Nightly Increases Viewership Across the Board vs. Last Year
Continues to Close Competitive Gaps, Including by Double Digits vs. ABC in A25-54 vs. Last month
February 2025: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News reaches a 6-month high in the key A25-54 demo with 1.029 million viewers
- Nightly News increases viewership across the board vs. last year, up +54,000 in A25-54, +37,000 in total viewers and +36,000 in A18-49
- Nightly News is the #3 most-watched program in all of TV for the month, averaging 6.758 million viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News closes the competitive gap vs. ABC by double digits in the key demos vs. last month
- In year-over-year measurements, Nightly News continues to beat CBS in total viewers and A25-54 for the 221 consecutive months
February 2025: Ratings Stats
- Averages 6.758 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.134 million (+46%),
- Increases total viewership vs. last year by +37,000
- Averages 1.029 million A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +371,000 (+56%)
- Nightly News is the only newscast up vs. last month, +6%, and hits a 6-month high in A25-54 demo
- Increases A25-54 viewership by +54,000 vs. last year
- In month-over-month, Nightly News closes the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 26%
- Averages 680,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +242,000 (+55%)
- In month-over-month, Nightly News closes the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 23%
- Increases A18-49 viewership by +36,000 vs. last year
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NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH LESTER HOLT INCREASES ACROSS THE BOARD VIEWERSHIP VS. LAST YEAR
Narrows Key Demo Gaps vs. ABC by Double Digits
Only Newscast to Grow in A25-54 vs. Last Week & Year
Week of February 17 Nightly Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News increases its audience across-the-board vs. last year, up +130,000 in total viewers, +83,000 in A25-54 and +38,000 in A18-49
- Nightly News narrows key demo gaps vs. ABC by double digits vs. last year
- Nightly News grows A25-54 audience by +7,000 vs. last week
- Nightly News is the #5 most-watched program of the week with 6.692 million total viewers
Week of February 17 Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.692 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.053 million (+44%)
- Increases total viewership vs. last year by +130,000
- Averages 1.021 million A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +383,000 (+60%)
- In week-over-week, Nightly News increases A25-54 viewership by +7,000
- Increases A25-54 viewership by +83,000 vs. last year
- Nightly News closes the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 42% vs. last week
- Averages 643,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +203,000 (+46%)
- Nightly News closes the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 22% vs. last week
- Increases A18-49 viewership by +38,000 vs. last year
FEBRUARY 2025
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,029 | 680 | 6,758 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 658 | 438 | 4,624 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,176 | 807 | 8,274 |
Source: Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 1/27/2025-2/23/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.
WEEK of FEBRUARY 17-23, 2025
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,021 | 643 | 6,692 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 638 | 440 | 4,639 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,150 | 794 | 8,308 |
Source: Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 2/17/2025-2/23/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only. Note: CBS Evening News was based on a 4-day average, retitling on Friday
