<p>NEW YORK — Thank you, Oprah!</p>
<p>For the first time on record, CBS’ morning news show on Monday had a bigger audience than ABC’s “Good Morning America” and NBC’s “Today” show, the Nielsen company said.</p>
<p>The show featured Winfrey talking about her explosive interview with Prince Harry and Meghan that aired the night before on CBS, along with some outtakes that hadn’t been aired.</p>
<p>Nielsen records that date back to 1991 reveal that there had never been a single day that “CBS This Morning,” nor any of its predecessors, beat their two rivals.</p>
<p>“Let that sink in for a moment,” CBS News President Susan Zirinsky said in a memo to her staff on Wednesday.</p>
<p>“CBS This Morning” had 4.79 million viewers on Monday, or more than 2 million more than the show gets on a typical day, Nielsen said. “Good Morning America” had 3.35 million and “Today” had 3.18 million.</p>
<p>Although the precise Nielsen records go back to only 1991, there’s a strong likelihood that CBS has never won, period. Starting in 1982, the network has tried a succession of different morning formats and personnel in an attempt to be competitive with its more established competitors.</p>
<p>More than 50 million people worldwide have seen Winfrey’s interview, with more expected. CBS is rerunning the show on Friday night.</p>
