Holds Steady in Total Viewers & A25-54, Only Evening Newscast to Grow in A18-49
‘Nightly News’ Ranks as #2 & #3 Most-Watched Shows in all of TV for the Week
On NBC News NOW, ‘Nightly News’ Grew Over the Prior 4 Week Average
Attracts Nearly 30% New Viewers to ‘Nightly News’ in First Two Days
Continues to Close Competitive Across-the-Board Gaps vs. Last Year
Week of June 2 Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News delivers the best year-over-year audience retention than any other evening newscast, holding steady in total viewers and A25-54 and growing in A18-49, the only evening newscast to do so
- Nightly News closes across-the-board gaps vs. ABC in all measurements vs. last year
- Nightly News (M-F) is the #3 most-watched show of the week with 5.449 million total viewers and Sunday’s Nightly News is the #2 most-watched show of the week with 5.685 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports & syndication)
- On NBC News NOW, Nightly News grew over the prior 4 week average
- 27% of viewers during Llamas’ first two days anchoring Nightly News had not watched the program in the prior 5 weeks
Week of June 2 Ratings Stats
- Averages 5.449 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.546 million (+40%)
- Nightly News is the only newscast to hold steady in total viewers vs. last year
- Year over year, Nightly News closes the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 1%
- Averages 771,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +253,000 (+49%)
- Nightly News is the only newscast to hold steady in A25-54 viewers vs. last year
- Year over year, Nightly News narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 7%
- Averages 524,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +138,000 (+36%)
- Nightly News is the only newscast to grow vs. last year in A18-49, +4,000
- Year over year, Nightly News closes the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 12%
WEEK of JUNE 2-8, 2025
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 771 | 524 | 5,449 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 518 | 386 | 3,903 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 907 | 597 | 6,997 |
Source: Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 6/2/2025-6/8/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only. Note: ABC World News Tonight was based on a 4-day average, retitling on Thursday (NBA Finals Game #1). For NOW – Source: Adobe Analytics & Partner Platforms. Hours watched & Average Audience based on Mon 6/2-Fri 6/6 vs. prior 4 weeks.
