EXCLUSIVE: Audiences are eager to see Mark Consuelos in the hosts’ seat. Consuelos joined his wife Kelly Ripa as co-host of ABC’s Live with Kelly and Mark on April 17, taking over for longtime co-host Ryan Seacrest.
Seacrest exited the show on April 14 after six seasons. The debut week for Live with Kelly and Mark managed the talk show’s strongest ratings and largest audience in three months.
According to live+same-day Nielsen data, the show averaged about 2.4M viewers and a 1.7 Household rating, which is Nielsen’s key syndicated measure.
That’s the highest for both since the week of January 16. Live also improved year-over-year in both total viewers and in the demo.
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