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
Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
Imps | Imps | Imps | |
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 820 | 536 | 5,678 |
CBS EVENING NEWS | 526 | 387 | 3,981 |
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,038 | 688 | 7,448 |
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).