Sunday’s Broadcast is #1 Program of Week in Key Demo as Highest-Rated Regularly-Scheduled News Program in Nearly 2 Years
‘Nightly News’ Delivers Best Start to Broadcast Season vs. ABC in 4 Years in Key Demos
Season to Date, ‘Nightly News’ Improves Competitive Position Vs. ABC by 16% in Total Viewers, 70% in A25-54 & 62% in A18-49 vs. Same Time Period Last Year
Week of Jan.15 Ratings Highlights
- Nightly News hits a 8-week high in total viewers (since 11/20/23) and is the #2 show of the week with 7.338 million total viewers, excluding specials, sports & syndication
- Sunday’s broadcast is the #1 program of the week in A25-54, excluding sports, averaging 1.9 million viewers as the highest-rated regularly-scheduled news program on all of television in nearly 2 years (since 2/1/2022.)
- Nightly News continues its best start of the season vs. ABC in 4 years (since 2019-20) in the key A25-54 & A18-49 demos
- Season to date, Nightly News improves its competitive position versus ABC across the board by double digits, including by 70% in the A25-54 demo compared to the same time period last year
Week of Jan.15 Nightly Stats
- Averages 7.338 million total viewers, topping CBS by + 1.900 million (+35%)
- Increases total viewership vs. last week by +61,000 and hits 8 week high in total viewers
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its total viewership gap vs. ABC by 16%
- Averages 1.085 million A25-54 viewers, topping CBS by +306,000 (+39%)
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its A25-54 gap vs. ABC by 70%
- Averages 721,000 A18-49 viewers, beating CBS by +192,000 (+36%)
- Season to date, Nightly News narrows its A18-49 gap vs. ABC by 62%
- Across digital, Nightly News delivered 12.3 million video viewers and 1.4million hours viewed on & off network platforms
- On YouTube, full episodes reached 775,000 views and 578,000 viewers
WEEK of JANUARY 15-21, 2023
| Program | P25-54 | P18-49 | P2+ |
| Imps | Imps | Imps | |
| NBC NIGHTLY NEWS | 1,085 | 721 | 7,338 |
| CBS EVENING NEWS | 779 | 529 | 5,438 |
| ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT | 1,275 | 865 | 8,771 |
Note: ABC and CBS were retitled on Monday due to coverage of NFL Playoff Wildcard games airing live across in prime time. ABC was also retitled on Wednesday due to NBA coverage 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.
