{"id":5124,"date":"2022-02-01T11:33:45","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=5124"},"modified":"2022-02-01T11:33:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T16:33:45","slug":"january-2022-ratings-nightly-news-marks-largest-total-viewer-demo-audiences-in-nearly-a-year0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2022\/02\/01\/january-2022-ratings-nightly-news-marks-largest-total-viewer-demo-audiences-in-nearly-a-year0\/","title":{"rendered":"JANUARY 2022 RATINGS: NIGHTLY NEWS MARKS LARGEST TOTAL VIEWER &amp; DEMO AUDIENCES IN NEARLY A YEAR"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u2018Nightly News\u2019 is #5 Most-Watched Program With Nearly 8 Million Viewers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Improve&nbsp;Total Viewer<\/em><\/strong><strong><em> Gap vs. ABC by 30% in Year-Over-Year Measurements<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>January 2022: Ratings Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>marks its <strong>largest total viewer and key demo audiences in nearly a year <\/strong>(since 2\/21)<\/li><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is the <strong>#5 most-watched program<\/strong> in all of TV for the month, averaging <strong>nearly 8 million viewers<\/strong>, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication<\/li><li>For six consecutive months, <em>Nightly News<\/em> continues its upward trend of improving in total viewers vs. ABC\u2019s <em>World News Tonight<\/em>, cutting the year-over-year viewership gap by +<strong>30<\/strong>% in January&nbsp;<\/li><li>In year-over-year measurements, <em>Nightly News <\/em>improves its total viewer advantage over CBS by +<strong>11%<\/strong> and continues to beat the network in the key A25-54 demo for the <strong>184 consecutive months<\/strong><\/li><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>marks its strongest month on YouTube since October, with over 700,000 video views<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>January 2022: Ratings Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Averages <strong>7.88 million<\/strong> total viewers, topping CBS by +2.266 million (+40%), its largest advantage over the network since Nov. 2020<ul><li>Marks largest total viewer audience since Feb. 2021<\/li><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News <\/em>improves thetotal viewership gap vs. ABC by <strong>30%<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Averages <strong>1.429 <\/strong>million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +448,000 (+46%), its biggest advantage over the network since Feb. 2021&nbsp;<ul><li>Marks largest A25-54 audience since Feb. 2021<\/li><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News <\/em>improves thetotal A25-54 gap vs. ABC by <strong>16%<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Averages <strong>1.017 million<\/strong> A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +317,000 (+45%), its biggest advantage over the network in one year<ul><li>Marks largest A18-49 audience since Feb. 2021<\/li><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News <\/em>improves thetotal A18-49 gap vs. ABC by <strong>35%<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>In January, <em>Nightly<\/em> <em>News<\/em> full episodes and clips delivered <strong>more than 60 million<\/strong> monthly video views across on &amp; off network platforms<\/li><li>On YouTube, <em>Nightly News <\/em>full episodes reached <strong>732,000 <\/strong>video views and<strong> 584,000 <\/strong>video viewers, marking its strongest month on the platform since October&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WEEK OF 1\/24\/22 RATINGS: <em>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS <\/em>RANKS AS #2 MOST-WATCHED TV PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK WITH 8 MILLION TOTAL VIEWERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Marks Smallest Gap Vs. \u2018World News Tonight\u2019 in Key Demo in 6 Weeks<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Season to Date, \u2018Nightly News\u2019 Improves Competitive Position Vs. ABC by 28% in Total Viewers &amp; by 12% in A25-54 vs. Same Time Period Last Year<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of January 24: Ratings Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is the <strong>#2 most-watched program <\/strong>in all of TV last week with 8 million viewers, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication.<\/li><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> improves gaps across the board versus ABC in week-over-week measurements and marks <strong>its smallest gap versus the network <\/strong>&nbsp;in the key demo in six weeks (since 12\/13\/21)&nbsp;<\/li><li>For six consecutive months, <em>Nightly News<\/em> continues its upward trend of improving in total viewers vs. ABC\u2019s <em>World News Tonight<\/em>, cutting the year-over-year viewership gap by +<strong>34%<\/strong> in the most recent week<\/li><li>Season to date, <em>Nightly News<\/em> improves its competitive position versus ABC by <strong>28%<\/strong> in total viewers and by <strong>12%<\/strong> in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of January 24: <em>Nightly<\/em> Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Averages <strong>7.948<\/strong> million total viewers, topping CBS by +<strong>2.362 million <\/strong>(+42%), an improvement of 12% over the network in week-over-week measurements<ul><li>Week over week, <em>Nightly News<\/em> improves in total viewership vs. ABC by <strong>7%<\/strong><\/li><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News <\/em>narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by <strong>34%<\/strong>, its sixth consecutive month of its upward trend of improving in total viewers. <em>Nightly<\/em> also improves its advantage over CBS by <strong>13%<\/strong> in year-over-year measurements&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Averages <strong>1.413 <\/strong>million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +448,000 (+46%)<ul><li>Week over week, <em>Nightly News <\/em>improves in the key demo vs. ABC by <strong>29%, its smallest gap in six weeks <\/strong>(since 12\/13\/21)<\/li><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News <\/em>improves the A25-54 demo gap vs. ABC by <strong>41%, <\/strong>in its third consecutive month of its upward trend of improving in the key demo<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Averages <strong>1.004 <\/strong>million A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +310,000 (+45%)&nbsp;<ul><li>Week over week, <em>Nightly News <\/em>improves in the A18-49 demo vs. ABC by <strong>53%, its smallest gap in 9 weeks <\/strong>(since 11\/22\/21)<\/li><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News <\/em>improves theA18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by <strong>63%<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Marking its strongest week across digital since December, <em>Nightly News<\/em> saw <strong>17.6 <\/strong>million video views and <strong>1.4 <\/strong>million hours viewed on &amp; off platforms, including clips and full episodes.&nbsp;<\/li><li>On YouTube, weekday episodes reached <strong>752,000<\/strong> views and <strong>599,000<\/strong> viewers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>JANUARY 2022<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Program<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P25-54<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P18-49<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P2+<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>1,429<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>1,017<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>7,880<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>981<\/td><td>700<\/td><td>5,614<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,703<\/td><td>1,177<\/td><td>9,038<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK OF JANUARY 24, 2022<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Program<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P25-54<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P18-49<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P2+<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>1,413<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>1,004<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>7,948<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>965<\/td><td>694<\/td><td>5,586<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,621<\/td><td>1,087<\/td><td>8,995<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NOTE: Nielsen Ratings now reflect the addition of Out of Home (OOH) viewership that began being measured on Aug. 31,2020 across only 44 markets tracked by Nielsen Media Research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>NBC Nightly News<\/em>, <em>World News Tonight<\/em> and <em>CBS Evening News\u2019<\/em> ratings are comprised of telecasts with regular titling and include overnight airings on owned stations. <em>World News Tonight\u2019s<\/em> ratings also include 3:30pm airings in Los Angeles and San Francisco.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital ratings sourcing: Adobe Analytics and Partner Portals; YouTube Analytics Portal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt<\/em>&nbsp;reaches nearly 30 million people every week through its broadcast and millions more through NBCNews.com, the&nbsp;<em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;app, the&nbsp;<em>Nightly&nbsp;<\/em>newsletter,&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;Films, its podcast and social media platforms. The broadcast provides the latest on the day\u2019s top stories, going beyond the headlines to uncover how people\u2019s lives are affected by the world around them. Lester Holt is the anchor, and named the \u201cmost-trusted television news personality in America,\u201d according to the most recent The Hollywood Reporter\/Morning Consult survey. Holt also anchors&nbsp;<em>Nightly News: Kids Edition<\/em>. Meghan Rafferty is the executive producer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dana Klinghoffer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:Dana.Klinghoffer@nbcuni.com\">Dana.Klinghoffer@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dominique Donahue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:Dominique.Donahue@nbcuni.com\">Dominique.Donahue@nbcuni.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Nightly News\u2019 is #5 Most-Watched Program With Nearly 8 Million Viewers Improve&nbsp;Total Viewer Gap vs. ABC by 30% in Year-Over-Year Measurements January 2022: Ratings Highlights Nightly News marks its largest total viewer and key demo audiences in nearly a year (since 2\/21) Nightly News is the #5 most-watched program in all of TV for the [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2022\/02\/01\/january-2022-ratings-nightly-news-marks-largest-total-viewer-demo-audiences-in-nearly-a-year0\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from JANUARY 2022 RATINGS: NIGHTLY NEWS MARKS LARGEST TOTAL VIEWER &amp; 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