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CP28440393 — This Thursday, May 15, 2014 photo released by ABC shows, Oprah Winfrey, left, grasping hands with Barbara Walters, right, as co-host Sherri Shepherd looks on during a taping of Walters\' final co-host appearance on "The View," in New York. Thanks to Justin Timberlake and Walters, ABC is enjoying its second-best week in the ratings so far this year. An estimated 9.5 million people watched ABC\'s two-hour salute to retiring TV news legend Walters on Friday, May 16, 2014, the biggest audience the network has received in that time slot in two years. (AP Photo/ABC, Ida Mae Astute)

ABC has its second-best ratings week of the year thanks to Timberlake, Walters

May 20 2014 06:09 AM

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Thanks to Justin Timberlake and Barbara Walters, ABC is enjoying its second-best week in the ratings so far this year.

Timberlake was the big winner in Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards, which was seen by 10.7 million viewers. The Nielsen company said that represents a 13 per cent increase over last year for the show, and was the most-watched Billboard awards since 2001.

An estimated 9.5 million people watched ABC’s two-hour salute to retiring TV news legend Walters on Friday, the biggest audience the network has received in that time slot in two years. Earlier in the day, Nielsen said 5.2 million people watched Walters on “The View,” the daytime talk show she invented.

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