Improves Demo Gaps vs. ABC vs. Last Year
Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Closes A25-54 Gap Vs. ABC by 26% vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of July 17: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #2 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 5.810 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News increases its viewership across the board vs. last week
- Nightly News improves its A25-54 and A18-49 gaps vs. ABC year over year
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 26% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of July 17: Nightly Stats
- Averages 5.810 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.390 million (+31%)
- Averages 890,000 A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +244,000 (+38%)
- Increases its key demo viewership by +42,000 vs. last week
- Year over year, Nightly narrows its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by 8%
- Averages 639,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +210,000 (+49%)
- Increases its A18-49 demo viewership by +67,000 vs. last week
- Only program to grow year over year, up +15,000 A18-49 viewers
- Year over year, Nightly improves A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 10%
- Across digital, Nightly delivers 16.3 million video views and 1.8 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 1 million views and 781,000 viewers
WEEK OF JULY 17-23, 2023
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 890 | 639 | 5,810 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 646 | 429 | 4,420 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,142 | 815 | 7,459 |
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.
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