Hits 9-Week High in Total Viewers, Leads Competition in A25–54 Weekly Growth
‘Nightly’ Delivering Closest Demo Gaps vs. ABC in 6 Years in Current Season
Week of October 20 Highlights
- Nightly News ranks #1 in the key A25-54 demo on Thursday
- Nightly News hits a 9-week high in total viewers and leads the competition in A25-54 growth vs. last week
- Nightly News delivers its closest demo gaps vs. ABC in six years for the current season
Week of October 20 Stats
- Averages 5.843 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.753 million (+43%)
- Hits a 9-week high in total viewers
- Averages 803,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +346,000 (+76%)
- Nightly News increases A25-54 viewers vs. last week, +57,000
- Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 52% 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 10% vs. last year and by 33% vs. last week
- Averages 506,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +178,000 (+54%)
- Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 50% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest A18-49 gap vs. ABC in 6 years
WEEK OF 10/20/2025
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 803 | 506 | 5,843 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 457 | 328 | 4,090 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 925 | 638 | 7,864 |
Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 10/20/2025-10/24/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only. Note: Nightly News was based on a 4-day average, retitling on Tuesday due to NBA impact. ABC World News Tonight was based on 3-day average (Tue-Thu), retitling on Monday due to NFL impact (MNF) and on Friday for no reason other the being a low-rated day of the week.
