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“48 HOURS: JAYME CLOSS COMES HOME” POSTS SEASON-HIGH AUDIENCE AND IS SATURDAY NIGHT’S #1 NON-SPORTS PROGRAM

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48 HOURS: “Jayme Closs Comes Home” delivered a season-high audience and was Saturday night’s #1 non-sports program, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for Jan. 12.

The broadcast delivered 4.49 million views and a 0.8/03 with adults 25-54, the demographic that matters most to those who advertise in news. Compared to the previous week, 48 HOURS added +1.05 million viewers (+31% from 3.44m) and up +33% in adults 25-54 (from 0.6/02).

Saturday’s broadcast featured a one-hour special edition focusing on the disappearance and return of the Wisconsin teenager who was taken from her family’s home in the town of Barron, Wisconsin on Oct. 15, 2018 and was found by a woman walking her dog on Jan. 10, about 70 miles from home. 48 HOURS: “Jayme Closs Comes Home” was produced by a team of 48 HOURS and CBS News journalists who explored Closs’ story and looked at the larger issue of missing children and the extraordinary cases of other children who have come home safely.

Judy Tygard is the executive producer of 48 HOURS.

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