‘Nightly News’ Narrows Gaps vs. ABC By Double Digits Across the Board, Continues Best Start to Broadcast Season vs. ABC in 4 Years
‘Nightly News’ Continues to Improve Gaps vs. ABC vs. Last Year, Including By 42% in A25-54
Week of April 29 Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the only evening newscast to grow across-the-board vs. last week, up +82,000 in total viewers, +50,000 in A25-54 and +23,000 A18-49
- Nightly News narrows across-the-board gaps by double digits vs. ABC in year-over-year and week-over-week measurements
- Nightly News continues its best start of the season vs. ABC in 4 years (since 2019-20) across the board
- Nightly News marks its most narrow gaps vs. ABC in 5 weeks (since 3/27/24)
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC across the board, including by 42% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of April 29 Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.010 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.764 million (+42%)
- Nightly News increases total viewership vs. last week by +82,000
- Week over week, Nightly News narrows total viewership gap vs. ABC by 23%
- Year over year, Nightly News closes total viewership gap vs. ABC by 20%
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 7%
- Averages 826,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +206,000 (+33%)
- In week over week, Nightly News closes the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 33%
- In year over year, Nightly News narrows the A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 30%
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 42%
- Averages 531,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +102,000 (+24%)
- Week over week, Nightly News cuts A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 15%
- Year over year, Nightly News cuts its A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 16%
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 36%
- Across digital, Nightly News delivered 12.3 million video viewers and 1.3 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 618,000 views and 490,000 viewers
WEEK of APRIL 29-MAY 5, 2024
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 826 | 531 | 6,010 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 620 | 429 | 4,246 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,002 | 666 | 7,233 |
Note: ABC World News Tonight was based on a 4-day average due to American Idol airing live across the U.S. on Monday in prime time. 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.
