‘Live with Kelly and Mark’ Builds on Momentum From ‘Countdown to the Oscars®’ – Scores Big With Show’s Post-Oscars Week

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• Building on strong momentum from its “Countdown to the Oscars®” week, “Live with Kelly and Mark” grew for the second consecutive week among Total Viewers (+6% – 2.711 million vs. 2.560 million), Households (+5% – 1.78 rating vs. 1.69 rating) and Women 25-54 (+6% – 0.51 rating vs. 0.48 rating), with the show’s best numbers in seven weeks — since the week of 1/26/26.
• In fact, “Live with Kelly and Mark” has now delivered four straight weeks of growth among Women 25-54 (0.51 rating), with the strongest performance in that key demo in 15 weeks — since the week of 12/1/25.
• Early on Monday morning, live from Los Angeles, the annual “After the Oscars” episode posted double-digit gains over its year-ago post-Oscars telecast (3/3/25) in Total Viewers (+13% – 096 million vs. 2.740 million), Households (+16% – 2.06 rating vs. 1.77 rating) and Women 15-54 (+18% – 0.58 rating vs. 0.49 rating).
• In addition, turning in its top telecast of the season, Monday’s “After the Oscars” episode earned the show’s most-watched airing in over a year and highest Household delivery in two years — since 1/6/25 and 3/11/24, respectively.
• Year over year, “Live with Kelly and Mark” posted gains for the second week in a row among Total Viewers (+11% – 2.711 million vs. 2.440 million), Households (+13% – 1.78 rating vs. 1.60 rating) and Women 25-54 (+6% – 0.51 rating vs. 0.48 rating).
• “Live” has now ranked as the 1 talk show in syndication for 164 consecutive weeks across all key measures, ahead of its closest competition this week by +62% among Total Viewers (2.711 million vs. 1.674 million ), by +56% among Households (1.78 rating vs. 1.14rating), by +82% among Women 18-49 (0.31 rating vs. 0.17 rating) and by +70% among Women 25-54 (0.51 rating vs. 0.30 rating).
• For the full season to date, “Live” ranks No. 1 in all key measures, for the sixth consecutive season, ahead of its closest competition by +56% in Total Viewers (2.434 million vs. 1.559 million), by +52% in Households (1.57 rating vs. 1.03 rating), by +61% in Women 18-49 (0.29 rating vs. 0.18 rating) and by +63% in Women 25-54 (0.44 rating vs. 0.27 rating).
• For the seventh season in a row, “Live” leads Daytime Talk among Women 25-54 (0.44 rating).
• “Live with Kelly and Mark” is the most-watched entertainment talk show on television in all key measures including Total Viewers, Households and Key Women demographics for the sixth consecutive season.

About “Live with Kelly and Mark”

“Live with Kelly and Mark” is distributed in national syndication by Disney Entertainment. The show is produced by WABC-TV in New York and executive produced by Michael Gelman and Kelly Ripa. Visit “Live” on the web (LivewithKellyandMark.com), Facebook, Instagram and TikTok (@LiveKellyandMark).

Source: Nielsen, National Live+Same Day Big Data Plus Panel Program Ratings, Week of 3/16/26, Previous Week 3/9/26 and Year-Ago Week 3/17/25.  2025-2026 Season (9/1/25-3/22/26). 24/25 and 23/24 seasons are based on Big Data Plus Panel, while prior seasons are Panel only.

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