Season to Date, Narrows Across the Board Gaps by Double Digits, Including Nearly 60% in A25-54
Ranks as a Top Five Most-Watched TV Show for the Week
Week of November 17 Highlights
- Nightly News delivers its closest demo gaps vs. ABC in six years for the current season
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 10% in total viewers, by 55% in the A25-54 demo and by 44% in the A18-49 demo compared to the same time period last year
- Nightly News marks 10th consecutive week of narrowing the A25-54 gap vs. ABC, most recently by 40%
- Nightly News increases A18-49 viewership vs. last week, +19,000
- Nightly News is the #5 most-watched show of the week with 6.440 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports & syndication)
Week of November 17 Stats
- Averages 6.440 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.301 million (+56%)
- Closes total viewership gap vs. ABC by 16% vs. last year, 10% better vs. prior year at this point in the season
- Averages 864,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +335,000 (+63%)
- Nightly News’ A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 55% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest demo gap vs. the network in 6 years
- Nightly News narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 40% vs. last year
- Averages 594,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +228,000 (+62%)
- Increases A18-49 viewership vs. last week, +19,000
- Nightly News’ A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 44% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest A18-49 gap vs. ABC in 6 years
- Nightly News narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 33% vs. last year
WEEK OF 11/17/2025
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 864 | 594 | 6,440 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 529 | 366 | 4,139 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 995 | 714 | 7,939 |
Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 11/17/2025-11/23/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.
Note: ABC World News Tonight was retitled on Monday due to NFL coverage (MNF).
