TV Ratings: Networks' Morning News Shows Gain Viewers For the First Time in Years

2:46 PM PDT 9/22/2011 by THR Staff

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All three network morning shows gained in both total viewers and in the 25-54 demo for the 2010-2011 season.

Peter Kramer/NBC

Things are looking a little brighter for the three network morning shows. For the first time in 18 seasons, all three programs -- Today, Good Morning America and Early Show -- grew in the key 25-54 age demographic for the 2010-2011 season. That kind of growth hasn't happened since the 1992-1993 TV season. And for the first time since the 2003-2004 season, all thee programs gained in total viewers.

TV Newser has the Nielsen numbers, which show NBC's Today is still No. 1 in the morning with 744,000 more viewers than ABC's Good Morning America. However, GMA has shown the most growth over last season, with a 10 percent jump in total viewers and 3 percent jump in viewers ages 25-54. Today had grown 2 percent in viewers and in the key demo. Early Show had gained just one percent.

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