{"id":8910,"date":"2026-09-01T18:05:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8910"},"modified":"2026-09-01T18:05:51","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T18:05:51","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-delivers-largest-audiences-in-6-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/09\/01\/nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-delivers-largest-audiences-in-6-months\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS DELIVERS LARGEST AUDIENCES IN 6 MONTHS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Leads Evening News Competition in Year-over-Year Growth, Including Growing +61% in A25-54<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Fourth Consecutive Week of Averaging over 1 Million A25-54 Viewers<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<strong><u>WEEK OF August 24 HIGHLIGHTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News <\/em>marks its <strong>largest audiences across the board in 6 months<\/strong> (best since 2\/16\/26)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News <\/em><strong>leads the evening news competition<\/strong> in year-over-year growth across the board<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News\u00a0<\/em>scores\u00a0<strong>its 30th\u00a0consecutive week of across-the-board growth<\/strong>\u00a0vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0delivers its\u00a0best\u00a0streak of year-over-year growth on record<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0continues to deliver its\u00a0<strong>closest key demo gap vs. ABC in seven years<\/strong>\u00a0for the current season<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0<strong>posts the largest A25-54 and A18-49 viewer growth<\/strong> vs. last season among the evening newscasts, also up in total viewers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK OF AUGUST 24 STATS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 7 million total viewers, topping CBS by +3.123 million (+79%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases total viewership vs. last year by +1.533 million (+28%) and last week by +418,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrows total viewer gap vs. ABC by 8% vs. last week and 7% vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Grows total audience season to date by +296,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 1.070 million A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +538,000 (+101%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases A25-54 viewers vs. last year by +404,000 (+61%) and last week by +46,000<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News <\/em>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 47% 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>Leads the competition in A25-54 viewer growth vs. last season, up +99,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Averages 800,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +448,000 (+127%)\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Increases A18-49 viewers vs. last year by +320,000 (+67%) and by +70,000 vs. last week<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News\u2019<\/em>\u00a0A18-49 gap vs. ABC is 31% better vs. prior year at this point in the season, closest demo gap vs. the network in 2 years<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Leads the competition in A18-49 viewer growth vs. last season, up +89,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK OF 8\/24\/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>1,070<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>800<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>7,052<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>532<\/td><td>352<\/td><td>3,929<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,220<\/td><td>877<\/td><td>8,734<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 8\/24\/2026 through Thursday, 8\/27\/2026. 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