‘GOOD MORNING AMERICA’ RANKS AS THE NO. 1 MOST-WATCHED MORNING NEWSCAST

 

“Good Morning America” ranked as the No. 1 morning newscast in Total Viewers (2.653 million) during the week of May 19, 2025, based on Live+Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “GMA” outdelivered NBC’s “Today” (2.575 million) by 78,000 to take the top spot for the 12th week in a row.

• “GMA” saw week-to-week gains in Total Viewers (+3% – 2.653 million vs. 2.578 million), Adults 25-54 (+6% – 451,000 vs. 425,000) and Adults 18-49 (+14% – 311,000 vs. 273,000).
• “GMA” (2.653 million, 451,000 and 311,000, respectively) beat “CBS Mornings” (2.014 million, 314,000 and 199,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+696,000), Adults 25-54 (+137,000) and Adults 18-49 (+112,000). “GMA” led “CBS Mornings” in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 for the last 1,375 weeks overall — since w/o 1/18/99.
• Season to date, “GMA” (2.693 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” (2.678 million) and “CBS Mornings” (2.015 million).

NOTE: On Friday (5/23/25), “CBS Mornings” was retitled to “CBS Morn,” and “Today” was retitled to “Today-TS.” The retitled telecasts are excluded from the weekly and season averages. CBS’ and NBC’s weekly averages are based on four days (Monday-Thursday).

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 May 19, 2025):

	TOTAL VIEWERS	ADULTS 25-54	ADULTS 18-49	HOUSEHOLDS
GOOD MORNING AMERICA	2,653,000	0.4/11; 451,000	0.2/11; 311,000	1.7/13
TODAY	2,575,000	0.5/14; 601,000	0.3/13; 372,000	1.7/13
CBS MORNINGS	2,014,000	0.3/ 7;  314,000	0.1/ 7; 199,000	1.3/10

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live+SD Current Week (w/o 5/19/25), Previous Week (w/o 5/12/25) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 5/20/24). Most Current Data Stream: 2024-2025 Season (9/23/24-5/25/25) and 2023-2024 Season (9/25/23-5/26/24). Beginning 8/31/20, national ratings also include Out of Home (OOH) viewing. Averages based on regular telecasts.

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