{"id":8972,"date":"2026-09-30T15:08:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/?p=8972"},"modified":"2026-09-30T15:08:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T15:08:04","slug":"nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-marks-largest-september-audience-in-5-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nbcuniversalnewsgroup.com\/nbcnews\/2026\/09\/30\/nbc-nightly-news-with-tom-llamas-marks-largest-september-audience-in-5-years\/","title":{"rendered":"NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS\u00a0MARKS LARGEST SEPTEMBER AUDIENCE IN 5 YEARS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Posts 7-Month High in Key Demos, Most-Watched September in 3 Years in A25-54<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Delivers 8 Consecutive Months of Year-Over-Year Growth<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>September 2026: Ratings Highlights<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0delivers\u00a0its largest September total viewer audience in 5 years with 6.6 million total viewers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0posts 7-month highs in the key demos and marks its most-watched September A25-54 audience in 3 <em>years<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Nightly News <\/em>marks 8 consecutive months of year-over-year growth<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>September 2026: Nightly Stats<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Averages 6.6 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 2.618 million (+66%)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0increases total viewers by +896,000 vs. last year<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Narrows total viewer gap vs. ABC by 1%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biggest September audience in 5 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Averages 1.022 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +476,000 (+87%)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0increases A25-54 viewers by +223,000 vs. last year, +2,000 vs. last month<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biggest September audience in 3 years<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Averages 747,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +352,000 (+89%)<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em>\u00a0increases A18-49 viewership vs. last year by +208,000, by +5,000 vs. last month<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Biggest September audience in 5 years<\/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>WEEK OF SEPT. 21: <em>NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH TOM LLAMAS<\/em> DELIVERS DOUBLE-DIGIT GROWTH ACROSS THE BOARD<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Ranks as the #2 Most-Watched Program in All of TV<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 21 HIGHLIGHTS<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Nightly News<\/em> grows across the board vs. last year by double-digit percentages, including +14% in total viewers, +20% in A25-54 &amp; 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Average audience&nbsp;based on regularly-titled telecasts only.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><u>WEEK OF 9\/21\/2026<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\ue113<\/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>970<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>721<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>6,495<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>CBS EVENING NEWS<\/td><td>497<\/td><td>389<\/td><td>3,980<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT<\/td><td>1,153<\/td><td>867<\/td><td>8,388<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel, L+SD, Week of 9\/21\/2026. 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