Narrows Gaps vs. ABC Across the Board in Week-Over-Week & Year-Over-Year Measurements
Marks Smallest Gap vs. ABC in Total Viewers in Seven Weeks
Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Improves Competitive Position Vs. ABC by 23% in Total Viewers, 18% in A25-54 & 38% in A18-49 vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of March 14: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #5 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.721 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News narrows the gap vs. ABC across the board in week-over-week and year-over-year measurements
- Marks smallest gap vs. ABC in total viewers in seven weeks, (since 1/24/22), and its smallest gap vs. the network in the key A25-54 demo in 13 weeks (since 12/13/21)
- Nightly News is in its 5th consecutive month of continuing its upward trend of improving in A25-54 vs. ABC’s World News Tonight, closing the year-over-year viewership gap by 30% during the most recent week
- Nightly News is in its 8th consecutive month of continuing its upward trend of improving in total viewers vs. ABC’s World News Tonight, cutting the year-over-year viewership gap by 24% during the most recent week
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 23% in total viewers, by 18% in the A25-54 demo and by 38% in the A18-49 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of March 14: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.721 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.695 million (+34%)
- Week over week, Nightly News improves the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 24%, marking its most narrow gap vs. the network in seven weeks (since 1/24/22)
- In year over year, Nightly News narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 22%, in its eighth consecutive month of its upward trend of improving in total viewers
- Averages 1.161 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +312,000 (+37%)
- Week over week, Nightly News improves the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 30%, marking its most narrow gap vs. the network in 13 weeks (since 12/13/21)
- In year over year, Nightly News narrows the A25-54 demo gap vs. ABC by 51%, in its 5th consecutive month of its upward trend of improving
- Averages 806,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +177,000 (+28%)
- Week over week, Nightly News improves the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 16%
- In year over year, Nightly News improves in the demo vs. ABC by 51%
- Across digital, Nightly News saw 16.2 million video views and 1.6 million hours viewed on & off platforms, including clips and full episodes
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 888,000 views and 695,000 viewers
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,161 | 806 | 6,721 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 849 | 629 | 5,026 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,354 | 944 | 7,942 |
NOTE: Nielsen Ratings now reflect the addition of Out of Home (OOH) viewership that began being measured on Aug. 31,2020 across only 44 markets tracked by Nielsen Media Research.
NBC Nightly News, World News Tonight and CBS Evening News’ ratings are comprised of telecasts with regular titling and include overnight airings on owned stations. World News Tonight’s ratings also include 3:30pm airings in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
Digital ratings sourcing: Adobe Analytics and Partner Portals; YouTube Analytics Portal
