Week Over Week, ‘Nightly News’ Shrinks Total Viewer Gap vs. ABC by Double Digits
‘Nightly News’ Delivers Best Start to Broadcast Season vs. ABC in 4 Years Across the Board
Week of April 8 Ratings Highlights
- Week over week, Nightly News closes the gaps across the board vs. ABC, including by 16% in total viewers
- Nightly News continues its best start of the season vs. ABC in 4 years (since 2019-20) across the board
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC across the board, including by 46% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of April 8 Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.072 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.542 million (+34%)
- Week over week, Nightly News closes the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 16%
- Year over year, Nightly News tightens the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 3%
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows the total viewership gap vs. ABC by 8%
- Averages 831,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +167,000 (+25%)
- Week over week, Nightly News closes the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 1%
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 46%
- Averages 553,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +100,000 (+22%)
- Week over week, Nightly News narrows the A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 3%
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 38%
- Across digital, Nightly News delivered 12/6 million video viewers and 1.4 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 565,000 views and 452,000 viewers
WEEK of APRIL 8-14, 2024
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 831 | 553 | 6,072 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 664 | 453 | 4,530 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,043 | 706 | 7,433 |
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.
