Remains Only Evening Newscast to Increase Total Viewers, A25-54 & A18-49 Viewers Season to Date
Continues to Narrow Demo Gaps vs. ABC, Most Recently by Nearly 50% in A25-54
WEEK OF JUNE 29 HIGHLIGHTS
*Hallie Jackson anchored the week.
- Nightly News scores its 22nd consecutive week of across-the-board growth vs. last year
- Nightly News delivers its best streak of year-over-year growth in the demo since November 2008
- Nightly News closes the year-over-year A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 49% and by 44% in A18-49
- Nightly News continues to deliver its closest key demo gaps 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 29 STATS
- Averages 6.2 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.395 million (+64%)
- Increases total viewership vs. last year by +429,000
- Grows total audience season to date by +181,000
- Averages 856,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +355,000 (+71%)
- Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year by +94,000
- Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 49% vs. last year
- Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 50% 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, +71,000
- Averages 612,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +214,000 (+54%)
- Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +118,000
- Narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 44% vs. last year
- Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 36% 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, +66,000
WEEK OF 6/29/2026
Note: Nightly News was based on a 4-day average, retitling on Fri, 7/3. ABC World News Tonight was based on a 2-day average, retitling Wed-Fri. CBS Evening News was based on a 3-day average, retitling Thu-Fri.
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 856 | 612 | 6,160 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 501 | 398 | 3,765 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 964 | 741 | 8,128 |
Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 6/29/2026 through Thursday, 7/2/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.
