NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS IS ONLY THE EVENING NEWSCAST TO INCREASE VIEWERSHIP ACROSS THE BOARD VS. LAST YEAR, INCLUDING DOUBLE DIGIT GAINS IN KEY DEMOS

Delivers Its Best Streak of Year-Over-Year Growth in Nearly Six Years

‘Nightly News’ Remains Only Evening Newscast Marking Across-the-Board Viewership Growth vs. Last Season

Week of May 4 Highlights

• Nightly News is the only evening newscast to increase viewership across the board vs. last year, including by 20% in A25-54 & 29% in A18-49
• Nightly News marks its 14th straight week of demo 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 66%
• 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 May 4 Stats

• Averages 6.1 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.423 million (+65%)
  • Increases total viewership vs. last year by +242,000
  • Week over week, Nightly News closes the total viewer gap vs. ABC by 1%
  • Grows total audience season to date by +111,000
• Averages 903,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +430,000 (+91%)
  • Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year by +151,000
  • Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 62% vs. last year, 4% vs. last week
  • Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 43% 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, +58,000
• Averages 672,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +373,000 (+125%)
  • Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +152,000
  • Narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 88% vs. last year, 66% 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, +54,000

WEEK OF 5/4/2026

Note: All three programs were based on 4-day averages: Nightly News retitling on Wednesday (LA Gubernatorial Debate), ABC WNT retitling on Friday, and CBS Evening News retitling on Tuesday.

Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 5/4/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.