{"id":1244,"date":"2016-03-17T12:32:32","date_gmt":"2016-03-17T16:32:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1244"},"modified":"2016-03-17T12:32:32","modified_gmt":"2016-03-17T16:32:32","slug":"today-wins-total-viewers-key-demo-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2016\/03\/17\/today-wins-total-viewers-key-demo-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;TODAY&#8217; WINS TOTAL VIEWERS &amp; KEY DEMO FRIDAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><strong>TODAY Has Posted 6 Outright Wins in Total Viewers and the Key Demo <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TODAY Has Been the #1 Morning Show in the Key Demo 27 Out of the Last 28\u00a0Weeks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TODAY Has Cut the Total Viewer Gap with GMA By a Giant 77% Versus the Same Week Last Season<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TODAY Has Been Within 200k Viewers of GMA for 7 Out of the Last 9 Weeks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>GMA Is the Only Show Down In Both the Key Demo and Total Viewers Year Over Year and Vs. the Same Week Last\u00a0Year<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Season to Date, TODAY Is the #1 Morning Show in Both A25-54 and A18-49<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>NEW YORK \u2013 March 17, 2016 \u2013 TODAY was the number-one morning show across the board last Friday marking its sixth outright daily win in the last seven weeks. TODAY has now won 27 out of the last 28 weeks in the key demo, and has been within just 200k total viewers of GMA for seven of the last nine weeks.\u00a0 TODAY continues as the number-one morning show in both A25-54 and A18-49 for the season.<\/p>\n<p>For the week of\u00a0March 7, TODAY topped GMA by 80k in A25-54 and by 101k in A18-49.\u00a0 In addition to its Friday win, TODAY came within slight margins of GMA in total viewers on Wednesday (-44k) and Thursday (-36k).<\/p>\n<p>Versus the same week last year, TODAY radically cut its total viewer gap with GMA by 77% (a whopping 554k). GMA is the only morning show down in both the key demo and total viewers season to date versus a year ago and versus the same week last year.\u00a0 GMA has suffered a 17% loss in the key demo and 10% loss in total viewers this season, year over year. GMA is also down 11% in the key demo and a 3% in total viewers versus the same week last year.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>*Please note:\u00a0As of 12\/28\/15, Nielsen national ratings are based on an expanded sample known as &#8220;NPX,&#8221; which effectively doubles the size of the Nielsen panel through a combination of additional meters and HHs.\u00a0While NPX is now the official currency of record, all data pre-12\/28\/15 remains based on the old sample &#8212; so year-to-year and other comparisons are versus pre-NPX data.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TODAY HIGHLIGHTS:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>WEEK OF MARCH 7<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>TODAY was #1 across-the-board last Friday: +108,000 in total viewers, +170,000 in A25-54, +144,000 in A18-49<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This was TODAY\u2019s\u00a0 6th outright daily win the last 7 weeks<\/li>\n<li>TODAY also came within 50,000 total viewers vs. GMA on both Wednesday (-44k) and Thursday (-36k)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TODAY averaged 1.822 million A25-54 viewers, +80,000 (+5%) ahead of GMA and +730,000 (+67%) more than CBS This Morning<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TODAY has been #1 among A25-54 viewers for 11 consecutive weeks and 27 of the last 28 weeks<\/li>\n<li>TODAY delivered a 1.53 A25-54 rating, leading GMA by +0.06 points and CBS by +0.61 points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TODAY averaged 1.385 million A18-49 viewers, outperforming GMA by +101,000 (+8%) and CBS by +575,000 (+71%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TODAY\u2019s 1.09 A18-49 rating topped GMA by +0.08 points and CBS by +0.45 points<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TODAY averaged 4.839 million total viewers, leading CBS by 1.039 million (+27%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TODAY\u2019s P2+ gap has been under 200k in 7 of the last 9 weeks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>GMA is the only morning show down in both the key demo and total viewers season to date versus a year ago and versus the same week last year.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>GMA is down -11% in A25-54 and -3% in total viewers versus the same week last year<\/li>\n<li>GMA is down -17% in A25-54 and -10% in total viewers season to date, versus a year ago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Versus the same week last season, TODAY showed across-the-board gains in total viewers (+8%, or +379,000), A25-54 viewers (+1%, or +12,000), and A18-49 viewers (+3%, or +38,000)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In total viewers, TODAY narrowed the gap with GMA by 77% (-164,000 last week vs. -718,000 a year ago)<\/li>\n<li>TODAY posted a 221,000 viewer turnaround in its A25-54 advantage vs. GMA (+80,000 win last week vs. a -141,000 loss last year)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Week-to-week, the total viewer gap between TODAY and GMA narrowed by 47% (-164,000 vs. -311,000 the prior week).\u00a0 In addition, TODAY\u2019s A18-49 advantage improved by 15% (+101,000 vs. +88,000 the prior week)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Season-to-date, TODAY is the #1 morning news show among A25-54 and A18-49 viewers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TODAY averages 1.842 million A25-54 viewers, leading GMA by +8% (+131,000) and CBS by +71% (+764,000).\u00a0 TODAY\u2019s A25-54 advantage over GMA represents a 279,000 viewer turnaround from a -148,000 deficit at this point last season.<\/li>\n<li>In A18-49, TODAY averages 1.393 million and tops GMA by +16% (+186,000) and CBS by +81% (+623,000).\u00a0 TODAY\u2019s A18-49 lead versus GMA is a 170,000 viewer improvement from last season\u2019s +16,000 lead.<\/li>\n<li>Among total viewers, the gap between TODAY and GMA is 57% narrower vs. last season (-262,000 season-to-date versus a -608,000 deficit at this time last season).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>RATINGS DATA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"600\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"191\"><strong>Net<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"41\"><strong>HH<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<strong>Rtg<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"41\"><strong>HH<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<strong>Shr<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td 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As such, Today.com has gone from parity in mobile unique visitors in September 2013 to over 4.3x GMA on Yahoo\u2019s mobile visitor number in February 2016.<\/p>\n<p>###<\/p>\n<p>NBC\u2019s TODAY is the news program that informs, entertains, inspires and sets the agenda each morning for Americans. Airing live\u00a0from 7 am to 11 am ET, TODAY\u00a0reaches more than 5 million people every day through its broadcast, and millions more through\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/vtciahhr\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/ruvjbziq\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/hskzkper\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/ifamrmcr\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/wkdjbubr\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/jvbehqyp\/media.ne.cision.com\/l\/qezdbzwo\/today.com\/\">TODAY.com<\/a>, the TODAY app, and social media platforms. 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