Marks Most Narrow Total Viewer Gap vs. ABC in 5 Weeks

Improves Gaps vs. ABC Across the Board in Year-Over-Year Measurements

Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Improves Competitive Position Vs. ABC by 18% in Total Viewers, 17% in A25-54 & 34% in A18-49 vs. Same Time Period Last Year

Week of May 9: Ratings Highlights

• Nightly News is the #9 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.194 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
• Nightly News improves gaps vs. ABC’s World News Tonight across the board in week-over-week measurements
• Nightly News marks its most narrow total viewer gap vs. ABC in 5 weeks (since 4/4/22), and its most narrow A25-54 gap vs. ABC in 7 weeks (since 3/21/22)
• Nightly News is in its 9th consecutive month of continuing its upward trend of improving in total viewers vs. ABC, cutting the year-over-year viewership gap by 3% during the most recent week
• Nightly News is in its 6th consecutive month of continuing its upward trend of improving in A25-54 vs. ABC, closing the year-over-year viewership gap by 19% during the most recent week
• Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 18% in total viewers, by 17% in the A25-54 demo and by 34% in the A18-49 demo compared to the same time period last year

Week of May 9: Nightly Stats

• Averages 6.194 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.702 million (+38%)
  • Marks most narrow total viewer gap vs. ABC in 5 weeks (since 4/4/22)
  • In week over week, Nightly News improves the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 5%
  • In year over year, Nightly News improves the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 3%, in its ninth consecutive month of its upward trend of improving in total viewers
• Averages 1.008 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +281,000 (+39%)
  • Marks most narrow A25-54 gap vs. ABC in 7 weeks (since 3/21/22)
  • In wee k over week, Nightly News improves the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 12%
  • In year over year, Nightly News improves the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 19% , in its 6th consecutive month of continuing its upward trend of improving in A25-54
• Averages 715,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +226,000 (+46%)
  • Marks most narrow A18-49 gap vs. ABC in 12 weeks (since 2/14/22)
  • In week over week, Nightly News improves the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 24%
  • In year over year, Nightly News improves the gap vs. ABC by 41%
• Across digital, Nightly News saw 10.6 million video views and 1.3 million hours viewed on & off platforms, including clips and full episodes
• On YouTube, full episodes reached 748,000 views and 595,000 viewers

Program	P25-54	P18-49	P2+
Rtg	Rtg	Imps
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS	0.83	0.55	6,194
CBS EVENING NEWS	0.60	0.38	4,492
ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT	1.03	0.65	7,518

NOTE: 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