Delivers 1 million A25-54 Viewers For 13 Of the Last 14 Weeks
On Tuesday, Llamas Co-Anchored NBC News’ Midterm Election Coverage, Which Ranked #1
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2 HIGHLIGHTS
- Nightly News marks its largest audience across the board in nearly 9 months (best since 2/16/26)
- Nightly News marks 40 weeks of across-the-board growth vs. last year
- Nightly News surpasses 1 million A25-54 viewers in 13 of the last 14 weeks
- Nightly News delivers its best streak of year-over-year growth on record
- On Tuesday, Llamas co-anchored NBC News’ midterm election coverage, which ranked #1 across the board
- Nightly News is the #3 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 7.3 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
WEEK OF NOVEMBER 2 STATS
- Averages 7.3 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.936 million (+68%)
- Increases total viewership vs. last year by +601,000 and last week by +616,000
- Averages 1.2 million A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +500,000 (+75%)
- Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year by +235,000 and last week by +114,000
- Averages 841,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +327,000 (+64%)
- Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +196,000, last week by +70,000
WEEK OF 11/2/2026
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,163 | 841 | 7,268 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 663 | 514 | 4,332 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,325 | 992 | 9,143 |
Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 11/2/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only. Note 2: Tuesday, 11/3 was Midterm Election Day. ABC World News Tonight retitled the full week prior year due to Disney networks being blacked out on YouTube TV.
