Increases Viewership Across the Board vs. Prior Week
Improves Total Viewer Gap vs. ABC Week Over Week
Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Closes A25-54 Gap Vs. ABC by 52% vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of Oct. 2: Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News is the #5 most-watched program in all of TV last week in total viewers, averaging 6.378 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Nightly increases its viewership across the board vs. prior week; hits a 5-week high in total viewers (best since 8/28/23)
- Nightly News improves its total viewership gap vs. ABC week over week; marks most narrow gap in 15 weeks (since 6/19/23)
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC by 52% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of Oct. 2: Nightly Stats
- Averages 6.378 million total viewers, topping CBS by +1.722 million (+37%)
- Increases its total viewership by +164,000 vs. last week
- Week over week, Nightly cuts its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 5%
- Marks most narrow total viewer gap vs ABC in 15 weeks (since 6/19/23)
- Hits a 5-week high in total viewers (best since 8/28/23)
- Averages 980,000 A25-54 viewers, leading CBS by +316,000 (+48%)
- Increases its A25-54 viewership by +12,000 vs. last week
- Averages 651,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +251,000 (+63%)
- Increases its A18-49 viewership by +1,000 vs. last week
- Across digital, Nightly delivers 21.1 million video views and 1.8 million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, weekday episodes reached 1 million views and 773,000 viewers
WEEK OF OCT. 2-8, 2023
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 980 | 651 | 6,378 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 664 | 400 | 4,656 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,110 | 781 | 7,546 |
Note: ABC World News Tonight is based on a 3-day average (Tue-Thu) due to retitling on Monday (NFL Monday Night Football airing live across the country in primetime) and Friday. CBS Evening News is based on a 4-day average (Mon-Thu) due to retitling on Friday (National Women’s Soccer League airing live across the country in primetime).
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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