{"id":5495,"date":"2022-07-26T10:56:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T14:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=5495"},"modified":"2022-07-26T10:56:54","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T14:56:54","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-ranks-as-3-most-watched-tv-program-for-the-week-improves-competitively-week-over-week-in-key-demos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2022\/07\/26\/nbc-nightly-news-ranks-as-3-most-watched-tv-program-for-the-week-improves-competitively-week-over-week-in-key-demos\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS RANKS AS #3 MOST-WATCHED TV PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK, IMPROVES COMPETITIVELY WEEK-OVER-WEEK IN KEY DEMOS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Improves Across the Board Gaps vs. ABC in Year-Over-Year Measurements, Including by 22% in Total Viewers<\/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 15% in Total Viewers, 10% in A25-54 &amp; 25% in A18-49 vs. Same Time Period Last Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of July 18: Ratings Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is the #3 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging <strong>6.131 million<\/strong> total viewers, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication<\/li><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>narrows the key demo gaps vs. ABC in week-over-week measurements<\/li><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>improves across the board gaps vs. ABC in year-over-year measurements<\/li><li>Season to date, <em>Nightly News<\/em> improves its competitive position versus ABC by 15% in total viewers, by 10% in the A25-54 demo and by 25% 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 July 18: <em>Nightly<\/em> Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Averages <strong>6.131 million<\/strong> total viewers, topping CBS by +1.543 million (+34%)<ul><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News <\/em>narrows total viewership gap vs. ABC by 22%<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Averages <strong>904,000 A25-54<\/strong> viewers, beating CBS by +154,000 (+21%)<ul><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>cuts the week-over-week A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 9%<\/li><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News <\/em>narrows A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 24%<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Averages <strong>627,000 A18-49<\/strong> viewers, leading CBS by +106,000 (+20%)<ul><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>cuts the week-over-week A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 4%<\/li><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>cuts the year-over-year viewership gap vs. ABC by 29%<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Across digital, Nightly marks its best week since May, with <strong>11.3 million<\/strong> video views and <strong>1.2 million <\/strong>hours viewed on &amp; off network platforms<\/li><li>On YouTube, weekday episodes reached <strong>745,000 views<\/strong> and <strong>549,000 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><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P18-49<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>P2+<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Imps<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><strong>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>904<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>627<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6,131<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>750<\/td><td>521<\/td><td>4,588<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,176<\/td><td>819<\/td><td>7,317<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: Nightly, ABC World News Tonight, and CBS Evening News were all retitled on Thursday, 7\/21 due to coverage of the January 6<sup>th<\/sup> Committee Hearing in prime.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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Improves Across the Board Gaps vs. ABC in Year-Over-Year Measurements, Including by 22% in Total Viewers Season to Date, \u2018Nightly News\u2019 Improves Competitive Position Vs. 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