JUNE 2, 2015 — “NBC Nightly News” was #1 in total viewers and younger viewers A18-49 for the week of May 25-29, 2015, according to Nielsen Media Research data. The NBC broadcast has been #1 in total viewers two weeks in a row and in four of the past five weeks.
Season-to-date, Nightly is the #1 evening news broadcast in total viewers and all key demographics.
NOTE: All three broadcasts are based on a four-day average due to the Memorial Day holiday last Monday.
Weekly Highlights:
- Nightly averaged 7.676 million total viewers, +26,000 more than ABC World News Tonight and +1,258,000 ahead of CBS Evening News.
- This marks the NBC broadcast’s best total viewer delivery in four weeks.
- Nightly averaged 1.771 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +329,000 (+23%).
- Nightly delivered a 1.5 A25-54 rating, +3 tenths more than CBS.
- Nightly averaged 1.311 million A18-49 viewers, leading ABC by +47,000 (+4%) and CBS by +307,000 (+31%).
- Nightly delivered a 1.0 A18-49 rating, tied with ABC and +2 tenths more than CBS.
- Compared to 2Q’15-to-date levels, Nightly’s A18-49 delivery increased by +4% (+58,000).
Season-to-Date Highlights:
- Nightly is averaging 8.912 million total viewers, +378,000 more than ABC and +1.720 million more than CBS.
- Nightly is averaging 2.110 million A25-54 viewers, +1,000 more than ABC and +418,000 more than CBS.
- Nightly is averaging 1.513 million A18-49 viewers, +91,000 more than ABC and +371,000 more than CBS.
WEEK OF MAY 25-29, 2015
| Total Viewers | A25-54 Rating | A25-54 Viewers | A18-49 Ratings | A18-49 Viewers | |
| NBC | 7.676 | 1.48 | 1.771 | 1.03 | 1.311 |
| CBS | 6.418 | 1.21 | 1.442 | 0.79 | 1.004 |
| ABC | 7.650 | 1.57 | 1.880 | 1.00 | 1.264 |
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