Narrows Across-the-Board Gap Vs. ABC Year Over Year
Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Closes A25-54 Gap Vs. ABC by 24% Vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of April 10: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News ranks as the #8 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.183 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News narrows its across-the-board gap vs. ABC year over year, including improving its A25-54 gap for 20 of the last 21 weeks
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position vs. ABC by 24% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of April 10: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.183 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.791 million (+41%)
- Year over year, Nightly narrows its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 3%
- Averages 914,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +259,000 (+40%)
- Nightly cuts its year-over-year A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC for 20 of the last 21 weeks, narrowing the key demo gap by 39% vs. prior year
- Averages 616,000 A18-49 viewers, leading CBS by +185,000 (+43%)
- Year over year, Nightly narrows its A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 41%
- Across digital, Nightly delivers 18.6 million video views and 1.8 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 1.1 million views and 842,000 viewers
WEEK OF APRIL 10-16, 2023
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 914 | 616 | 6,183 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 655 | 431 | 4,392 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,120 | 742 | 7,583 |
Note: 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.
