{"id":8472,"date":"2025-12-23T18:57:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-23T18:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8472"},"modified":"2026-01-09T20:50:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T20:50:16","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-is-the-only-evening-newscast-to-increase-total-a18-49-viewers-for-4q25-vs-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/23\/nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-is-the-only-evening-newscast-to-increase-total-a18-49-viewers-for-4q25-vs-last-year\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS\u00a0IS THE ONLY EVENING NEWSCAST TO INCREASE TOTAL &amp; A18-49 VIEWERS FOR 4Q25 VS. 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Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2025:\u00a0<em>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0<strong>LLAMAS<\/strong><\/em><strong> DELIVERS BEST KEY DEMO POSITION VS. ABC IN SIX YEARS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Marks Best Year-Over-Year Audience Retention than Any Other Evening Newscast Across the Board<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Since Llamas Began Anchoring in June, \u2018Nightly News\u2019 Has Topped ABC Over 10 Times in A25-54<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2025: Ratings Highlights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News&nbsp;<\/em>delivers its closest demo gaps vs. ABC in six years, narrowing the A25-54 gap by 25% and the A18-49 gap by 14%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News&nbsp;<\/em>marks the best year-over-year audience retention than ABC &amp; CBS across the board<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News&nbsp;<\/em>marks the best year-over-year audience retention than ABC &amp; CBS across the board<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Since Llamas began anchoring&nbsp;<em>Nightly&nbsp;<\/em>in June, the newscast has topped ABC more than 10 times in A25-54, including winning the weeks of 9\/15 and 11\/3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>NBC Nightly News with Tom Llamas<\/em>&nbsp;is regularly a top five program in total viewers in all of TV each week, excluding specials, sports &amp; syndication, averaging 6 million viewers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>2025: Ratings Stats<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 6 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.070 million (+53%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News&nbsp;<\/em>closes the total viewer gap vs. ABC by 5% vs. last year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 801,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +327,000 (+69%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News&nbsp;<\/em>narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 25%, best key position in six years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 547,000 A18-49 viewers, topping CBS by +209,000 (+62%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News&nbsp;<\/em>narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 14%, best key position in six years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>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><\/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>801<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>547<\/strong><\/td><td>5,950<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>474<\/td><td>338<\/td><td>3,880<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>943<\/td><td>664<\/td><td>7,545<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 6\/2\/25-12\/18\/25 vs. 6\/3\/24-12\/19\/24, excludes 7\/26\/24-8\/11\/24 (2024 Paris Olympics dates), averages are based on regular titles only.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marks Closest Demo Gaps vs. ABC in 5 Quarters Leads Competition in A25-54 Viewer Growth vs. Last Quarter 4th Quarter 2025: Ratings Highlights 4th&nbsp;Quarter: Nightly Stats 4th&nbsp;QUARTER 2025 Program P25-54 P18-49 P2+ Imps Imps Imps NBC NIGHTLY NEWS 845 577 6,187 CBS EVENING NEWS 491 360 4,010 ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT 958 684 7,791 Source: [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2025\/12\/23\/nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-is-the-only-evening-newscast-to-increase-total-a18-49-viewers-for-4q25-vs-last-year\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS\u00a0IS THE ONLY EVENING NEWSCAST TO INCREASE TOTAL &amp; A18-49 VIEWERS FOR 4Q25 VS. 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