CBS THIS MORNING was the only network morning news program to post year-to-year gains among viewers (+4%, 3.54m from 3.41m), adults 25-54 (+13%, 0.9/08 rating from 0.8/07), women 25-54 (+11%, 1.0/08 rating from 0.9/07), women 18-49 (+17%, 0.7/06 rating from 0.6/06), compared with a year ago, according to Nielsen live plus same day ratings for the week ending June 17.
For the same week,
ABC posted year-to-year declines across the board for the week: -6% in viewers, -13% in adults 25-54, -5% in women 25-54 and -8% in women 18-49, compared with last year.
NBC is also down in key measures: -5% in women 25-54 and -14% in women 18-49.
CBS THIS MORNING gained +130,000 viewers compared with the same week last year and closed the viewership gap with
NBC by 109,000 viewers, and cut the deficit with
ABC by 420,000 viewers.
Television year-to-date,
CBS THIS MORNING is the only network morning broadcast to post increases in viewers (+8%, 3.67m from 3.39m), women 25-54 (+11%, 1.0/07 from 0.9/07) and women 18-49 (+17%, 0.7/06 from 0.6/06) when compared with last year. Television year-to-date,
ABC is down -9% in viewers, -18% in both adults 25-54 and women 25-54 and -20% in women 18-49. Television year-to-date,
NBC is down -3% in viewers, -6% in adults 25-54, -10% in women 25-54 and -7% in women 18-49.
CBS THIS MORNING has delivered year-over-year audience growth for 44 consecutive months while
ABC has declined 25 consecutive months and
NBC has declined 24 consecutive months.
ABC has not experienced year-over-year monthly gains since April 2014, and
NBC has not posted gains since May 2014.
Ryan Kadro is the Executive Producer of
CBS THIS MORNING. Follow
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