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Savannah Guthrie Stumbles Out of the Gates

By Geoffrey Dickens | July 11, 2012 | 12:33

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The very early returns are in for Savannah Guthrie's debut as the new co-anchor at NBC's Today show and so far they're not great. According to TV Newser's Chris Ariens, ABC's Good Morning America beat its morning show competitor in the ratings on Guthrie's first day in the co-anchor chair. Ariens reported that GMA won Monday morning's showdown among both total viewers and younger viewers:

In preliminary fast affiliate numbers for Monday, “Good Morning America” topped “Today” in both Total Viewers and younger viewers. It’s the first time in six years, since February 2006, that “GMA” won a Monday in both ratings measurements.

“GMA” led “Today” by just +6,000 A25-54 viewers (1.680M vs. 1.674M) and a much more decisive +356,000 Total Viewers (4.425M vs. 4.069M). As preliminary numbers go, these are subject to change.

Guthrie replaced Ann Curry after the longtime Today newsreader and Dateline correspondent disappointed in her brief stint in the co-anchor chair alongside Matt Lauer.

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I outwitted both shows. I

Submitted by Kubrickfilmfan73 on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 1:01pm.

I outwitted both shows. I didn't watch either one of 'em.

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Woo-hoo?

Submitted by Anon150 on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 1:02pm.

...I'm sorry.

That's as much as I can muster for this nonevent.

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Who's on what?

Submitted by almostacowboy on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 1:39pm.

When?

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Who actually watches these

Submitted by pilgrim4jc on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 1:56pm.

Who actually watches these programs? Especially when Murray is on and we can find out if Shucreta's baby belongs to either Martain, Ron, Chris or Jim!

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the only reason

Submitted by caveman1313 on Wed, 07/11/2012 - 1:58pm.

i bothered to click into this and post a comment was the hilarious photo of her stumbling over the hurdle. awesome.

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