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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. by [James Hibberd/EW](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd/EW Apr 25, 2015 4:50 PM UTC  Bruce Jenner attends the 13th annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational gala at the ARIA Resort & Casino at CityCenter on April 4, 2014 in Las Vegas, NV. Bruce Jenner attends the 13th annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational gala at the ARIA Resort & Casino at CityCenter on April 4, 2014 in Las Vegas, NV.Ethan Miller—Getty Images by [James Hibberd/EW](https://time.com/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## James Hibberd/EW Apr 25, 2015 4:50 PM UTC Diane Sawyer’s exclusive interview with Bruce Jenner delivered huge ratings for ABC on Friday night. A total of 16.9 million viewers tuned in to watch the former Olympian confirm that he identifies as a woman. Perhaps even more impressive, _Bruce Jenner—The Interview_ scored a 5.2 rating among adults 18-49\. That’s a Fox’s _Empire_\-sized number, and about four times as large as _20/20_’s typical performance. The two-hour much-anticipated special easily dominated the night. In fact, this was the biggest Friday night episode of _20/20_ in more than 15 years, and the highest-rated non-sports telecast on Friday night since 2003\. According to Nielsen Social, the interview inspired 972,000 tweets, ranking it as the most social Friday telecast of all time (excluding sports events). During the special, Jenner declared: “My brain is much more female than male. For all \[intents and\] purposes, I am a woman.” The _20/20_ performance could bode well for [E’s planned reality show](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/25/bruce-jenner-reality-show-transgender-e), an eight-part series that follows Jenner’s life as a transgender woman, which the cable network plans to premiere July 26. _This_ [_article_ ](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/25/bruce-jenner-interview-ratings?xid=IFT-Trending)_originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3835613/bruce-jenner-transgender-abc-ratings/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3835613/bruce-jenner-transgender-abc-ratings/"},"headline":"Bruce Jenner Interview Boosts ABC Ratings as Millions Watch","datePublished":"2015-04-25T16:50:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:40:48.097Z","description":"A total of 6.9 million viewers tuned in","url":"https://time.com/3835613/bruce-jenner-transgender-abc-ratings/","keywords":["Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd463be0c69f9bec3/6987eca6428a9e6ef3ccb122/bruce-jenner2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"James Hibberd/EW"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltd463be0c69f9bec3/6987eca6428a9e6ef3ccb122/bruce-jenner2.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"13th Annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational Gala At ARIA Resort & Casino","caption":"13th Annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational Gala At ARIA Resort & Casino","creditText":"Ethan Miller—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3835613/bruce-jenner-transgender-abc-ratings/","name":"Bruce Jenner Interview Boosts ABC Ratings as Millions Watch"}}]}] ```