Improves Across the Board Gaps vs. ABC in Year-Over-Year Measurements, Including by 22% in Total Viewers
Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Improves Competitive Position Vs. ABC by 15% in Total Viewers, 10% in A25-54 & 25% in A18-49 vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of July 18: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #3 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.131 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News narrows the key demo gaps vs. ABC in week-over-week measurements
- Nightly News improves across the board gaps vs. ABC in year-over-year measurements
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 15% in total viewers, by 10% in the A25-54 demo and by 25% in the A18-49 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of July 18: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.131 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.543 million (+34%)
- In year over year, Nightly News narrows total viewership gap vs. ABC by 22%
- Averages 904,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +154,000 (+21%)
- Nightly News cuts the week-over-week A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 9%
- In year over year, Nightly News narrows A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 24%
- Averages 627,000 A18-49 viewers, leading CBS by +106,000 (+20%)
- Nightly News cuts the week-over-week A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 4%
- Nightly News cuts the year-over-year viewership gap vs. ABC by 29%
- Across digital, Nightly marks its best week since May, with 11.3 million video views and 1.2 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 745,000 views and 549,000 viewers
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 904 | 627 | 6,131 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 750 | 521 | 4,588 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,176 | 819 | 7,317 |
Note: Nightly, ABC World News Tonight, and CBS Evening News were all retitled on Thursday, 7/21 due to coverage of the January 6th Committee Hearing in prime.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
