Only 1% of A25-54 Viewers Separate ‘Nightly’ and ABC for June, As Llamas Marks One Year in Anchor Chair
‘Nightly’ Sets Most-Watched June in Six Years & Outperforms ABC & CBS Combined in Demo Growth
PLUS: June is the Fifth Consecutive Month of Year-Over-Year Growth Across the Board
June 2026: Ratings Highlights
Nightly won the week of June 8 in A25-54, as well as multiple daily wins throughout June.
- Nightly News marks its closest June A25-54 demo gap vs. ABC in nine years, cutting the year-over-year gap by 95%
- Only 1% (11k) of A25-54 demo viewers separate ABC & Nightly News for the month
- Nightly News delivers its largest June total viewer audience in six years
- Nightly News outpaces ABC & CBS combined in demo growth vs. last year, +20% in A25-54 and +24% in A18-49
- June marked 10 consecutive months of year of year demo gap improvement vs ABC in both demos
- June is the fifth consecutive month of Nightly News delivering year-over-year growth across the board
June 2026: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.4 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.502 million (+64%)
- Most-watched June in six years, best June gap vs. ABC in three years
- Nightly News increases total viewers by +546,000 vs. last year, +319,000 vs. last month
- Marks closest gap vs. ABC since August 2024
- Nightly News closes the total viewer gap vs. ABC by 29% vs. last month, 11% vs. last year
- Averages 936,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +372,000 (+66%)
- Closest A25-54 gap vs. ABC for June since 2017
- Most-watched June in four years
- Nightly News increases A25-54 viewers by +155,000 vs. last year, +62,000 vs. last month
- Nightly News closes the A25-54 gap vs. ABC last year by 95%, last month by 89%
- Nightly News outpaces ABC & CBS combined in demo growth vs. last year
- Averages 655,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +282,000 (+75%)
- Most-watched June in four years
- Closest A18-49 gap vs. ABC for June since 2020
- Nightly News increases A18-49 viewership vs. last year by +128,000 and last month by +13,000
- Nightly News closes the A18-49 gap vs. ABC last year by 45%
JUNE 2026
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 936 | 655 | 6,407 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 564 | 373 | 3,905 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 947 | 736 | 7,820 |
Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, June 2026 (6/1/2026-Thursday, 6/25/2026). Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.
