Only 3,000 A25-54 Viewers Separate ‘Nightly’ and ABC for the Week as ‘Nightly’ Narrows Year-Over-Year A25-54 Gap with ABC by 98%
‘Nightly’ Marks 20th Consecutive Week of Year-Over-Year Growth Across the Board
Remains the Only Evening Newscast to Grow Across the Board Versus Last Season
Follows ‘Nightly’ Winning the Week of June 8 in A25-54
Week of June 15 Highlights
- Nightly News wins the key A25-54 demos on Tuesday and Wednesday. Only 3,000 demo viewers separate ABC & Nightly News for the week.
- Nightly News closes the year-over-year A25-54 gap vs ABC by 98%
- Nightly News delivers its best streak of year-over-year growth in the demo since November 2008
- Nightly News marks 20 weeks of across-the-board growth vs. last year
- 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 15 Stats
- Averages 6.4 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.446 million (+62%) Increases total viewership vs. last year by +369,000
- Narrows total viewer gap vs. ABC by 8% vs. last year
- Grows total audience season to date by +169,000
- Averages 927,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +363,000 (+64%)
- Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year by +127,000
- Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 98% vs. last year
- Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 49% 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, +70,000
- Averages 642,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +251,000 (+64%)
- Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +98,000
- Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 33% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, closest demo gap vs. network in 6 years
- Grows A18-49 viewers vs. last season, +63,000
WEEK OF 6/15/2026
Note: All three programs were based on 4-day averages, retitling on Friday due to Juneteenth.
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 927 | 642 | 6,370 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 564 | 391 | 3,924 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 930 | 745 | 7,887 |
Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 6/15/2026 through Thursday, 6/18/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.
