Hits 5-Month High in Key A25-54 Demo
Marks Most Narrow A25-54 Gap vs. ABC in Nearly a Year
Improves Gaps vs. ABC Across the Board in Year-Over-Year & Month-Over-Month Measurements
September 2022: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the only newscast to grow across the board vs. August 2022
- Nightly News hits a 5-month high in the key A25-54 demo with 1.060 million viewers
- Nightly News is the #7 most-watched program in all of TV for the month, averaging 6.255 million viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News improves in A25-54 vs. ABC’s World News Tonight, cutting the most recent month-over-month gap by +30% in September
- Nightly News improves in total viewers vs. ABC’s World News Tonight, cutting the most recent month-over-month gap by +8% in September.
- Nightly narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC in 12 out of the prior 14 months in year-over-year measurements
- In year-over-year measurements, Nightly News continues to beat CBS in the key A25-54 demo for the 192 consecutive months
September 2022: Ratings Stats
- Averages 6.255 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.822 million (+41%), its largest advantage over the network in 5 months (since April 2022)
- Increases total viewership vs. last month by +172,000
- In month over month, Nightly News, improves the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 8%
- In year over year, Nightly News improves thetotal viewership gap vs. ABC by 8%
- Averages 1.060 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +338,000 (+47%), its biggest advantage over the network since March 2022
- Hits largest A25-54 audience since April 2022 and increases A25-54 viewership vs. last month by +81,000
- Marks most narrow A25-54 gap vs. ABC since Nov 21
- In month over month, Nightly News, improves the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 30%
- In year over year, Nightly News improves theA25-54 gap vs. ABC by 26%
- Averages 713,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +244,000 (52%), its biggest advantage over the network in six months (since March 2022)
- Nightly increases A18-49 viewership by +34,000 vs. last month
- Marks most narrow A18-49 gap vs. ABC since February 2022
- In month over month, Nightly News improves thetotal A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 36%
- In year over year, Nightly News improves thetotal A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 19%
- In September, Nightly News full episodes and clips delivered more than 55 million monthly video views across on & off network platforms, its 3rd straight month with more than 50 million video views
- On YouTube, Nightly News full episodes reached 638,000 video views and 504,000 video viewers
WEEK OF 9/19/22 RATINGS: NBC NIGHTLY NEWS INCREASES VIEWERSHIP ACROSS THE BOARD VS. LAST WEEK
Hits 21 Week High in Total Viewers, Ranks as #6 Most-Watched Program for the Week
Improves in Key Demos Gaps vs. ‘World News Tonight’ in Week-Over-Week Measurements
Week of Sept 19: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News increases viewership across the board in week-over-week measurements
- Nightly News hits a 21-week high in total viewers and is the #6 most-watched program in all of TV last week with 6.456 million viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication.
- Nightly News improves key demo gaps vs. ABC in week-over-week measurements and narrows across the board gaps vs. ABC in year-over-year measurements
Week of Sept 19 Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.456 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.882 million (+41%), an improvement of 11% over the network in week-over-week measurements
- Nightly News increases viewership by +343,000 in week-over-week measurements and hits 21 week high in total viewers
- In year over year, Nightly News narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 5%
- Averages 1.113 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +332,000 (+42%)
- Nightly News increases A25-54 viewership vs. last week by +10% (+105,000)
- Week over week, Nightly News improves in the key demo vs. ABC by 17%
- In year over year, Nightly News improves the A25-54 demo gap vs. ABC by 41%
- Averages 755,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +245,000 (+48%)
- Nightly News hits a 22-week high in A18-49 and increases the demo viewership vs. last week by +12% (+799,000)
- Week over week, Nightly News improves in the A18-49 demo vs. ABC by 48%
- In year over year, Nightly News improves theA18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 41%
- Across digital, Nightly News saw 13.5 million video views and 1.2 million hours viewed on & off platforms, including clips and full episodes.
- On YouTube, full episodes reached 615,000 views and 490,000 viewers
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SEPTEMBER 2022
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,060 | 713 | 6,255 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 722 | 469 | 4,433 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,258 | 849 | 7,435 |
WEEK OF 9/19/22
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,113 | 755 | 6,456 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 781 | 510 | 4,574 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,289 | 855 | 7,676 |
Note: ABC World News Tonight was retitled on Monday, 9/19 and based on a 4-day average due to NFL Football airing live 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 afternoon and overnight airings on owned stations.
Digital ratings sourcing: Adobe Analytics and Partner Portals; YouTube Analytics Portal.
