"NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt" is Only Evening Newscast to Increase Key Demo Audience in Year-Over-Year Measurements

Ranks as #1 Evening News Show in Key Demo on Thursday

Marks Closest Total Viewer Gap vs. ABC Since January

Narrows Across-the-Board Gaps vs. ABC in Week-Over-Week Measurements

Week of April 14 Ratings Highlights

Lester Holt anchored Monday and Friday. Tom Llamas anchored Tuesday-Thursday.

Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow in the key demo vs. last year, +2,000
Nightly News topped ABC in the key A25-54 demo on Thursday by +19,000
Nightly News marks its closest total viewer gap vs. ABC since January
Nightly News closes across-the-board gaps vs. ABC in week-over-week measurements
Nightly News s is the #4 most-watched show of the week with 5.908 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports & syndication)

Week of April 14 Ratings Stats

Averages 5.908 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 2.170 million (+58%)
- Week over week, Nightly News narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 9%
- Year over year, Nightly News closes the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 22%
Averages 816,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +272,000 (+50%)
- Nightly News increases A25-54 viewership vs. last year by +2,000, the only evening news broadcast to grow
- Week over week, Nightly closes A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 16%
- Year over year, Nightly narrows A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 35%
Averages 531,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +173,000 (+48%)
- Year over year, Nightly News closes the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 6%
- Week over week, Nightly News narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 6%
Across digital, Nightly News delivered 15.1 million video viewers and 1.4 million hours viewed on & off network platforms

WEEK of APRIL 14-20, 2025

Source: Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 4/14/2025-4/20/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.

Note: All three programs were based on a 4-day average, retitling on Friday (Good Friday).