Anchored By Lester Holt from Paris, Sunday’s Broadcast Marks Largest ‘Nightly News’ Audience in 6+ Years
Friday’s Broadcast Tops ABC Across the Board, Up Double Digits vs. 2020 Tokyo Olympics Opening Ceremony
‘Nightly News’ Reaches 6-Month High in Demo, 4-Month High in Total Viewers
‘Nightly News’ Continues Its Best Start Of The Season Vs. ABC In 4 Years Across The Board
Week of July 22: Ratings Highlights
Lester Holt anchored Nightly News from Paris beginning Friday.
- Sunday’s NBC Nightly News is the #1 show of the week in total viewers and the key A25-54 demo, excluding specials, sports & syndication. Anchored by Holt, the newscast averaged 10.452 million total viewers and 2.279 million A25-54 viewers. The broadcast marks its largest audience in 6+ years (since 2/8/2018)
- Friday’s Nightly News tops ABC across the board, up double digits across the board vs. 2020 Tokyo Olympics opening ceremony
- Nightly News marks a nearly 6-month high in A25-54 (best since 2/5/24), 6-month high in A18-49 (best since 1/22/24) and 4-month high in total viewers (best since 4/1/24)
- Nightly News continues its best start of the season vs. ABC in 4 years across the board
Week of July 22: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.188 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.805 million (+41%)
- In week over week, Nightly increases viewership by 12% and cuts the gap vs. ABC by 3%, marks 4-month high in total viewers
- In year over year, Nightly increases viewership by 4% and cuts the gap vs. ABC by 11%
- Averages 948,000 A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +336,000 (+55%)
- In week over week, Nightly increases A25-54 viewership by 31%, marks 6 month high in demo
- In year over year, Nightly increases A25-54 viewership by +3,000
- Averages 686,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +282,000 (+70%)
- In week over week, Nightly increases A18-49 viewership by 39% and cuts the gap vs. ABC by 49%, marks 6-month high in demo
- In year over year, Nightly increases A18-49 viewership by 6% and cuts the gap vs. ABC by 10%
- Across digital, Nightly delivered 16.7 million video views and 1.7 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached over 724,000 views and 576,000 viewers
WEEK of JULY 22-28, 2024
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 948 | 686 | 6,188 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 612 | 404 | 4,383 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,114 | 775 | 7,590 |
Note: Friday was the 2024 Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony. ABC World News Tonight and CBS Evening News were based on a 3-day averages (Mon, Tues, & Thurs) due to Special Report impact on Wednesday (Biden addresses nation re: dropping out of the Pres. race) and likely due to NBC’s Olympics coverage on Friday. NBC Nightly News, ABC World News Tonight and CBS Evening News’ ratings include afternoon and overnight airings on owned stations. Digital ratings sourcing: Adobe Analytics and Partner Portals; YouTube Analytics Portal.
