“NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS” LEADS EVENING NEWSCASTS IN YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH AMONG KEY DEMOS

Increases Total Viewership vs. Last Week for Second Consecutive Week

Ranks as #2 Most-Watched Show in all of TV for the Week

Week of June 24 Ratings Highlights

  • Nightly News lead the evening newscasts in year-over-year growth in the key demos, up +11% in A25-54 and +8% in A18-49
  • Nightly News increases total viewership for the second consecutive week 
  • Nightly News closes key A18-49 demo gap vs. ABC by 18%
  • Nightly News is the #2 most-watched show of the week with 5.7 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports & syndication)

Week of June 24 Ratings Stats

  • Averages 5.7 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.697 million (+43%)
    • Nightly News increases total viewership vs. last week by +60,000
  • Averages 820,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +294,000 (+56%)
    • Nightly News grew the most in the key A25-54 demo vs. last year compared ABC & CBS, +81,000
  • Averages 536,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +149,000 (+38%)
    • Nightly News grew the most in the key A18-49 demo vs. last year compared to the competition , +37,000
  • Year over year, Nightly News closes the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 18%

WEEK of JUNE 16-22, 2025

ProgramP25-54P18-49P2+
ImpsImpsImps
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS8205365,678
CBS EVENING NEWS5263873,981
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT1,0386887,448

Source: Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 6/16/2025-6/22/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.

Note: Due to sports impacts, ABC World News Tonight was based on a 2-day average (Tues & Wed), retitling on Monday, Thursday (NBA Finals Game #6 & #7), and Friday (Day after NBA Finals Game #7).