‘Nightly News’ Delivers Best Start to Broadcast Season vs. ABC in 4 Years in Key Demos
Week of March 11 Ratings Highlights
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC across the board by double digits, including by 52% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
- Nightly News continues its best start of the season vs. ABC in 4 years (since 2019-20) in the key A25-54 & A18-49 demos
Week of March 11 Nightly Stats
- Averages 5.912 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.497 million (+34%)
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 10%
- Averages 801,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +156,000 (+24%)
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 52%
- Averages 531,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +87,000 (+20%)
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 42%
- Across digital, Nightly News delivered 10.1 million video viewers and 1.3 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, full episodes reached 693,000 views and 531,000 viewers
WEEK of MARCH 11-17, 2024
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 801 | 531 | 5,912 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 645 | 444 | 4,415 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,035 | 716 | 7,358 |
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.
