RATINGS: GOOD MORNING AMERICA is Number One Morning Show for the Week of 2/25

"Good Morning America" stood as the morning's No. 1 newscast in Total Viewers (4.396 million) for the week of Feb. 25, 2019, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. "GMA" outdelivered "Today" (4.188 million) by 208,000, substantially increasing its lead week to week (+732%; vs. 25,000 for w/o 2/18/19) to its largest in over 4 months - since w/o 10/1/18.

"GMA" turned in week-to-week gains (4.214 million, 1.231 million and 877,000, respectively, for w/o 2/18/19) in Total Viewers (+4%), Adults 25-54 (+9%) and Adults 18-49 (+9%), hitting 4-week highs across the board - since w/o 1/28/19.

"GMA" improved on the same week last year (4.267 million, 1.334 million and 949,000, respectively, for w/o 2/26/18) in Total Viewers (+3%), Adults 25-54 (+1%) and Adults 18-49 (+1%).

On its post-Oscars® day telecast on Monday (2/25/19), "GMA" improved on the previous year's post-Oscars telecast (3/5/18) in Total Viewers (+2% - 4.912 million vs. 4.801 million) and Adults 25-54 (+1% - 1.508 million vs. 1.494 million). "GMA" turned in its strongest telecast in 14 months in Total Viewers and in 11 months in Adults 25-54 - since 10/2/17 and 3/21/18, respectively.

In addition, "GMA" ranked No. 1 on Monday in all key target demos, leading NBC's "Today" in Total Viewers (+738,000 - 4.912 million vs. 4.174 million), Adults 25-54 (+87,000 - 1.508 million vs. 1.421 million) and Adults 18-49 (+5,000 - 1.026 million vs. 1.021 million).

"GMA" slashed its week-to-week margins (w/o 2/18/19) with "Today" by more than half in Adults 25-54 (-58% - 90,000 vs. 214,000) and Adults 18-49 (-59% - 60,000 vs. 147,000).

"GMA" narrowed its margins year to year (w/o 2/26/18) with "Today" in Adults 25-54 (-47% - 90,000 vs. 170,000) and Adults 18-49 (-50% - 60,000 vs. 119,000).

Season to date, "GMA" is the No. 1 morning newscast in Total Viewers for the 7th straight year after finishing as the No. 1 morning newscast for the last 6 seasons. In addition, "GMA" is cutting its season margin with "Today" in both Adults 25-54 (-16% - 161,000 vs. 191,000) and Adults 18-49 (-57% - 89,000 vs. 208,000), posting to its closest Adults 18-49 performance in 4 years - since the 2014-2015 season.

During the week, "GMA" defeated "CBS This Morning" in Total Viewers (+1.262 million), Adults 25-54 (+510,000) and Adults 18-49 (+393,000).

NOTE: Due to the Michael Cohen Testimony on Wednesday (2/27/19), "Good Morning America" was retitled to "Good Morning, Amer," "CBS This Morning" was retitled to "CBS This Morn," and "Today" was retitled to "Today show-TS." Each telecast is excluded from the weekly averages. ABC's, CBS' and NBC's weekly averages are based four days (Monday-Tuesday, Thursday-Friday).

MORNING NEWS (Week of Feb. 25, 2019):

TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 ADULTS 18-49 HOUSEHOLDS

GOOD MORNING AMERICA 4,396,000 1.1/11; 1,341,000 0.7/10; 957,000 3.3/14

TODAY 4,188,000 1.2/12; 1,431,000 0.8/11; 1,017,000 3.0/13

CBS THIS MORNING 3,134,000 0.7/7, 831,000 0.4/ 6; 564,000 2.4/10

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD, Current Week (w/o 2/25/19), Previous Week (w/o 2/18/19) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 2/26/18). Season to date: Most Current: 2018 -2019 Season (9/24/18 - 3/3/19) and 2017-2018 Season (9/25/18 - 3/4/18). Averages based on regular telecasts.

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. EST) on ABC. Michael Corn is the senior executive producer.

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