'GMA' Is the No. 1 Morning Newscast in Total Viewers for 5th Consecutive Year

ABC News' GOOD MORNING AMERICA ranked No. 1 in Total Viewers (4.426 million) for the week of May 1, 2017, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "GMA" beat NBC's "Today" (4.237 million) by 189,000. "GMA" saw Total Viewer growth week to week (4.426 million vs. 4.380 million). On Monday (5/1/17), "GMA" saw its most watched telecast (4.593 million) in 7 weeks - since 3/14/17.

Season to date, "GMA" is the No. 1 morning newscast in Total Viewers, leading "Today" by 191,000 (4.584 million vs. 4.393 million) to take the top spot at this point of the season for the 5th year in a row.

During the week, "GMA" led "CBS This Morning" in Total Viewers (+22%/+798,000), Adults 25-54 (+37%/+375,000) and Adults 18-49 (+38%/+269,000).

MORNING NEWS (Week of May 1, 2017):

TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 ADULTS 18-49 HOUSEHOLDS
GOOD MORNING AMERICA 4,426,000 1.1/10; 1,376,000 0.8/ 9; 986,000 3.3/13
TODAY 4,237,000 1.3/12; 1,596,000 0.9/10; 1,173,000 3.1/12
CBS THIS MORNING 3,628,000 0.8/ 7; 1,001,000 0.6/ 6; 717,000 2.6/11

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD weeks of 5/1/17, 4/24/17 and 5/2/16. Most Current: 2016-2017 Season (NNTV - 9/19/2016 - 5/7/17) and 2015-2016 Season (Galaxy EXPLORER - 9/21/15 - 5/8/16). Averages based on regular telecasts.

Emmy Award-winning "GMA," featuring the anchor team of Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Michael Strahan, Lara Spencer, Amy Robach and Ginger Zee airs live Monday - Friday (7:00-9:00 a.m. EDT), on ABC. Michael Corn is the senior executive producer.

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