Narrows Gaps vs. ABC Across the Board in Week-Over-Week Measurements For the Second Week in a Row, Most Recently by 25% in Total Viewers
Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Improves Competitive Position Vs. ABC by 13% in Total Viewers, 8% in A25-54 & 24% in A18-49 vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of June 20: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #2 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.098 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News closes the gap vs. ABC across the board in week-over-week measurements for the second week in a row, including by 25% in total viewers – its most narrow gap vs. the network in 21 weeks
- Nightly News cuts the year-over-year viewership gap vs. ABC by 22% during the most recent week
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 13% in total viewers, by 8% in the A25-54 demo and by 24% in the A18-49 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of June 20: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.098 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.557 million (+34%)
- In week over year, Nightly News closes the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 25%, its most narrow gap in 21 weeks (since 1/24/22)
- In year over year, Nightly News narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 22%
- Averages 963,000 A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +219,000 (+29%)
- In week over week, Nightly News closes the A25-54 demo gap vs. ABC by 3%, its most narrow gap vs the network in 6 weeks (since week of 5/9/2)
- Averages 663,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +154,000 (+30%)
- In week over week, Nightly News improves in the demo vs. ABC by 21%
- Across digital, Nightly News saw 13.3 million video views and 1 million hours viewed on & off platforms, including clips and full episodes
- On YouTube, full episodes reached 607,000 views and 435,000 viewers
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2ND QUARTER 2022 RATINGS: NBC NIGHTLY NEWS RANKS AS A TOP 10 MOST-WATCHED TV PROGRAM
2nd Quarter 2022: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #9 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.429 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- In year over year, Nightly News improves total viewer gap vs. ABC by +1%
2nd Quarter 2022: Ratings Stats
- Averages 6.429 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.767 million (+38%)
- In year over year, Nightly News improves total viewer gap vs. ABC by +1%
- Averages 1.055 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +287,000 (+37%)
- Averages 734,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +201,000 (+38%)
- In the 1st quarter, Nightly News full episodes and clips delivered more than 55 million video views across on off network platforms
- On YouTube, Nightly News full episodes reached 745,000 video views and 584,000 video viewers
WEEK OF JUNE 20
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 963 | 663 | 6,098 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 744 | 509 | 4,541 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,303 | 869 | 7,231 |
Note: ABC World News Tonight is based on a single-day (Tue).
2ND QUARTER 2022
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,055 | 734 | 6,429 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 768 | 533 | 4,662 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,383 | 940 | 7,828 |
NOTE: 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.
