{"id":8328,"date":"2025-09-30T17:26:44","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:26:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8328"},"modified":"2025-09-30T17:26:46","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T17:26:46","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-ranks-1-in-key-demo-for-second-consecutive-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/09\/30\/nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-ranks-1-in-key-demo-for-second-consecutive-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS&#8221;\u00a0RANKS #1 IN KEY DEMO FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE FRIDAY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Increases Across-the-Board Viewership vs. Last Week, Continues to Close Demo Gaps vs. ABC<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Delivers 10-Week High in A18-49, Ranks as #3 Most-Watched Program in all of TV<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Week of September 23 Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>For the second consecutive Friday,\u00a0<em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0ranks #1 in A25-54, with 786,000 viewers\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>increases its viewership across the board vs. last week and hits a 10-week high in A18-49 with 541,000 viewers\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0narrows demo gaps vs. ABC in year-over-year measurements, including by 23% in A25-54<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the #3 most-watched show of the week with 5.6 million total viewers (LS, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>WEEK OF 9\/23\/2025<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 5.604 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.741 million (+45%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0increase viewership vs. last week by +63,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages 814,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +297,000 (+57%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0wins Friday as the #1 newscast in A25-54 for the second consecutive week\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0increases A25-54 viewers in weekly measurements by +20,000\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 23% in week-over-week measurements\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages\u00a0541,000\u00a0A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +172,000 (+47%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>hits a 10-week high in A18-49 viewership\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 3% in week-over-week measurements\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>WEEK OF 9\/23\/2025&nbsp;<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><td rowspan=\"2\"><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><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>814<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>541<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>5,604<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>517<\/td><td>369<\/td><td>3,863<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>899<\/td><td>641<\/td><td>7,058<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Nielsen Panel, L+SD, 9\/22\/2025-9\/28\/2025. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note: ABC World News Tonight was based on a 4-day average due to sports impact (Monday Nightly Football).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS<\/em><\/strong><strong>&nbsp;MARKS CLOSEST SEPTEMBER DEMO GAP VS. 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