Ranks as #5 in A25-54 Demo With 1.2 Million Viewers
Improves Competitively Year-Over-Year in Key Demo vs. ABC For 10th Straight Week
Week of Jan 30 Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News ranks as the #3 most-watched program in all of TV for the week with 7.567 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports & syndication) and increases its viewership across the board vs. last week
- Sunday’s Nightly News ranks as the #2 most-watched program in all of TV for the week with 7.765 million viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports & syndication)
- Nightly News narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 5% vs. last week
- For the 10th week in a row, Nightly News improves the A25-54 gap vs. ABC in year-over-year-measurements
Week of Jan 30: Nightly Stats
- Averages 7.567 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.061 million (+37%)
- Averages 1.222 million A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +345,000 (+39%)
- In year over year, Nightly News narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 33%
- Averages 861,000 A18-49 viewers, leading CBS by +257,000 (+42%)
- In week over year, Nightly News narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 5%
- In year over year, Nightly News closes the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 22%
- Across digital, Nightly saw 15.4 million video views and 1.5 hours viewed on & off network platforms, including clips and full episodes
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 771,000 views and 605,000 viewers
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| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,222 | 861 | 7,567 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 877 | 604 | 5,506 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,424 | 985 | 8,837 |
Note: 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 afternoon and overnight airings on owned stations. Digital ratings sourcing: Adobe Analytics and Partner Portals; YouTube Analytics Portal.
