‘Good Morning America’ Ranks As No. 1 Morning Show in Total Viewers

“Good Morning America” ranked as the morning’s No. 1 newscast in Total Viewers (2.574 million) for the week of Aug. 19, 2024, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “GMA” outdelivered NBC’s “Today” (2.513 million) by 61,000, increasing its lead week to week by 39% (vs. 44,000).

• “GMA” improved on the previous week in Adults 25-54 (+8% – 456,000 vs. 422,000) and Adults 18-49 (+13% – 294,000 vs. 260,000), standing as the only morning newscast to grow in the key Adults demos.
• For the 3rd straight week, “GMA” cut its gaps week to week with “Today” in Adults 25-54 (-29% – 150,000 vs. 211,000) and Adults 18-49 (-31% – 98,000 vs. 143,000), posting its closest performance with the NBC program in 5 weeks — since w/o 7/15/24.
• “GMA” (2.574 million, 456,000 and 294,000, respectively) defeated “CBS Mornings” (1.889 million, 342,000 and 223,000, respectively) across the board: Total Viewers (+685,000), Adults 25-54 (+114,000) and Adults 18-49 (+71,000). “GMA” led “CBS Mornings” in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 in all 48 weeks of the season and for the last 1,336 weeks overall — since w/o 1/18/99.
• Season to date, “GMA” (2.844 million) is ranking as the No. 1 morning newscast in Total Viewers for the 12th straight year — since the 2012-2013 season. “GMA” is leading NBC’s “Today” (2.749 million) by 95,000 and “CBS Mornings” (2.168 million) by 676,000.

NOTE: On Monday (8/19/24), “GMA” was retitled to “GMA-ABC.” The retitled telecast is excluded from the weekly and season averages. “GMA”’s averages are based on four days (Tuesday-Friday).

Emmy® Award-winning “GMA,” featuring the anchor team of Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan and chief meteorologist Ginger Zee, airs live Monday-Friday (7:00-9:00 a.m. EDT) on ABC. Simone Swink is the executive producer.

MORNING NEWS (Week of Aug. 19, 2024):

	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54	ADULTS 18-49	HOUSEHOLDS
GOOD MORNING AMERICA	2,574,000	0.4/10; 456,000	0.2/9; 294,000	1.7/13
TODAY	2,513,000	0.5/13; 606,000	0.3/12  392,000	1.7/12
CBS MORNINGS	1,889,000	0.3/7;  342,000	0.2/ 7;  223,000	1.3/9

 

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD Current Week (w/o 8/19/24), Previous Week (w/o 8/13/24) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 8/14/23). Most Current Data Stream: 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23–8/25/24) and 2022-2023 Season (9/19/22–8/20/23), Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.

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