NBC NIGHTLY NEWS RANKS AS THE #3 MOST-WATCHED TV PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK WITH 7.4 MILLION TOTAL VIEWERS

Improves Total Viewers Vs. ABC in Week-Over-Week Measurements

Narrows Gaps vs. ABC Across the Board in Year-Over-Year Measurements

Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Improves Competitive Position Vs. ABC by 24% in Total Viewers & by 16% in A25-54 & by 38% in A18-49 vs. Same Time Period Last Year

Week of Feb. 28: Ratings Highlights

• Nightly News is the #3 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 7.381 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
• Week over week, Nightly News improves the total viewer gap vs. ABC by 2%
• Nightly News is in its 8th consecutive month of continuing its upward trend of improving in total viewers vs. ABC’s World News Tonight, cutting the year-over-year viewership gap by 22% during the most recent week
• Nightly News is in its 5th consecutive month of continuing its upward trend of improving in A25-54 vs. ABC’s World News Tonight, closing the year-over-year viewership gap by 40% during the most recent week
• Nightly News is the only newscast to grow in A18-49 in year-over-year measurements
• Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 24% in total viewers, by 16% in the A25-54 demo and by 38% in the A18-49 demo compared to the same time period last year

Week of Feb. 28: Nightly Stats

• Averages 7.381 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.296 million (+45%), its largest viewer advantage over the network in 5 weeks (since up 1/24/22), up +3% vs. last week
  • Week over week, Nightly News improves the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 2%
  • In year over year, Nightly News narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 22%, in its seventh consecutive month of its upward trend of improving in total viewers
• Averages 1.352 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +530,000 (+64%)
  • In year over year, Nightly News improves the A25-54 demo gap vs. ABC by 40%, in its fourth consecutive month of its upward trend of improving in the key demo
• Averages 979,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +403,000 (+70%), marking its largest advantage over network in 14 weeks, up +9% vs. last week
  • In year over year, Nightly News improves in the demo vs. ABC by 55%
  • Nightly News is the only newscast to grow in A18-49 in year-over-year measurements
• Across digital, Nightly News saw 24.8 million video views and 2.1 million hours viewed on & off platforms, including clips and full episodes
  • Marks largest number of hours viewed since Summer 2021
• On YouTube, full episodes reached 917,000 views and 725,000 viewers

NOTE: Nightly News was retitled on Tuesday due to the State of the Union. Nielsen Ratings now reflect the addition of Out of Home (OOH) viewership that began being measured on Aug. 31,2020 across only 44 markets tracked by Nielsen Media Research.

NBC Nightly News, World News Tonight and CBS Evening News’ ratings are comprised of telecasts with regular titling and include overnight airings on owned stations. World News Tonight’s ratings also include 3:30pm airings in Los Angeles and San Francisco. 

Digital ratings sourcing: Adobe Analytics and Partner Portals; YouTube Analytics Portal