Grows Total Viewer & A25-54 Audiences vs. Last Week, Continues to Close Competitive Gaps
Ranks as #2 Most-Watched Program of the Week
Week of February 10 Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News increases viewership in the key demos vs. last year, +73,000 in A25-54 and +51,000 in A18-49
- Nightly News grows total viewer and A25-54 viewership vs. last week, +35,000 in total viewers and +11,000 in A25-54
- Nightly News continues to close competitive gaps, narrowing the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 2% vs. last year
- Nightly News is the #2 most-watched show of the week with 6.742 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
Week of February 10 Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.742 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 2.271 million (+51%)
- Increases total viewership vs. last week by +35,000
- Averages 1.013 million A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +379,000 (+60%)
- Increases A25-54 viewership vs. last year by +73,000
- Grows A25-54 viewership vs. last week by +11,000
- Closes A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 2% in year-over-year measurements
- Averages 677,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +247,000 (+57%)
- Increases A18-49 viewership vs. last year by +51,000
- Across digital, Nightly News delivered 14.9 million video viewers and 1.5 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 720,000 views and 548,000 viewers
WEEK of FEBRUARY 10-16, 2025
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,013 | 677 | 6,742 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 634 | 430 | 4,471 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,236 | 871 | 8,299 |
Source: Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 2/10/2025-2/16/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only. Note: CBS Evening News was based on a 4-day average, retitling on Friday.
