Narrows Gaps vs. ABC Across the Board in Year-Over-Year Measurements
Improves Key Demo Gaps Vs. ABC in Week-Over-Week Measurements
Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Improves Competitive Position Vs. ABC by 20% in Total Viewers, 18% in A25-54 & 37% in A18-49 vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of April 18: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #7 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.675 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News increases it total viewership in year-over-year measurements, up +126,000
- Nightly News narrows the key demo gaps vs. ABC’s World News Tonight in week-over-week measurements
- Nightly News is in its 9th consecutive month of continuing its upward trend of improving in total viewers vs. ABC, cutting the year-over-year viewership gap by 5% during the most recent week
- Nightly News is in its 6th consecutive month of continuing its upward trend of improving in A25-54 vs. ABC, closing the year-over-year viewership gap by 17% during the most recent week
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 20% in total viewers, by 18% in the A25-54 demo and by 37% in the A18-49 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of April 18: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.675 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.751 million (+36%)
- Nightly News increases it total viewership in year-over-year measurements, up +126,000
- In year over year, Nightly News narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 5%, in its ninth consecutive month of its upward trend of improving in total viewers
- Averages 1.104 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +313,000 (+40%)
- Nightly News increases its A25-54 demo by +19% vs. last week
- Nightly News is in its 6th consecutive month of continuing its upward trend of improving in A25-54 vs. ABC, closing the year-over-year viewership gap by 17% during the most recent week
- Averages 767,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +229,000 (+42%)
- Nightly News increases its A18-49 audience by +33% vs. last week, marking its most narrow gap with ABC in five weeks (since 3/14/22)
- In year-over-year, Nightly News narrows the gap vs. ABC by 29%
- Across digital, Nightly News saw 13.8 million video views and 1.4 million hours viewed on & off platforms, including clips and full episodes
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 804,000 views and 633,000 viewers
APRIL 2022 RATINGS: NIGHTLY NEWS IS ONLY NEWSCAST TO GROW IN TOTAL VIEWERS VS. LAST YEAR & RANKS AS #6 MOST-WATCHED TV PROGRAM FOR THE MONTH
Marks Smallest Total Viewer Gap vs. ABC in Three Months
Narrows Gaps vs. ABC Across the Board in Year-Over-Year Measurements
April 2022: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the only newscast to grow in total viewers in year-over-year measurements, up +36,000.
- Nightly News marks the smallest gap vs. ABC in total viewers in three months, improving the total viewership gap by 5%
- Nightly News is the #6 most-watched program in all of TV for the month, averaging 6.785 million viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News is in its 9th 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 8% during the most recent month
- Nightly News is in its 6th 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 13% during the most recent month
- Nightly News continues to top CBS across the board, marking its 187 consecutive month of beating the network in total viewers and the key A25-54 demo
April 2022: Ratings Stats
- Averages 6.785 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.925 million (+40%)
- Marks total viewers smallest gap vs. ABC in three months
- In month over month, Nightly News improves the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 5%
- In year over year, Nightly News improves thetotal viewership gap vs. ABC by 8%
- Nightly News is the only newscast to grow in total viewers in year-over-year measurements, up +36,000.
- Averages 1.149 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +335,000 (+41%)
- In year over year, Nightly News improves thetotal A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 13%
- Averages 794,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +216,000 (+37%)
- In year over year, Nightly News improves thetotal A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 26%
- In April, Nightly News full episodes and clips delivered more than 60 million monthly video views across on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, Nightly News full episodes reached 828,000 video views and 645,000 video viewers.
WEEK of APRIL 18-24, 2022
Note: World News Tonight was based on a 4-day average (Mon-Thurs) and retitled on Friday due to NBA playoffs airing live across the U.S. in primetime.
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,104 | 767 | 6,675 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 791 | 538 | 4,924 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,378 | 909 | 8,160 |
APRIL 2022
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,149 | 794 | 6,785 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 814 | 578 | 4,860 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,446 | 975 | 8,159 |
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
