Increases Total Viewership vs. Last Week
Improves A25-54 Gap vs. ABC Year Over Year
Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Closes A25-54 Gap vs. ABC by 22% vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of May 29: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #3 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.014 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News increases total viewership by +110,000 vs. last week; posting its largest total viewers audience in 4 weeks
- Year over year, Nightly News improves its A25-54 gap vs. ABC for the third consecutive week
- Week over week, Nightly News narrows its total viewer gap vs. ABC
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 22% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of May 29: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.014 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.526 million (+34%)
- Increases total viewership by +110,000 vs. last week
- Week over week, Nightly cuts total viewership gap vs. ABC by 6%
- Averages 838,000 A25-54 viewers, beating CBS by +169,000 (+25%)
- Year over year, Nightly narrows its key demo gap vs. ABC by 17%
- Averages 565,000 A18-49 viewers, leading CBS by +112,000 (+25%)
- Across digital, Nightly delivers 20.2 million video views and 1.6 million hours viewed on & off network platforms marking its best week since February 2023
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 873,300 views and 667,000 viewers
WEEK OF MAY 29-JUNE 4, 2023
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 838 | 565 | 6,014 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 669 | 453 | 4,488 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,142 | 811 | 7,417 |
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.
