{"id":8553,"date":"2026-03-04T18:29:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8553"},"modified":"2026-03-04T18:29:24","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T18:29:24","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-is-the-only-evening-newscast-to-post-year-over-year-growth-in-the-key-demo-for-a-full-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/03\/04\/nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-is-the-only-evening-newscast-to-post-year-over-year-growth-in-the-key-demo-for-a-full-month\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS\u00a0IS THE ONLY EVENING NEWSCAST TO POST YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH IN THE KEY DEMO FOR A FULL MONTH"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>\u2018Nightly News\u2019 Scores Key Demo Wins vs. ABC for Four Consecutive Weeks&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Also Leads Competition in Increasing Viewers Across the Board vs. Last Season<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>PLUS: Saturday\u2019s Primetime Special on Iran, Anchored by Llamas, Won the 8 p.m. Hour in Total Viewers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Week of February 23 Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Tom Llamas anchored Monday-Thursday, Hallie Jackson anchored Friday.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the\u00a0<strong>only evening newscast to post year-over-year growth in the key A25-54 demo for a full month.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0scores key demo wins vs. ABC for four consecutive weeks, most recently\u00a0ranking\u00a0<strong>#1 in the key A25-54 demo on Thursday<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0leads competition in growth\u00a0<strong>across the board in year-over-year measurements and vs. last season<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0closes the year-over-year demo gap vs ABC by 72%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saturday\u2019s 8 p.m. special on Iran, anchored by Llamas,\u00a0<strong>won the hour<\/strong>\u00a0with 2.4 million total viewers, also topping CBS News\u2019 10 p.m. special<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0continues to deliver its\u00a0<strong>closest demo gaps vs. ABC in six years<\/strong>\u00a0for the current season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Week of February 23 Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 6.8 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.618 million (+63%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases\u00a0<strong>total viewership vs. last year<\/strong>\u00a0by +148,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grows\u00a0<strong>total audience season to date<\/strong>\u00a0by +28,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages 989,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +485,000 (+96%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>#1 evening newscast on Thursday<\/strong>, topping ABC by +74,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0<strong>only evening newscast to increase A25-54 viewers vs. last year,\u00a0<\/strong>+61,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC\u00a0<strong>by 72%<\/strong>\u00a0vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u2019 A25-54 gap vs. ABC\u00a0<strong>is 49% better<\/strong>\u00a0vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its\u00a0<strong>closest demo gap vs. the network in 6 years<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is\u00a0<strong>the only evening newscast to grow vs. last season<\/strong>, +16,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Averages 689,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +309,000 (+81%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Only evening newscast to increase A18-49 viewers vs. last year<\/strong>, +47,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrows the A18-49 gap vs.\u00a0<strong>ABC by 54<\/strong>% vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u2019 A18-49 gap vs. ABC is\u00a0<strong>34% better vs<\/strong>. prior year at this point in the season<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the\u00a0<strong>only evening newscast to grow in A18-49 viewers vs. last season, +27,000<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>WEEK OF 2\/23\/2026&nbsp;<\/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>989<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>689<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6,788<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>504<\/td><td>380<\/td><td>4,170<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,028<\/td><td>759<\/td><td>8,642<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, 2\/23\/2026-3\/1\/2026. 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