Grows Key Demo Audience vs. Last Week, Tops 1 Million A25-54 Viewers in 9 of Last 10 Weeks
Continues to Deliver its Best Streak of Year-Over-Year Growth on Record
WEEK OF OCTOBER 5 HIGHLIGHTS
- Nightly News marks 9 consecutive months (36 weeks) of across-the-board growth vs. last year
- Nightly News increases demo viewers vs. last week in A25-54 & A18-49
- Nightly News surpasses 1 million A2-54 viewers in 9 of the last 10 weeks
- Nightly News delivers its best streak of year-over-year growth on record
WEEK OF OCTOBER 5 STATS
- Averages 6.5 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.263 million (+54%)
- Increases total viewership vs. last year by +852,000
- Averages 1 million A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +395,000 (+64%)
- Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year by +221,000 and last week by +1,000
- Averages 705,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +239,000 (+51%)
- Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +170,000, last week by +16,000
- Narrows the A18-49 demo gap vs. ABC by 11% vs. last week
WEEK OF 10/5/2026
Note: All three programs were based on a 4-day average, retitling on Friday.
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,008 | 705 | 6,482 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 613 | 466 | 4,219 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,139 | 836 | 8,219 |
Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 10/5/2026 through Thursday, 10/8/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.
