Increases Total Viewer & A18-49 Audiences In Week-Over-Week Measurements
Delivers Best Start to Broadcast Season vs. ABC in 4 Years in A25-54 & A18-49
Continues to Improve Gaps vs. ABC vs. Last Year, Including By Nearly 60% in A25-54
Week of Feb. 26 Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News tops ABC in the demos on Wednesday, by +3,000 in A25-54 & by +34,000 in A18-49. Nightly News continues its best start of the season vs. ABC in 4 years in the key demos (since 2019-20)
- Nightly News increases in total viewers and A18-49 demo vs. last week
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC across the board by double digits, including by 58% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of Feb. 26 Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.569 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.856 million (+39%)
- In week over week, Nightly News increases total viewership by +7,0000
- In year over year, Nightly News closes the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 3%
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 11%
- Averages 912,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +220,000 (+32%)
- Tops ABC in the A25-54 demo on Wednesday by +3,000
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 58%
- Averages 627,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +159,000 (+34%)
- Tops ABC in the A18-49 demo on Wednesday by +34,000
- In week over week, Nightly News increases A18-49 by +22,000
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 49%
- Across digital, Nightly News delivered 12 million video viewers and 1.4 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 654,000 views and 514,000 viewers
WEEK of FEBRUARY 26-MARCH 3, 2024
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 912 | 627 | 6,569 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 692 | 468 | 4,713 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,108 | 753 | 7,830 |
Note: NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight and CBS Evening News’ ratings include afternoon and overnight airings on owned stations. All stats exclude alternate titles and specials.
