KTLA’s A.M. News Outdraws CBS

Ratings for KTLA Channel 5’s new two-hour morning news show dropped a bit after its debut Monday, but after its first three days the station was still ahead of network rival “CBS This Morning.”

“The KTLA Morning News,” the first local newscast designed to compete head-to-head with the networks’ morning shows, averaged a 2.2 rating (or about 110,000 local households) for its first three outings, according to the A.C. Nielsen Co. That compared to a 3.7 rating (about 185,000 homes) for “Today” on KNBC Channel 4, a 2.7 rating for “Good Morning America” on KABC Channel 7 and a 2.1 for “This Morning” on KCBS Channel 2.

Arbitron ratings showed that “The KTLA Morning News” was even further ahead of “CBS This Morning.”