Marks 9 Consecutive Weeks of Increasing Demo vs. Last Year & Closing A25-54 Gap vs. ABC, Most Recently by Nearly 90%
‘Nightly News’ is the Only Evening Newscast Delivering Across-the-Board Viewership Growth vs. Last Season
Week of March 30 Stats
- Nightly News delivers its largest audiences in four weeks across the board
- Nightly News scores another key demo win, most recently ranking #1 in the key A25-54 demo on Tuesday
- Nightly News scores its closest A25-54 gap vs. ABC in 6 weeks (since 2/16/26)
- Nightly News marks its ninth consecutive week of A25-54 growth vs. last year
- 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 87%, ninth 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 30 Stats
- Averages 6.7 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.554 million (+62%)
- Increases total viewership vs. last week by +347,000 and last year by +391,000
- Grows total audience season to date by +71,000
- Closes total viewer gap vs. ABC by 18% vs. last week
- Averages 1.046 million A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +475,000 (+83%)
- Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year by +222,000 and last week by +119,000
- Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 87% vs. last year, 83% vs. last week
- 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, +40,000
- Averages 693,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +252,000 (+57%)
- Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +114,000 and last week by +76,000
- Narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 8% vs. last year, 13% vs. last week
- Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 31% 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, +40,000
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WEEK OF 3/30/2026
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,046 | 693 | 6,703 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 571 | 441 | 4,149 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,071 | 823 | 8,598 |
Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 3/30/2026-4/5/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.
Note: ABC World News Tonight is based on a 2-day average (Mon-Tue). Nightly News and CBS Evening News are based on 4-day averages (Mon-Thu).
