“NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS” IS #1 IN KEY DEMO WEDNESDAY

Only Evening Newscast to Grow in Total Viewers & A25-54 vs. Last Year, Closest A25-54 Gap vs. ABC since January

Marks Smallest Across-the-Board Gaps vs. ABC since Llamas Became Anchor, Including by 73% in Key Demo vs. Prior Year

Week of August 18 Highlights

• Nightly News ranks #1 in A25-54 on Wednesday with 833,000 viewers 
• Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow in total viewers and A25-54 vs. last year and the only evening newscast to increase A25-54 viewers vs. last week 
• Nightly News marks its closest across-the-board gaps vs. ABC since Llamas began as anchor, narrowing all by double digits vs. last year 
• Nightly News is the #2 most-watched show of the week with 5.7 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports & syndication)

Week of August 18 Ratings Stats

• Averages 5.7 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.89 million (+50%)
  • Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow in total viewers vs. last year, +404,000
  • Nightly News marks its closest total viewer gap vs ABC since April (4/28/25)
  • Nightly News closes year-over-year total viewer gap vs. ABC by 30%
  • Nightly News narrows week-over-week total viewer gap vs. ABC by 3%
• Averages 792,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +314,000 (+66%)
  • Nightly News wins Wednesday as the #1 newscast in A25-54
  • Nightly News marks its closest A25-54 gap vs. ABC since January (1/27/25)
  • Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow in year & weekly measurements, +16,000 vs. last week, +9,000 vs. last year 
  • Nightly News closes the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 73% in year-over-year measurements
  • Nightly News narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 70% in week-over-week measurements 
• Averages 496,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +160,000 (+48%)
  • Nightly New marks its closest A18-49 gap vs. ABC since May (5/26/25)
  • Nightly News narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 54% in year-over-year and 45% in week-over-week 

WEEK OF 8/18/2025

Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 8/18/2025-8/24/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.

Note: Nightly News was based on a 4-day average, retitling on Friday. CBS Evening News was also based on a 4-day average, retitling Friday, due to NFL Pre-season coverage in prime time.