Matches "The View" in Key Women Demographics

            THE TALK, CBS's daytime talk show, delivered its largest weekly audience ever last week, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending July 21.

            THE TALK averaged 2.62 million viewers, +3% better than last week.  The last three weeks of original broadcasts now comprise THE TALK's three largest weekly audiences.

Among key women demographics, THE TALK averaged 1.1/07 in women 25-54, 0.7/04 in women 18-49 and 0.4/03 in women 18-34, all tied with "The View."

THE TALK's last three weeks of original broadcasts

Week of June 24  2.544m

Week of July 8  2.542m

Week of July 15  2.623m

Editor's Note:  The holiday week of July 1 was primarily rebroadcasts.

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