“NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS” WINS KEY DEMO ON THE ONLY DAY “ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WAS RATED LAST WEEK

Delivers Largest Total Viewer Year-Over-Year Growth Since 2020 & Closest Total Viewer Gap vs. ABC in Nine Months

Broadcast’s A25-54 Growth is Larger than ABC & CBS Combined

Week of June 1 Highlights

• Nightly News wins the key A25-54 demo on Monday, the only day ABC World News Tonight was rated last week
• Nightly News delivers its largest year-over-year increase in total viewers (+13%, +710,000) since June 2020 (excluding Olympics)
• Nightly News delivers its closest total viewer gap vs. ABC in 9 months (since 8/18/25, excluding Olympics and holidays)
• Nightly’s A25-54 growth exceeded the combined gains of ABC and CBS versus both last year and last week
• Nightly leads ABC & CBS in total viewer growth vs. last year & week
• Nightly News delivers its best streak of year-over-year growth in the demo since November 2008
• Nightly News marks 18 weeks of across-the-board growth vs. last year
• Nightly News closes the year-over-year A25-54 gap vs ABC by 58%
• 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 June 1 Stats

• Averages 6.3 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.490 million (+65%)
  • Increases total viewership vs. last year by +710,000 and last week by +349,000
  • Marks biggest total viewership in 7 weeks (best since 4/13/26)
  • Narrows total viewer gap vs. ABC by 21% vs. last year, 27% vs. last week
  • Grows total audience season to date by +148,000
• Averages 892,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +332,000 (+59%)
  • Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year by +168,000, +92,000 vs. last week
  • Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 58% vs. last year, 49% vs. last week
  • Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 42% 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, +65,000
• Averages 598,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +257,000 (+75%)
  • Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +102,000
  • Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 27% better vs. prior year at this point in the season
  • Nightly News is seeing the largest evening newscast growth in A18-49 viewers vs. last season, +59,000

Note: Nightly News and CBS Evening News are based on 4-day averages (Mon-Thu). ABC World News Tonight is based on a single day (Mon), retitling the rest of the week due to primetime sports impact in western markets (NHL Stanley Cup on Tue/Thu & NBA Finals on Wed/Fri).