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[03/01/24 - 01:53 PM]
Lifetime Captivates 7.7 Million Total Viewers for Wendy Williams Programming Across Three Nights, Including the Debut of New Documentary "Where Is Wendy Williams?"
The project is Lifetime's best new non-fiction performance in two years with Total Viewers, W25-64 and A25-64.

[via press release from Lifetime]

LIFETIME CAPTIVATES 7.7 MILLION TOTAL VIEWERS FOR WENDY WILLIAMS PROGRAMMING ACROSS THREE NIGHTS, INCLUDING THE DEBUT OF NEW DOCUMENTARY "WHERE IS WENDY WILLIAMS?"

"WHERE IS WENDY WILLIAMS?" AVERAGED 1.2 MILLION TOTAL VIEWS IN L+3, WITH LIFETIME RANKING AS THE TOP CABLE NET ACROSS THE TWO NIGHTS OF PREMIERES FOR KEY DEMOS

DOC MARKS LIFETIME'S BEST NEW NON-FICTION PERFORMANCE IN TWO YEARS

LOS ANGLES, CA (MARCH 1, 2024) - The self-proclaimed Queen of All Media has captured the attention of millions with the Lifetime documentary event, Where is Wendy Williams? with a linear delivery averaging 1.2 million total viewers (L+3) across the two nights. Additionally, Lifetime ranked as the Top Cable Net across the two nights in prime among W25-64 and W25-54.

Where is Wendy Williams? is Lifetime's best new non-fiction performance in two years (since the Janet Jackson documentary) with Total Viewers, W25-64 and A25-64, beating out Lifetime's The Prison Confessions of Gypsy Rose Blanchard which is now ranked #2 (in Live Same Day).

Additionally, Wendy Williams content on Lifetime over three nights including new doc, Wendy Williams: The Movie and the 2021 doc Wendy Williams: What a Mess! reached over 7.7 million Total Viewers. Where is Wendy Williams? accounted for 6.2 million total viewers, across linear and digital to date.

The full documentary will repeat starting on Friday, March 1at 7pm ET/PT and again on Saturday, March 2 at 1:30pm ET/PT.

On direct to own platforms, Where is Wendy Williams? is #1 on Apple's Top TV Charts and all 4 episodes are also holding 4 of the 10 spots on Apple's Top TV Episode Charts. Where is Wendy Williams? is also trending as #3 on Amazon Prime Videos Top TV Purchase charts in the US. The doc is also in the Top 10 of Google/YouTube's Top TV Charts and all 4 episodes are also holding positions #3-6 on Google/YouTube's Top TV Episodes Charts.

On premiere night on February 24, Where is Wendy Williams? was the #1 program across all of TV in total social interactions (Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube). *The doc was a trending topic on X for both premiere nights. Across TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter/X, the campaign garnered over 11 million video views and 688K engagements and growing.**

Where is Wendy Williams? is currently available on VOD and for purchase on Prime Video or wherever you purchase your favorite series.

Over the course of nearly two years, cameras chronicled the former television host and radio star Wendy Williams on the next phase of her life, following the end of her iconic talk show. The documentary provides a raw, honest and unfiltered reality of Wendy's life after she was placed under financial guardianship, shedding light on the vulnerabilities that have turned Wendy into the Hot Topic herself. Suffering mental and physical issues, Wendy's delicate state of mind, erratic behavior and declining health were all captured by the cameras.

Where is Wendy Williams? is the story of Wendy's journey to resurrect her career, and what filmmakers discovered along the way. But many questions remain - who truly has Wendy's best interest at heart? Is she healthy now? And Where is Wendy Williams?

Throughout the airing of the program and on Lifetime's social media platforms, Lifetime will drive messaging to mylifetime.com/WendyWilliams, directing viewers to a range of resources including the Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration, SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration), NAMI for Mental Health Resources, and information and resources for Graves' Disease and Lymphedema.

Where is Wendy Williams? is produced by Entertainment One (eOne) and Creature Films for Lifetime. Executive producers include Wendy Williams, Kevin Hunter Jr, Will Selby, Tara Long, Mark Ford, Pat Lambert and Erica Hanson who also serves as showrunner. Brie Miranda Bryant serves as executive producer for Lifetime.

*Source: Talkwalker, 2/24/24, Linear, Live or New, Cable-National, Excluding Sports & News Specials

**Source: Dash Hudson (Feb 1 - March 1)

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ABOUT LIFETIME

Celebrating 40 years of entertaining audiences, Lifetime is a premier entertainment destination for women dedicated to offering the highest quality original programming spanning award-winning movies, high-quality limited series and breakout non-fiction series and documentaries. Lifetime has an impressive legacy in public affairs, bringing attention to social issues that women care about with initiatives such as the long-running Stop Breast Cancer for Life, Stop Violence Against Women, and Broader Focus, a major global initiative dedicated to supporting and hiring female directors, writers and producers, including women of color, to make its content. Lifetime Television(R), LMN(R), Lifetime Real Women(R) and Lifetime Digital(TM) are part of Lifetime Entertainment Services, LLC, a subsidiary of A+E Networks. A+E Networks is a joint venture of the Disney-ABC Television Group and Hearst Corporation.





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