Improves Competitively Year-Over-Year Across the Board, Including Narrowing Key Demo Gap vs. ABC For 14th Straight Week
Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Closes A25-54 Gap Vs. ABC by 25% vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of February 27: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #3 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 7.068 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News improves competitively in year-over-year measurements across the board, including narrowing the A25-54 gap vs. ABC for the 14th straight week
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 25% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year.
Week of February 27: Nightly Stats
- Averages 7.068 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.953 million (+38%)
- In year over year, Nightly News cuts the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 8%
- Averages 1.319 million A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +386,000 (+51%)
- Nightly News cuts the year-over-year A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 43%
- Averages 787,000 A18-49 viewers, leading CBS by +266,000 (+51%)
- Nightly News cuts the year-over-year A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 25%
- Across digital, Nightly News delivers 12.5 million video views and 1.6 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 858,000 views and 677,000 viewers
WEEK of FEBRUARY 27-MARCH 5, 2023
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,139 | 787 | 7,068 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 753 | 521 | 5,115 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,298 | 893 | 8,364 |
Note: 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 afternoon and overnight airings on owned stations. Digital ratings sourcing: Adobe Analytics and Partner Portals; YouTube Analytics Portal.
