Amid declining ratings at "Today" in the aftermath of reports of Matt Lauer's alleged role in Ann Curry's departure as co-host (though ratings had been in a steady decline for that program during Curry's co-hosting tenure), viewership for "Good Morning America" increased starting in 2012. The program beat "Today" for the first time in 16 years during the week of April 9, 2012, ending that program's streak of 852 consecutive weeks as the most-watched network morning news program, by a margin of 31,000 more viewers than the NBC program. "Good Morning America" beat "Today" once again during the week of April 16, 2012, by a much larger margin of 166,000 viewers.