For the third straight week, CBS THIS MORNING delivered CBS's closest competitive position to ABC in 17 years, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending July 22. CBS THIS MORNING was also the only broadcast morning news program to post year-to-year gains in viewers, adults 25-54, women 25-54 and women 18-49.
For the week, CBS THIS MORNING delivered 3.30 million viewers (+6%, from 3.12m last year) and was up +14% with adults 25-54 (0.8/07 from 0.7/07), +13% in women 25-54 (0.9/07 from 0.8/07) and +20% in women 18-49 (0.6/06 from 0.5/05). By comparison, for the week ending July 22, NBC was down -2% in viewers, -6% in women 25-54 and -8% with women 18-49. ABC was down -5% in viewers (4.12m from 4.32m), -8% in adults 25-54, -12% in women 25-54 and -18% with women 18-49. CBS THIS MORNING cut the deficit with ABC by 372,000 viewers to a margin of 823,000 viewers between the two broadcasts. CBS THIS MORNING cut the gap with NBC by 237,000 viewers to 667,000 viewers separating CBS and NBC, compared to the same week a year ago. Television year-to-date, CBS THIS MORNING is the only network morning news broadcast to post gains in viewers and key women demos, while ABC and NBC posted declines, according to Nielsen most current ratings. CBS THIS MORNING is up +8% in viewers (3.63m from 3.36m), + 13% in adults 25-54 (0.9/07 from 0.8/07) + 11% in women 25-54 (1.0/07 from 0.9/07), +17% in women 18-49 (0.7/06 from 0.6/06), compared with last year.Videos