NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS CONTINUES TO DELIVER BEST KEY DEMO POSITION VS. ABC IN SIX YEARS

Season to Date, Narrows Across the Board Gaps by Double Digits, Including Nearly 60% in A25-54

Ranks as a Top Five Most-Watched TV Show for the Week

Week of November 17 Highlights

Nightly News delivers its closest demo gaps vs. ABC in six years for the current season
Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 10% in total viewers, by 55% in the A25-54 demo and by 44% in the A18-49 demo compared to the same time period last year
Nightly News marks 10^th consecutive week of narrowing the A25-54 gap vs. ABC, most recently by 40%
Nightly News increases A18-49 viewership vs. last week, +19,000
Nightly News is the #5 most-watched show of the week with 6.440 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports & syndication)

Week of November 17 Stats

Averages 6.440 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.301 million (+56%)
- Closes total viewership gap vs. ABC by 16% vs. last year, 10% better vs. prior year at this point in the season
Averages 864,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +335,000 (+63%)
- Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 55% 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 40% vs. last year
Averages 594,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +228,000 (+62%)
- Increases A18-49 viewership vs. last week, +19,000
- Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 44% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest A18-49 gap vs. ABC in 6 years
- Nightly News narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 33% vs. last year

WEEK OF 11/17/2025

Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 11/17/2025-11/23/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.

Note: ABC World News Tonight was retitled on Monday due to NFL coverage (MNF).