{"id":8627,"date":"2026-04-28T22:19:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8627"},"modified":"2026-04-28T22:19:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T22:19:59","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-marks-best-growth-streak-in-nearly-six-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/04\/28\/nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-marks-best-growth-streak-in-nearly-six-years\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS\u00a0MARKS BEST GROWTH STREAK IN NEARLY SIX YEARS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Scores 3 Months of Consecutive Year-Over-Year Growth Across the Board<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Delivers Closest Demo Gap vs. ABC in 6 Years for Current Season<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>\u2018Nightly News\u2019 Remains Only Evening Newscast Marking Across-the-Board Viewership Growth vs. Last Season<\/em><\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of April 20 Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list has-medium-font-size\">\n<li><em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>scores its 12\u00a0straight weeks of across-the-board growth vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News <\/em>delivers its best streak of year-over-year growth for total viewers since August 2020 and for A25-54 viewers since June 2020<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the only evening newscast to grow across the board vs. last season<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0closes the year-over-year demo gap vs ABC by 17%, 12th consecutive week of narrowing gap<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0continues to deliver its closest demo gap vs. ABC in six years for the current season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>Week of April 20 Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Averages 6.2 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.397 million (+64%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Increases total viewership vs. last year by +269,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Grows total audience season to date by +99,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Averages 831,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +364,000 (+78%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year by +102,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 17% vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Nightly News\u2019<\/em>\u00a0A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 44% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest demo gap vs. the network in 6 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the only evening newscast to grow vs. last season, +51,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Averages 612,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +303,000 (+98%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +106,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 30% vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u2019 A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 29% better vs. prior year at this point in the season<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the only evening newscast to grow in A18-49 viewers vs. last season, +48,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK OF 4\/20\/2026<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table has-medium-font-size\"><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>612<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6,168<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>467<\/td><td>309<\/td><td>3,771<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,056<\/td><td>778<\/td><td>8,537<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 4\/20\/2026. 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