NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS SCORES ANOTHER DEMO WIN, CONTINUES 13 WEEK STREAK OF ACROSS-THE-BOARD GROWTH

Tops ABC on Wednesday in A25-54, Increases Viewership vs. Last Week & Reaches Largest A18-49 Audience in Two Months

Delivers Its Best Streak of Year-Over-Year Growth for Total Viewers & Key Demo in Nearly Six Years

Week of April 27 Highlights

Nightly News scores another key demo win, most recently ranking #1 in the key A25-54 demo on Wednesday
Nightly News marks its 13 straight weeks of across-the-board growth vs. last year
Nightly News delivers its best streak of year-over-year growth for total viewers since August 2020 and for A25-54 viewers since June 2020
Nightly News closes the year-over-year A25-54 gap vs ABC by 61%, 13th consecutive week of narrowing gap
Nightly News continues to deliver its closest key demo gap vs. ABC in six years for the current season
Nightly News is the only network evening newscast to grow its viewership across the board vs. last season

Week of April 27 Stats

Averages 6.2 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.369 million (+61%)
- Increases total viewership vs. last year by +348,000, last week +63,000
- Week over week, Nightly News closes the total viewer gap vs. ABC by 13%
- Grows total audience season to date by +110,000

Averages 928,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +387,000 (+72%)
- Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year by +171,000, last week by +97,000
- Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 61% vs. last year, 66% vs. last week
- Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 45% 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, +55,000

Averages 690,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +311,000 (+82%)
- Marks largest A18-49 audience since 3/2/26
- Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +171,000, +78,000 vs. last week
- Narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 62% vs. last year, 61% vs. last week
- Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 30% 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, +51,000

WEEK OF 4/27/2026

Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 4/27/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.

Note: NBC Nightly News was retitled on Friday due to Kentucky Oaks coverage in prime time. CBS Evening News was also retitled on Friday.