Narrows Total Viewer & A25-54 Gaps vs. ABC in Week-Over-Week Measurements
Marks Closest A25-54 Gap vs. ABC in Six Weeks
Delivers Strongest Week on Digital Since March 2022
Week of August 15: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #3 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.087 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News narrows total viewer & A25-54 gaps vs. ABC in week-over-week measurements, including by 10% in total viewers
- Nightly News improves across-the-board gaps vs. ABC in year-over-year measurements, including by 22% in A25-54
- Nightly News marks its closest gap with ABC in the A25-54 demo in six weeks (since 7/4/22)
- Across digital, Nightly marks its best week since March for the second week in a row, with 16.8 million video views and 1.6 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
Week of August 15: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.087 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.843 million (+43%), the largest lead seen in 23 weeks (since 4/25/22)
- In week over week, Nightly News closes the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 10%
- In year over year, Nightly News narrows total viewership gap vs. ABC by 23%
- Averages 980,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +301,000 (+44%)
- Nightly News marks closest gap vs. ABC in six weeks (since 7/4/22)
- Nightly News cuts the week-over-week A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 2%
- In year over year, Nightly News narrows A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 22%
- Averages 694,000 A18-49 viewers, leading CBS by +253,000 (+57%)
- Nightly News narrows the year-over-year viewership gap vs. ABC by 5%
- Across digital, Nightly marks its best week since March for the second week in a row, with 16.8 million video views and 1.6 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 818,000 views and 657,000 viewers
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 980 | 694 | 6,087 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 679 | 441 | 4,244 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,252 | 919 | 7,307 |
Note: World News Tonight and CBS Evening News were based on 4-day averages due to retitling on Friday. 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
