{"id":8821,"date":"2026-07-28T21:22:17","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T21:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8821"},"modified":"2026-07-28T21:26:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T21:26:42","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-scores-another-demo-win-marks-largest-year-over-year-increases-in-nearly-2-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/07\/28\/nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-scores-another-demo-win-marks-largest-year-over-year-increases-in-nearly-2-years\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS SCORES ANOTHER DEMO WIN, MARKS LARGEST YEAR-OVER-YEAR INCREASES IN NEARLY 2 YEARS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Won Key Demo on Tuesday, Grows +35% in A25-54 &amp; +53% in A18-49 Vs. Last Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Best Streak of Year-Over-Year Growth on Record in Total Viewers &amp; A18-49<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK OF JULY 20 HIGHLIGHTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>ranked\u00a0#<strong>1 in the key A25-54 demo on Tuesday<\/strong>, outperforming ABC (+43,000)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0increased its <strong>viewership across the board\u00a0vs. prior year for the\u00a025th consecutive week<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> delivers its best streak of <strong>year-over-year growth in total viewers and A18-49 on record<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> continues to mark its best streak of year-over-year growth in the demo <strong>since May 1997<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compared to the prior year,\u00a0<em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0narrowed its demo gaps with <strong>ABC in A25-54<\/strong> <strong>by\u00a067%\u00a0and in A18-49 by\u00a062%<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0is the\u00a0<strong>only network evening newscast to grow its viewership<\/strong> across the board\u00a0vs. last season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK OF JULY 20 STATS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Averages 6.6 million total viewers, overperforming CBS by +2.652 million (+67%)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Narrows total viewership gap vs. ABC by 14% vs. last week, 18% vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Increases total viewership by +17% (+966,000) vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grows total audience season to date by +229,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Averages 960,000 A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +444,000 (+86%)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases A25-54 viewership by +35% (+247,000) vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 67% vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nightly News\u2019 A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 50% 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>Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow vs. last season, +80,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Averages 735,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +355,000 (+93%)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +255,000 (+53%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrows A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 62% vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nightly News\u2019 A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 36% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, closest demo gap vs. network in 6 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grows A18-49 viewers vs. last season, +75,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><strong>OUTPACES ABC &amp; CBS COMBINED IN DEMO GROWTH VS. LAST YEAR, SCORES MOST-WATCHED JULY IN SIX YEARS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Marks 11 Consecutive Months of Closing Demos vs. ABC, Delivers Closest A25-54 July Gap vs. ABC in 7 years<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Posts 5-Month High in A18-49, Most-Watched July in 4 Years in A25-54<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>July 2026: Ratings Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0outpaces ABC &amp; CBS combined in demo growth\u00a0vs. last year, +162,000 in A25-54 and +178,000 in A18-49<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0delivers\u00a0its largest July audience in six years, five-month high in A18-49 and most-watched July in four years in A25-54<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News <\/em>marks 11 consecutive months of closing demo gaps vs. ABC, most recently by 48% in A25-54 &amp; by 44% in A18-49<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News <\/em>posts its closest A25-54 July gap vs. ABC in 7 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>July 2026: Nightly Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Averages 6.4 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 2.627 million (+69%)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0increases total viewers by +717,000 vs. last year, +36,000 vs. last month<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biggest July audience in 6 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Averages 934,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +439,000 (+89%)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0increases A25-54 viewers by +162,000 vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0closes the A25-54 gap vs. ABC last year by 48%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biggest July audience in 4 years, best July gap vs. ABC in 7 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marks 11 consecutive months of closing the gap year-over-year vs. ABC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Averages 700,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +335,000 (+92%)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0increases A18-49 viewership vs. last year by +178,000, by +45,000 vs. last month<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0closes the A18-49 gap vs. ABC last year by 44%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biggest July audience in 5 years, best July gap vs. ABC in6 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Marks 11 consecutive months of closing the gap year-over-year vs. ABC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">###&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK OF 7\/20\/2026<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Note: Nightly News and CBS Evening News were based on 4-day averages, retitling on Friday. ABC World News Tonight was based on a 3-day average, retitling on Thursday and Friday.<\/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>960<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>735<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6,606<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>516<\/td><td>380<\/td><td>3,954<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,050<\/td><td>820<\/td><td>8,143<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 7\/20\/2026 through Thursday, 7\/23\/2026. Average audience based on regularly-titled telecasts only.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>JULY 2026<\/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>934<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>700<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6,442<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>494<\/td><td>365<\/td><td>3,808<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,044<\/td><td>798<\/td><td>8,272<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, June 2026 (6\/29\/2026-Thursday, 7\/23\/2026). 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