"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS" INCREASES KEY DEMO AUDIENCES

Nightly’ Continues to Deliver Closest Demo Gaps vs. ABC in 6 Years in Current Season

Narrows Across-the-Board Gaps vs. ABC By Double Digits vs. Last Year, Including by 95% in A25-54

Marks Four Consecutive Weeks of Closing Total Viewer Gap vs. ABC vs. Last Year

Week of October 6 Highlights

Ratings reflect the change to Nielsen Big Data, which combines Smart TV and cable set top box data with Nielsen’s existing household panel.

Nightly News delivers its closest demo gaps vs. ABC in six years for the current season
Nightly News increases its A25-54 viewership vs. last week by +12,000 and its A18-49 viewership by +10,000
Nightly News narrows across-the-board gaps vs. ABC vs. last year, including by 95% in A25-54 , 77% in A18-49 and 16% in total viewers
Nightly News is the #5 most-watched show of the week with 5.630 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports & syndication)

WEEK OF 10/6/25

Averages 5.630 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.082 million (+59%)
- Nightly News closes viewership gap vs. ABC by 16% vs. last year
- Nightly News’ total viewer gap vs. ABC is 14% better vs. prior year at this point in the season
Averages 787,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +366,000 (+87%)
- Nightly News increases A25-54 viewers vs. last week, +12,000
- Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 77% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest demo gap vs. the network in 6 years
- Nightly News narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 95% vs. last year and by 81% vs. last week
Averages 553,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +222,000 (+71%)
- Nightly News grows in A18-49 vs. last week by +10,000
- Nightly News narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 77% vs. last year
- Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 75% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest A18-49 gap vs. ABC in 6 years

WEEK OF 10/6/2025

Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 10/6/2025-10/12/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.

Note: ABC World News Tonight was based on 3-day average (Tue-Thu), retitling on Monday due to NFL impact (MNF) and for unknown reasons on Friday.