July 28, 2020

**Ratings Report: ABC News Programming For the Week of July 20, 2020

‘’ Is the No. 1 Morning Show in Total Viewers for the Week of July 20

‘GMA’ Posts Week-to-Week Gains in All Key Target Demos: Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49

Season to Date, ‘GMA’ Is the No. 1 Morning Show in Total Viewers for the 8th Consecutive Year and Is Increasing Its Advantage Over ‘Today’ Versus Last Season to Its Largest in 3 Years

‘GMA’ Is Cutting Its Season Margin With ‘Today’ by Double Digits in Adults 25-54, Posting Its Closest Performance in 5 Years

“Good Morning America” ranked as the morning’s No. 1 newscast in Total Viewers (3.351 million) for the week of July 20, 2020, based on Live + Same Day Data from Nielsen Media Research. “GMA” outdelivered “Today” (3.326 million) by 25,000.

“GMA” posted week-to-week gains in all key target demos: Total Viewers (3.351 million vs. 3.347 million), Adults 25-54 (+5% - 905,000 vs. 863,000) and Adults 18-49 (+6% - 561,000 vs. 527,000).

“GMA” narrowed its Adults 18-49 margin with “Today” from the previous week by 5% (133,000 vs. 140,000).

“GMA” (3.351 million, 905,000 and 561,000, respectively) defeated “CBS This Morning” (2.563 million, 577,000 and 391,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+788,000), Adults 25-54 (+328,000) and Adults 18-49 (+170,000).

Season to date, “GMA” is the No. 1 morning newscast in Total Viewers for the 8th straight year. In fact, “GMA” (3.856 million) is substantially increasing its advantage over “Today” (3.772 million) versus last season (+47% - 84,000 vs. 57,000) to its largest in 3 years – since the 2016-2017 season.

“GMA” is also cutting its season margin with “Today” by double digits in Adults 25-54 (-31% - 96,000 vs. 140,000), posting its closest performance in 5 years – since the 2014-2015 season.

In addition, “GMA” (3.856 million and 1.117 million, respectively) is beating “CBS This Morning” (2.941 million and 712,000, respectively) in Total Viewers (+915,000) and Adults 25-54 (+405,000).

MORNING NEWS (Week of July 20, 2020):

TOTAL VIEWERS ADULTS 25-54 ADULTS 18-49 HOUSEHOLDS

GOOD MORNING AMERICA 3,351,000 0.7/11; 905,000 0.4/ 9; 561,000 2.5/13 TODAY 3,326,000 0.8/12; 1,006,000 0.5/11 694,000 2.4/12 CBS THIS MORNING 2,563,000 0.5/7; 577,000 0.3/ 6; 391,000 1.9/10

Source: The Nielsen Company, NTI Total Viewers, Adults 25-54 and Adults 18-49 Live + SD, Current Week (w/o 7/20/20), Previous Week (w/o 7/13/20) and Year-Ago Week (w/o 7/22/19). Most Current: 2019 -2020 Season (9/23/19 – 7/26/20) and 2018 -2019 Season (9/24/18 – 7/28/19). Averages based on regular telecasts.

Emmy® Award-winning “GMA,” featuring the anchor team of Robin Roberts, George Stephanopoulos, and chief meteorologist 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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ABC News Media Relations Elizabeth Hecht [email protected]

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