Ellen's Halloween Show Is All Treat and No Tricks
Additionally, the episode pulled up an un-boo-lieveable first place finish in its time period in New York, Los Angeles and Chicago and was also strong on key NBC O&Os (delivering a 1.8/12 W25-54 rating/share), which is the strongest NBC O&O rating since the season debut on 9/8/15 (also a 1.8 rating) and lifting +50% over the prior year Halloween episode.
With guests including Josh Duhamel, Ariana Grande, Noah Ritter, and a performance by Stephen “tWitch” Boss & “So You Think You Can Dance” All Stars, Comfort Fedoke and Joshua Allen, Ellen’s Halloween show hit season highs with W25-54 in many of the Top 25 local markets. Local markets hitting season high ratings include San Francisco (2.0 rtg), Boston (3.7 rtg), Minneapolis (4.5 rtg), Denver (3.4 rtg) Cleveland (3.0 rtg) and Pittsburgh (3.5 rtg).
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