Grows in Key Demo vs. Last Year
Improves A25-54 Gap vs. ABC Year Over Year
Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Closes A25-54 Gap Vs. ABC by 30% vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of August 14: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #2 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers for the 6th consecutive week, averaging 5.910 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News increases its A25-54 viewership vs. last year
- Nightly News improves its A25-54 gap vs. ABC year over year, marking the 6th consecutive week Nightly has improved its year over year key demo gaps vs. ABC
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 30% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of August 14: Nightly Stats
- Averages 5.910 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.490 million (+34%)
- Averages 995,000 A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +303,000 (+44%)
- Increases its key demo viewership by +15,000 vs. last year
- Year over year, Nightly narrows its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by 39%
- Marks the 6th consecutive week Nightly has improved its year over year A25-54 gaps vs. ABC
- Averages 667,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +210,000 (+46%)
- Year over year, Nightly improves A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 60%
- Across digital, Nightly delivers 22 million video views and 2 million hours viewed on & off network platforms; marking its best week since June 2023
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 897,700 views and 698,000 viewers
WEEK OF AUGUST 14-20, 2023
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 995 | 667 | 5,910 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 692 | 457 | 4,420 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,160 | 758 | 7,658 |
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.
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