Increases Viewership Across the Board, Continues to Mark Closest Demo Gaps vs. ABC in Six Years
Remains Only Evening Newscast to Grow this Season
Week of July 13 Highlights
- Nightly News wins the key A25-54 demo on Monday (+18,000) and Tuesday (+7,000)
- Nightly News delivers its best streak of year-over-year growth in total viewers and A18-49 on record
- Nightly News continues to mark its best streak of year-over-year growth in the demo since November 2008
- Nightly News increases viewership across the board vs. last week and year
- Nightly News closes the year-over-year A25-54 gap vs ABC by 60%
- 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 July 13 Stats
- Averages 6.7 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.930 million (+78%)
- Increases total viewership vs. last year by +967,000 and last week by +305,000
- Narrows total viewer gap vs. ABC by 6% vs. last week
- Marks largest audience since March
- Grows total audience season to date by +210,000
- Averages 1.002 million A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +530,000 (+112%)
- Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year by +213,000 and last week by +67,000
- Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 60% 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, +75,000
- Averages 772,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +463,000 (+150%)
- Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +210,000 and last week by +73,000
- Narrows A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 11% vs. last week, 43% vs. last year
- Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 35% 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, +70,000
WEEK OF 7/13/2026
Note: Nightly News and ABC World News Tonight were based on 3-day averages, retitling on Thursday (President Trump Address coverage) and Friday.
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,002 | 772 | 6,684 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 472 | 309 | 3,754 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,073 | 842 | 8,476 |
Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 7/13/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.
