Marks Smallest A25-54 Gap vs. ABC In Nearly Two Years
Thursday’s Broadcast Marks Smallest Single Day A25-54 Gap vs. ABC since January 2022
Narrows Across the Board Gaps vs. ABC in Week-Over-Week & Year-Over-Year Measurements
Week of Sept 5: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News increases viewership across the board vs. last week and marks a 21-week high in the key A25-54 demo with 1.126 million viewers and a 20-week high in the A18-49 demo with 754,000 viewers
- Nightly News is the #2 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.243 million total viewers and marking a 9-week high, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News’ Thursday broadcast marks its narrowest single day A25-54 gap vs. ABC since January 2022 (1/10/22)
- Nightly News narrows gaps vs. ABC across the board in week-over-week measurements, including by 55% in A25-54, 14% in total viewers and 65% in A18-49.
- Nightly News marks its most narrow A25-54 demo gap vs. ABC in nearly two years (since 11/16/20), excluding last year’s Thanksgiving week
- Nightly News narrows gaps vs. ABC across the board in year-over-year measurements, including by 50% in the key A25-54 demo and 16% in total viewers
Week Sept 5: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.243 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.792 million (+40%)
- Nightly News increases total viewership vs. last week, up +86,000 and reaches a 9-week viewership high (since 7/4/22)
- Nightly News cuts the week-over-week total viewer gap vs. ABC by 14%
- Nightly News cuts the year-over-year total viewer gap vs. ABC by 16%
- Averages 1.126 million A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +413,000 (+58%)
- Nightly News increases A25-54 viewership vs. last week, up +146,000 andhits a 21-week high in the key demo (best since 4/11/22)
- Nightly News narrows the week-over-week A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 55%
- Nightly News narrows the year-over-year A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 50%
- Thursday’s broadcast marked Nightly News’ narrowest single day A25-54 gap vs. ABC since January (1/10/22)
- Nightly News marks the most narrow A25-54 gap vs. ABC in nearly two years (since 11/16/2020), excluding the week of 11/22/21
- Averages 754,000 A18-49 viewers, leading CBS by +312,000 (+71%)
- Nightly News increases A18-49 viewership vs. last week, up +98,000 andhits a 20-week high in the A18-49 demo (best since 4/18/22)
- Nightly News narrows the week-over-week A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 65%
- Nightly News narrows the year-over-year A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 47%
- Nightly News marks the most narrow A18-49 gap vs. ABC in over two years (since 6/29/20), excluding the week of 11/22/21
WEEK of SEPTEMBER 5-11, 2022
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,126 | 754 | 6,243 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 713 | 442 | 4,451 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,258 | 820 | 7,348 |
Note: All three programs were based on 4-day averages due to retitling on Monday, 9/5 (Labor Day Holiday).
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
