"GMA" Turns in Its Longest Stretch at the Top in Total Viewers in 19 Years

"GMA" Continues to Grow Year-to-Year & Season-to-Date Among Adults 25-54 and Total Viewers While "Today" Declines Double-Digits

ABC News' "Good Morning America" ranked as the morning's No. 1 news program in both Total Viewers (4.842 million) and Adults 25-54 (2.012 million) for the week of October 15, 2012, taking the top spot in all 4 weeks of the season to date, according to Nielsen Media Research. Growing week to week in Adults 25-54 (+5% - 1.909 million on w/o 10/8/12) to hit a season high, "GMA" turned in its top news demo performance in 5 months - w/o 5/14/12.

"GMA" outdelivered NBC's "Today" (4.452 million and 1.795 million, respectively) by +390,000 Total Viewers and by +217,000 Adults 25-54, stretching its run as the No. 1 morning newscast to 10 weeks in Total Viewers and to 8 weeks in Adults 25-54. Further, "GMA" scored its longest Total Viewer streak in almost 19 years - since a 15-week run from w/o 10/11/93 - w/o 1/17/94.

For the 4th time this season and in the past 8 weeks overall, "GMA" posted increases year to year in Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 (4.820 million and 1.932 million, respectively, on w/o 10/17/11) . The ABC newscast stood as the only morning program to improve on the year-ago week in both measures as "CBS This Morning" was mixed (+3%/-7%) , while the "Today Show" fell by double digits (-15%/-25%).

For the 4th consecutive week of the season, "GMA" outperformed "Today" in all 5 head-to-head telecasts in both Total Viewers (Mon: +233,000, Tues: +367,000, Wed: +260,000, Thurs: +678,000 and Fri: +408,000 ) and Adults 25-54 (Mon: +154,000, Tues: +270,000, Wed: +276,000, Thurs: +268,000 and Fri: +121,000), holding the Top 5 telecasts of the week in both measures. Notably, "GMA" aired the No. 1 Adults 25-54 telecast of the season to date on Thursday (2.052 million - 10/18/12)

Season to date, "GMA" stands as the No. 1 morning news program in both Total Viewers and Adults 25-54. In fact, "GMA" is leading "Today" by its largest season margin in overall viewers (+605,000) in more than 21 years and in the key adult news demo (+200,000) in 21 years - since at least the 1991-92 season and the 1991-92 season, respectively; Nielsen's electronic database started on September of 1991.

Season to date "GMA" is the only morning program to grow in both Total Viewers (+3%) and Adults 25-54 (+4%) versus its year-ago averages (NBC's "Today" is down -17%/-26%, respectively; CBS' "This Morning" is mixed +2%/-1%, respectively). "GMA" is seeing its largest overall season audience in 7 years and best Adults 25-54 performance in 5 years - since the 2005-06 and the 2007-08 seasons.

"GMA" nearly doubled the performance of "CBS This Morning" in Total Viewers (+93%), while more than doubling in Adults 25-54 (+108%).

In September, Goodmorningamerica.com reached 22M unique users and served over 85 million page views. It is the # 1 morning news website and beats MSNBC's Today by millions of users each month. This summer, visitors spent +16% more time on Goodmorningamerica.com compared to Today.

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers and Adults 25-54 Live + SD weeks of 10/15/12, 10/8/12 & 10/17/11, or as dated. Most Current - 2012-2013 Season (9/24 - 10/21/12) and 2011-2012 Season (9/19 - 10/16/11).

Emmy Award-winning "GMA," featuring the anchor team of Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, Sam Champion, Lara Spencer and Josh Elliott, airs live Mon.-Fri. (7:00-9:00 a.m., ET) on ABC. Tom Cibrowski is senior executive producer.

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