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ABC by 23% in Total Viewers, 16% in A25-54 &amp; 38% in A18-49 vs. Same Time Period Last Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Week of March 7: Ratings Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is the <strong>#5 most-watched program<\/strong> in all of TV last week in total viewers, <strong>averaging 7.293 million total viewers<\/strong>, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication<\/li><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is the <strong>only newscast to grow in both key demos<\/strong> in year-over-year measurements<\/li><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is in its <strong>5th consecutive month<\/strong> of continuing its upward trend of improving in A25-54 vs. ABC\u2019s World News Tonight, closing the year-over-year viewership gap by 19% during the most recent week<\/li><li>Season to date, <em>Nightly News<\/em> improves its competitive position versus ABC by <strong>23%<\/strong> in total viewers, by <strong>16%<\/strong> in the A25-54 demo and by <strong>38%<\/strong> in the A18-49 demo compared to the same time period last year<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Week of March 7: Nightly Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Averages <strong>7.293<\/strong> <strong>million<\/strong> total viewers, topping CBS by +2.042 million (+39%)<ul><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News<\/em> increases its advantage over CBS by +6%<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Averages <strong>1.389 million<\/strong> A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +545,000 (+65%), its biggest advantage over the network in 15 weeks, up +3% vs. last week<ul><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is the only newscast to grow in A254-54 in year-over-year measurements<\/li><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News<\/em> narrows the A25-54 demo gap vs. ABC by 19%, in its 5th consecutive month of its upward trend of improving<\/li><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News<\/em> increases its advantage over CBS by +34%<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Averages <strong>982,000<\/strong> A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +356,000 (+57%)<ul><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News<\/em> improves in the demo vs. ABC by 37%<\/li><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News<\/em> increases its advantage over CBS by +48%<\/li><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is the only newscast to grow in A18-49 in year-over-year measurements<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Across digital, <em>Nightly News<\/em> saw <strong>22.3<\/strong> <strong>million<\/strong> video views and <strong>1.9 million<\/strong> hours viewed on &amp; off platforms, including clips and full episodes<\/li><li>On YouTube, full episodes reached <strong>937,000 views<\/strong> and <strong>746,000 viewers<\/strong><\/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>1,389<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>982<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>7,293<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>844<\/td><td>626<\/td><td>5,251<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,667<\/td><td>1,147<\/td><td>8,907<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>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>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. 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