Ranks as #2 Most-Watched TV Program for Week
Improves Demo Gaps vs. ABC vs. Last Year
Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Closes A25-54 Gap Vs. ABC by 27% vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of July 24: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow across the board vs. last week, hitting a 5-week high in A25-54, A18-49 viewership
- Nightly News is the #2 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 5.961 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News marks its most narrow A25-54 gap vs. ABC in 5 weeks (since 6/19/23) and most narrow A18-49 gap vs. ABC in 7 weeks (since 6/5/23)
- Nightly News improves its competitive positions across the board vs. ABC week over 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 27% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of July 24: Nightly Stats
- Averages 5.961 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.673 million (+39%)
- Increases total viewership by +151,000 vs. last week
- Week over week, Nightly narrows its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 5%
- Averages 945,000 A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +352,000 (+59%)
- Only evening newscast to grow in A25-54 viewers vs. last week; hits a 5-week high key demo viewership
- Increases its key demo viewership by +55,000 vs. last week
- Week over week, Nightly cuts its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by 53%, marks most narrow A25-54 gap vs. ABC in 5 weeks (since 6/19/23)
- Year over year, Nightly narrows its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by 68%
- Averages 646,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +266,000 (+70%)
- Only evening newscast to grow in A18-49 viewers vs. last week; hits a 5-week high in A18-49 viewership
- Increases its A18-49 demo viewership by +7,000 vs. last week
- Week over week, Nightly cuts its A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 44%, marks most narrow gap vs. ABC in 7 weeks (since 6/5/23)
- Year over year, Nightly improves A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 63%
- Across digital, Nightly delivers 20.3 million video views and 1.7 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 1.1 million views and 800,000 viewers
WEEK OF JULY 24-30, 2023
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 945 | 646 | 5,961 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 593 | 380 | 4,288 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,064 | 745 | 7,531 |
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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