{"id":5999,"date":"2023-05-02T13:16:27","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T17:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=5999"},"modified":"2023-05-02T13:16:27","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T17:16:27","slug":"week-of-april-24-nbc-nightly-news-increases-viewership-across-the-board-ranks-as-top-5-most-watched-tv-program-for-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2023\/05\/02\/week-of-april-24-nbc-nightly-news-increases-viewership-across-the-board-ranks-as-top-5-most-watched-tv-program-for-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>WEEK OF&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>APRIL<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;2<\/strong><strong>4<\/strong><strong>:&nbsp;<em>NBC&nbsp;NIGHTLY NEWS<\/em>&nbsp;INCREASES VIEWERSHIP ACROSS THE BOARD &amp; RANKS AS TOP 5 MOST-WATCHED TV PROGRAM FOR THE WEEK<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Improves Across the Board Gaps vs. ABC Week Over Week<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Narrows Key Demo Gap vs. ABC&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>f<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>or 20 of the&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>L<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>ast 22&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>W<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>eeks<\/em><\/strong><strong><em><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Season to Date, Closes A25-54 Gap vs. ABC by 24% vs. Same Time Period Last Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of April 24: Ratings Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;is the #5 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.454 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;grows across the board vs. last week and increases total viewership by +186,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;narrows the key demo gaps vs. ABC year over year for 20 of the last 22 weeks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;improves across the board gaps vs. ABC week over week, including by 16% in A25-54<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Season to date,&nbsp;<em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;improves its competitive position versus ABC by 24% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of April 24: Nightly Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 6.454 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.663 million (+35%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases total viewership by +186,000 vs. last week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Week over week, Nightly cuts total viewership gap vs. ABC by 3%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0Averages 974,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +245,000 (+34%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases key demo viewership by +4,000 vs. last week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;cuts year-over-year A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 31%&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Week over week, Nightly narrows A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by 16%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages 671,000 A18-49 viewers, leading CBS by +187,000 (+39%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;cuts the year-over-year A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 24%&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Week over week, narrows A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 23%&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Across digital,&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;delivers 6.4 million video views and 400.6K hours viewed on &amp; off network platforms&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 1.1 million views and 825,000 viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK OF APRIL 24-30, 2023<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\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><td>&nbsp;<\/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>974<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>671<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6,454<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>729<\/td><td>484<\/td><td>4,791<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,221<\/td><td>844<\/td><td>7,842<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: 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. 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