Improves Total Viewer Gap vs. ABC Year Over Year
Increases Viewership Across the Board vs. Last Week
Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Closes A25-54 Gap vs. ABC by 24% vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of April 17: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #5 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.278 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News increases total viewership by +95,000 vs. last week
- Year over year, Nightly News narrows the total viewer gap vs. ABC
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 24% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of April 17: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.278 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.731 million (+38%)
- Increases total viewership by +95,000 vs. last week
- In year over year, Nightly cuts total viewership gap vs. ABC by 2%
- Averages 972,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +267,000 (+38%)
- Increases key demo viewership by +57,000 vs. last week
- Averages 649,000 A18-49 viewers, leading CBS by +192,000 (+42%)
- Increases A18-49 viewership by +33,000 vs. last week
- Across digital, Nightly delivers 11.5 million video views and 1 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 1.1 million views and 816,000 viewers
WEEK OF APRIL 17-23, 2023
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 972 | 649 | 6,278 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 705 | 457 | 4,547 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,271 | 877 | 7,733 |
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.
