NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS IS #1 IN KEY DEMOS FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE WEEK

Marks Biggest Total Audience in 8 Years for Second Week of a Winter Olympics

Only Evening Newscast to Grow Across the Board vs. Last Season, Continues to Deliver Closest Demo Gap vs. ABC in 6 Years for Current Season

Week of February 16 Highlights

Nightly News once again wins the week in the key A25-54 & A18-49 demos, averaging 1.2 million A25-54 viewers and 872,000 A18-49 viewers
Nightly News marks its largest total viewer audience for the second week of a Winter Games in 8 years
Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow across the board vs. last season as it continues to deliver its closest demo gap vs. ABC in six years for the current season
Nightly News outpaces competition in year-over-year growth across the board

Week of February 16 Stats

Averages 7.6 million total viewers, topping CBS by +3.427 million (+82%)
- Outpaces competition in viewership growth vs last year (+630,000)
- Narrows total viewer gap vs. ABC by 21% vs. last year
- Increases total viewers vs. last season by +24,000
Averages 1.2 million A25-54 viewers, beating ABC by +42,000 (+4%) and CBS by +705,000 (+148%)
- Outpaces competition in A25-54 growth vs last year (+218,000)
- Nightly News is only evening newscast to increase A25-54 viewers vs. last season, +14,000
- Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 48% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest demo gap vs. the network in 6 years
Averages 872,000 A18-49 viewers, beating ABC by +29,000 (+3%) and CBS by +522,000 (+149%)
- Outpaces competition in A18-49 growth vs last year (+251,000)
- Nightly News is only evening newscast to increase A18-49 viewers vs. last season, +27,000
- Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 34% better vs. prior year at this point in the season

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NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS DELIVERS MOST-WATCHED FEBRUARY IN 5 YEARS, CLOSES DEMO GAP VS. ABC BY 98% VS. LAST YEAR

‘Nightly’ Topped ABC’s ‘World News Tonight’ for Two Consecutive Weeks in February, Marks Closest Demo Gap vs. ABC for February in 7 Years

Hits 2-Year High in Total Viewers, Outpaces Competition in Across-the-Board Growth

FEBRUARY 2026 Ratings Highlights

Nightly News delivers its most-watched February in five years with 7.4 million total viewers
Nightly News closes the A25-54 demo gap vs. ABC by 98% vs. last year
Nightly News marks its closest A25-54 gap vs. ABC in 7 years for the month of February
Nightly News topped ABC multiple times throughout the month, including winning the weeks of 2/9 and 2/16
Nightly News marks its most narrow demo gaps vs. ABC in 18 months

FEBRUARY 2026 Ratings Stats

Averages 7.4 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 3.072 million (+70%)
- Nightly News hits a 25-month high in total viewers (best since Jan 2024)
- Nightly News grows +700,000 total viewers vs. last month , +417,000 vs. last year
- Closes total viewer gap vs. ABC by 6% vs. last month
Averages 1.140 million A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +601,000 (+112%)
- Nightly News hits a 3-year high in A25-54 viewers for February
- Delivers its largest A25-54 audience since August 2024
- Grows +156,000 vs. last month, +140,000 vs. last year
- Nightly News narrows the gap by 92% in month-over-month and by 98% in year-over-year
Averages 820,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +411,000 (+101%)
- Nightly News delivers its largest A18-49 audience since August 2024
- Hits a four-year high in A18-49 viewers for February
- Grows A18-49 viewership vs. last month by +138,000 and last year by +145,000
- Nightly News narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 46% in month-over-month and by 72% in year-over-year measurements

WEEK OF 2/16/2026

Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 2/16/2026-2/22/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.

Note: ABC World News Tonight and CBS Evening News were based on a 4-day averages, retitling on Friday for unknown reasons.

FEBRUARY 2026

Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 1/26/2026-2/22/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.