{"id":6146,"date":"2023-08-29T12:53:14","date_gmt":"2023-08-29T16:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/press.nbcnews.com\/?p=6146"},"modified":"2023-08-29T12:53:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T16:53:14","slug":"week-of-august-21-nbc-nightly-news-ranks-as-2-most-watched-tv-program-for-7-straight-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2023\/08\/29\/week-of-august-21-nbc-nightly-news-ranks-as-2-most-watched-tv-program-for-7-straight-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"WEEK OF AUGUST 21:\u00a0NBC NIGHTLY NEWS\u00a0RANKS AS #2 MOST-WATCHED TV PROGRAM FOR 7 STRAIGHT WEEKS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Grows in Key Demo vs. Last Week &amp; Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\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>Season to Date, \u2018Nightly News\u2019 Closes A25-54 Gap Vs. ABC by 30% vs. Same Time Period Last Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of August 21: Ratings Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;is the #2 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers for the 7<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;consecutive week, averaging 6.202 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;increases its A25-54 and total viewership vs. last week and last year&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;marks a 9-week high in total viewership (best since 6\/19\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly New<\/em>s&nbsp;improves&nbsp;its across-the-board gaps&nbsp;vs. ABC week over week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly New<\/em>s&nbsp;improves&nbsp;its A25-54 gap&nbsp;vs. ABC year over year, marking the 7th consecutive week&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;has improved its year over year key demo gaps vs. ABC<\/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 30% 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 August 21: Nightly Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 6.202 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.568 million (+34%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases its total viewership by +292,000 vs. last week and +133,000 vs. last year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Marks a 9-week high in total viewership (best since 6\/19\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Week over week,&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;narrows its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 16%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages&nbsp;1.003 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +266,000 (+36%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases its key demo viewership by +8,000 vs. last week and +17,000 vs. last year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Week over week,&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;narrows its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by&nbsp;4%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Year over year,&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;cuts its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by&nbsp;33%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Marks the 7th consecutive week&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;has improved its year over year A25-54 gaps vs. ABC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages&nbsp;662,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +165,000 (+33%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Week over week,&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;improves A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by&nbsp;21%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Year over year,&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;improves A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by&nbsp;62%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Across digital,&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;delivers 19 million video views and 1.9 million hours viewed on &amp; off network platforms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 876,100 views and 717,000 viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK OF AUGUST 21-27, 2023<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\">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><strong>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>1,003<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>662<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6,202<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>737<\/td><td>497<\/td><td>4,634<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,160<\/td><td>735<\/td><td>7,664<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: 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.&nbsp;NBC Nightly News,&nbsp;World News Tonight&nbsp;and&nbsp;CBS Evening News\u2019&nbsp;ratings are comprised of telecasts with regular titling and include afternoon and overnight airings on owned stations. Digital ratings sourcing: Adobe Analytics and Partner Portals; YouTube Analytics Portal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"># # #&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>&nbsp;AUGUST 2023:&nbsp;<em>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS<\/em>&nbsp;RANKS AS #2 MOST-WATCHED TV PROGRAM FOR 3 STRAIGHT MONTHS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Only Newscast to Grow in Key Demo vs. Last Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Increases Viewership Across the Board vs. Last Month<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\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><u>Month of August: Ratings Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>&nbsp;is the #2 most-watched program in all of TV for the 3rd&nbsp;consecutive month in total viewers, averaging 6.033 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News&nbsp;<\/em>is the only newscast to&nbsp;increase its A25-54 viewership vs. last year&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News grows across the board vs. last month<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly New<\/em>s marks its most narrow&nbsp;A25-54 gap vs. ABC in 38 months (since June 2020)&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly New<\/em>s&nbsp;improves&nbsp;its competitive positions across-the-board gaps&nbsp;vs. ABC vs. last month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly New<\/em>s&nbsp;improves&nbsp;its A25-54 competitive positions&nbsp;year over year, marking the 9th consecutive month&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;has improved its year over year key demo gaps vs. ABC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Month of August: Nightly Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 6.033 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.635 million (+37%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases its total viewership by +137,000 vs. last month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Month over month,&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;narrows its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 7%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages&nbsp;986,000 A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +313,000 (+46%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases its key demo viewership by +89,000 vs. last month and +7,000 vs. last year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Month over month,&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;narrows its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by&nbsp;33%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Year over year,&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;cuts its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by&nbsp;54%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Marks the 9th consecutive month&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;has improved its year over year A25-54 gaps vs. ABC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages&nbsp;663,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +209,000 (+46%)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases its A18-49 viewership by +50,000 vs. last month<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Month over month,&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;improves A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by&nbsp;53%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Year over year,&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;improves A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by&nbsp;64%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Across digital,&nbsp;<em>Nightly<\/em>&nbsp;is pacing to deliver 78 million video views in August<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>On YouTube, full episodes reached 916,000 views and 724,000 viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>MONTH OF AUGUST 2023<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\">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><strong>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>986<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>663<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6,033<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>673<\/td><td>454<\/td><td>4,398<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,118<\/td><td>739<\/td><td>7,488<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note<\/strong>: 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.&nbsp;NBC Nightly News,&nbsp;World News Tonight&nbsp;and&nbsp;CBS Evening News\u2019&nbsp;ratings are comprised of telecasts with regular titling and include afternoon and overnight airings on owned stations. 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