Day Two of 'Dr. Phil' Exclusive Also Scores High Ratings

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The second part of Dr. Phil McGraw's exclusive interview with
Cleveland kidnapping survivor Michelle Knight aired on Wednesday, Nov.
6, and day two also averaged a season-high 4.0 rating/11 share in
households in the 56 metered markets, according to Nielsen Media
Research.

Wednesday's overnight ratings for CBS Television Distribution's Dr. Phil improved 33% over last week's 3.0/8, 38% over last year's 2.9/8 and 100% from its 2.0/6 lead-in.

Part
two hit its highest metered-market ratings on Gannett's NBC affiliate
WKYC Cleveland, where the show averaged a 16.9/34 on Wednesday, up 293%
from last November's 4.3/9.

WKYC will re-air both parts of the interview this Saturday night from 7 to 9 p.m. on Cleveland's Channel 3.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.