Continues to Close Key Gaps vs. ABC
Week of April 7 Ratings Highlights
Lester Holt anchored Monday, Tuesday and Friday. Tom Llamas anchored Wednesday and Thursday.
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow across the board vs. last year, up +17,000 in total viewers and +18,000 in A25-54
- Nightly News narrows the key demo gap vs. ABC by 20% in year-over-year measurements
- Nightly News closes the total viewer gap vs. ABC by 2% in week-over-week measurements
- Nightly News is the #4 most-watched show of the week with 6.089 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports & syndication
Week of April 7 Ratings Stats
- Averages 6.089 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 2.350 million (+63%)
- Nightly News increases total viewership vs. last year by +17,000
- Week over week, Nightly News narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 2%
- Averages 849,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +358,000 (+73%)
- Nightly News increases A25-54 viewership vs. last year by +18,000
- Year over year, Nightly narrows A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 20%
- Averages 553,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +218,000 (+65%)
- Nightly News increases A18-49 viewership vs. last year by +0.1%
- Across digital, Nightly News delivered 18.1 million video viewers and 1.4 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 632,000 views and 507,000 viewers
WEEK of APRIL 7-13, 2025
Program P25-54 P18-49 P2+ Imps Imps Imps NBC NIGHTLY NEWS 849 553 6,089 CBS EVENING NEWS 491 335 3,739 ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT 1,020 712 7,484 Source: Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 4/7/2025-4/13/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only. Note: CBS Evening News was based on a 4-day average due to retitling on Monday (Men’s Basketball NCAA Tournament Championship game).
“NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt” is Only Evening Newscast to Increase Across-the-Board Viewership
