‘Nightly News’ Marks 5-Week High in A25-54 & Most Narrow Gaps in Key Demos vs. ABC Since March
‘Nightly News’ Continues to Improve Gaps vs. ABC vs. Last Year Across the Board, Including By 40% in A25-54
Week of May 6 Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow in total viewers vs. last year, up +33,000. Nightly News also increases A25-54 viewers in week-over-week measurements, up +6,000.
- Nightly News marks a 5-week high in A25-54 and its most narrow gap vs. ABC in the key demo since March
- Nightly News continues its best start of the season vs. ABC in 4 years (since 2019-20) across the board and narrows across-the-board gaps. ABC in year-over-year measurements
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC across the board, including by 42% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of May 6 Nightly Stats
- Averages 5.903 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.589 million (+37%)
- Nightly News increases total viewership vs. last year by +33,000
- Year over year, Nightly News closes total viewership gap vs. ABC by 7%
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 8%
- Averages 831,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +206,000 (+33%)
- Week over week, Nightly increases A25-54 viewership, up +6,000, to hit a 5-week high (best since 4/1/24)
- In week over week, Nightly News closes the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 14%
- In year over year, Nightly News narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 40%
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 42%
- Averages 523,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +106,000 (+25%)
- Week over week, Nightly News cuts A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 4%
- Year over year, Nightly News cuts its A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 29%
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 35%
- Across digital, Nightly News delivered 13.6 million video viewers and 1.3 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 684,000 views and 521,000 viewers
WEEK of MAY 6-12, 2024
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 831 | 523 | 5,903 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 625 | 417 | 4,314 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 983 | 654 | 7,239 |
NOTE: NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight and CBS Evening News’ ratings include afternoon and overnight airings on owned stations. All stats exclude alternate titles and specials.
