NEW YORK (AP) - The story of a California woman kidnapped and
held prisoner by a sex offender for 18 years has proven compelling
for television viewers.

The Nielsen Co. says 14.8 million people watched ABC's Diane
Sawyer interview Jaycee Dugard in a two-hour special Sunday. Dugard, who was 11 when she was kidnapped and is now 31, has a
memoir about her experience being published on Tuesday.

The audience was more than triple the number of people who watched a couple of drama reruns on ABC the previous Sunday night.
It was the most-watched summertime newsmagazine since a 2004
episode of "60 Minutes."

It was also the most-watched Sunday night program on ABC, not
including sports, since the Academy Awards in February.