{"id":5538,"date":"2022-08-23T10:56:45","date_gmt":"2022-08-23T14:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=5538"},"modified":"2022-08-23T10:56:45","modified_gmt":"2022-08-23T14:56:45","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-ranks-as-3-most-watched-tv-program-for-the-week-improves-competitively-week-over-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2022\/08\/23\/nbc-nightly-news-ranks-as-3-most-watched-tv-program-for-the-week-improves-competitively-week-over-week\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong><em>NBC <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>NIGHTLY NEWS <\/em><\/strong><strong>RANKS AS #3 MOST-WATCHED TV PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK, IMPROVES COMPETITIVELY WEEK-OVER-WEEK<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Narrows Total Viewer &amp; A25-54 Gaps vs. ABC in Week-Over-Week Measurements<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Marks Closest A25-54 Gap vs. ABC in Six Weeks<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Delivers Strongest Week on Digital Since March 2022<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Week of August 15: Ratings Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is the <strong>#3 most-watched program<\/strong> in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging <strong>6.087 million total viewers<\/strong>, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication<\/li><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>narrows total viewer &amp; A25-54 gaps vs. ABC in week-over-week measurements, including by <strong>10% in total viewers<\/strong><\/li><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>improves <strong>across-the-board<\/strong> gaps vs. ABC in year-over-year measurements, including <strong>by 22% in A25-54<\/strong><\/li><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>marks its <strong>closest gap with ABC in the A25-54 demo in six weeks<\/strong> (since 7\/4\/22)<\/li><li>Across digital, Nightly marks its <strong>best week since March for the second week in a row<\/strong>, with <strong>16.8 million video views<\/strong> and <strong>1.6 million hours<\/strong> viewed on &amp; off network platforms<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Week of August 15: <em>Nightly<\/em> Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Averages <strong>6.087 million total viewers<\/strong>, topping CBS by +1.843 million (+43%), the <strong>largest lead seen in 23 weeks<\/strong> (since 4\/25\/22)<ul><li>In week over week, <em>Nightly News <\/em>closes the total viewership gap vs. ABC by <strong>10%<\/strong><\/li><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News <\/em>narrows total viewership gap vs. ABC by <strong>23%<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Averages <strong>980,000 A25-54 viewers,<\/strong> beating CBS by +301,000 (+44%)<ul><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>marks closest gap vs. ABC in <strong>six weeks<\/strong> (since 7\/4\/22)<\/li><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>cuts the week-over-week A25-54 gap vs. ABC <strong>by 2%<\/strong><\/li><li>In year over year, <em>Nightly News <\/em>narrows A25-54 gap vs. ABC <strong>by 22%<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Averages 694,000 A18-49 viewers, leading CBS by +253,000 (+57%)<ul><li><em>Nightly News <\/em>narrows the year-over-year viewership gap vs. ABC by <strong>5%<\/strong><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li>Across digital, Nightly marks its best week since March for the second week in a row, with <strong>16.8 million video views and 1.6 million hours<\/strong> viewed on &amp; off network platforms<\/li><li>On YouTube, weekday episodes reached <strong>818,000 views<\/strong> and <strong>657,000 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>980<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>694<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6,087<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>679<\/td><td>441<\/td><td>4,244<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,252<\/td><td>919<\/td><td>7,307<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: <em>World News Tonight<\/em> and <em>CBS Evening News<\/em> were based on 4-day averages due to retitling on Friday. 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