Marks Most Narrow Total Viewer Gap vs. ABC in 6 Weeks
Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Improves Competitive Position Vs. ABC by 18% in Total Viewers, 15% in A25-54 & 32% in A18-49 vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of May 16: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #9 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.075 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News improves total viewer gap vs. ABC’s World News Tonightinweek-over-week measurements
- Nightly News marks its most narrow total viewer gap vs. ABC in 6 weeks (since 4/4/22)
- 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
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 18% in total viewers, by 15% in the A25-54 demo and by 32% in the A18-49 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of May 16: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.075 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.568 million (+35%)
- Marks most narrow total viewer gap vs. ABC in 6 weeks (since 4/4/22)
- In week over week, Nightly News improves the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 2%
- In year over year, Nightly News improves the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 5%, in its ninth consecutive month of its upward trend of improving in total viewers
- Averages 980,000 A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +224,000 (+30%)
- Averages 687,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +178,000 (+35%)
- Across digital, Nightly News saw 10.8 million video views and 1.2 million hours viewed on & off platforms, including clips and full episodes
- On YouTube, full episodes reached 668,000 views and 530,000 viewers
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 980 | 687 | 6,075 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 756 | 509 | 4,489 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,322 | 907 | 7,372 |
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
