Since its debut in mid-April, “Live with Kelly and Mark” has ranked a solid number one among all entertainment talk shows – network or syndicated – across all key measures, topping all daytime and late-night entertainment talk shows through its first five weeks, according to figures released by Nielsen.
During the week of May 15-19, 2023, the most recent week in which ratings are available for syndicated programming, “Live with Kelly and Mark” (2.212 million) improved over both the prior week (vs. 2.197 million for the week of May 8, 2023) and the same week last year (vs. 2.106 million for the week of May 16-20, 2022) in Total Viewers. “Live” was even week-to-week and year-to-year in both Households (1.5 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.5 rating).
Through its first five weeks, “Live with Kelly and Mark” has improved its average over the comparable weeks last season by +7% in Households (1.6 rating vs. 1.5 rating) and by +5% in Total Viewers (2.293 million vs. 2.194 million), while holding even year-to-year among Women 25-54 (0.6 rating).
Overall, “Live with Kelly and Mark” has placed first among all daytime talk shows in Households and Women 25-54 rating while placing first among Total Viewers on four of the last five weeks.
“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.
Mark Consuelos officially debuted as the show’s new co-host on Monday, April 17. He replaced Ryan Seacrest, who co-hosted the show alongside Ripa under the “Live with Kelly and Ryan” title for six seasons.