Narrows Total Viewer Gap vs. ABC in Year-Over-Year Measurements

Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Improves Competitive Position Vs. ABC by 20% in Total Viewers, 19% in A25-54 & 38% in A18-49 vs. Same Time Period Last Year

Week of April 11: Ratings Highlights

• Nightly News is the #5 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.807  million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
• Nightly News increases it viewership across the board in week-over-week measurements
• Nightly News is in its 8th consecutive month of continuing its upward trend of improving in total viewers vs. ABC’s World News Tonight, cutting the year-over-year viewership gap by 1% during the most recent week
• Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 20% in total viewers, by 19% in the A25-54 demo and by 38% in the A18-49 demo compared to the same time period last year

Week of April 11: Nightly Stats

• Averages 6.807 million total viewers, topping CBS by +2.070 million (+44%), its largest advantage over the network in 6 weeks (since 2/28/22)
  • Nightly News’ total viewers is up by +97,000 vs. last week
  • In year over year, Nightly News narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 1%, in its eighth consecutive month of its upward trend of improving in total viewers
• Averages 1.157 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +339,000 (+42%)
  • Nightly News increases its A25-54 demo by +52,000 vs. last week
• Averages 798,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +197,000 (+33%)
  • Nightly News increases its A18-49 audience by +38,000 vs. last week
• Across digital, Nightly News saw 16.2 million video views and 1.5 million hours viewed on & off platforms, including clips and full episodes
  • On YouTube, full episodes reached 798,000 views and 622,000 viewers

Program	P25-54	P18-49	P2+
Imps	Imps	Imps
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS	1,157	798	6,807
CBS EVENING NEWS	818	601	4,737
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT	1,483	997	8,209

NOTE: All three evening newscasts are based on four-day averages (Mon-Thu) due to retitling for Good Friday. Nielsen Ratings now reflect the addition of Out of Home (OOH) viewership that began being measured on Aug. 31,2020 across only 44 markets tracked by Nielsen Media Research.

NBC Nightly News, World News Tonight and CBS Evening News’ ratings are comprised of telecasts with regular titling and include overnight airings on owned stations. World News Tonight’s ratings also include 3:30pm airings in Los Angeles and San Francisco. 

Digital ratings sourcing: Adobe Analytics and Partner Portals; YouTube Analytics Portal