Gossip Girl Grows as The CW Wins Monday with Young Women for 8th Time this Season

For the 8th Week This Season, The CW is Monday’s #1 Network with Young Women

Gossip Girl Builds Week-to-Week; Wins the Hour with Target Women Demos

Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill Drive The CW to Its Third Best Monday EVER

With the strong combination of Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill, The CW finished as Monday’s #1 network with women 18-34 (3.8/9) and females 12-34 (3.5/9) for the 8th time this season, according to Live Plus Same Day Nielsen ratings for Monday, Nov. 3, 2008. This marks The CW’s third best Monday of the season, and third best ever with young women.

Gossip Girl scored its best ratings in more than a month among women 18-34 (3.9/10) and women 18-49 (2.6/6), best since 9/29/08. Gossip Girl won the 8:00-9:00p.m. hour among women 18-34 and females 12-34 (3.6/10), and ranked second in adults 18-34 (2.4/6).

Gossip Girl improved over last week by 11% in women 18-34 and 9% in adults 18-34. Gossip Girl remains well ahead of season one, gaining over its year-ago performance by 44% in women 18-34 and 33% in adults 18-34.

One Tree Hill continues to have an impressively strong sixth season, building over season five by double-digits in all key demos. Versus the comparable episode a year ago, One Tree Hill improved by 23% in women 18-34 (3.8/9), 19% in adults 18-34 (2.5/6), 14% in women 18-49 (2.4/5) and 14% in adults 18-49 (1.6/4). One Tree Hill finished second in its time period in women 18-34 (3.8/9), adults 18-34 (2.5/6) and females 12-34 (3.4/9).

Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill remain the perfect dramatic pairing, with One Tree Hill improved on its Gossip Girl lead-in by 4% in adults 18-34 and retaining 100% of its lead-in among adults 18-49. One Tree Hill held more than 90% its Gossip Girl lead-in in women 18-34 (97%) and women 18-49 (92%).

Gossip Girl and One Tree Hill have dramatically improved The CW’s Monday, posting year-to-year gains on Monday by 140% in adults 18-34 (2.4/6), 192% in women 18-34 (3.8/9), 78% in adults 18-49 (1.6/4), 92% in women 18-49 (2.5/6) and 46% in viewers (3.1mil).