Increases Viewership Across the Board vs. Last Week
Ranks as #3 Most-Watched Show in all of TV for the Week
Continues to Close Competitive Demo Gaps vs. Last Year
Week of June 9 Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow in the key demos in year-over-year measurements
- Nightly News increases viewership across the board vs. last week
- Nightly News closes demo gaps vs. ABC vs. last year
- Nightly News is the #3 most-watched show of the week with 5.663 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports & syndication)
Week of June 9 Ratings Stats
- Averages 5.7 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.504 million (+36%)
- Nightly News increases total viewership vs. last week by +214,000
- Averages 844,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +297,000 (+54%)
- Nightly News is the only newscast to grow in the key A25-54 demo vs. last year, +19,000
- Week over week, Nightly News increases A25-54 viewership by +72,000
- Year over year, Nightly News narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 20%
- Averages 566,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +187,000 (+49%)
- Nightly News is the only newscast to grow vs. last year in A18-49, +13,000
- Week over week, Nightly News increases A18-49 viewership by +42,000
- Year over year, Nightly News closes the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 12%
WEEK of JUNE 9-15, 2025
Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
Imps | Imps | Imps | |
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 844 | 566 | 5,663 |
CBS EVENING NEWS | 547 | 379 | 4,159 |
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,000 | 692 | 7,248 |
Source: Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 6/9/2025-615/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only. Note: Nightly News was based on a4-day average, retitling on Friday. ABC World News Tonight was based on a 3-day average, retitling on Wednesday (NBA Finals Game #3) and Friday (NBA Finals Game #4).