'GMA' Is No. 1 in Total Viewers for Week of April 24

By: May. 02, 2017
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ABC News' "Good Morning America" stood as the morning's No. 1 newscast in Total Viewers (4.380 million) for the week of April 24, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "GMA" outperformed NBC's "Today" (4.030 million) by 350,000, widening its advantage over the previous week by double digits for the 2nd straight week (+24% - vs. 283,000 for w/o 4/17/17). In addition, "GMA" turned in its largest lead in 7 weeks - w/o 3/6/17.

Further, "GMA" increased its margin of victory over "Today" from the same week last year by 32% (vs. 265,000 for w/o 4/25/16).

For the 2nd week in a row, "GMA" built on the prior week in both Adults 25-54 (1.402 million vs. 1.399 million) and Adults 18-49 (1.023 million vs. 987,000).

"GMA" cut its margins with "Today" from the previous week in both Adults 25-54 (-33% - 111,000 vs. 165,000) and Adults 18-49 (-55% - 94,000 vs. 211,000).

"GMA" decreased its year-to-year gaps with "Today" by double digits in both Adults 25-54 (-23% - 111,000 vs. 144,000) and Adults 18-49 (-32% - 94,000 vs. 139,000).

Season to date, "GMA" is the No. 1 morning newscast in Total Viewers, leading "Today" by 191,000 (4.589 million vs. 4.398 million) to take the top spot at this point of the season for the 5th year in a row.

During the week, "GMA" led "CBS This Morning" in Total Viewers (+21%/+763,000), Adults 25-54 (+38%/+389,000) and Adults 18-49 (+41%/+295,000).

MORNING NEWS (Week of April 24, 2017):

TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 ADULTS 18-49 HOUSEHOLDS

GOOD MORNING AMERICA 4,380,000 1.2/10; 1,402,000 0.8/ 9; 1,023,000 3.2/13

TODAY 4,030,000 1.3/11; 1,513,000 0.9/10; 1,117,000 3.0/12

CBS THIS MORNING 3,617,000 0.8/ 7; 1,013,000 0.6/ 6; 728,000 2.7/11

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 4/24/17, 4/17/17 and 4/25/16. Most Current: 2016-2017 Season (NNTV - 9/19/2016 - 4/30/17) and 2015-2016 Season (Galaxy EXPLORER - 9/21/15 - 5/1/16). Averages based on regular telecasts.

Emmy Award-winning "GMA," featuring the anchor team of Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan, Lara Spencer, Amy Robach and Ginger Zee airs live Monday - Friday (7:00-9:00 a.m. EDT), on ABC. Michael Corn is the senior executive producer.



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