”TMZ” Ranks As The #1 Magazine With Adults 18-49 For The Third Week In A Row!
(May 3, 2011 – Burbank, CA) – This April, entertainment news magazine “TMZ” has ranked as the #1 Magazine for three consecutive weeks among its key Adult 18-49 demographic. In the first three weeks of April, “TMZ” averaged a 1.3 Adult 18-49 AA Live+SD rating, up +8% from the same year-ago time period, and edged out former genre leader “Entertainment Tonight” (1.1 rating) which has seen declines of –15% from the year-ago like weeks.
This season, “TMZ” continues its tradition as being the youngest entertainment magazine this season with a 58% Adults 18-49 audience composition, +18 percentage points younger than any other magazine. Additionally, “TMZ” remains the most gender-balanced magazine, delivering 44% Men and 56% Women.
About TMZ:
TMZ is the first multi-platform, three screen success for any media company and stands out as the most cited entertainment news source in the world. Launched in 2005, TMZ’s meteoric rise is based on TMZ’s consistent ability to be first to break celebrity news. TMZ attributes its growth to multi-platform coverage and original reporting on key entertainment events.
TMZ remains the number two Entertainment News web site for 36 consecutive months (comScore). The “TMZ” television program continues to build on and supplement the worldwide success of TMZ.com, and is cleared in more than 75% of the country including Fox O&Os through 2014 and in several international markets. TMZ.com's Mobile Web Site has been ranked number one for over eighteen consecutive months (Nielsen) with exclusive on-the-go access via iPhone and Android applications and on all mobile-enabled handsets.
About Telepictures Productions:
For the current 2010-11 season, Telepictures Productions - an industry-leading and Emmy Award-winning producer of syndicated programming (having garnered 62 Emmys in 14 years, including Outstanding Talk Show or Outstanding Talk Show Host for 12 of the last 14 years) - is producing six first-run strips. Telepictures' series include the eighth season of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show”; the fourth season of "TMZ"; the 17th season of the pop culture newsmagazine "Extra"; the 12th season of the hour-long court series "Judge Mathis"; the 27th season of "The People's Court"; and the third season of "Judge Pirro." In September 2011, "Anderson," a new, one-hour daily nationally syndicated daytime strip hosted by Anderson Cooper and produced by Telepictures will launch. "Dr. Drew’s Lifechangers," a new daily half-hour show headlined by television personality and medical doctor Dr. Drew Pinsky, set to air on The CW Network, has also been added to the roster for Fall 2011.###