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[adult swim] Press Release
Turner - A TimeWarner Company

For Release: Oct. 24, 2006

Seth Green’s Robot Chicken in Strip Propels Adult Swim to Best-Ever Week
Among Adults 18-24, Men 18-34 and Men 18-24

All-New Episodes of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, Metalocalypse, Squidbillies, Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law and Frisky Dingo Lead Sunday Night Comedies

A week for the record books: Fueled by the strip of Seth Green’s acclaimed stop-motion series, Robot Chicken (Monday-Thursday at 12 a.m.; new season episodes, Sunday at 11:30 p.m.), Adult Swim posted its highest weekly total day delivery ever among adults 18-24, men 18-34 and men 18-24, according to preliminary data from Nielsen Media Research. The late-night network also scored its highest weekly total day delivery of adults 18-34 year to date. Overall for the week vs. ad-supported basic cable networks, Adult Swim ranked #1 across the board among target young adults including adults 18-34, 18-24 and men 18-34, 18-24 (82 weeks running). All demos earned significant double-digit growth vs. the same 2005 time period.

Adult Swim also ranked #2 among basic cable for total day delivery of adults 18-49. Delivery and ratings support came from all new episodes from several key Adult Swim Sunday night original series, including Aqua Teen Hunger Force (10:30 p.m.), Metalocalypse (11:45 p.m.), Squidbillies (12 a.m.), Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law (12:15 a.m.) and Frisky Dingo (12:30 a.m.). Adult Swim programs accounted for 18 of the Top 50 programs for the week on ad-supported basic cable among adults 18-34, and an overwhelming 29 of the Top 50 programs for men 18-34—more than any other network.

Highlights of Adult Swim’s overall performance include the following:

ADULT SWIM (Monday-Thursday, 10:30 p.m.-6 a.m.; Saturday,
11 p.m.-6 a.m.; Sunday, 10 p.m.-6 a.m.) vs. the same 2005 time period

Adults 18-34 delivery (457,000) increased by 33%, and ratings (0.7) by 40%
Adults 18-24 delivery (304,000) expanded by 40%, and ratings (1.1) by 38%
Men 18-34 delivery (321,000) improved by 34%, and ratings (1.0) by 43%
Men 18-24 delivery (226,000) and ratings (1.6) both jumped by 45%

Robot Chicken (Mon-Thurs., 12 a.m.) vs. the same 2005 time period

Adults 18-34 delivery (707,000) advanced by 43%, and ratings (1.1) by 57%
Adults 18-24 delivery (450,000) grew by 37%, and ratings (1.6) by 33%
Men 18-34 delivery (453,000) surged ahead by 23%, and ratings (1.4) by 27%
Men 18-24 delivery (309,000) rose by 20%, and ratings (2.1) by 17%

Adult Swim (AdultSwim.com), launched in 2001, is Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.’s network offering original and acquired animated comedy and action series for young adults. Airing overnights six days a week for a total of 45 hours weekly, Adult Swim shares channel space with Cartoon Network, home to the best in original, classic and acquired programming for children and families, and is seen in 91 million U.S. homes.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a TimeWarner company, is a major producer of news and entertainment product around the world and the leading provider of programming for the basic cable industry.
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RATING PERIOD: 10/16/06 – 10/22/06

SOURCE: Turner Entertainment Research from Preliminary Nielsen Media Research data, based on most current data available (Live+SD). Complete and final data (Live+7) will be available in two weeks. These television ratings data are reproduced here with permission from Nielsen Media Research. Reproduction of these data in volume, without permission from Nielsen Media Research, is prohibited.
NOTES: All ratings based on Total U.S. Television Universe of 111,400,000 homes.