Only Evening Newscast to Increase Both A25-54 & A18-49 Viewership vs. Last Year & Week
Delivers Largest A18-49 Audience in 10 Months
Continues to Mark Closest Demo Gaps vs. ABC in 6 Years for Current Season
Week of November 24 Highlights
- Nightly News ranks #1 in the key A25-54 & A18-49 demos on Tuesday
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to increase demo audiences vs. last year and week
- Nightly News hits a 10 month high in A18-49 with 713,000 viewers
- Nightly News marks its 11th consecutive week of closing the A25-54 gap vs. ABC in year-over-year measurements, most recently by 34%
- Nightly News delivers its closest demo gaps vs. ABC in six years for the current season, including most recently by 49% in A25-54
Week of November 24 Stats
- Averages 6.240 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.984 million (+47%)
- Nightly News’ total viewer gap vs. ABC is 7% better vs. prior year at this point in the season
- Averages 918,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +371,000 (+68%)
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to increase A25-54 viewers vs. both last year (+5,000) and last week (+55,000)
- Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 59% 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 34% vs. last year, 13% vs. last week
- Averages 713,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +286,000 (+67%)
- Nightly News hits a 10 month high in A18-49 (best since 1/27/25)
- Nightly News increases A18-49 viewership vs. last year by +119,000 and last week by +53,000
- Nightly News narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 28% vs. last year, 35% vs. last week
- Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 39% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest A18-49 gap vs. ABC in 6 years
WEEK OF 11/24/2025
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 918 | 713 | 6,240 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 547 | 427 | 4,256 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,030 | 790 | 8,273 |
Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 11/24/2025-11/26/2025. Average audience based on regularly titled telecasts only. Note: Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, Nightly News and ABC World News Tonight are based on 2-day averages, retitling Wed-Fri, and CBS Evening News is based on a 3-day average, retitling Thu-Fri.
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NOVEMBER: NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS DELIVERS LARGEST VIEWERSHIP IN 9 MONTHS ACROSS THE BOARD
Only Evening Newscast to Grow Across the Board vs. Last Year & Month
Narrows Across-the-Board Gaps vs. ABC in Year-Over-Year Measurements, Including by 37% in A25-54
November 2025 Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News delivers its largest viewership in 9 months in all demos – total viewers, A25-54 & A18-49
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow across the board vs. last year and month
- Nightly News narrows across-the-board gaps vs. ABC compared to last year
- Nightly News marks its most narrow total viewer gap vs. ABC in 9 months
- Nightly News is the #5 most-watched show of the month with 6.462 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports & syndication)
November 2025 Ratings Stats
- Averages 6.462 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 2.284 million (+55%)
- Nightly News hits a 9 month high in total viewers (best since February)
- Nightly News grows +738,000 total viewers vs. last month and +280,000 vs. last year, the most growth compared to ABC & CBS
- Month over month, Nightly News narrows total viewer gap vs. ABC by 18%
- Year over year, Nightly News closes the total viewer gap vs. ABC by 9%
- Averages 887,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +355,000 (+67%)
- Nightly News hits a 9 month high in A25-54 viewers (best since February)
- Nightly News is the only newscast to grow vs. last year, +28,000
- Nightly News grows +111,000 vs. last month, the most growth compared to ABC & CBS
- Nightly News narrows the gap by 3% in month-over-month and by 37% in year-over-year
- Averages 604,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +214,000 (+55%)
- Nightly News hits a 9 month high in A18-49 (best since February)
- Nightly News grows A18-49 viewership vs. last year by +35,000, the most growth compared to ABC & CBS
- Nightly News increases A18-49 viewership vs. last month by +85,000
- Nightly News narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 10% in year-over-year measurements
NOVEMBER 2025
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 887 | 604 | 6,462 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 532 | 390 | 4,175 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 986 | 718 | 7,949 |
Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 11/24/2025-11/26/2025. Average audience based on regularly titled telecasts only.
Note: Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, Nightly News and ABC World News Tonight are based on 2-day averages, retitling Wed-Fri, and CBS Evening News is based on a 3-day average, retitling Thu-Fri.
