‘Nightly News’ is Only Evening Newscast To Grow Across The Board In Year-Over-Year Measurements
PLUS: ‘Nightly News’ Marks Closest Total Viewer Gap vs. ABC Since January
Week of March 10 Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #1 evening newscast in the key A25-54 demo on Friday, topping ABC by +87,000, marking second consecutive week of beating ABC in the key demo
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow across the board vs. last year, up +202,000 in total viewers, +95,000 in A25-54 and +45,000 in A18-49
- Nightly News marks closest total viewer gap vs. ABC since 1/20/25
- Nightly News closes across-the-board gap vs. ABC in year-over-year, including by 45% in the key A24-54 demo
Week of March 10 Ratings Stats
- Averages 6.114 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 2.076 million (+51%)
- Nightly News increases total viewership vs. last year by +202,000
- Week over week, Nightly News narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 8%
- Year over year, Nightly News closes the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 5%
- Averages 896,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +301,000 (+51%)
- Nightly News increases A25-54 viewership vs. last year by +95,000
- Year over year, Nightly narrows A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 45%
- Averages 576,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +152,000 (+36%)
- Nightly News increases A18-49 viewership vs. last year by +45,000
- Year over year, Nightly News closes the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 33%
- Across digital, Nightly News delivered 14.4 million video viewers and 1.6 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 762,000 views and 587,000 viewers
WEEK of MARCH 10-16, 2025
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 896 | 576 | 6,114 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 595 | 424 | 4,038 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,023 | 700 | 7,492 |
Source: Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 3/10/2025-3/16/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only. Note: CBS Evening News was based on a 4-day average, retitling on Friday.
