Press release - Ratings

January 29, 2025

‘GMA3: WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW’ DRAWS ITS 2ND MOST-WATCHED WEEK IN A YEAR

For the 4th Consecutive Week, ‘GMA3’ Surpasses NBC in Total Viewers and Women 25-54

‘GMA3’ Improves Year to Year Across the Board, Ranks No. 1 In Total Viewers for the 3rd Straight Season

ABC News*

“GMA3: What You Need to Know” averaged 1.536 million Total Viewers, 152,000 Women 25-54 and 105,000 Women 18-49 during the week of Jan. 20, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research, beating “NBC News Daily” in Total Viewers and Women 25-54 for the 4th consecutive week.

  • “GMA3” increases week to week in Total Viewers (+5% – 1.536 million vs. 1.460 million), Women 25-54 (+9% – 152,000 vs. 139,000) and Women 18-49 (+18% – 105,000 vs. 89,000). “GMA3” drew its 2nd-most-watched week in nearly 1 year — since the week of 2/12/24, behind only the week of ABC News coverage of the Los Angeles wildfires two weeks ago.
  • “GMA3” also improved year to year across the board: Total Viewers (+1% – 1.536 million vs. 1.515 million), Women 25-54 (+1% – 152,000 vs. 151,000) and Women 18-49 (+7% – 105,000 vs. 98,000).
  • Season to date, “GMA3” ranks No. 1 in Total Viewers (1.391 million) versus CBS’ “The Talk” (1.240 million) and “NBC News Daily” (1.240 million) for the 3rd straight season. In addition, “GMA3” is improving versus the comparable weeks last season in Women 18-49 (+6% – 107,000 vs. 101,000).

NOTE: On Monday (1/20/25), “GMA3” and “NBC News Daily” were preempted. ABC’s and NBC’s weekly averages are based on four days (Tuesday-Friday).

Emmy® Award-nominated “GMA3: What You Need to Know” is a one-hour program co-anchored by Eva Pilgrim and DeMarco Morgan with Dr. Darien Sutton, airing weekdays at 1:00 p.m. EST|12:00 p.m. CST on ABC. Catherine McKenzie is the executive producer.

Week of Jan. 20, 2025:

PROGRAM AVERAGES TOTAL VIEWERS Women 25-54 (000) Women 18-49 (000)
“GMA3” 1,536,000                           152,000                        105,000
“NBC News Daily” 1,356,000 151,000 146,000

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Women 25-54 and Women 18-49 Live+SD Current Week (w/o 1/20/25), Previous Week (w/o 1/13/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 1/22/24), or as dated. Most Current Date Stream: 2024-2025 Season: 9/16/24-1/26/25 for “GMA3” and 9/23/24-1/26/25 for “NBC News Daily” and “The Talk.” Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.

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ABC News Media Relations
Brooks Lancaster
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Jordan Littlejohn
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