{"id":5141,"date":"2022-02-08T11:40:44","date_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=5141"},"modified":"2022-02-08T11:40:44","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T16:40:44","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-ranks-as-2-most-watched-tv-program-with-8-million-viewers-for-the-week-continues-to-improve-year-over-year-competitively","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2022\/02\/08\/nbc-nightly-news-ranks-as-2-most-watched-tv-program-with-8-million-viewers-for-the-week-continues-to-improve-year-over-year-competitively\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS RANKS AS #2 MOST-WATCHED TV PROGRAM WITH 8 MILLION VIEWERS FOR THE WEEK, CONTINUES TO IMPROVE YEAR-OVER-YEAR COMPETITIVELY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Season to Date, \u2018Nightly News\u2019 Improves Vs. ABC by 27% in Total Viewers &amp; by 10% in A25-54 vs. Same Time Period Last Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>PLUS: Sunday\u2019s \u2018Nightly News\u2019 Ranks #2 in Key A25-54 Demo For the Week<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of January 31: 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 in all of TV last week with 7.9 million viewers<\/strong>, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>For sixth 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>17%<\/strong> in the most recent week<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sunday\u2019s <em>Nightly News<\/em>, anchored by Lester,is the <strong>3rd most-watched program<\/strong> and <strong>ranks #2 in the key A25-54 demo in all of TV last<\/strong> week, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication. The broadcast averages <strong>7.811<\/strong> million total viewers and <strong>1.529 million<\/strong> A25-54 viewers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Saturday\u2019s <em>Nightly News<\/em>, anchored by Lester,is the 4th most-watched program in all of TV last week, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication. The broadcast averages <strong>7.693<\/strong> million total viewers and <strong>1.304<\/strong> million A25-54 viewers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Season to date, <em>Nightly News<\/em> improves its competitive position versus ABC <strong>by 27% <\/strong>in total viewers, <strong>by 10%<\/strong> in the A25-54 demo and <strong>by 31%<\/strong> in the A18-49 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 31: <em>Nightly<\/em> Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Averages <strong>7.928 million<\/strong> total viewers, topping CBS by +2.090 million (+36%)<ul><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News <\/em>narrowing the total viewership gap vs. ABC by <strong>17%,<\/strong> its sixth consecutive month of its upward trend of improving in total viewers<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Averages <strong>1.439 million<\/strong> A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +415,000 (+41%)<ul><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News <\/em>improves the A25-54 demo gap vs. ABC by <strong>1%<\/strong>, in its third consecutive month of its upward trend of improving in the key demo<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Averages <strong>1.009 million<\/strong> A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +297,000 (+42%)\u00a0<ul><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News <\/em>improves theA18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by <strong>31%<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Across digital, <em>Nightly News<\/em> saw <strong>13.1 million<\/strong> video views and <strong>1.2<\/strong> million hours viewed on &amp; off platforms, including clips and full episodes<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>On YouTube, full episodes reached <strong>615,000 views<\/strong> and <strong>nearly<\/strong> <strong>500,000<\/strong> viewers<\/li><\/ul>\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>1,439<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>1,009<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>7,928<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>1,024<\/td><td>712<\/td><td>5,838<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,742<\/td><td>1,170<\/td><td>9,200<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: Nightly was rated for 3 evenings (Mon-Wed) due to Olympics impact on Thu and Fri. 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\">NBC Nightly News, World News Tonight and CBS Evening News\u2019 ratings are comprised of telecasts with regular titling and include overnight airings on owned stations. World News Tonight\u2019s ratings also include 3:30pm airings in Los Angeles and San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Digital ratings sourcing: Adobe Analytics and Partner Portals; YouTube Analytics Portal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Season to Date, \u2018Nightly News\u2019 Improves Vs. 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