Grows Across the Board Week Over Week
Improves Across-the-Board Gaps vs. ABC vs. Last Week
Week of September 18: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #3 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.225 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News increases its viewership across the board vs. last week
- Nightly News improves its across-the-board gaps vs. ABC week over week; marks most narrow total viewer gap vs. ABC in 6 weeks (since 8/7/23)
- Nightly News improves its A25-54 gap vs. ABC year over year, marking the 11th consecutive week Nightly has improved its year over year key demo gaps vs. ABC
Week of September 18: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.225 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.769 million (+40%)
- Increases its total viewership by +218,000 vs. last week
- Week over week, Nightly narrows its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 18%
- Averages 1.056 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +383,000 (+57%)
- Nightly is the only program to increase its key demo viewership vs. last week, up +26,000 A25-54 viewers
- Week over week, Nightly narrows its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by 50%
- Year over year, Nightly cuts its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by 55%
- Marks the 11th consecutive week Nightly has improved its year over year A25-54 gaps vs. ABC
- Averages 704,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +284,000 (+68%)
- Nightly is the only program to increase its A18-49 viewership vs. last week, up +24,000 viewers
- Week over week, Nightly improves A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 54%
- Year over year, Nightly improves A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 34%
- Across digital, Nightly delivers 13.9 million video views and 1.6 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 933,000 views and 718,000 viewers
SEPTEMBER 2023: NBC NIGHTLY NEWS IS THE ONLY NEWSCAST TO GROW IN KEY DEMO VS. LAST YEAR
Ranks as #3 Most-Watched TV Program
Increases Viewership Across the Board vs. Last Month
Improves Across-the-Board Gaps vs. ABC vs. Last Month
Month of September: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #3 most-watched program in all of TV in total viewers, averaging 6.209 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly News is the only newscast to increase its A25-54 viewership vs. last year
- Nightly News grows across the board vs. last month; reaches a 6-month high in A25-54 and A18-49 viewership (best since March 2023) and a 5-month high in total viewership (best since April 23)
- Nightly News marks its most narrow A25-54 gap vs. ABC in 42 months (since March 2020)
- Nightly News improves its competitive positions across-the-board gaps vs. ABC vs. last month
- Nightly News improves its A25-54 competitive positions year over year, marking the 10th consecutive month Nightly has improved its year over year key demo gaps vs. ABC
Month of September: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.209 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.701 million (+38%)
- Increases its total viewership by +176,000 vs. last month
- Reaches a 5-month high in total viewership (best since April 23)
- Month over month, Nightly narrows its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 2%
- Averages 1.063 million A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +374,000 (+54%)
- Increases its key demo viewership by +77,000 vs. last month and is the only program to grow its A25-54 viewership vs. last year, up +3,000
- Reaches a 6-month high in A25-54 viewership (best since March 23)
- Month over month, Nightly narrows its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by 20%
- Year over year, Nightly cuts its A25-54 viewership gap vs. ABC by 46%
- Marks most narrow A25-54 gap vs. ABC in 42 months (since March 2020) and the 10th consecutive month Nightly has improved its year over year A25-54 gaps vs. ABC
- Averages 713,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +262,000 (+58%)
- Increases its A18-49 viewership by +50,000 vs. last month
- Reaches a 6-month high A18-49 viewership (best since March 23)
- Month over month, Nightly improves A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 12%
- Year over year, Nightly improves A18-49 viewership gap vs. ABC by 51%
- Marks most narrow A18-49 gap vs. ABC in 39 months (since June 20)
MONTH OF SEPT. 2023
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,063 | 713 | 6,209 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 689 | 451 | 4,508 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,169 | 780 | 7,641 |
WEEK OF SEPT. 18-24, 2023
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,056 | 704 | 6,225 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 673 | 420 | 4,456 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,135 | 770 | 7,500 |
Note: ABC World News Tonight was based on a 4-day average (Tues-Fri) due to retitling on Monday, 9/18.
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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