Extends Across-the-Board Growth Streak vs. Last Year to 28 Consecutive Weeks, Including by 36% in A25-54
Posts Largest A25-54 & A18-49 Growth vs. Last Season Among the Evening Newscasts
WEEK OF August 10 HIGHLIGHTS
- Nightly News leads the evening news competition in year-over-year growth in the key A25-54 demo, +36%
- Nightly News scores its 28th 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 marks its best streak of year-over-year growth in total viewers and A18-49 on record
- Nightly News continues to deliver its closest key demo gap vs. ABC in seven years for the current season
- Nightly News posts the largest A25-54 and A18-49 viewer growth vs. last season among the evening newscasts, also up in total viewers
WEEK OF AUGUST 10 STATS
- Averages 6.6 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.864 million (+76%)
- Increases total viewership vs. last year by +779,000
- Grows total audience season to date by +267,000
- Averages 999,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +480,000 (+92%)
- Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year by +262,000 (+36%)
- Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 48% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest demo gap vs. the network in 6 years
- Leads the competition in A25-54 viewer growth vs. last season, up +89,000
- Averages 703,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +312,000 (+80%)
- Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +179,000
- Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 34% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, closest demo gap vs. the network in 6 years
- Leads the competition in A18-49 viewer growth vs. last season, up +83,000
Week of August 10, 2026
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 999 | 703 | 6,611 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 519 | 391 | 3,757 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,161 | 829 | 8,431 |
NBC is based on a 4-day average (retitled Friday.) ABC and CBS are based on 3-day averages (Mon-Wed, retitled both Thu and Fri). Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 8/10/2026 through Thursday, 8/13/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.
