Narrows A25-54 Gap vs. ABC vs. Last Year
Improves Total Viewership Gap vs. ABC Week Over Week
Season to Date, Closes A25-54 Gap vs. ABC by 23% vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of May 22: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News grows total viewership vs. last week, increasing by +62,000 total viewers
- Nightly News is the #8 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 5.904 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News narrows A25-54 and A18-49 gaps vs. ABC year over year
- Nightly News improves total viewership gap vs. ABC week over week
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 23% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of May 22: Nightly Stats
- Nightly averages 5.904 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.557 million (+36%)
- Nightly increases its total viewership by +62,000 vs. last week
- Week over week, Nightly narrows its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 3%
- Averages 860,000 A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +203,000 (+31%)
- Year over year, Nightly narrows its A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 29%
- Averages 618,000 A18-49 viewers, topping CBS by +156,000 (+34%)
- Nightly was up by +8,000 A18-49 viewers vs. last week
- Year over year, Nightly narrows its A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 41%
- Across digital, Nightly delivers 15.4 million video views and 1.5 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 876,600 views and 709,000 viewers
WEEK OF MAY 22-28, 2023
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 860 | 618 | 5,904 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 657 | 462 | 4,347 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,144 | 783 | 7,403 |
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.
