Continues to Close Gaps vs. ABC, Including by 19% in Key Demo
Achieves Fourth Consecutive Week of Growing in A25-54 vs. Last Year
Ranks as #2 Most-Watched Show in all of TV for the Week
Week of June 30 Ratings Highlights
Tom Llamas anchored Monday – Thursday, Hallie Jackson anchored Friday
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow in total viewers and A25-54 viewers in year-over-year measurements
- Nightly News continues to close gaps vs. ABC vs. last year, including by 19% in the key demo
- Nightly News achieves its fourth consecutive week of growing in A25-54 vs. last year
- Nightly News is the #2 most-watched show of the week with 5.501 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports & syndication)
Week of June 30 Ratings Stats
- Averages 5.501 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.765 million (+47%)
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow in total viewers vs. last year, +45,000
- Nightly News closes the total viewer gap vs. ABC by 6% vs. last year
- Averages 767,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +301,000 (+64%)
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow in A25-54 vs. last year, +49,000
- Nightly News closes the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 19% in year-over-year measurements
- Averages 497,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +140,000 (+39%)
WEEK of JUNE 30-JULY 6, 2025
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 767 | 497 | 5,501 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 466 | 357 | 3,736 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 989 | 684 | 7,177 |
Source: Nielsen Panel L+SD, 6/30/2025-7/6/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only. Note: Due to the Independence Day Holiday, Nightly News and CBS Evening News were based on 4-day averages (Mon-Thurs) and ABC World News Tonight was based on a 3-day average (Mon-Wed).
