‘Nightly News’ Closes Gaps vs. ABC By Double Digits, Including by 64% in Key Demo
3rd Most-Watched TV Show of the Week, Averaging 7 Million Viewers
Week of January 20 Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow across the board vs. last week, up +174,000 in total viewers, +69,000 in A25-54 and +79,000 in A18-49
- Nightly News narrows across-the-board gaps vs. ABC in week-over-week measurements by double digits, including by 64% in the key A25-54 demo
- Nightly News closes total viewer and A18-49 gaps vs. ABC in year-over-year measurements
- Nightly News is #3 most-watched show of the week with 7 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
Week of January 20 Nightly Stats
- Averages 7 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 2.102 million (+43%)
- Nightly News increases total viewership vs. last week by +174,000 as the only evening newscast to grow
- Week over week, Nightly News narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 12%
- Year over year, Nightly News closes the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 9%
- Averages 1.051 million A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +337,000 (+47%)
- Week over week, Nightly increases A25-54 viewership by +69,000 as the only evening news newscast to grow
- In week over week, Nightly News closes the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 64%
- Averages 727,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +271,000 (+59%)
- Nightly News increases A18-49 viewership vs. last week by +79,000 as the only evening newscast to grow
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to increase A18-49 viewers vs. last year, +10,000
- Week over week, Nightly News cuts A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 78%
- Year over year, Nightly News closes the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 60%
- Across digital, Nightly News delivered 16.8 million video viewers and 1.3 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 597,000 views and 576,000 viewers
WEEK of JANUARY 20-26, 2025
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,051 | 727 | 6,994 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 714 | 456 | 4,892 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,136 | 771 | 8,100 |
Source: Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 1/20/2025-1/26/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only. Note: All three programs were retitled on Monday due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday. ABC World News Tonight and CBS Evening News were also retitled on Friday.
