MAY 27, 2015 — “NBC Nightly News” was #1 in total viewers and both demos A25-54 and A18-49 for the week of May 18-22, 2015, according to Nielsen Media Research data. The NBC broadcast has been #1 in total viewers for 3 of the past 4 weeks.
Season-to-date, Nightly is the #1 evening news broadcast in total viewers and all key demographics.
Weekly Highlights:
- Nightly averaged 7.594 million total viewers, +53,000 (+1%) more than ABC World News Tonight and +696,000 (+10%) ahead of CBS Evening News.
- Nightly averaged 1.758 million A25-54 viewers, leading ABC by +11,000 (1%) and CBS by +218,000 (+14%).
- Nightly delivered a 1.5 A25-54 rating, tied with ABC and +2 tenths more than CBS.
- Nightly averaged 1.256 million A18-49 viewers, leading ABC by +53,000 (+4%) and CBS by +169,000 (+16%).
- Nightly delivered a 1.0 A18-49 rating, tied with ABC and +1 tenth more than CBS.
Season-to-Date Highlights:
- Nightly is averaging 8.942 million total viewers, +387,000 more than ABC and +1.730 million more than CBS.
- Nightly is averaging 2.118 million A25-54 viewers, +4,000 more than ABC and +420,000 more than CBS.
- Nightly is averaging 1.518 million A18-49 viewers, +92,000 more than ABC and +372,000 more than CBS.
WEEK OF MAY 18-22, 2015
| Total Viewers | A25-54 Rating | A25-54 Viewers | A18-49 Ratings | A18-49 Viewers | |
| NBC | 7.594 | 1.47 | 1.758 | 0.99 | 1.256 |
| CBS | 6.898 | 1.29 | 1.540 | 0.86 | 1.087 |
| ABC | 7.541 | 1.46 | 1.747 | 0.95 | 1.203 |
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