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Tom Llamas began anchoring \u2018Nightly News\u2019 on Monday, June 2.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the #1 evening newscast in A25-54 on Tuesday, May 27, topping ABC by+40,000\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the only evening newscast to grow across the board in year-over-year measurements, +4% in A25-54 &amp; A18-49 and +2% in total viewers\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0marks its closest A25-54 and A18-49 gap vs. ABC since January\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0closes across-the-board gaps vs. ABC in all measurements, including double digits in year-over-year \u2013 by 77% in A25-54, 20% in total viewers and +59% in A18-49\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the #2 most-watched show of the week with 5.720 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of May 26 Ratings Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 5.720 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 2.120 million (+59%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the only newscast to grow vs. last year in total viewers, +115,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Week over week,\u00a0<em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 9%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Year over year,\u00a0<em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0closes the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 20%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages 831,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +341,000 (+70%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the only newscast to grow in A25-54 vs. last year, +33,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Week over week,\u00a0<em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 48%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Year over year,\u00a0<em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 77%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages 525,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +193,000 (+58%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the only newscast to grow vs. last year in A18-49, +18,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Year over year,\u00a0<em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0closes the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 59%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Week over week,\u00a0<em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 48%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK of MAY 26-JUNE 1, 2025<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><strong>Program<\/strong><strong><\/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>831<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>525<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>5,720<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>490<\/td><td>332<\/td><td>3,600<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>884<\/td><td>592<\/td><td>7,042<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Source: Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 5\/26\/2025-6\/1\/2025. 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