Marks Third Consecutive Week of Increasing Total Viewer & A25-54 Audiences
Hits Largest Total Viewer Audience Since Nov 2021 & Largest Key Demo Audiences since March 2022
Narrows Gaps Across the Board vs. ABC by Digital Digits, Marks Closest Total Viewer & A18-49 Gap vs. the Network in a Year
Week of Nov 21 Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow across the board vs. last week. The newscast also improves its competitive position across the board vs. ABC & CBS
- Nightly News marks its third consecutive week of increasing total viewer & A25-54 audiences
- Nightly News marks its largest total viewer audience in a year with 8.330 million total viewers
- Nightly News marks its largest demo audiences since March with 1.374 million A25-54 viewers and 961,000 A18-49 viewers
- Nightly News marks its most narrow total viewer gap & A18-49 vs. ABC in a year (since 11/21/21) and its most narrow A25-54 gap vs. the network since October 2022
- Nightly News is the #3 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers & A25-54, excluding specials, sports & syndication
Week of Nov 21: Nightly Stats
- Averages 8.330 million total viewers, topping CBS by +3.108 million (+60%), its largest advantage over the network in a year
- Marks its largest total viewer audience in a year (best since 11/21/22)
- In week over week, Nightly News increases total viewership by 1.071 million
- In week over week, Nightly News narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 75%, its closest gap vs. the network in a year
- Averages 1.374 million A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +557,000 (+68%), its largest advantage over the network since December 2020
- Nightly News hits a 37-week high in A25-54 (best since 3/7/22)
- In week over week, Nightly News increases A25-54 viewership by +141,000
- In week over week, Nightly News narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 43%, its closest gap vs. the network in seven weeks (since 10/3/22)
- Averages 961,000 A18-49 viewers, leading CBS by +417,000 (+77%), its largest advantage over the network in a year
- Nightly News hits a 37-week high in A18-49 (best since 3/7/22)
- In week over week, Nightly News increases A18-49 viewership by +113,000
- In week over week, Nightly News narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 72%, its closest gap vs. the network in a year
- Across digital, Nightly saw 14.4 million video views and 1.5 million hours viewed on & off network platforms, including clips and full episodes
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 932,000 views and 702,000 viewers
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NOVEMBER 2022 RATINGS: NIGHTLY NEWS MARKS LARGEST TOTAL VIEWERSHIP SINCE FEBRUARY
Increases Viewership Across the Board & Hits 8-Month High in Key Demos
Ranks as #5 Most-Watched TV Program for the Month
November 2022: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News marks its largest total viewership since February 2022 with 7.135 million total viewers and is the #5 most-watched program in all of TV for the month, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News hits a 8-month high in the key demos with 1.221 million A25-54 viewers and 853,000 A18-49 viewers
- Nightly News increases viewership across the board vs. last month, including by +502,000 in total viewers
- Nightly News continues to beat CBS in the key A25-54 demo for the 194 consecutive months
- Across Digital, Nightly News full episodes & clips delivered more than 60 million video viewers, its 5th straight month with more than 50 million monthly viewers
November 2022: Ratings Stats
- Averages 7.135 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.062 million (+41%), its largest advantage over the network in 10 months (since January 2022)
- Marks largest total viewer audience since February 2022
- Increases total viewership vs. last month by +502,000
- Averages 1.221 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +394,000 (+48%), its biggest advantage over the network since March 2022
- Marks largest total viewer audience since March 2022
- Increases A25-54 viewership vs. last month by +121,000
- Averages 853,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +311,000 (57%), its biggest advantage over the network in nine months (since Feb 2022)
- Marks largest total viewer audience since March 2022
- Nightly News increases A18-49 viewership by +100,000 vs. last month
- In month over month, Nightly improves the total A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 3%
- In November, Nightly News full episodes and clips delivered more than 60 million monthly video views across on & off network platforms, its 5th straight month with more than 50 million video views
- On YouTube, Nightly News full episodes reached 881,000 video views and 707,000 video viewers
- In year over year, Nightly News full episode video views on YouTube grew more than +25%
WEEK of NOVEMBER 21-27, 2022
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,374 | 961 | 8,330 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 817 | 544 | 5,222 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,531 | 1,016 | 8,735 |
Note: Nightly was based on a 3-day average (Mon-Wed) due to the Thanksgiving holiday. ABC and CBS were both based on 2-day averages (Mon & Tues).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.
NOVEMBER 2022
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Rtg | Rtg | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1.00 | 0.65 | 7,135 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 0.68 | 0.42 | 5,076 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1.18 | 0.76 | 8,428 |
