Marks 11 Consecutive Weeks of Increasing Demo vs. Last Year & Closing A25-54 Gap vs. ABC, Most Recently by Nearly 70%
Delivers Closest Total Viewer Gap vs. ABC in 2 Months
‘Nightly News’ is the Only Evening Newscast Delivering Across-the-Board Viewership Growth vs. Last Season
Week of April13 Stats
- Nightly News scores another key demo win, most recently ranking #1 in the key A25-54 demo on Thursday
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow across the board vs. week and last year
- Nightly News scores its closest total viewer gap vs. ABC in 8 weeks (since 2/16/26)
- Nightly News marks its 11th 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 69%, 11th 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 April 13 Stats
- Averages 6.4 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.637 million (+69%)
- Increases total viewership vs. last week by +6,000 and last year by +384,000
- Grows total audience season to date by +88,000
- Closes total viewer gap vs. ABC by 13% vs. last week
- Averages 943,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +461,000 (+96%)
- Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year by +175,000 and last week by +34,000
- Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 69% vs. last year, 58% vs. last week
- Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 46% 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, +47,000
- Averages 658,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +311,000 (+90%)
- Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +131,000 and last week by +17,000
- Narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 56% vs. last year, 40% 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, +45,000
WEEK OF 4/13/2026
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 943 | 658 | 6,441 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 482 | 347 | 3,804 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,010 | 744 | 8,175 |
Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 4/13/2026-4/19/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.
Nightly News was based on a 4-day average, retitling on Friday due to preemptions in select markets.
