{"id":1496,"date":"2016-08-23T11:17:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T15:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=1496"},"modified":"2016-08-23T11:17:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T15:17:00","slug":"today-wins-ratings-gold-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2016\/08\/23\/today-wins-ratings-gold-again\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;TODAY&#8217; WINS RATINGS GOLD AGAIN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>TODAY Is No. 1 Across the Board for the Second Week of the Rio Olympics\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>TODAY\u2019s Total Viewer Gap Over GMA Was 3 Times Higher than the Same Week in Sochi and Its Key Demo Gap Was 4 Times Higher<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>TODAY Is Up Double Digits Across the Board While GMA is Down Double Digits Versus Last Year<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Season to Date, TODAY is the #1 Morning Show in Both A25-54 and A18-49<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>NEW YORK &#8211; August 23, 2016 &#8212; NBC\u2019s TODAY scored ratings gold again with live broadcasts from Copacabana Beach during the second week of the Rio Olympics. TODAY was the number-one morning program in total viewers and all demos.<\/p>\n<p>For the week of August 15, TODAY averaged 5.104 million\u00a0total viewers beating GMA by +976,000 (+24%) and CBS This Morning by +1.909 million (+60%).\u00a0 TODAY posted 2.038 million A25-54 viewers, outperforming GMA by +673,000 (+49%) and more than doubling CBS This Morning by +1.143 million (+128%).\u00a0 Versus the same week of the Sochi Olympics, TODAY\u2019s total viewer gap with GMA was three times higher, and its key demo gap was four times higher<strong>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>TODAY also posted double digit gains in total viewers (+22%), A25-54 (+30%), and A18-49 (+31%) while GMA was down double digits in total viewers (-13%), A25-54\u00a0(-14%), and A18-49 (+10%) versus the same week last year.<\/p>\n<p>In A18-49, TODAY\u00a0posted 1.554 million A18-49 viewers, +574,000 (+59%) more than GMA and more than doubling CBS by +926,000 (+148%).\u00a0 <strong>Season to date, TODAY is the number-one morning show in both A25-54 and A18-49, and <\/strong>TODAY has won the key A25-54 demo for 50 out of the last 51 weeks.<\/p>\n<p>*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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>TODAY HIGHLIGHTS:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>WEEK OF AUGUST 15<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TODAY averaged 5.104 million total viewers, outperforming GMA by +976,000 (+24%) and CBS This Morning by +1.909 million (+60%)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Vs. the second week of Sochi \u201914, TODAY had a stronger advantage over ABC \u2013 TODAY\u2019s advantage over ABC was +723,000 (+286%) greater<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>TODAY 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stronger advantage over ABC \u2013 TODAY\u2019s advantage over ABC was +208,000 (+57%) greater<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Versus the same week last season, TODAY generated the largest growth in total viewers (+22%, or +913,000), A25-54 viewers (+30%, or +469,000), and A18-49 viewers (+31%, or +370,000).\u00a0 TODAY also:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0Posted a 1.377 million viewer turnaround in total viewers (+976,000 win last week vs. a -401,000 loss last year)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Posted a 710,000 viewer turnaround in its A25-54 lead over GMA (+673,000 win last week vs. a -37,000 loss last year)<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Increased its A18-49 lead over GMA by 455,000 (+574,000 win last week vs. +119,000 win last year)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Season-to-date, TODAY ranks as the #1 morning news show among A25-54 and A18-49 viewers<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00a0TODAY averages 1.786 million A25-54 viewers, leading GMA by +12% (+188,000) and CBS by +71% (+738,000).\u00a0 TODAY\u2019s A25-54 advantage over GMA represents a 290,000 viewer turnaround from a -102,000 deficit at this point last season<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0In A18-49, TODAY averages 1.341 million and tops GMA by +18% (+199,000) and CBS by +80% (+595,000).\u00a0 TODAY\u2019s A18-49 lead over GMA has quintupled versus last season (+199,000 vs. a +39,000 lead a year ago).<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0Among total viewers, the gap between TODAY and GMA is -71% narrower than last season (-156,000 season-to-date versus a -545,000 deficit at this time last season).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>During the two full weeks of the Olympics, TODAY saw a +33% lift in total viewers, a +35% lift in A25-54, and a +43% lift in A18-49 compared to the two weeks prior<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>TODAY\u2019s two-week\u00a0 P2+ advantage over GMA was larger than Sochi \u201914 (+929K larger than the +188K advantage seen in 2014)<\/li>\n<li>TODAY\u2019s two-week A25-54 advantage over GMA was larger than Sochi \u201914 (+607K\/4x larger than the +139K advantage seen in 2014)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>RATINGS DATA:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table width=\"629\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"193\"><strong>Show Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"47\"><strong>HH<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<strong>Rtg<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"37\"><strong>HH<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<strong>Shr<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"70\"><strong>P2+<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<strong>Imps<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"70\"><strong>P18-49<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<strong>Rtg<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"70\"><strong>P18-49<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<strong>Imps<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"70\"><strong>P25-54<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<strong>Rtg<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"70\"><strong>P25-54<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<strong>Imps<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"193\"><strong>TODAY\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"47\"><strong>3.76<\/strong><\/td>\n<td 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