORES SERIES HIGHS AGAIN, INCREASES ACROSS ALL DEMOS
Haley Joel Osment Guest Stars This Week!
New York, NY – January 30, 2017 – TV Land's hit comedy, the critically-acclaimed "Teachers," continues to soar, setting series highs and double-digit gains across all key demos in Live +3. On the heels of last week's record-breaking season premiere, the newest episode, "Stranger Danger," scored a .57 among Adults 25-54, up +22% over last week and a .51 among Adults 18-49, a +38% increase over the season opener. Additionally, the episode garnered a .68 (up +11%) with Women 25-54, a .61 (up +28%) with Women 18-49, and attracted 901,000 total viewers.
Other demos that saw major gains include Men 25-54, posting a .46, up +44%, Adults 25-39 with a .60, an increase of +31%, and Adults 40-54 with a .55 up +15%. The median age for "Teachers" is 46 years old, down 13 years versus channel prime and seven years younger than the previous week's episode.
"Teachers" revolves around a group of elementary school teachers who are trying to mold the minds of America's youth, but don't have their own lives together at all, and the second season will see the women facing elections, demotions and team-building exercises. The series is written by and stars The Katydids – Caitlin Barlow, Katy Colloton, Cate Freedman, Kate Lambert, Katie O'Brien and Kathryn Renée Thomas – and in season two, great guest stars pop up, including Haley Joel Osment ("Alpha House," "Comedy Bang! Bang!") as Mrs. Adler's (Thomas) husband, Ryan Hansen ("Party Down") as Ms. Snap's (Colloton) rival in a school council race, Jessica St. Clair ("Playing House") as the school counselor, and more surprising appearances and cameos by famous faces in comedy, pop culture and music, including Lisa Loeb, Coolio and more.
This week, Haley Joel Osment guest stars as Deb Adler's screw-up husband Damien, who thinks teachers don't do anything all day. Attempting to challenge his perceptions and show him how hard her day is, Deb invites him to sit in on her class, where things do not go according to plan. Watch and download a clip here:
Along with The Katydids, Alison Brie ("Community") and showrunners Ian Roberts and Jay Martel ("Key and Peele") executive produce the series. Matt Miller and Cap Gun Collective are also executive producers.
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Viacom (NASDAQ: VIAB, VIA) is home to premier global media brands that create compelling television programs, motion pictures, short-form video, apps, games, consumer products, social media and other entertainment content for audiences in more than 160 countries and territories. Viacom's media networks, including MTV, VH1, CMT, Logo, BET, CENTRIC, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, Nick at Nite, Comedy Central, TV Land, SPIKE, Tѓ3s, Paramount Channel and VIVA, reach approximately 700 million television subscribers worldwide. Paramount Pictures, America's oldest film studio, is a major global producer and distributor of filmed entertainment.
For more information about Viacom and its businesses, visit www.viacom.com. Keep up with Viacom news by following Viacom's blog at blog.viacom.com and Twitter feed at www.twitter.com/Viacom.
