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DA VINCI'S INQUEST Season 2 is #1 in 16 Metered Markets Up +33% Week-To-Week Los Angeles, CA - September 26, 2006 - Delivering another exceptional week of ratings in its second year of syndication, Da Vinci's Inquest delivered a 1.2/4 Weighted Metered Market Average airing in 52 Metered Markets with 89 telecasts for the week of 9/18/06. The procedural crime drama also perked up +33% week-to-week (1.2 vs. 0.9) in the Overnights and is out-performing its September 2005 time periods by +9% (1.2 vs. 1.1). Additionally, the series was #1 in its time period in a record 17 markets, including New York, Washington DC, Atlanta, Houston, Phoenix, Seattle, Miami, Orlando, Sacramento, Baltimore, Indianapolis, Columbus, Milwaukee, San Antonio, Norfolk and Tulsa. The series is currently out-performing September 2005 time periods by +9%.
Power Market Highlights: New York, WABC, Saturday 1:30am (1.5/6), with a big upgrade in the Big Apple, DA VINCI'S INQUEST delivered it highest performance ever, ranking #1 in the time period beating THE SHIELD and INSIDE EDITION WKD among others. DA VINCI'S INQUEST retains 100% of its WITHOUT A TRACE lead-in and also improves the new time period over year ago programming by +50% in rating and +50% in share.Produced by Haddock Entertainment and Barna-Alper Productions, Da Vinci's Inquest is an award-winning prime-time procedural drama in the mold of the CSI and Law and Order franchises and is one of the most honored series in the history of Canadian television. Dominic Da Vinci (Nicholas Campbell) is the controversial coroner who-with the help of a compelling ensemble cast of forensic investigators, pathologists and homicide detectives-"speaks for the dead to protect the living." Program Partners is marketing the series as an outgrowth of its worldwide distribution agreement with Thunderbird Films.
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