Ranks as #3 Most-Watched Program for Week
Hits Largest Total Viewer and Key Demo Audiences in 6 Weeks
Improves Across the Board Gaps vs. ABC
Week of June 5: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow across the board vs. last week
- Nightly News marks a 6-week high in A25-54 & total viewerships and a 9-week high in A18-49 viewership
- Nightly News is the #3 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.090 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News improves its gaps across the board vs. ABC week over week and year over year
- Nightly News marks its most narrow A25-54 and A18-49 gaps vs. ABC in 15 weeks (since 2/20/23) and most narrow total viewer gap in 9 weeks (since 4/3/23)
- Nightly News improves its year-over-year A25-54 gap vs. ABC for the fourth consecutive week
- 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 June 5: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.090 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.734 million (+40%)
- Only evening newscast to grow in total viewers vs. last week and vs. last year; hits a 6-week high in total viewership
- Increases total viewership by +76,000 vs. last week and by +17,000 vs. last year
- Week over week, Nightly cuts total viewership gap vs. ABC by 8%; marks most narrow total viewer gap in 9 weeks (since 4/3/23)
- Year over year, Nightly narrows total viewership gap vs. ABC by 22%
- Averages 943,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +301,000 (+47%)
- Only evening newscast to grow in A25-54 viewers vs. last week; hits a 6-week high key demo viewership
- Increases by +106,000 A25-54 viewers vs. last week
- Week over week, Nightly cuts its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by 50%; marks most narrow A25-54 gap in 15 weeks (since 2/20/23)
- Year over year, Nightly narrows A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by 63%
- Averages 689,000 A18-49 viewers, leading CBS by +271,000 (+65%)
- Only evening newscast to grow in A18-49 viewers vs. last week and vs. last year; hits a 9-week high in A18-49 viewership
- Increases by +124,000 A18-49 viewers vs. last week and by +12,000 A18-49 viewers vs. last year
- Week over week, Nightly cuts its A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 70%; marks most narrow A18-49 gap in 15 weeks (since 2/20/23)
- Year over year, Nightly narrows A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 74%
- Across digital, Nightly marks its best week since February 2022 and delivers 25.8 million video views and 2.2 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 1.1 million views and 830,000 viewers
WEEK OF JUNE 5-11, 2023
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 943 | 689 | 6,090 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 642 | 418 | 4,356 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,095 | 763 | 7,377 |
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.
