Hosted by “All My Children” alums and real-life power couple Kelly Ripa (ex-Hayley Vaughan Santos) and Mark Consuelos (ex-Mateo Santos), “Live with Kelly and Mark” continued to excel as syndication’s top daytime talk show among Total Viewers (2.208 million), Households (1.42 rating), Women 18-49 (0.30 rating) and Women 25-54 (0.43 rating) during the week of May 19-23, 2025, the most recent week available for syndication ratings, Soap Opera Network can report exclusively.
Featuring a star-studded week of guests including Sarah Jessica Parker, Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Ryan Phillippe (ex-Billy Douglas, “One Life to Live”) and Elizabeth Banks, among others, “Live” grew for the second week in a row in all key measures, including Total Viewers (+2% – 2.208 million vs. 2.174 million) and Households (+3% – 1.42 rating vs. 1.38 rating), along with Women 18-49 (+7% – 0.30 rating vs. 0.28 rating) and Women 25-54 (+10% – 0.43 rating vs. 0.39 rating).
Among Women 18-49, this was the talk show’s best performance in six weeks – since the week of April 7-11, 2025. Meanwhile, compared to the same week last year, “Live with Kelly and Mark” was up in Total Viewers (2.208 million vs. 2.202 million) and was up for the second week running among Women 18-49 (+3% – 0.30 rating vs. 0.29 rating).
Overall, “Live” has ranked as the No. 1 talk show in syndication for 121 consecutive weeks among all key measures, topping its closest competitor by +75% in Total Viewers (2.208 million vs. 1.265 million), +63% in Households (1.42 rating vs. 0.87 rating) and by +72% among Women 25-54 (0.43 rating vs. 0.25 rating). Further, for the 33rd straight week, “Live” led among Women 18-49, outdelivering its closest competition by +76% (0.30 rating vs. 0.17 rating).
For the fifth consecutive season, “Live” ranks as as syndication’s No. 1 talk show in all key measures, leading its closest competitor by +63% in Total Viewers (2.194 million vs. 1.349 million), +56% in Households (1.45 rating vs. 0.93 rating), +35% among Women 18-49 (0.27 rating vs. 0.20 rating) and +43% among Women 25-54 (0.43 rating vs. 0.30 rating).
“Live” remains the sole leader in Daytime Talk among Women 25-54 (0.43 rating) for the sixth consecutive season and is the most-watched entertainment talk show on television in all key measures for the fifth consecutive season.
Guests set to appear on “Live with Kelly and Mark” during the week of June 9-13, 2025 include Joel McHale, Bryce Dallas Howard, Taron Egerton, Henry Winkler, Orlando Bloom, Jason Isaacs and Jon Hamm, among others, as well as performances by Arthur Hanlon, Manuel Medrano and Nia Skyfer, and The Doobie Brothers. The week concludes with Michael Symon and the “Sizzle in The City” series, plus Kelly and Mark share tips for keeping kids active in the summer while Steve Patterson hits the streets, Father’s Day style!
Distributed in national syndication by Disney Entertainment, “Live with Kelly and Mark” is produced by WABC-TV in New York.
Michael Gelman and Kelly Ripa are executive producers.
Source: Nielsen, National Live+Same Day Program Ratings, Week of 5/19/25, or as dated. Year ago week (w/o 5/20/24). 2024-2025 Season (9/2/24-5/25/25).