{"id":8843,"date":"2026-08-04T17:09:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8843"},"modified":"2026-08-04T17:13:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T17:13:14","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-extends-year-over-year-growth-to-six-consecutive-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/08\/04\/nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-extends-year-over-year-growth-to-six-consecutive-months\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS EXTENDS YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH TO SIX CONSECUTIVE MONTHS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Delivers 26 Straight Weeks of Across-the-Board Growth vs. Last Year, Best Key Demo Streak in Nearly 30 Years<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Only Evening Newscast to Grow Total Viewers, A25-54 &amp; A18-49 Viewers Season to Date<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK OF JULY 27 HIGHLIGHTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Tom anchored Monday-Thursday (including from Castel Gandolfo for Pope Leo XIV\u2019s Concert for Peace). Hallie Jackson anchored Friday.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> scores its <strong>26th consecutive week of across-the-board growth<\/strong> vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> delivers its best <strong>streak of year-over-year growth in the demo since May 1997<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> marks its best streak of year-over-year growth in total viewers and A18-49<strong> on record<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Compared to the prior year,\u00a0<em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0narrowed its gaps with\u00a0<strong>ABC in A25-54<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>by\u00a037%,\u00a0in A18-49 by\u00a034% and in total viewers by 21%<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> continues to deliver its <strong>closest key demo gaps vs. ABC in seven years<\/strong> for the current season<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is the <strong>only network evening newscast to grow its viewership<\/strong> across the board vs. last season<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK OF JULY 27 STATS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Averages 6.62 million total viewers, overperforming CBS by +2.493 million (+60%)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases total viewership by +17,000 vs. last week and by +910,000 vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrows total viewership gap vs. ABC by 21% vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grows total audience season to date by +242,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Averages 948,000 A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +378,000 (+66%)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases A25-54 viewership by +25% (+189,000) vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 37% vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u2019 A25-54 gap vs. ABC is 49% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, marking its closest demo gap vs. the network in 7 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> is the only evening newscast to grow vs. last season, +81,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Averages 708,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +307,000 (+77%)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +164,000 (+30%)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrows A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 34% vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\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, +77,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK OF 7\/27\/2026<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Note: All three programs were based on 4-day averages, retitling on Friday, 7\/31.<\/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>948<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>708<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6,620<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>570<\/td><td>401<\/td><td>4,127<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,078<\/td><td>822<\/td><td>8,168<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 7\/27\/2026 through Thursday, 7\/30\/2026. 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