“The Talk” continues to make significant ratings inroads on CBS.
Now in its third season, the daytime talk show (2 p.m./Ch. 2) averaged 2.3 million viewers last week — up 3 percent from the week before — and improved its demo numbers, particularly in women 25-54 (up 11 percent from the previous week).
In the big picture — ratings gains compared to the same week last year — “The Talk” was up 23 percent in total viewers, 11 percent in women 25-54 and 17 percent in women 18-49. Season-to-date, it’s showing a 19 percent growth in total viewership.Julie Chen, Sharon Osbourne, Sara Gilbert, Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood co-host.
The show’s thematic predecessor, ABC’s “The View,” has also had a strong season, and continues to register growth. Last week, “The View” tied ABC stablemate “General Hospital” in daytime among women 18-34 — its core audience — and averaged 3.4 million viewers with co-hosts Barbara Walters, Joy Behar, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Sherri Shepherd and Whoopi Goldberg.
ABC’s “The Chew,” meanwhile, also had a good week, snaring its best viewership numbers in over 7 months (2.3 million), which marks a 24 percent increase over the same time last year.
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“America Now” co-host Leeza Gibbons — who has a new book coming out early next year — is continuing her quest to educate people about Alzheimer’s, which claimed the life of her mother, Jean.
Gibbons, who founded Leeza’s Place in 2002 — which is dedicated to supporting and caring for the caregivers of Alzheimer’s patients — graces the cover of the October/November issue of Country Woman magazine. In the accompanying feature, she talks about dealing with her mother’s illness — and how Alzheimer’s also afflicted her grandmother.
“With my mom and grandma having it, I had to get comfortable with the idea that I can’t control the outcome,” she says. “It forced me to slow down. I had to drop the dread.”
Gibbons, who co-hosts the nationally syndicated “America Now” with Bill Rancic, also hosts “My Generation” on PBS. Her new book is entitled “Your Life, Your Rules.” And, of course, she’s also known to TV viewers from her former stints at “Extra” and “Entertainment Tonight.”
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Last, but not least:
* The New York Television Festival will take place Oct. 22-27. Included: The CW’s red-carpet premiere of “The Carrie Diaries” (7:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at SVA Theatre on West 23rd) and “Love, Loss, (Gym, Tan) and Laundry: A Farewell to the ‘Jersey Shore,’ ” (8 p.m. Oct. 24 at 92YTribeca on Hudson Street). Nytvf.com has more info . . . “Degrassi” celebrates its 300th episode Friday, Oct. 26 on Teen Nick (9 p.m.).