Improves Key Demo Gap vs. ABC Week Over Week & Year Over Year
Marks Closest Demo Gap vs. ABC in 5 Weeks
Ranks as #9 Most-Watched Program for Week
Week of May 15: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the only newscast to increase its A25-54 and A18-49 viewerships week over week; up 4,000 A25-54 viewers and 30,000 A18-49 viewers
- Nightly News is the #9 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News improves its key demo gap vs. ABC week over week; marks narrowest A25-54 gap vs. ABC in 5 weeks (since April 10, 2023)
- Nightly News improves its key demo gap vs. ABC year over year
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 22% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of May 15: Nightly Stats
- Averages 5.843 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.561 million (+36%)
- Nightly News averages 876,000 A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +249,000 (+40%)
- Nightly was the only program to grow in the key demo week over week, up 4,000 A25-54 viewers
- Week over week, Nightly narrows its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by 3%
- Nightly News cuts year-over-year A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 30%
- Averages 610,000 A18-49 viewers, leading CBS by +180,000 (+42%)
- Nightly was the only program to grow week over week, up 30,000 A18-49 viewers
- Week over week, Nightly narrows its A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 21%
- Year over year, Nightly News cuts its A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 36%
- Across digital, Nightly delivers 9.6 million video views and 933,500 hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 971,300 views and 749,000 viewers
WEEK OF MAY 15-21, 2023
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ | |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | ||
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 876 | 610 | 5,843 | |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 627 | 430 | 4,282 | |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,122 | 755 | 7,396 |
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.
