{"id":5348,"date":"2022-05-03T11:16:52","date_gmt":"2022-05-03T15:16:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=5348"},"modified":"2022-05-03T11:16:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-03T15:16:52","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-ranks-as-5-most-watched-tv-program-for-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2022\/05\/03\/nbc-nightly-news-ranks-as-5-most-watched-tv-program-for-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS RANKS AS #5 MOST-WATCHED TV PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Marks Most Narrow&nbsp;Total Viewer <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>Gap vs. ABC in Three Weeks<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Season to Date, \u2018Nightly News\u2019 Improves Competitive Position Vs. ABC by 19% in Total Viewers, 16% in A25-54 &amp; 34% in A18-49 vs. Same Time Period Last Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Week of April 25: Ratings Highlights<\/u><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is the #5 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.572 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication<\/li><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>marks its most narrow total viewer gap with ABC in three weeks (since 4\/4\/22)<\/li><li>In week over week, <em>Nightly News <\/em>narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 8%<\/li><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>is in its 9th consecutive month of continuing its upward trend of improving in total viewers vs. ABC,&nbsp;cutting the year-over-year viewership gap by 3% during the most recent week<\/li><li>Season to date, <em>Nightly News<\/em> improves its competitive position versus ABC by 19% in total viewers, by 16% in the A25-54 demo and by 34% in the A18-49 demo compared to the same time period last year<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Week of April 25: <em>Nightly<\/em> Stats<\/u><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Averages 6.572 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.945 million (+42%)<ul><li>Marks most narrow total viewer gap vs. ABC in three weeks (since 4\/4\/22)<\/li><li>In week over week, <em>Nightly News, <\/em>narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 8%<\/li><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News<\/em> narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 3%, in its eighth consecutive month of its upward trend of improving in total viewers<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Averages 1.050 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +346,000 (+49%)<\/li><li>Averages 729,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +234,000 (+47%)<\/li><li>Across digital, <em>Nightly News<\/em> saw 14.5 million video views and 1.5&nbsp;million hours viewed on &amp; off platforms, including clips and full episodes<\/li><li>On YouTube, full episodes reached 830,000 views and 657,000 viewers<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td>Program<\/td><td>P25-54<\/td><td>P18-49<\/td><td>P2+<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Imps<\/td><td>Imps<\/td><td>Imps<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS<\/td><td>1,050<\/td><td>729<\/td><td>6,572<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>704<\/td><td>495<\/td><td>4,627<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,408<\/td><td>958<\/td><td>7,931<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>NOTE: <em>ABC World News Tonight<\/em> will be based on a two-day average (Tue-Wed), retitled due to network primetime programming airing live across the U.S. on both Monday (American Idol) and Thursday\/Friday (2022 NFL Draft). 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