“NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS” IS #1 IN A25-54 & A18-49 KEY DEMOS FOR THE WEEK

Tops ABC Tuesday-Friday in A25-54, Marks Closest Total Viewer Gap Since August 2024

For Second Consecutive Week, ‘Nightly News’ is Only Evening Newscast to Grow Across the Board in Year & Weekly Measurements

Delivers Largest Total Viewership in 8 Months

Week of November 3 Highlights

  • Nightly News is the #1 evening newscast for the week in both the A25-54 & A18-49 key demos, marking its largest advantage over ABC World News Tonight in over a year and its biggest win in A18-49 vs. the network since January 
  • Nightly News topped World News Tonight Tuesday-Friday in A25-54 and marked its closest total viewer gap in over a year (8/5/24)
  • For the second consecutive week, Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow across the board in year-over-year and week-over-week measurements
  • Nightly News delivers its largest total viewer audience since February 2025
  • Nightly News marks 8th consecutive week of closing A25-54 gap vs. ABC vs. last year
  • Nightly News continues to deliver its closest demo gaps vs. ABC in six years for the current season

Week of November 3 Stats 

  • Averages 6.667 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.407 million (+57%)
    • Hits a 37-week high in total viewers, best since 2/17/25
    • Only newscast to grow in total viewers vs. last year, +497,000
    • Leads competition in total viewer growth vs. last week, +518,000
    • Nightly News closes viewership gap vs. ABC by 67% vs. last week, 65% vs. last year
    • Nightly News’ total viewer gap vs. ABC is 8% better vs. prior year at this point in the season
  • Averages 929,000 A25-54 viewers, beating ABC by +46,000 (+5%) and CBS by +365,000 (+65%)
    • Nightly News increases A25-54 viewers vs. last week, +81,000
    • Only evening newscast to grow vs. last year, +26,000
    • Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 61% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest demo gap vs. the network in 6 years 
  • Averages 664,000 A18-49 viewers, beating ABC by +1,000 (+.02%) and CBS by +216,000 (+51%)
    • Increases A18-49 viewership vs. last week, +88,000 and marks its largest A18-49 audience since March 3, 2025
    • Leads competition in A18-49 growth vs. last week, +88,000
    • Only evening newscast to grow vs. last year, +52,000
    • Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 54% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest A18-49 gap vs. ABC in 6 years

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WEEK OF 11/3/2025

ProgramP25-54P18-49P2+
ImpsImpsImps
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS9296446,667
CBS EVENING NEWS5644284,260
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT8836437,206

Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 11/3/2025-11/9/2025. Average audience based on all telecasts. ABC retitled the week.