How ABC Became the New NBC

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ABC's dramas are down double digits, its lone fall hit slipping,
"Modern Family" with no friends -- so why is the Peacock's
punching-bag status not threatened?

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62% of ABC viewers are female

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As the NY Times reports, ABC has had to depend on female viewership since it's the only major network without NFL games: "More strikingly," reports Bill Carter, "the top five most popular shows among women are on ABC, as well as seven of the 10 most popular. All of those shows have an audience that is more than 70 percent female. (No. 1 is “Grey’s Anatomy” with an audience just under 76 percent female.)"
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