#1 in A18-49 Viewers on Wednesday
Improves Key Demo Gap vs. ABC Year Over Year
Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Closes A25-54 Gap Vs. ABC by 30% vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of September 4: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #2 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers for the 9th consecutive week, averaging 6.127 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News improves its A25-54 gap vs. ABC year over year, marking the 9th consecutive week Nightly has improved its year over year key demo gaps vs. ABC
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 30% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of September 4: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.127 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.693 million (+38%)
- Averages 1.060 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +399,000 (+60%)
- Year over year, Nightly cuts its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by 13%
- Marks the 9th consecutive week Nightly has improved its year over year A25-54 gaps vs. ABC
- Averages 729,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +294,000 (+68%)
- On Wednesday, Sept. 6, Nightly outperformed ABC World News Tonight in A18-49 viewers
- Year over year, Nightly improves A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 55%
- Across digital, Nightly delivers 16.9 million video views and 1.8 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 1.2 million views and 948,000 viewers
WEEK OF SEPT. 4-10, 2023
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,060 | 729 | 6,127 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 661 | 435 | 4,434 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,175 | 759 | 7,550 |
Note: Nightly News was based on a 3-day average (Tues, Wed, & Fri) due to retitling on Monday and Thursday. ABC World News Tonight was based on a 2-day average (Wed & Thurs) due to retitling Monday, Tuesday, and Friday.
Ratings now reflect the addition of Out of Home (OOH) viewership that began being measured on Aug. 31,2020 across only 44 markets tracked by Nielsen Media Research. NBC Nightly News, World News Tonight and CBS Evening News’ ratings are comprised of telecasts with regular titling and include afternoon and overnight airings on owned stations. Digital ratings sourcing: Adobe Analytics and Partner Portals; YouTube Analytics Portal.
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