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'BBC Breakfast' Trumps 'Good Morning Britain' In Ratings

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‘Good Morning Britain’ launched on Monday morning, with 800,000 people tuning in to see Susanna Reid making her ITV debut, according to statistics reported by The Mirror.

The good news for the presenting team - which includes Susanna and Ben Shephard - is that audience figures are up by a third from the show’s predecessor ‘Daybreak’, which averaged just 600,000 viewers before it was axed.

The bad news for ITV is that the show was still trumped by the 1.5 million viewers watching 'BBC Breakfast' - almost double the audience of 'Good Morning Britain'.

The 'Good Morning Britain' presenting team

The debut of ‘GMB’ also failed to draw in as many viewers as the ‘Daybreak’ launch back in 2010, which was watched by just over 1 million people.

However, ITV producers seem undeterred by the news that ‘BBC Breakfast’ is so far winning the ratings battle.

ITV's director of daytime Helen Warner told The Mirror: “The launch was a fantastic team effort, and we are focused on building a strong breakfast brand going forward."

Meanwhile, Twitter users were divided by ‘Good Morning Britain’ following its first broadcast, with some viewers praising the show’s format, which tries to put more emphasis on news than other daytime shows, while others criticised it for lacking warmth and being too formal.

Susanna Reid was a presenter on ‘BBC Breakfast’ for over a decade before announcing back in March that she was leaving to front ITV's ‘Good Morning Britain’ reboot.

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RETRANSMITTED REMOVING EMBARGO AND ADDING CAPTION INFORMATION Susanna Reid wearing her favorite outfit where she performed a Waltz to Annie's Song by John Denver, from the current series of Strictly Come Dancing, at Elstree Studios, London. (credit:PA)

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RETRANSMITTED REMOVING EMBARGO AND ADDING CAPTION INFORMATION Susanna Reid wearing her favorite outfit where she performed a Waltz to Annie's Song by John Denver, from the current series of Strictly Come Dancing, at Elstree Studios, London. (credit:PA)

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BIRMINGHAM, UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 16: Kevin Clifton and Susanna Reid attend the launch photocall for the Strictly Come Dancing live tour 2014 at NIA Arena on January 16, 2014 in Birmingham, England. (Photo by Steve Thorne/Getty Images) (credit:Getty Images)

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