Leads Competition with Across-the-Board Viewership Growth vs. Last Season
Delivers Closest Demo Gap vs. ABC in 6 Years for Current Season
Week of March 9 Highlights
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to increase the key demos by double digits vs. last year, marking its sixth consecutive week of A25-54 & A8-49 growth
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow across the board the board vs. last season
- Nightly News closes the year-over-year demo gap vs ABC by 45%, sixth consecutive week of narrowing gap
- Nightly News continues to deliver its closest demo gaps vs. ABC in six years for the current season
Week of March 9 Stats
- Averages 6.5 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.669 million (+69%)
- Increases total viewership vs. last year by +150,000
- Grows total audience season to date by +46,000
- Closes total viewer gap vs. ABC by 2% vs. prior week
- Averages 946,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +478,000 (+102%)
- Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year by 12% (+101,000)
- Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 45% vs. last year
- Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 47% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest demo gap vs. the network in 6 years
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow vs. last season, +23,000
- Averages 638,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +311,000 (+95%)
- Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by 10% (+60,000)
- Narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 17% vs. last year
- Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 34% better vs. prior year at this point in the season
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow in A18-49 viewers vs. last season, +33,000
WEEK OF 3/9/2026
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 946 | 638 | 6,514 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 468 | 327 | 3,845 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,033 | 743 | 8,478 |
Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 3/9/2026-3/15/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only. Note: CBS Evening News was based on a 4-day average, retitling on Friday.
