‘Live With Kelly and Mark’ celebrates 1-year anniversary, continues reign as TV’s No. 1 entertainment talk show

“Live” has a lot to celebrate as it reaches the one-year anniversary of Kelly and Mark co-hosting together, continuing its reign as the No. 1 entertainment talk show on television (April 17-March 31), and increasing in total viewers by 3% year over year (2.288 million vs. 2.229 million).

In every week since Kelly and Mark came together as co-hosts, the show has been the most-watched syndicated talk show in both total viewers and households, and in fact, it has been the most-watched daytime talk show (network and syndicated) in key demos: women 18-49 (0.31 rating) and women 25-54 (0.52 rating).

In the current season-to-date (9/4/23 – 3/31/24), “Live with Kelly and Mark” is also up 3% among total viewers (2.388 million vs. 2.314 million) and is matching its household rating (1.59 rating vs. 1.59 rating). Source: The Nielsen Company, National Live+Same Day Program.

Also this season, “Live with Kelly and Mark” is one of only two syndicated talk shows to improve on average in total viewers from the previous year at a time when across the marketplace others are down on average in double-digit percentages.

The show continues to dominate daytime viewing, ranking as syndication’s No. 1 talk show in all key measurements for the fourth consecutive season, outpacing its closest competition by 83% among total viewers (2.388 million vs. 1.308 million), by 79% in households (1.59 rating vs. 0.89 rating) and by 73% in women 25-54 (0.52 rating vs. 030 rating).