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'CBS This Morning,' Morning Show Ratings Are In

Ratings Are In For 'CBS This Morning'
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Morning show ratings were released on Friday, which included the first ratings for the new kid on the morning show block: "CBS This Morning."

As expected, NBC's "Today" remained the number one morning show, beating ABC rival "Good Morning America" in total viewers and in the key demographic (Adults aged 25-54). Though "Today" beat its two competitors, "GMA" was the only morning show to demonstrate growth in total and younger viewers from the same week last year. Also, "GMA" continued to close the ratings gap with "Today."

This year, CBS premiered a brand new morning show — complete with new talent and a new studio. Ratings for CBS' new program, "CBS This Morning," were down 10 percent compared to this time last year, but gained viewers throughout the week.

In November 2011, CBS announced that it was scrapping its then-morning show, "The Early Show," and replacing it with a program co-hosted by Charlie Rose and Gayle King. "Early Show's" Erica Hill stayed on to co-host the new program.

The new show debuted on the second Monday of 2012. Rose and Hill co-host the first hour of the program, which focused on hard news stories like the 2012 Republican primary race. King and Hill co-hosted the second hour, which was comprised of softer stories like entertainment pieces and health news.

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Morning Show Hosts
Matt Lauer(01 of13)
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Lauer co-hosts NBC's "Today" from 7-9 a.m. (credit:Getty)
(02 of13)
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Guthrie co-hosts NBC's "Today" from 7-9 a.m.
Robin Roberts(03 of13)
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Roberts co-hosts ABC's "Good Morning America" from 7-9 a.m. (credit:Getty)
George Stephanopoulos(04 of13)
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Stephanopoulos co-hosts ABC's "Good Morning America" from 7-9 a.m. (credit:Getty)
Charlie Rose(05 of13)
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Rose co-hosts "CBS This Morning" from 7-8 a.m. CBS announced the addition of Rose and Gayle King and a decidedly focused hard news program earlier this year. (credit:Getty)
Gayle King(06 of13)
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King co-hosts "CBS This Morning" from 8-9 a.m. (credit:Getty)
Steve Doocy (07 of13)
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Doocy co-hosts Fox News' "Fox and Friends" from 6-9 a.m. "Fox and Friends" dominates cable news morning shows. (credit:Getty)
Gretchen Carlson(08 of13)
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Carlson co-hosts Fox News' "Fox and Friends" from 6-9 a.m. (credit:Getty)
Brian Kilmeade(09 of13)
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Kilmeade co-hosts Fox News' "Fox and Friends" from 6-9 a.m. (credit:FNC)
Joe Scarborough(10 of13)
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Scarborough co-hosts MSNBC's "Morning Joe" from 6-9 a.m. "Morning Joe" focuses solely on hard news and political commentary. (credit:Getty)
Mika Brzezinski(11 of13)
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Brzezinski co-hosts MSNBC's "Morning Joe" from 6-9 a.m. (credit:Getty)
Soledad O'Brien(12 of13)
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O'Brien co-hosts CNN's 7-9 a.m. morning news program. CNN's "American Morning" fell behind MSNBC and even its own HLN. The network recently announced the return of O'Brien and the replacement of "Amerian Morning" with two new morning programs. (credit:Getty)
Zoraida Sambolin(13 of13)
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Sambolin co-hosts CNN's 5-7 a.m. morning news program.
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