Press release - Ratings
May 6, 2025
‘GOOD MORNING AMERICA’ IS THE NO. 1 MOST-WATCHED MORNING NEWSCAST FOR THE WEEK, WINNING ALL 5 DAYS
‘GMA’ Widens Its Lead Over ‘Today’ Both Week to Week and Year to Year by Double and Triple Digits, Respectively
Season to Date, ‘GMA’ Ranks as the No. 1 Morning Newscast in Total Viewers for the 13th Consecutive Year, Leading NBC and CBS
“Good Morning America” ranked as the No. 1 morning newscast in Total Viewers (2.686 million) during the week of April 28, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “GMA” beat NBC’s “Today” (2.572 million) by 114,000, leading the NBC program for the 9th consecutive week. In addition, “GMA” outdelivered “Today” in all five head-to-head telecasts of the week.
- “GMA” widened its lead over “Today” both week to week (+16% – 114,000 vs. 98,000) and year to year (+613% – 114,000 vs. 16,000).
- “GMA” was up week to week in Total Viewers (+1% – 2.686 million vs. 2.659 million).
- “GMA” narrowed its margins “Today” from the year-ago week in Adults 25-54 (-14% – 156,000 vs. 182,000) and Adults 18-49 (-31% -96,000 vs. 140,000).
- “GMA” (2.686 million, 442,000 and 289,000, respectively) beat “CBS Mornings” (1.924 million, 302,000 and 183,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+762,000), Adults 25-54 (+140,000) and Adults 18-49 (+106,000). “GMA” led “CBS Mornings” in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 for the last 1,372 weeks overall — since w/o 1/18/99.
- Season to date, “GMA” (2.698 million) is ranking as the No. 1 morning newscast in Total Viewers for the 13th consecutive year — since the 2012-2013 season. “GMA” is leading NBC’s “Today” (2.689 million) and “CBS Mornings” (2.021 million).
Emmy® Award-winning “Good Morning America,” 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 senior executive producer.
MORNING NEWS (Week of April 28, 2025):
| TOTAL VIEWERS | ADULTS 25-54 | ADULTS 18-49 | HOUSEHOLDS | |
| GOOD MORNING AMERICA | 2,686,000 | 0.4/11; 442,000 | 0.2/10; 289,000 | 1.8/13 |
| TODAY | 2,572,000 | 0.5/14; 598,000 | 0.3/13 385,000 | 1.7/13 |
| CBS MORNINGS | 1,924,000 | 0.2/ 7; 302,000 | 0.1/ 6; 183,000 | 1.3/10 |
Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live+SD Current Week (w/o 4/28/25), Previous Week (w/o 4/21/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 4/29/24). Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24-5/4/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23-5/5/24). Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.
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